Bridge to Independence Advisory Committee

This Committee, created by LB216(2013) and codified at Neb. Rev. Stat. §43-4513, is appointed by the Commission to make recommendations to the Legislature and Commission regarding the Bridge to Independence Program, extended guardianship assistance, and extended adoption assistance.
The Bridge to Independence (B2i) Advisory Committee has been meeting since July 2013 to make recommendations regarding the creation of a program offering voluntary services and support for youth who have aged out of foster care before attaining permanency. This program was implemented on October 1, 2014, and the Committee continues to make recommendations for improvement. The current Co-Chair of the Committee is Brandy Gustoff (Omaha Home for Boys).

The Committee currently has one active subgroup, the Evaluation and Data Collection workgroup, whose efforts are currently focused on an external evaluation of the B2i program. Links to the Committee's reports and recommendations can be found below with additional information available on our Reports page.

The committee continues to meet as needed. Notices of Committee meetings are published on the Nebraska Public Meeting Calendar. You can access current meeting documents here or past meeting documents may be found here. A current member listing is available below.

An application to become a member can be found here.