The PALS Program (Preparation for Adult Living Services) helps at-risk young people transition to a successful adulthood. Managed by the Central Plains Center for Services and funded by Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, PALS has helped the youth it serves make…
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Case Study: Unique’s success in the PALS program
The PALS Program (Preparation for Adult Living Services) helps at-risk young people transition to a successful adulthood. Managed by the Central Plains Center for Services and funded by Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, PALS has helped the youth it serves make…
PEER 2013: The Movie
It’s rough. It’s blurry. And the sound is terrible. But these are the faces and places of the Project Everlast Enrichment Retreat. Can’t wait to see you all next year!
PEER 2013 in pictures
This year’s Project Everlast Enrichment Retreat (PEER) was the right combination of work and fun. There was leadership training, grant writing, legislative outreach strategy and council planning. There was also swimming, hiking, socializing and late-night pranks. Relationships were built and…
Why you should volunteer for Camp Catch Up in August
By Mary Kate Gulick, Content Manager I had my first Camp Catch Up experience in June. The truth is, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect going in. And I was terrified the kids I was assigned to wouldn’t like…
Tagged with: camp catch-up, foster care, foster youth
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Case Study: Shante in the Omaha PALS program
The PALS Program (Preparation for Adult Living Services) helps at-risk young people transition to a successful adulthood. Managed by the Central Plains Center for Services and funded by Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, PALS has helped the youth it serves…
Program success story: Omaha’s PALS
The PALS Program (Preparation for Adult Living Services) helps at-risk young people transition to a successful adulthood. Managed by the Central Plains Center for Services and funded by Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, PALS has helped the youth it serves…
Case Study: Housing for Julia and her newborn
Project Everlast has been providing grants to partner organizations in Omaha since the program began. One of these partners is Heartland Family Service. Their Passages program, which is funded 100% by Project Everlast, provides housing assistance to homeless state wards…
Two sisters. One great weekend at Camp Catch-Up
This weekend, Rivercrest Camp hosted Camp Catch-Up. This unique camp reunites brothers and sisters who have been separated by foster care or adoptive placements. Tiffany Cheval and her biological sister Kayli Naeve have attended the camp for the last few…
Nebraska is part of the national foster care conversation
By Amy Peters, Statewide Training Advisor for Project Everlast At Project Everlast, we place great value on the perspectives of people who have experienced the foster care system first hand, and we work diligently to make sure that their voices…
