Research & Publications

West Coast Convening Framework

The West Coast Convening (WCC) is a biannual meeting of service providers, advocates, researchers, and government partners from California, Oregon, and Washington, who are interested in the issue of youth homelessness.

Responding to a dearth of practical guidance available for providers in the area of outcomes measurement, the WCC’s Outcomes Workgroup sought to create a framework that providers and stakeholders could use to facilitate results-driven care, data sharing, and cross-agency analysis.

Co-authored by Workgroup member and First Place Vice President of Evaluation and Learning, Erika Van Buren, this report is the result of those efforts.

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Foster Youth Are Your Solution to America’s Skills Gap 

By Erica Waterford, Vice President of Education & Employment, First Place for Youth  American businesses are facing a critical labor […]

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Advancing Youth Apprenticeship Pathways 

By Erica Waterford, VP of Education and Employment, First Place for Youth  Over the past year, First Place for Youth has […]

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When Expertise Travels: How First Place Helped Oklahoma Say Yes to Extended Foster Care 

By Thomas Lee, CEO, First Place for Youth  Earlier this month, Oklahoma Governor, Kevin Stitt, signed Senate Bill 1806 into law — […]

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