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New Sixpence grants connect child care providers, public schools to promote early childhood development

The Trustees of the Sixpence Early Learning Fund announced this week that six new grants totaling approximately $1.3 million will be awarded to school districts in partnerships with local licensed early care and education providers for infants and toddlers at risk. Selected

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Inside Fremont’s Connected Youth Initiative

Recently, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation announced a $300,000 award over two years to the Fremont Area United Way on behalf of the Fremont Family Coalition. The funding will be used to build a Connected Youth Initiative (CYI) system to

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Proven education/employment solution for Omaha and Lincoln’s unconnected youth

Nebraska Children recently announced $800,000 in grants that would benefit unconnected youth in rural communities. Now, new programming in Omaha and Lincoln will round out the work that’s already being done there. Nebraska Children will be implementing the Learn to

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Perfect Pour: Flappers, Dappers, Gin and Generosity

On February 27, nearly 300 partygoers descended on a pop-up speakeasy in Omaha’s Blackstone District. The Pella – a old church converted to a stylish event space – was the place to be for a prohibition themed night of jazz,

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Nebraska Children grants $800,000 to Connected Youth Initiatives in six communities

(Lincoln, Nebraska) – Nebraska Children and Families Foundation is awarding grants ranging from $100,000 to $150,000 per year to six statewide communities over two years — $800,000 per year for a 2-year total of $1.6 million. Each community will use

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Nebraska Children staff testifies for more normalcy for foster youth

Yesterday, Nebraska Children’s Assistant Vice President of Youth Policy, Cassy Blakely, testified in support of LB 746: Nebraska’s Strengthing Families Act. In her testimony, Cassy focused on how the bill represents a shift from a system-oriented focus on foster care

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Nebraska Children added to national Youth Thrive Learning Collaborative

The Center for the Study of Social Policy yesterday announced five organizations nationwide to be inducted into the Youth Thrive™ Learning Community. Nebraska Children and Families Foundation was one of the five organizations. The purpose of the Youth Thrive Learning

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ONE YEAR IN | Project Everlast Lincoln measures its impact

After more than two years of community-based, youth-driven planning, Project Everlast Lincoln began offering services in October of 2014. Looking back over the first year of implementation, Nebraska Children is pleased to see that we’ve had the opportunity to serve

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Sixpence Success in Columbus

The Sixpence Early Learning Program is an innovative public-private partnership that funds school districts around the state to create high-quality early learning experiences for babies and toddlers in poverty, with teen parents and exposed to other risk factors. The program

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Care packages for Nebraska foster youth

For the fourth year, Project Everlast youth councils will be collecting items and donations for care packages. The councils will assemble, wrap and distribute packages to young people in foster care, or who have just aged out, who don’t have family

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