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…
Posted in Uncategorized
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…
Tagged with: early childhood education, early childhood mental health, infant mental health
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…
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…
Why prevention matters to all of us: The long-term effects of child abuse to our kids and our culture
Part of the belief that whether a parent abuses a child is that family’s personal “business” is the failure to admit that the outcome of abuse affects all of us. How? Countless obvious ways . . . and some that…
Tagged with: Child Abuse Prevention, Collective Impact, prevent chlid abuse nebraska, protective factors
Posted in Cradle to career
Posted in Cradle to career
Child Abuse Prevention in Action: Fremont PIWI
PIWI (Parents Interacting With Children) is an evidence-based method to improve interactions between parents and their young children. It helps at-risk parents build the skills they need to work positively with their kids, and techniques for when things get tough.…
Tagged with: Child Abuse Prevention, Fremont, PIWI, prevent chlid abuse nebraska, protective factors
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood
Growing the Good Life 