Programs & Initiatives
Foster Youth Initiative
Research shows that no group in the United States is more predictably headed for unhappy outcomes than young people who spend their adolescence in foster care.
Homelessness is widespread; academic failure is commonplace. Stable, gainful employment is elusive for most foster care graduates well into their twenties, and untreated physical and mental health problems are pervasive.
Originally funded by one of the grants from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, the Department of Health and Human Services sponsors the Nebraska Foster Youth Initiative, a program that supports youth transitioning from foster care into independent living.
Jessica Hilderbrand
Program Officer
p: 402-476-8003
t: 877-476-8003
jhilderbrand@nebraskachildren.org
