Youth Development
Grants Awarded

This grant ensures that increasing public investments and policies are aligned, scalable, and targeted to improve the lives of low-income children.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant will (1) implement the Road Map (defined below) around four issues; (2) educate, engage, and activate key state leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders; and (3) influence relevant federal and national conversations and activities impacting the early childhood education (ECE) workforce and incorporate related learnings into Illinois’ efforts.

This grant will (1) advance early childhood policy at the national and state levels, including policy to support a statewide prenatal-to-five system that is comprehensive, focused on quality, and inclusive of all early learners; and (2) produce and disseminate awareness building tools highlighting various impacts of the Ounce’s longitudinal Follow-Up Study of Educare Chicago (FUS).

This grant supports New America’s Early & Elementary Education Policy Program to continue to inject PreK-3rd grade policy ideas into the national education conversation and produce new policy insights to propel PreK-3rd reforms in states, school districts, communities, and schools.

This project will identify the structural barriers and policy conditions that negatively impact higher education access and the success of early childhood educators, and highlight examples of strategies to reduce these barriers. Emphasis will be placed on educators of color and bilingual educators.

This is a general operating support grant

This is a general operating support grant.

The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood National Center will develop strategies and support policy development to advance education, compensation, retention, and career mobility in support of a diverse, competent early childhood workforce for the nation’s young children.

This is a general operating support grant.

Healthy Steps, a program of Advocate Children’s Hospital, will continue to support the implementation of social needs screening, information and referral program to improve patient access and adherence to health and mental health care. Healthy Steps will work with Advocate Physician Partners to promote Healthy Steps online training modules to affiliated, community-based pediatric providers in the coming year.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant will support workforce development program in San Francisco. The Jumpstart/EDvance Practicum connects future teachers with high-quality coaching, mentorship, and guided hands-on experience, resulting in better outcomes for children and a sustainable, well-prepared pipeline of early educators

This grant will support the execution of the workforce development objectives created through a multi-year expansion initiative that advances the goal of a universal, effective, and sustainable infant/early childhood mental health consultation (I/ECMHC) model and an expanded and qualified consultant workforce.

Building on the success of our Birth Equity Leadership Academy and energized by new leadership, this grant would support the launching of the Every Baby Our Baby Advocacy Network, including a new Advocacy/Policy Director, to increase our capacity for collective action and community-led advocacy for birth equity.

This grant will help maximize the use of the Illinois Risk and Reach Report as a go-to tool for stakeholders, continuing its dissemination strategy through June 2020, and beginning plans for the next iteration of the Report in 2021.

This grant will support Erikson’s Early Teaching and Learning Academy and the development of a sustainable professional development system.

Council for a Strong America (CSA) will build policymakers’ and the public’s support for increased investments in high-quality early childhood education and care, coupled with investments in a strong early childhood workforce, by elevating the voices of members from law enforcement and business communities in Illinois, California, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant for the Center for Study of Child Care Employment.

The BPS Department of Early Childhood will partner with the University of Massachusetts, Boston, to create an online, credit-bearing course for directors of preschool programs to support them as UPK programs as instructional leaders. There is a parallel course for teachers currently being created through another source of funding.

This is a general operating support grant

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports Youth on Board/YouthBuild USA’s work in its capacity as the co-administrators of the Boston Student Advisory Council (BSAC) and Listening Works Convening.

This grant will support for the Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for systemic change.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports Mikva Challenge’s Citywide Youth Council Program that promotes youth voice and youth leadership by providing young people with the knowledge, skills, agency, and access to have a meaningful impact on public policy decisions that significantly impact Chicago youth.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Engagement projects that create opportunities for youth with experience in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to use their personal stories and experiences as a platform for social change in their communities.

FCYO will work with the Stone Foundation to develop recommendations to the Foundation to redesign their scholarship program in line with the current goals of their Youth Development portfolio. FCYO will conduct interviews and background research on how the program could support organizational leaders in the field of youth organizing.

This is a general operating support grant.

All Coro youth programs prepare young people to make NYC policy and practice more responsive and effective. The Participatory Budgeting Youth Fellowship, Coro’s newest program of this kind, is a partnership with the City Council that prepares high school students to increase youth involvement in NYC’s budget decisions.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports the Youth Justice Board, an after-school program that brings together young people to study and propose solutions to the public safety challenges that most affect them.

This grant will support the Calafia Fellowship Program which will make possible 1) the production of Calafia, a statewide youth policy journal; 2) close collaboration with youth advocates and data to set Calafia agenda; and 3) pairing Calafia Fellows with professional journalists for mentorship.

The project will mobilize youth voices as catalysts for change in practice and policies in New York City’s juvenile justice system. The first phase of the project will run from July 1 2019 through June 2020.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

Chicago Freedom School will continue to implement its trauma and healing informed curriculum which includes strategies, practices and tools to support the operationalizing of SB 100 within classroom settings. This will be achieved by developing curriculum and providing trainings for educators. school administration and staff, youth workers, students and youth.

The general operating grant will support C4Js work on youth empowerment and development through developing the skills of youth leaders to advocate for student-centered reforms, and lead campaigns to improve school systems for low income students of color.

