Recent Coverage
Many former foster kids left with no place to go amid COVID-19 pandemic
While the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted millions of people around the country, one vulnerable and often overlooked group is being hit especially hard by the pandemic: foster youth who recently became adults.
Share The Spirit: Young East Bay woman goes from homelessness to bright future
First Place For Youth helps young adults get on their feet and prepare for the future
GreenLight Cincinnati and Hamilton County JFS team up to bring new program to Cincy’s foster youth
First Place for Youth aims for self-sufficiency.
Kids don’t stay in foster care forever. What happens after that?
Mississippi Youth Voice is another new program established to help youth in care graduate college. It is part of First Place for Youth, established in Mississippi in 2017 in partnership with the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative.
First Place Names Former Obama Advisor as New CEO
First Place for Youth has named former Department of Health and Human Services staffer Heidi McIntosh as its CEO.
McIntosh comes to FPFY from the National Association of Social Workers, where she had been serving as deputy director. Before that, she was a senior policy advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration, where she worked on the National Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSRs).
First Place for Youth Gets $1 Million to Expand Services for L.A.’s Foster Youth
First Place for Youth has been awarded a $1 million grant from United Airlines to expand their services in the Los Angeles area.
Press Releases
Press Release: First Place for Youth Announces New Chief Executive Officer Thomas G. Lee
First Place for Youth Announces New Chief Executive Officer Thomas G. Lee For Release September 20, 2021 – Oakland, CA – The Board of Directors of First Place for Youth is delighted to announce the selection of Thomas G. Lee as Chief Executive Officer. “With Thomas, [...]
Press Release: Conrad Hilton Foundation Selects First Place for Youth for Multi-year grant to improve foster care in Los Angeles region
Conrad Hilton Foundation Selects First Place for Youth for Multi-year grant to improve foster care in Los Angeles region OAKLAND, CA – August 12, 2021 – Last month, among a list of distinguished grantees, the Conrad Hilton Foundation announced a three-year grant of $2.1 million to Oakland-based nonprofit First [...]
Press Release: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
How Data Science is Being Used to Individualize Extended Foster Care Services and Achieve Equitable OutcomesOAKLAND, CA - March 18, 2021 - New research released today by First Place for Youth draws from precision analytics to offer customized support plans to greatly improve the likelihood that a foster youth will [...]
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