Think of it as a services fair for young adults who need help. Come to Youth Connect! We’ll even have free pizza and pop for youth who attend. Here are the details: Monday, October 21, 2013 6pm-8pm THE BAY 2005…
NET spotlights foster youth and education
NET’s series The State of Education in Nebraska has covered multiple educational topics since it began – STEM in schools, out-of-school learning, early childhood interventions, among others. On Monday night, the station recorded its latest installment about how to address…
Tagged with: foster care, foster youth, net, project everlast
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Project Everlast honored with Roots of Justice Award
Last Thursday, Nebraska Appleseed held its Good Apple Awards ceremony honoring, among others, Project Everlast for its role in helping LB 216, the Young Adult Voluntary Services and Supports Act, pass. Amy West, Child Welfare Policy Coordinator at Nebraska Appleseed…
Feedback from the Field: PALS helps a youth find permanence
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…
Making birthdays special for youth in foster care
Schalisha Walker knows first-hand what it’s like to have your birthday pass unnoticed each year. She entered the foster care system at age 2, and was on her own again at 17. “I know what it’s like to not feel…
Clothes and household items needed for Youth Mart!
Nebraska Families Collaborative will hold a donation drive on October 12 and 13 in Omaha to gather household goods for “Youth Mart”. Youth Mart benefits young people who are leaving foster care and starting life out on their own with…
Nebraska’s Child-Welfare Report Card
At the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, we monitor 8 risk and well-being indicators across the state to assess the overall condition of children in each county. This is one of the ways we determine which communities have the greatest…
Federal grant funds empower Nebraska to create a System of Care
By Betty Medinger, LCSW, Vice President of System Integration The US Department of Health and Human Services’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded a “System of Care” planning grant to Nebraska. The state effort will be led…
Tagged with: mental health, SAMHSA, SOC planning, substance abuse, system of care grant
Posted in Cradle to career
Posted in Cradle to career
Nebraska has much to celebrate during National School Success Month
By Jeff Cole, Associate Vice President of School-Community Partnerships Every September is national school success month. And we at Nebraska Children and Families Foundation think we have quite a bit to celebrate across the state. Our students are fortunate to live…
Tagged with: afterschool, CLC, collective for youth, STEM, summer school
Posted in Middle Childhood, Uncategorized
Posted in Middle Childhood, Uncategorized
Growing the Good Life 