Founded by Tahtianna Fermin and based in Hackensack, New Jersey, Bridges4Life is an organization built on helping the Transgender Non-Conforming Community by providing services to children in the foster care system, young adults, and surviving sex workers.

Bridges4Life is a holistic partnership to address the problems of aging-out services within the foster care system. It focuses on developing a healthy, comprehensive grassroots initiative. Furthermore, by empowering social change agencies to develop local strategies for urban service, Bridges4Life’s objective is to work within existing programs and resources to leverage new opportunities for the teens and young adults involved in the program. The coalition started with a vision to help transition teens who are products of the foster care system and street life into adulthood. A comprehensive urban plan called “Bridges4Life” sets forth a vision, goal areas, and outcomes to organize resources throughout the community for the purpose of transforming teens and young adults into responsible, self-sufficient, confident, and educated adults.

Bridges4Life serves the New Jersey and New York area, offering housing services, mentorship, life skills training, recovery coaching, financial support, and a safe space for our TGNC community.

• Recovery Coaching & Mentoring
• Housing Services
• Clothing & Toiletry Delivery
• Life Skills Training
• Advocacy
• Food Services

Weekly Support Group
Please join Bridges4Life’s weekly support group on Sundays from 3 p.m. -4 p.m. Eastern Time. The support group prioritizes space for Black Trans People, but we welcome all Trans and gender non-conforming people.

The Bridges4 Life support group strives to foster a space for people with similar lived experiences and social identities to reflect, heal, and build community. Support groups are frequently informal resources that encourage collective learning about responding to events, changes, and challenges in our lives and communities. 

At the end of every meeting, there is a giveaway, and one support group member wins $100. Please contact us or email us at [email protected] if you’re interested in joining or learning more about Bridges4Life’s weekly support group.

 

Eligibility	Transgender Non-Conforming Community and children in foster care
Age Groups	Children Adolescents Adults
Community Services	Family & Support Services Adoption / Foster Care LGBTQ
Health Services	Crisis / Safety Crisis / Safety / Prevention

Last Updated: 02/19/26