This is a general operating support grant

This grant will advance local member-led campaigns for Dignity in Schools Campaign Solutions Not Suspensions, engage youth in leadership development and support collective national action.

This grant will support efforts to provide trainings and technical assistance to youth-led/youth-serving organizations in Philadelphia, expanding their capacity to empower students as change agents and deepening their understanding of the legal solutions available to address educational barriers facing students.

This grant provides general operating support for the Urban Youth Collaborative.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports the Youth Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, credit bearing internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for policy and systems change. Its media work and collaborations with other youth serving and social justice organizations is also helping to strengthen the ecosystem of youth activism in Philadelphia.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant with additional support for its role in the Whole School Safety Initiative.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Advocacy Program. In 2025, it will develop and launch a one-year youth advocacy certificate program.

The Youth Action Institute  requests continuing support to examine the experience of safety and dignity for queer and trans youth of color in New York City.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This project supports Justice Innovation ‘s Tribal Youth Fellowship Program to conduct research, engage the public, and create public policy recommendations and/or programmatic responses to improve how Native youth experience the justice system.

This is a general operating grant.

This grant will support the work of Boston Youth Justice & Power Union, a youth-led organization founded in 2011 to center youth issues, including Black and Brown youth, in the city of Boston.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant will support efforts to provide trainings and technical assistance to youth-led/youth-serving organizations in Philadelphia, expanding their capacity to empower students as change agents and deepening their understanding of the legal solutions available to address educational barriers facing students.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant will support UJIMA, a group of young men of color, ages 14-21, to come together to collectively make a change in their communities, specifically on the issue of their mental health.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant will support youth as they build leadership for healing justice and activism in Chicago Freedom School’s Northstar Liberatory Training Collective and other youth leadership development programs.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports the Youth Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, credit bearing internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for policy and systems change. Its media work and collaborations with other youth serving and social justice organizations is also helping to strengthen the ecosystem of youth activism in Philadelphia.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant with additional support for its role in the Whole School Safety Initiative.

This grant provides general operating support for the Urban Youth Collaborative.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Engagement projects that create opportunities for youth with experience in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to use their personal stories and experiences as a platform for social change in their communities.

The Youth Action Institute (formerly the Youth Justice Board) requests continuing support to examine the experience of safety and dignity for queer and trans youth of color in New York City, and to continue a previous cohort’s work on social media surveillance.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports the Youth Action Board of the Chicago Continuum of Care.

This is a general operating grant.

This grant will support the work of Boston Youth Justice & Power Union, a youth-led organization founded in 2011 to center youth issues and Black and Brown youth in the city of Boston.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant will advance local member-led campaigns for Dignity in Schools Campaign Solutions Not Suspensions, engage youth in leadership development and support collective national action.

This grant will support efforts to provide trainings and technical assistance to youth-led/youth-serving organizations in Philadelphia, expanding their capacity to empower students as change agents and deepening their understanding of the legal solutions available to address educational barriers facing students.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant will support UJIMA, a group of young men of color, ages 14-21, to come together to collectively make a change in their communities, specifically on the issue of their mental health.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant will support Black and Brown youth as they build leadership for healing justice and activism in Chicago Freedom School’s Northstar Liberatory Training Collective and other youth leadership development programs.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

The F5C aims to increase the impact of our programming with directly impacted community members as they access necessary support and participate in the process to develop innovative strategies towards the mission of youth prison closure. Directly impacted participants will contribute their unique perspectives and root themselves in a community of peers and advocates while deepening their skills and knowledge.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports the Youth Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, credit bearing internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for policy and systems change. Its media work and collaborations with other youth serving and social justice organizations is also helping to strengthen the ecosystem of youth activism in Philadelphia.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant provides general operating support for the Urban Youth Collaborative.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Engagement projects that create opportunities for youth with experience in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to use their personal stories and experiences as a platform for social change in their communities.

The Youth Action Institute (formerly the Youth Justice Board) requests continuing support to examine the experience of safety and dignity for queer and trans youth of color in New York City, and to continue a previous cohort’s work on social media surveillance.

This is a general operating support grant.

Building off the past year’s program development and the Democracy School 2100 [DS2100] pilot [to occur between April – June 2023], Coro will further institutionalize and embed DS2100 in its leadership development portfolio to engage a new generation of youth leaders and organizers who have the political and civic know-how to foster lasting systemic change.

This is a general operating support grant.

This grant supports the Youth Action Board of the Chicago Continuum of Care.

Mikva Challenge requests support to sustain our innovative Citywide Youth Council program (CYCs). CYCs promote youth voice and youth leadership by providing young people with the knowledge, skills, agency, and access to have a meaningful impact on public policy decisions that significantly impact Chicago youth.

NESRI (DBA Partners for Dignity & Rights) is requesting funds for the Dignity in Schools Campaign, a national coalition of over 100 organizations fighting to end school pushout. W.C. Stone Foundation funds will advance local campaigns for Solutions Not Suspensions, engage youth in leadership structures and support collective national action.

