First Place for Youth
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.
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Administration, Private Foundations Announce $35 Million Initiative To Stabilize Highest-Risk Families
June 5, 2012 | News Release
New program pairs supportive housing and social services to strengthen fragile families and avert foster care placements.
Administration, Private Foundations Announce $35 Million Initiative to Stabilize Highest Risk Families
June 4, 2012 | Story
Recommended Reading Keeping Families Together: A Pilot Program and Its Evaluation Keeping Families Together The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Yo ...
Home. Stronger, Together.
May 31, 2012 | Video/Story
Promise story for Keeping Families Together, a grantee of the Vulnerable Populations portfolio.
My First Place, A Program of First Place for Youth
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.
Aging Out of Foster Care: The Unmet Needs of Youth
February 23, 2009 | Program Result
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.
Los Angeles-Based Program Develops Five-Year Business Plan to Enhance Services for Children in Foster Care
March 1, 2007 | Program Result
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.
"Super" Case Managers Help Families Access Child Health Services in Arkansas
October 1, 1997 | Program Result
One of the biggest barriers that keeps low-income families from getting the health services they need for their children is the sheer number of agencies they have to visit. Each agency is in a different location and has its own requirements and staff.
Social Impact 100 Index
November 27, 2012 | Grant/Feature
Ten grantees from the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio at RWJF have been named to the Social Impact Exchange's S&I 100, an index of the top nonprofits having a positive impact on America's most pressing social issues.
Harvard Law Professor Faults Strategies for Protecting Abused Kids
September 26, 2002 | Program Result
Starting in 1997, Elizabeth Bartholet a law professor at Harvard Law School, researched and wrote Nobody's Children: Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift, and the Adoption Alternative.