Child Focus is a non-profit agency that provides resources and services which enrich the lives of children living in foster care and creates opportunities for each child to develop the individual strengths and abilities that will help prepare them for responsible adulthood.

Everlyse Everlasting Education Fund (EEEF)

Everlyse Cabrera disappeared from a North Las Vegas foster home in 2006 and has never been found. While the search for her continues, Child Focus is working to turn a tragic situation into one of hope for hundreds of youth in care.

The biological parents of Everlyse selected Child Focus to administer the Everlyse Everlasting Education Fund (EEEF) created with a $35,000 court settlement. The funds are earmarked for Child Focus' Academic Success program to provide in-home tutoring and mentoring for foster youth in Clark County.

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Just over 50% of foster youth graduate from Clark County high schools, which is 15 percentage points below the graduation rate for Clark County high school students generally. Foster kids fall behind in school as they are bounced from one residential placement to another; one school to another. Too often, they give up and drop out.

Child Focus' goal is to raise an additional $100,000 this year from corporations and individuals to make the EEEF "everlasting" and provide year-round professional tutoring to improve high school graduation rates of youth in care.

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"This education fund puts a hopeful spin on a tagic situation, " stated Cristine Lindholm, President of the Board of Directors for Child Focus. "While we remain saddened that Everlyse has not been found, this gift will ensure that foster children struggling with education will receive the help they need in her memory."