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July 17, 2013 | Program Results Report
First Place for Youth expanded and then commissioned an independent evaluation of its My First Place project, which provides critical services to increase stability and reduce homelessness of young adults who have aged out of the foster care system.
May 1, 2013 | Evaluation/Grantee
"A First Place for Youth," the program gives young adults in the Bay Area a safe, secure place to live, along with occupational and educational support services.
June 5, 2012 | News Release
New program pairs supportive housing and social services to strengthen fragile families and avert foster care placements.
June 4, 2012 | Story
Recommended Reading Keeping Families Together: A Pilot Program and Its Evaluation Keeping Families Together Watch the video: Home. Stronger, Together Thanks to a new approach to stabilizing fragile families involved with the child welfare system, a ...
March 1, 2012 | Evaluation
My First Place, a program of First Place for Youth provides critical services to young adults ages 18-24 who have aged out of the foster care system. Independent researchers conducted a formative evaluation from June 2010 through March 2012.
May 23, 2011 | Story
Alumni of RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program facilitate adoption of orphaned twins, one of whom recently got a new kidney.
May 20, 2011 | Story
Study by RWJF Physician Faculty Scholar alumna shows that a short survey of youth and foster parents can help identify mental health problems, as well as strengths.
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Primary care-based social-emotional screening is a valid tool to detect potential problems in youth in foster care.
February 23, 2009 | Program Results Report
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies issued Aging Out of the Foster Care System to Adulthood: Findings, Challenges, and Recommendations, a report on the unmet needs of youth in America.
March 31, 2007 | Program Results Report
The Rowell Foster Childrens' Positive Plan developed a five-year business operating plan to structure its growth and expansion to enable it to enhance the services provided to foster children in Los Angeles County.