All posts tagged "minority youth"

Grants for institutional partnerships to reduce inequality in youth outcomes

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Inequality, Youth Outcomes, Research, Race/Ethnicity, Disadvantaged Youth | Amount: $650,000 | Deadline: Sept. 12, 2024

Silicon Valley region disadvantaged community action grants: younger and older women of color smiling for camera at community event

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Silicon Valley region disadvantaged community action grants

GRANT FOCUS: Disadvantaged Communities, BIPOC Communities, Racial/Social Justice, California | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Aug 30, 2024

NYC youth services and inequality organization grant: youth volunteer works with challenged youth on art project

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NYC youth direct service and inequality reduction organization support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Inequality, Youth Development, Disadvantaged Youth, New York City | Amount: $60,000 | Deadline: Sept. 18, 2024

Minnesota education grants, youth family grants: collage of faces of diverse youth with yellow border at bottom

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Minnesota education equity, youth and family support program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Youth Development, Family Support, Disadvantaged Youth, Minnesota | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 12, 2024 (LOI)

Colorado youth of color and LGBTQ youth resiliency program grants: two young youth of color watering plants

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Colorado youth of color and LGBTQ+ youth resiliency program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development, LGBTQ+ Youth, Youth of Color, Mental Health, Youth Resiliency | Amount: $150,000 - $250,000 | Deadline: June 15,...

Juvenile diversion and probation: Closeup of two feet wearing white tennis shoes and black socks with an ankle monitor on left ankle

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Protect and redirect: America’s growing movement to divert youth out of the justice system

Many jurisdictions took steps in the past decade to expand diversion opportunities for youth.

NYPD wrongly arresting black kids on Halloween: group of NYPD officers walking an arrested black youth across the street

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21 bodycam videos caught the NYPD wrongly arresting black kids on Halloween. Why can’t the public see the footage?

Police have undermined the promise of transparency and accountability that accompanied the body-camera movement.

Kristin Henning - a person with a red dress smiling

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Kristin Henning: The criminalization of Black children needs to stop

We criminalize really every aspect of Black and brown adolescence, Henning says.

Black youth mental health and suicide: Black teen being helped by black woman psychologist

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Still ringing the alarm: An enduring call to action for black youth suicide prevention

Black youth have the fastest rising suicide rate among their peers of other races/ethnicities.

behavioral and mental health grants: pair of hands clasping another in sunlight

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Youth mental health improvement coalition support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Mental Health, Mental Healthcare Access, Minority/Disadvantaged Youth | Amount: $1,000,000 | Deadline: Sept. 8, 2023

community youth violence prevention research grants: sad and troubled teen in grey hoodie talking to therapist

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Youth violence prevention research program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Violence Prevention, At-risk Youth, Youth Safety/Well-being, Research | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Oct. 2, 2023

juvenile youth defense improvement grants: young person's hand on chain-link fence

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Changing course in youth detention: Reversing widening gaps by race and place

A report finds widening racial and geographic inequities in youth detention since the pandemic.

Two Battlefields youth gun culture report: black and white graphic of city street with crime and graffiti

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‘Two Battlefields’: Opps, cops, and NYC youth gun culture

A study of young gun carriers in NYC sheds a light on their perspective.

sustainability of supportive housing for families in child welfare system report; mother and child hugging in park

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Grants to address racial bias and inequity in child welfare

GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare/Well-being, Racial Disparities/Inequity, Systemic Racism, Minority Children/Youth | Amount: $400,000 - $500,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023

Black girls record rates of self-injury and suicide: young black girl sitting backwards in chair in classroom looking off to the side sadly

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For Chicago girls confronting violence, a school solution for reducing PTSD

Nearly 40% of girls in Chicago Public schools experience PTSD and violence-related stress.

expand use of diversion for juvenile justice system report; hand of youth on detention center fence

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Reducing racial disparities in juvenile justice program grant

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparities, Minority Youth, Systemic Racism | Amount: Up to $2,000,000 | Deadline: July 11, 2023

Q&A_Monique Couvson on why philanthropy should cede power to girls of color: black woman with colorful head scarf and dark shirt smiling with arms folded

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Q&A: Monique Couvson on why philanthropy should “cede power” to girls of color

Monique Couvson is the CEO of the philanthropic institution Grantmakers for Girls of Color.

toll of his absence; women supporting prisoner Almeer Nance: older black woman looking at photo while younger woman looks off to the right

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The toll of his absence: the women supporting prisoner Almeer Nance

Jameerial Johnson's father has been incarcerated her entire life.

disadvantaged youth STEM grants: black girl with long hair works on robot car at desk

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