Just In Time For Foster Youth runs its San Diego headquarters from Suite 2G at 4560 Alvarado Canyon Road in Grantville, where the 501(c)(3) nonprofit coordinates county-wide programming for transition-age foster youth between 18 and 26. Founded in 2002 by child advocacy attorney Jeanette Day, the organization holds federal tax-exempt status under EIN 20-5448416 and earned a four-of-four score from Charity Navigator for financial accountability. Core programs include College Bound, which pairs emancipated youth with volunteer mentors and provides laptops, dorm supplies, and ongoing academic coaching that has driven an 80-percent retention and graduation rate among participants. Clothing and personal-item donations flow through partner organizations including Sharia's Closet, which supplies interview-ready wardrobes and household goods to the same youth demographic in the 92120 ZIP code. The My First Home initiative furnishes empty apartments with donated household essentials so youth aging out of the system move into functional living spaces rather than bare units. JIT also administers the Master Your Dreams scholarship, awarding $5,000 per academic year toward graduate, law, and doctoral programs for former foster youth pursuing advanced degrees. The Grantville office sits less than two miles east of SDSU, and alumni of the College Bound track have enrolled at San Diego State, University of San Diego, and UCLA through the program's college-prep pipeline. FY2023 data shows 32,474 total service touchpoints and a 59-percent year-over-year increase in youth served, powered by 5,713 volunteer hours from skilled and unskilled community members. Chief Empowerment Officer Don Wells has reframed the organization's model around strength-based empowerment rather than dependency, a philosophy detailed in the published framework for scaling the approach to 100,000 youth nationally. Vocational and career-track referrals connect participants to institutions including North-West College for certified healthcare and trade training that leads directly to employment. JIT's Alvarado Canyon Road location is accessible via the Grantville Trolley Station, reducing transit barriers for youth without personal vehicles. The organization operates as the only San Diego nonprofit exclusively focused on the 18-to-26 transition window where former foster youth face the steepest drop-off in institutional support.