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…
Success Beyond 18 national campaign launches
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
Payton and Maddie: A case study
Payton and Maddie participate in the Bryan Community Focus Program at Hawthorne. This alternative high school program is funded by the Sixpence Early Learning Fund, and allows teenage mothers to finish high school, while providing their babies with high quality…
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
SIXPENCE SPOTLIGHT: Lincoln’s Bryan Community Focus Program at Hawthorne
In most cases, when a high school girl has a child and decides to raise the baby on her own, it has damaging consequences for mother, child and the state. The mother will frequently drop out of school. The child…
It’s official: 2013 is the Year of STEM Discovery in Nebraska
By Jeff Cole Governor Dave Heineman signed the proclamation yesterday, April 10, declaring 2013 to be the Year of STEM Discovery in Nebraska. Get more information about STEM events in Nebraska this year. Here are the remarks I made at…
Redefining collaboration with the Fremont United Way
By Wendy Van, Vice President of Development On the evening of April 2, I was honored to be part of the Campaign Victory Celebration for the Fremont United Way. This dedicated, committed team exceeded their fundraising goals and added several…
Growing the Good Life 