Details from the 3rd Annual Prevention Picnic
Helping at-risk youth in North Platte
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation is awarding $200,000 over two years to the Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation on behalf of North Platte’s Families First Partnership (formerly known as the West Central Partnership-Children and Families Alliance). The funding will be used to…
Tagged with: Connected Youth Initiatve, CYI, foster care, juvenile justice, North Platte, project everlast, SIF
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Connected Youth Initiative in Grand Island/Kearney/Hastings
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation is awarding $300,000 over two years to the Hall County Community Collaborative (H3C). The funding will be used to build a Connected Youth Initiative (CYI) system to serve young people in need across Hall, Adams,…
Tagged with: Connected Youth Initiatve, CYI, foster care, grand island, hastings, juvenile justice, kearney, project everlast, SIF
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Southeast Nebraska’s plan to connect the unconnected
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation is awarding $300,000 over two years to the Blue Valley Community Action Partnership (BVCA). The funding will be used to build a Connected Youth Initiative (CYI) to serve young people in need across Butler, Cass,…
Tagged with: blue valley, Connected Youth Initiatve, crete, CYI, juvenile justice, nebraska city, project everlast
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
COLLECTIVE IMPACT IN DAKOTA COUNTY: Everything works better when we work together
During a collaborative meeting, a ministerial worker talked about a young man he was working with who wanted to leave gang life. From those discussions grew the creation of a three-year business plan which explores the possibility of a much…
Tagged with: Collective Impact, community prevention system, dakota county, PCIT, PIWI, Rooted in Relationships, south sioux city
Posted in Cradle to career
Posted in Cradle to career
Norfolk’s plans to serve vulnerable older youth with $300,000 grant from Nebraska Children
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation is awarding $300,000 over two years to the Norfolk Area United Way on behalf of the Norfolk Family Coalition and the Social Innovation Sub-Committee. The funding will be used to build a Connected Youth…
Tagged with: Collective Impact, Connected Youth Initiatve, CYI, norfolk, project everlast, SIF
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
North Central Nebraska’s new Connected Youth Initiative
(Lincoln, Nebraska) – Nebraska Children and Families Foundation is awarding $200,000 over two years to the Central Plains Center for Services on behalf of the Through the Eyes of the Child collaborative. The funding will be used to build a…
Tagged with: connected youth initiative, CYI, foster care, juvenile justice, project everlast, SIF
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
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…
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…
Tagged with: Connected Youth Initiatve, CYI, foster care, Fremont, juvenile justice, project everlast, SIF
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
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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Growing the Good Life 