Helping former foster youth succeed as they journey toward independent living.
Partnership 4 Hope is a community-based initiative designed to address the unique challenges that YAFFYs (Young Adult Former Foster Youth) face. The community and population it serves are young adults in the greater Omaha metropolitan area, nineteen years of age and older, who have “aged out” of the foster care system.
It strives to meet these challenges by recruiting and providing this population with mentors who will establish a meaningful mentoring relationship, as well as a community support system that will partner with and help both mentor and mentee to succeed as they travel together on the journey toward independent living. It will also seek to provide material, emotional, and relational assistance to meet the challenges they face in that process.
Partnership 4 Hope's Pillars
Partnership 4 Hope consists of four pillars:
Mentoring
To support the emotional needs of YAFFYS, we offer traditional mentoring and peer mentoring. Learn More
Cole French Educational Support Fund
This emergency support fund for the YAFFYS exists to support ongoing educatioal pursuit for the young adults when crisis or unexpected costs happen. Learn More
Youth Mart
Youth Mart is our free "shopping center" that provides essential household items to YAFFYs such as furniture, household goods, hygiene supplies, pantry food, clothing, Learn More
Truck Brigade
Truck brigade is our volunteer group that delivers the selected furniture to YAFFYS, and picks up furniture (see Youth Mart page for specifics) from donors in the community. Learn More
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Youth Mart
Youth Mart is a donation center for young adults 25 and under who have aged out of foster care, have foster care experience, or may be otherwise unconnected. Youth Mart carries household essentials including furniture, kitchen items, housewares…
Mentoring
Our Mission is to provide support through mentoring for Young Adults Former Foster Youth on their journey towards independence. As these young adults “age out” or turn 19, they begin to lose services and support available to them while trying to…
Access Period
Access Period is fighting period poverty in Omaha, Nebraska through the thoughtful distribution of menstrual supplies. We provide free period products to anyone who needs them through trusted partner agencies, outreach, and direct requests.
300+
This is the number of young adult foster youth that age out of the foster care system in the Omaha Metropolitan area each year that we serve.
Like anyone, having stable relationships, managing good health, learning to make successful financial decisions, and acquiring good life skills is just the beginning of what these young adults will need in their future. It may seem easy for us, but these young adults need a helping hand. They need us and here is how we can help…
119 Donation loads picked up
169 Donation loads dropped off
146 Shopping appointments
111 Furniture deliveries
924 Volunteer hours
