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 Impact: the model for change that actually works
By Jenny Skala, Vice President of Community Impact Every nonprofit organization has a mission. And the more focused that mission is, the easier it is to see the way forward. I mean, if your mission is to ensure that the…
Feedback from the Field: Success in the Chadron FAST Program
Families and Schools Together (FAST) is a program that NCFF provides grant funds and program support to in an effort to strengthen school-community relationships as well as support healthy family interactions. The program gives parents a structured time to bring…
Posted in Early Childhood
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…
The Resilience of Youth: Part III – Traci’s Story
It’s been 20 years since Traci aged out of foster care. And her story illustrates one universal truth. Support makes the difference. Supportive families mean the difference between school success and academic underachievement. Supportive relationships are the difference between recovering…
Developing social capital: A key to successful adulthood
Those who work with youth in foster care often talk about transitioning to an independent adulthood. But is any successful adult really independent? We have our friends, our study groups, our churches, our book clubs, our professional connections and many…
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A few words for our mothers
In celebration of mother’s day, we at Nebraska Children and Families Foundation have collected some of our favorite quotes about motherhood. Everyday, we meet all kinds of moms – young moms, not-so-young moms, single moms, married moms, divorced moms, working…
Taking infant mental health seriously
By Lynne Brehm, Associate VP for Early Childhood Mental Health “REALLY? Infants need mental health care?” It’s a pretty common reaction when I tell people what I do. The concept of infant mental health conjures images of babies on couches and…
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Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
The Resilience of Youth – Part II: Akeeme’s story
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…
Growing the Good Life 