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How area organizations help young adults transition out of the foster care system
Some children will become adults while in state custody through the foster care system. The outcomes can be troubling, with the organization First Place for Youth reporting that 40% of former foster children will experience homelessness.
The organization is working to change those trends. First Place for Youth operates the My First Place program in partnership with NewPath and the Green Light Fund to get youth aging out of foster care the wrap-around services they need, from housing and education to employment coaching.
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).
Press Releases
Press Release
Mississippi governor to celebrate historic legislation that grants foster youth, ages 18-21, scholarships and the right to rent as adults Foster youth successfully advocate for college funds, their right to sign leases APRIL 27, 2022 – Jackson, MS – Thanks to successful advocacy on their own behalf, young adults [...]
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 [...]
Press Kit
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- 2020 Annual Report
- My First Place Network
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Logo Package and Guidelines (zip)
Media Inquiries
Odette Vandaveer, Communications Director
ovandaveer@firstplaceforyouth.org
510.666.6355