In a year of unforeseen challenges, First Place never lost site of the big picture. Last year, we and our affiliate partners served 1,583 young people in foster care.
A Message from the Leadership Team of First Place for Youth In recent weeks, high profile cases of police violence […]
While the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted millions of people around the country, one vulnerable and often overlooked group is being hit […]
First Place For Youth helps young adults get on their feet and prepare for the future (East Bay Times)
This year, 1,715 foster and homeless youth received supportive services from First Place and our My First Place™ Network partners. […]
First Place for Youth aims for self-sufficiency. (WCPO ABC 9, Cincinnati)
Mississippi Youth Voice is another new program established to help youth in care graduate college. It is part of First […]
Since our founding 20 years ago, First Place for Youth has worked to realize our vision of a world in […]
In 2015, First Place for Youth initiated the process to obtain a contract to provide Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic […]
First Place for Youth has named former Department of Health and Human Services staffer Heidi McIntosh as its CEO. McIntosh […]
First Place for Youth has been awarded a $1 million grant from United Airlines to expand their services in the […]
The West Coast Convening (WCC) is a biannual meeting of service providers, advocates, researchers, and government partners from California, Oregon, […]
Success is not measured in hugs. This a core tenet of First Place for Youth, a nonprofit organization that runs […]
First Place served 1,460 young people in Fiscal Year 2017. Our newest program in Santa Clara County grew to house […]
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A Time to Act As much as First Place for Youth has accomplished, there is still a significant amount of […]
Foster youth become pregnant and parents at a much higher rate than their non-foster youth peers as well. By age 19, foster youth […]
When we think back on our own lives, it’s easy to understand why the brink of adulthood is such an […]
Top nonprofit leaders from around the country, including First Place CEO Sam Cobbs, undertook a yearlong, collaborative effort to develop […]
An estimated 50,000 youth in the United States sleep on the streets for six months or more each year. A […]
All foster youth have the support and resources to successfully transition to adulthood. Our strategic plan is anchored by three […]
First Place for Youth supports foster kids as they learn to support themselves. When a child’s family can’t be there […]
This summary brief presents finding from a formative evaluation conducted by independent researchers at Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) of My First […]