This general operating grant supports Oakland Kids First (OKF) to build power and equity for high-need Oakland students by providing transformative youth leadership programs and investing in student organizing to improve school culture and implement the Oakland Youth Vote campaign win.

The Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) is applying for grant funding to support two new projects and the expansion of a third, which, combined, continue to expand PSU’s ability to generate meaningful grassroots power for young people in Philadelphia.

RYSE centers BIYOC (Black, Indigenous,Youth of Color) who are constantly changing, growing, innovating, shifting and reimaging what’s possible for our collective liberation. RYSE’s systems transformation approach centers cultural work, racial justice, and emotional, physical, and political support for healing and self-determination of young people’s own and their communities’ narratives.

We are seeking support for our Youth Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, credit bearing internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for policy and systems change. Our media work and our collaborations with other youth serving and social justice organizations is also helping to strengthen the ecosystem of youth activism in Philadelphia.

Youth Communication will leverage the transformative power of teen-written narratives to address the systemic issues of inequality that directly impact youth across New York City.

This grant supports the Calafia Fellowship Program in order to 1) produce Calafia, a statewide youth policy magazine; 2) collaborate with youth advocates across the state, especially in our Bay Area offices; and 3) pair Calafia Fellows with professional journalists for mentorship.

This grant provides general operating support for YR Media, formerly known as Youth Radio.

The goals of this organization can be defined by three core values.  (1) Strengthen relationships among between youth and adults in schools and their communities; (2) Develop leadership among youth; (3) Ensure youth decision-making within the organization; (4) Ensure youth participation in decision-making in their schools; (5) Identify and define issues and strategies; and (6) Increase civic engagement of young people.

This general operating grant continues the storytelling and policy work of Calafia- a youth media fellowship.

Youth Communication (YC) will leverage the transformative power of teen-written narratives to address the systemic issues of inequality that directly impact youth across New York City.

The grant designed to the Youth Justice and Power Union will support BIPOC youth organizers and members ages 14-25 to lead basebuilding and campaign work to decrease the scope of Boston policing and shift funding to youth jobs, affordable housing, and community-led safety and wellness.

This general operating grant supports Oakland Kids First (OKF) to build power and equity for high-need Oakland students by providing transformative youth leadership programs, amplifying youth voice in student organizing campaigns that improve school culture & climate, and activating youth power to advocate for policies that increase educational equity.

This grant supports the Dignity in Schools Campaign, a national coalition of over 100 organizations fighting to end school pushout. Funds will advance local campaigns for Solutions Not Suspensions, engage youth in leadership structures and support collective national action.

This grant provides trainings, technical assistance, resources, and legal services to youth-focused organizations and youth. Education Law Center (ELC) aims to deepen understanding of student rights among Philadelphia organizations and youth to build their advocacy capacity. ELC will learn from the experiences of youth and elevate their voices in our advocacy.

This general operating grant supports work to strengthen intergenerational organizing model through continuing to develop youth leadership in all aspects of DRUM’s Organizing work.

This grant supports Ujima.

This general operating grant supports work to develop sustainable youth leadership through a healing and justice approach to advance systems change and effective policy implementation aimed at creating supportive school climates, and shifting public investment from punitive to restorative approaches.

This grant provides support for Chicago Freedom School’s NorthStar Liberatory Training Collective, which develops young leaders into trainers of trauma-informed, healing-centered practices that teachers, cultural workers, and youth workers can use in classrooms and youth programs.

This general operating grant will advance educational justice through youth power. Californians for Justice builds youth power through leadership development — deepening skills of youth so they can advocate for student-centered reforms — and organizing and advocacy to improve school systems and culture for low-income students of color.

This general operating grant will support statewide, youth-led outreach, training, and advocacy model, wthe work of  Foster Youth in Action program.

This is a general operating grant to Youth United for Change.

This grant will support for the Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for systemic change.

The grant provides general operating support to the RYSE Center.

This is a general operating support grant to Philadelphia Student Union.

Oakland Kids First (OKF) builds power for BIPOC Oakland students through youth leader development, Oakland Youth Vote Coalition leadership, and building sustained election infrastructure in order to realize the historic Measure QQ – Oakland Youth Vote (OYV) campaign win after it passed with 67% of the vote in 2020.

This grant supports Mikva Challenge‘s Citywide Youth Council Program that promotes youth voice and youth leadership by providing young people with the knowledge, skills, agency, and access to have a meaningful impact on public policy decisions that significantly impact Chicago youth.

This is a grant to Make the Road New York to support the Urban Youth Collaborative.

This grant provides general operating support to Make the Road New York.

This grant supports Juvenile Law Center‘s Youth Engagement projects that create opportunities for youth with experience in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to use their personal stories and experiences as a platform for social change in their communities.

This grant supports the youth leadership development program goal of deeper sustainable partnerships and youth impact on policy and practice.

This is a general operating grant.

The Center for Court Innovation’s Youth Justice Board is an after-school program that brings together young people to study and propose solutions to the public safety challenges that most affect them.

This is a grant to Bend the Arc New York to support the Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing.

This grant supports the Youth Action Board of the Chicago Continuum of Care.