Republished from Afterschool Alliance Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Afterschool Alliance last week recognized State Senator Rick Kolowski for his exemplary support for afterschool programs and the youth who participate in them. Sen. Kolowski was named a State Afterschool Champion at…
Yearly Archives: 2014
Celebrating our superheroes – Project Everlast Fremont
By Brenda Weyers, Associate VP, Visual Brand On Friday, May 2, Fremont’s Project Everlast Council gathered at for lunch at the Wooden Windmill to honor their “superheroes.” Their way of celebrating Foster Youth Awareness Month was to call attention…
Project Employment Launches: Job skills for independent living
Project Employment is a 5-day program for young people age 14-24 who are in foster care now, or have been in foster care in the past. In this program, these young adults will get the employment skills that local employers are…
Tagged with: employment, foster care, job readiness, project everlast
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
The mothers of child advocacy in the U.S.
By Christie Rohe When it comes to advocating for the best interest of children, no one has played a more critical role than women. This week, in honor of Mother’s Day, we’d like to pay homage to some of the…
Posted in Cradle to career
Children matter most.
By Mary Jo Pankoke, President Here in the office at Nebraska Children, we’ve been asking our staff and supporters why we should ask others to fund our work over the many other worthy causes out there. We all have our…
Posted in Cradle to career
Partnership done right: Broken Bow’s Sixpence program
By Mary Kate Gulick The Broken Bow Sixpence program is a partnership between Broken Bow Public Schools (BBPS), Central Nebraska Community Services’ (CNCS) Early Head Start and the Central Plains Center for Services (CPCS). That’s a lot of acronyms. The…
Celebrate Arbor Day: Our 5 favorite children’s books about trees
Today is Nebraska’s favorite holiday! The first Arbor Day was celebrate on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska City when J. Sterling Morgan oversaw the planting of nearly 1 million trees in Nebraska. Share the green and growing spirit of Arbor…
Annual Egg Roll at the Governor’s Mansion
This Saturday, Governor Heineman and First Lady Sally Ganem hosted area families at their annual egg roll. The First Lady is a board member here at Nebraska Children, and we were grateful to have the chance to join the fun.…
A celebration of positive parenting
Last Saturday, Nebraska Children hosted more than 300 kids, moms, dads and grandparents at the first-ever Pinwheels for Prevention Picnic. Held at the Railyard in Lincoln’s new Haymarket district, the picnic offered a chance for families to have fun together while…
Unicameral passes LB 853, creating Bridge to Independence program for young people aging out of foster care
Last week, the legislature voted 42-0 to pass LB 853. Known casually as the “LB 216 Cleanup Bill,” this bill was written to implement the Young Adult Voluntary Supports and Services Act that last year’s LB 216 required. Putting into…
Growing the Good Life 