Transitional Help
The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives more than 100,000 American youth aging out of the foster care system.
This issue of Casey Connects spotlights transitions. It unveils three new Foundation initiatives breaking fresh ground by assisting: kids aging out of foster care; public agencies in crisis; and, non-profits facing leadership change. But, the big story is the racially impactful, Oscar-nominated film Legacy revealing a family’s transformation in ghetto Chicago after the murder of their shining star son/sibling.
Alfred G. Perez believes it’s a myth that foster kids can’t make it. But he also knows they can’t do it alone. Perez lived in 11 different foster homes in as many years before a mentor took him under his wing and he became a success story. Studies show without support many former foster youth face overwhelming obstacles completing school, getting a job and finding a safe, affordable place to live. These are the youth the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative is set to help.
