When it comes to living through the grim statistics that face youth who age out of care, Akeeme has most of them covered. Two weeks before aging out, his plans for housing fell though. So he had to scramble for…
Blog Archives
Success Beyond 18 national campaign launches
NCFF’s Jenny Skala, VP of Community Impact and Kelly Medwick, VP of Marketing and Communications jetted to the nation’s capital to help launch Success Beyond 18, a national campaign of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative to create a better path for…
Tagged with: foster care, foster youth, Success Beyond 18
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood, Uncategorized
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood, Uncategorized
My Weekend at Camp
By Amy West, Nebraska Appleseed This blog post was originally published at the Nebraska Appleseed Blog in July 2012 and is reproduced here permission from the author. “So, what did you do this weekend?” Usually, I don’t have a great answer…
The Resilience of Youth – Part I: Kris and Tay’s story
A few months ago, we posted a video discussing the disastrous outcomes that plague so many youth who age out of foster care. The statistics are clear . . . the outlook is grim. But when you add support into the…
Sixpence in action – new video!
Watch as the educators at Bryan’s child care center prepare the children of high school students for success in school and life, while helping their parents graduate and become better caregivers.
Tagged with: Bryan Community Focus Program, early childhood, lincoln, sixpence
Posted in Early Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Early Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
What adolescent brain research tells us about aging out of foster care
Gary Stangler, Executive Director of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative sat down with us to discuss some of the recent research about the adolescent brain. It turns out – and this comes as no surprise to any parent of…
Tagged with: foster care, gary stangler, jim casey, LB 216, project everlast
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
The voice of the Nebraska’s youth is loud and clear to senators
On Monday, March 25, youth from Project Everlast hosted a well attended luncheon for Nebraska state senators. This, in and of itself, isn’t extraordinary. Here’s what is. These young people worked all day Sunday to go through each of the…
Gary Stangler on Extending Foster Care Supports
Last Thursday, we were fortunate enough to have Gary Stangler, Executive Director for the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative speak to staff, donors, and youth at Nebraska Children and Families Foundation. The theme of the talk was simple: “Foster youth…
Save state money: Extend foster support to age 21
By Jennifer Skala, Vice President of Community Impact When most people think of foster care, they think of families caring for babies and young children on a temporary basis. And, to be fair, this is what the foster care system…
Sonia & Ernesto: A case study
The Young Parents Program in Crete, NE is funded by the Sixpence Early Learning Fund. The program takes young people – mostly from Crete High School – who become parents at an early age and need education and support to…
Growing the Good Life 