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All posts tagged "California"
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayHow I Helped My High School Service Club Find A Way To Keep Helping
The Helping Hawks Club members have invested their time since 2011 feeding the homeless (a major draw to the club), spending lunchtime...
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911GrantsCalifornia Small Business Support And Recovery Loans Program
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Small Business Support, Organizational Support, Minority-Owned Businesses | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayWe Know What Truly Works for Gun Violence Prevention and Invest In It
ESTONES TENKA/SHUTTERSTOCK More than 115,000 Americans will be shot and 40,000 will die from gun violence this year alone — just like...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayThe First Basic Income Pilot Program for Foster Youth Is a No-Brainer
The Santa Clara County (California) Board of Supervisors approved in May a basic income pilot program for youth who are transitioning out...
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793GrantsEast Bay COVID-19 Community Response Fund Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Basic Needs, Human Services, Organizational Support, California, East Bay | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.4KGuest Opinion EssayAdvance Peace Change Agents Already Interrupting Epidemics Every Day in Neighborhood
Fresh shell casings are still scattered in the streets. Multiple sets of dice are still rolling like rocks in an avalanche. Bottles...
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963GrantsOakland Social and Racial Justice Organization Rapid Response Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Social Justice, Social Change, Arts/Culture, Community Organizing, Oakland | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: Sept. 15, 2020
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayWe Need to Take Care of Each Other After COVID-19 Too
The Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) in Richmond, Calif., is a non-law enforcement governmental agency whose sole purpose is to reduce gun...
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994GrantsBay Area Nonprofit Support Through COVID Crisis Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Human Services, Nonprofit Support, Food Access, Basic Needs, Education, California | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Ongoing
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1.0KGrantsSan Diego COVID-19 Community Response Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Food Access, Human Services, Family Support, Living Expenses | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.0KNewsIntensive Coaching, Group Therapy Helped California Foster Youth at Risk for Homelessness, Chapin Hall Study Shows
In the transition from adolescence to adulthood, even the best-prepared kids can be expected to stumble.
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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayIs California’s ACEs Questionnaire ‘Trap’ For Poor Families?
I’ve written about a study that found that poor mothers often avoid revealing their problems or accepting much-needed help because those asking...
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1.1KGrantsL.A. Region Youth Education, Health and Development Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Youth Development, Physical Activity, Youth Sports, Health, Food Access | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: May 1, 2020
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1.1KGrantsCA Youth Conservation Education and Job Training Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Job/Career Training, Environmental Education, Youth Development | Amount: $1,000 - $5,000 | Deadline: May 11, 2020
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1.2KGrantsCA,HI Conservation, Education and Healthcare Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Health, Healthcare, Environment, California, Hawaii | Amount: $50,000 - $200,000 | Deadline: Feb. 24, 2020
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayWe Connected Former Gang Members, Clergy, Community and Police to Fight Violence
In the city of Stockton, Calif., gun violence was already notably on the rise in 2011 because of a series of compounding...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayCalifornia Partnerships Helping Reduce Gun Violence, Incarceration
California has comprehensively strengthened its gun safety laws over the past 25 years and is now generally considered to have the strongest...
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1.1KGrantsSF Bay Area Youth Literacy Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Literacy, K-5, Reading, Disadvantaged Students | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2019
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayWe Need to Study These Amazing Low-crime Trends in California, NY
Leaders across the United States agonize over recent mass shootings as Americans fear more to come. Perhaps we can learn from youth...
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1.0KGrantsOakland Family Reading Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Reading, Literacy, Education, Child/Youth Development, Family | Amount: $250 - $1,000 | Deadline: Oct. 4, 2019
