Prepare To Bloom, Lilley Consulting and Lighthouse Guidance are excited to announce the expansion of the Alternative to College Fair (ALT Fair) to the East Coast. September 9th and 10th, 2022 in New York City

ALT Fair founder Shayna Abraham, MA, CEP said. “I have been asked for years to to bring the ALT Fair east and New York City is the perfect spot.” This Spring, ALT Fair was held in Walnut Creek with over 40 participating transition options and many high school students and recent grads exploring post-college options. September 9th is a closed networking event with a free fair even on the 10th. The fair event is open to high school seniors, parents, and young adults who were trying to determine a plan, whether they left post-secondary institutions or never left. One young adult woman shared, “I’m so glad I came to this! I have several new ideas for what I want to do and where I want to go. Thank you for hosting this event!” While Meristem reported, that one visitor to their table, was a family who had inquired online and they were able to have an informal interview at the event.

The ALT Fair is a one-of-a-kind event bringing programs that specialize in different pathways for families to follow, post-high school. Expanding this event to twice each year on both coasts allows even more families to learn about the less explored young adult options. The event is open to all families and professionals.

For any programs interested in being a vendor please email hello@collegealternative.org for additional information. We are looking for vendors who offer a range of post-secondary options for adolescents and young adults.

About Prepare To Bloom: 

Prepare To Bloom is a San Francisco Bay Area-based therapeutic and educational consulting firm devoted to helping families make sound therapeutic and educational choices, assisting families and their children to find treatment options regionally or out of the home. Founded in the spring of 2011, by Shayna Abraham, MA, CEP, Prepare to Bloom consultants visit over 50 different treatment programs per year. The team works with families around the United States and around the globe.

About Lilley Consulting:

Since 2016, Lilley Consulting has been helping families and young adults find treatment options during a time of transition or crisis. Joanna dedicates herself to working solely with emerging adults who unravel before going to college, when they land on a college campus, or right after college graduation. Young Adulthood can be messy, but it doesn’t have to be if you find the best treatment resources at the time that you need them.