Nebraska Children and Families Foundation is awarding $300,000 over two years to the Blue Valley Community Action Partnership (BVCA). The funding will be used to build a Connected Youth Initiative (CYI) to serve young people in need across Butler, Cass,…
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Southeast Nebraska’s plan to connect the unconnected
Tagged with: blue valley, Connected Youth Initiatve, crete, CYI, juvenile justice, nebraska city, project everlast
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Norfolk’s plans to serve vulnerable older youth with $300,000 grant from Nebraska Children
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation is awarding $300,000 over two years to the Norfolk Area United Way on behalf of the Norfolk Family Coalition and the Social Innovation Sub-Committee. The funding will be used to build a Connected Youth…
Tagged with: Collective Impact, Connected Youth Initiatve, CYI, norfolk, project everlast, SIF
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
North Central Nebraska’s new Connected Youth Initiative
(Lincoln, Nebraska) – Nebraska Children and Families Foundation is awarding $200,000 over two years to the Central Plains Center for Services on behalf of the Through the Eyes of the Child collaborative. The funding will be used to build a…
Tagged with: connected youth initiative, CYI, foster care, juvenile justice, project everlast, SIF
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Inside Fremont’s Connected Youth Initiative
Recently, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation announced a $300,000 award over two years to the Fremont Area United Way on behalf of the Fremont Family Coalition. The funding will be used to build a Connected Youth Initiative (CYI) system to…
Tagged with: Connected Youth Initiatve, CYI, foster care, Fremont, juvenile justice, project everlast, SIF
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Care packages for Nebraska foster youth
For the fourth year, Project Everlast youth councils will be collecting items and donations for care packages. The councils will assemble, wrap and distribute packages to young people in foster care, or who have just aged out, who don’t have family…
More details on the Connected Youth Initiative
What happened? The Corporation for National and Community Service has awarded a Social Innovation Fund (SIF) grant so that the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation. The grant will be used to expand a successful model to rural communities across the…
Tagged with: foster care, foster youth, juvenile justice, project everlast
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND GRANT WILL BRING $15 MILLION TO RURAL NEBRASKA
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation today announced that it will receive a grant from the Social Innovation Fund (SIF) to expand services to unconnected young people in rural Nebraska. The SIF grant – one of the largest ever given to…
Tagged with: foster care, foster youth, juvenile justice, project everlast, SIF
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Teen/Early Adulthood
Project Everlast Councils Celebrate Foster Youth Awareness Month
This May, Project Everlast youth councils across the state held events to celebrate Foster Youth Awareness Month. Here are just a few of the outstanding events that the young people put together. LINCOLN The Lincoln council held a hot dog…
Happy holidays from Project Everlast Lincoln!
Thanks to the generosity of many donors, Project Everlast councils across the state were able to provide young people in need with holiday care packages and an fun holiday party. The Lincoln council gave away nearly 50 care packages that…
Project Everlast is collecting for holiday care packages!
For the third year, Project Everlast youth councils will be collecting items and donations for care packages. The councils will assemble, wrap and distribute packages to young people in foster care, or who have just aged out, who don’t have…
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