Phoenix Foundation of Nevada

09/01/2026

08/29/2026

08/25/2026

We're launching a new interview series and we need your help. If you were in the foster care system as a youth, or you know someone who was, we want to hear their story. This is a space for real, unfiltered conversations about what it's actually like to grow up in foster care, age out, and rebuild a life afterward. The struggles, the wins, all of it. If you or someone you know would be open to sharing their experience, send us a message or comment below. Your voice could help someone else feel less alone, and it could change how our community understands what young people in foster care actually need.

To get a feel for what these conversations look like, check out our YouTube channel, linked in our bio, where we've already started sharing stories like this.

Chuck Jackson is 50 years old, a case manager, and a former foster ...

08/25/2026

Aging out of foster care means facing adulthood alone...no family, no safety net, no one to teach the basics. Phoenix Foundation of Nevada is changing that, one young life at a time, trough transitional housing and life skills training.

HELP US TEACH THEM. Click the link to donate and help us help them.

Phoenix Foundation of Nevada exists because too many young people age out of foster care with no one to teach them how to be an adult. We're a Black-led,…

08/19/2026

The new school year got me thinking about Mr. Blackmere, my 9th grade English teacher. He gave me "Of Mice and Men," didn't soften any of it, and used it to teach us something that stuck... books aren't just stories, they're history. A snapshot of whatever time they were written in.

I still think about that lesson honestly.

Every kid deserves a teacher like that. Somebody who shows up and just tells the truth. It's a big part of why we do what we do here.

Did a teacher ever mark you like that?

08/16/2026

The Phoenix Foundation of Nevada teamed up with and for the Back to School Fresh Start Experience. New shoes on their feet, backpacks stocked with supplies, and fresh haircuts to walk into the new school year with confidence.
150 kids. 150 fresh starts. This is what community looks like.

07/15/2026

In decades of public service, law enforcement, juvenile justice, education, social work, corrections, I’ve seen one thing without exception: waste. Not waste of resources or budget, but waste of human potential.

I’ve sat across from incarcerated men with the philosophical depth of scholars. I’ve talked to system-involved youth carrying ideas half-formed, unheard, unrecorded that could have reshaped medicine, energy, technology. Minds capable of extraordinary things, tangled instead in survival, trauma, and a system that was never built to notice them.

That’s the real cost of a broken safety net. It’s not just the individual who falls through, it’s the cure never discovered, the invention never built, the leader never developed. Every young person who ages out of foster care without support isn’t just a statistic. They’re a question mark on what they might have given the world.

At Phoenix Foundation of Nevada, we believe recognizing and cultivating that untapped potential isn’t charity its investment. It’s how a community gets its return on every life inside it.

We need a revolution in how we see human development. Not a system that manages young people until they age out, but one that identifies, nurtures, and unleashes what’s already in them.

That revolution starts with the ones still standing at the edge,the young people aging out of foster care, right now, waiting for someone to bet on them.

Let’s stop wasting greatness. Let’s cultivate it.

07/07/2026

Register to Donate Now. Our life skills program is starting soon.

03/13/2026

We are incredibly grateful to Mark Shunock and the entire team at Mondays Dark for an unforgettable evening of generosity and community. What an amazing and rewarding experience!

A special thank you to Dai Richardson, Jenna Sang, and the incredible Mondays Dark staff, who were absolutely on point every step of the way, guiding us through the entire process with professionalism, kindness, and energy.

Because of this amazing community, the Phoenix Foundation of Nevada can continue our mission of supporting young women transitioning out of foster care and helping them build brighter futures.

From the bottom of our hearts — thank you for believing in our work and for making such a meaningful impact.

03/09/2026

lol story time. Thank you Dai and Mondays Dark, the sweet shout out.