In 2024, First Place for Youth and our network partners in Massachusetts, New York, Mississippi, and Cincinnati served 1,496 young […]
In 2023, First Place for Youth and our network partners in Massachusetts, New York, Mississippi, and Cincinnati served 1,660 young […]
Click here to review our Pathways to Independence report, a multi-year project of the Mississippi Youth Voice board and First […]
The numbers are in and they show a demonstrable impact on My First PlaceTM program participants’ moving forward with their education. […]
Last year, First Place for Youth and our network partners in Boston, New York, Mississippi, and Cincinnati served 1,507 young […]
Last year, First Place for Youth and our network partners in Boston, New York, Mississippi, and Cincinnati served 1,602 young […]
First Place for Youth Announces New Chief Executive Officer Thomas G. Lee For Release September 20, 2021 – Oakland, CA […]
Research Brief: Raising the Bar – Building system- and provider-level evidence to drive equitable education and employment outcomes for youth […]
How Data Science is Being Used to Individualize Extended Foster Care Services and Achieve Equitable Outcomes OAKLAND, CA – March […]
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.
This year, 1,715 foster and homeless youth received supportive services from First Place and our My First Place™ Network partners. […]
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 […]
The West Coast Convening (WCC) is a biannual meeting of service providers, advocates, researchers, and government partners from California, Oregon, […]
First Place served 1,460 young people in Fiscal Year 2017. Our newest program in Santa Clara County grew to house […]
Click here to read about the impact you helped make for foster kids this year!
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 […]
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 […]