Deadline: 2-Oct-20
Elevate Youth California is investing in a statewide movement to expand youth and young adult substance use prevention through policy, systems, and environmental change, focusing on communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs.
Elevate Youth California is grounded in social justice youth development,1,2 which expands the concept of a positive youth development framework and addresses social factors including racism, xenophobia, and other racial inequities youth face as they develop into adulthood.
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization bringing people, ideas, and infrastructure together to create a collective impact that reduces health disparities and improves community health for the underserved living in California.
In this current round of funding, The Center is seeking applications from community-based organizations and Tribal organizations that:
- support youth engagement that focuses on youth activism specifically in communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs
- reflect the communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs
- develop targeted culturally and linguistically appropriate social justice youth development, peer-to-peer support and mentoring programs that are healing-centered, trauma-informed, and focused on youth ages 12-26
- apply an intersectional approach to health equity through policy, systems, and environmental change
Funding Information
- Up to $1,000,000 for three years for 501(c)(3) community-based organizations, Tribal organizations and coalitions/collaborative
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Located in the State of California.
- Provide services in the State of California.
- Are a 501(c)(3) community-based organization or Tribal organization with established and trusted community relationships. Fiscal sponsorships are eligible. Also, open to coalitions of organizations and collaboratives, as long as one eligible organization is the applicant.
- The applicant organization must not have an active Elevate Youth California grant.
- Have demonstrated experience partnering with young people of color and other marginalized communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs to promote policy, systems, and environmental change.
- Applicant organizations and collaborative partners must be deeply invested in, engage, and reflect the proposed communities served that are disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs. Grantee partners should have a history of working with impacted communities, including representation on the board and staff, clients served and neighborhoods served.
- Applicant organizations and their partners must have demonstrated evidence of inclusivity and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations.
For more information, visit https://elevateyouthca.org/2020/09/elevate-youth-california-round-2-funding-opportunity-is-available/