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…
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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
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…
Hawaii’s take on social capital for youth in care
Like Nebraska, Hawaii works with the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative to help youth aging out of foster care transition into a successful adulthood. This video from Hawaii shows youth discussing the importance of the social and family connections in…
Tagged with: foster care, foster youth, jim casey youth opportunities initiative
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Posted in Uncategorized
Why you should volunteer for Camp Catch Up in August
By Mary Kate Gulick, Content Manager I had my first Camp Catch Up experience in June. The truth is, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect going in. And I was terrified the kids I was assigned to wouldn’t like…
Tagged with: camp catch-up, foster care, foster youth
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Case Study: Housing for Julia and her newborn
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 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…
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 