First Place For Youth
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How First Place For Youth hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
First Place For Youth scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 4 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
News
Changing the Story, One Character at a Time
First Place for Youth recently joined a half-day convening with UCLA's Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS) to explore how the entertainment industry can tell more meaningful, authentic stories about systems-impacted and opportunity youth. Too often,
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How We Used AI to Ease Staff Burnout - Featured in The Chronicle of Philanthropy
First Place for Youth is proud to be featured in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, sharing what we learned from piloting an AI tool designed to lighten the administrative load on our direct-service staff. Like most nonprofits, we're often stretched thin, wit
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Investing in Our Staff: This Month's Focus on High Quality Engagement
By Kwamane Harris, Director of Practice Development At First Place for Youth, we know that the strength of our services depends on the strength of our staff. That's why we invest deliberately in ongoing professional development - not as a one-time trainin
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We Ask 18-Year-Olds to Do What Most Adults Can't
By Thomas G. Lee On their 18th birthday, thousands of young people in foster care receive a message they never asked for and were never prepared to hear: you're on your own now. No housing. No-one pulling for them. Not because they're ready - they're not
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Foster Youth Are Your Solution to America's Skills Gap
By Erica Waterford, Vice President of Education & Employment, First Place for Youth American businesses are facing a critical labor crisis. In 2025, 70% of U.S. employers reported being unable to fill job vacancies-nearly double the rate from a decade ago
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Advancing Youth Apprenticeship Pathways
By Erica Waterford, VP of Education and Employment, First Place for Youth Over the past year, First Place for Youth has had the opportunity to participate in a national learning community focused on one central question: how do young people successfully m
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When Expertise Travels: How First Place Helped Oklahoma Say Yes to Extended Foster Care
By Thomas Lee, CEO, First Place for Youth Earlier this month, Oklahoma Governor, Kevin Stitt, signed Senate Bill 1806 into law - extending foster care services to young adults through age 21, effective July 1, 2026. The Legislature budgeted $5 million to
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The Power of Storytelling in Foster Care
The stories we tell about young people in foster care shape how they are perceived, understood, and ultimately supported. Too often, narratives focus on challenges alone, overlooking the resilience, potential, and strengths of the young people behind the
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Quilting group's gifts help foster kids 'feel special and treasured' moving forward
The post Quilting group's gifts help foster kids 'feel special and treasured' moving forward appeared first on First Place For Youth.
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Helping Older Foster Youth Starts With Seeing and Hearing Them
The post Helping Older Foster Youth Starts With Seeing and Hearing Them appeared first on First Place For Youth.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at First Place For Youth over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
85/100
Cloud & platforms
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$87k
Typical range
$70k – $153k
Open positions
10
10
Jobs
Junior
30%
Middle
20%
Senior
30%
Architect
20%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 3 | $74k | $73k – $75k |
| Middle | 2 | $71k | $70k – $72k |
| Senior | 3 | $116k | $99k – $116k |
| Architect | 2 | $140k | $127k – $153k |
Highest paying role
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
$153k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at First Place For Youth
By role, level and city, against the market · 10 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
36/100
Slowing
Open positions
11
2 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
28 days
faster than 46% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Administrative
22% ▲
Legal
22% ▲
Finance
11% ▲
HR
11% ▼
Management
11% ▼
Operations
11% ▼
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Oakland
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Oakland
United States
Corporate office
9 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $104k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Management, Administrative
Los Angeles
United States
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $72k Avg Salary
hires for Legal
Earlier presence
San Francisco, United States