Capacity Building Cohort 2
May 2022 – November 2024
Awarded Program Highlights
The Youth Utilizing Power and Praise
is dedicated to enhancing the confidence and leadership skills of young people of color. The organization’s performing and fine arts, public speaking and sports programs are designed to prevent risk factors that could lead to substance abuse. By fostering a supportive environment, this organization is helping young people reach their full potential and create a brighter future for themselves and their communities.
The San Diego Refugee Communities Coalition
provides a safe and supportive environment for young refugees and immigrants in San Diego County. Through culturally and linguistically sensitive substance use disorder prevention, education and early intervention services, the Coalition strives to reduce substance use and empower youth.
Black Students of California United
is providing safe spaces, support and culturally responsive programming to advance restorative justice policies in schools. Through their Black Male Initiative program, youth leaders engage with California officials to discuss the lived experiences of Black youth and the need for academic support.
Learn how our 36 Capacity Building Cohort 2 partners are implementing innovative projects for substance use disorder prevention for youth.
A New Path (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing)
San Diego County
$200,280.00
To build organizational capacity to empower youth of color in San Diego County to become leaders and equip school administrators through training and evidence-based curriculum to effectively prevent substance use.
Ahri Center
Orange County and Los Angeles County
$386,724.00
To build organizational capacity to empower Latinx and Asian and Pacific Islander youth in Orange County to participate in civic engagement and break the stigma around substance use through mentorship, organizing and advocacy to reduce substance use.
Be Smooth, Inc.
San Joaquin County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to engage and empower youth of color in San Joaquin County through mentorship, culturally rooted and trauma-informed healing practices and youth activism to reduce substance use.
Black Students of California United
San Joaquin County, Fresno County, San Diego County
$300,000.00
To build organizational capacity to increase safe spaces, support and training for Black youth in San Joaquin, Fresno and San Diego counties through the inclusion of culturally responsive programming and materials to advance restorative justice policies in schools.
Captivating Ladies Acquiring Successful Standards Yearly
Sacramento County and Los Angeles County
$305,000.00
To build organizational capacity to expand opportunities and resources for youth of color in Sacramento County through career-based learning opportunities and youth-led programming to reduce substance use.
Center for Urban Excellence
Solano County and Contra Costa County
$397,690.00
To build organizational capacity to increase access to resilience, economic and social opportunities for youth of color in Solano and County Costa counties through art and wellness activities and a youth-led culturally responsive leadership development program to reduce substance use and effects of adverse childhood experiences.
Club Stride, Inc.
Solano County
$295,896.99
To build organizational capacity to promote healing for youth of color in Solano County by expanding healing-centered networks and social justice youth development approaches to reduce exposure to and use of substances.
Connected to Lead
Orange County and Los Angeles County
$374,979.55
To build organizational capacity to develop leadership and resiliency of foster, at-risk and justice-involved youth in Los Angeles and Orange counties through healing circles and a substance use prevention campaign to improve youth mental health and well-being.
Finish First Academy
Los Angeles County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to increase leadership skills of Black and Latinx youth in Los Angeles County through a social justice youth development program to decrease substance use and improve health outcomes.
Frontline Catalysts
Alameda County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to promote healing and empowerment for youth of color in Alameda County through youth-led climate justice leadership activities and collective action projects that address environmental disparities and push for systemic change.
Hooked on Fishing Not on Violence
Sacramento County
$357,716.40
To build organizational capacity to improve wellness and self-esteem for youth of color and young adults in Sacramento County through mentorship to prevent and reduce substance use.
Inspire Together
San Bernardino County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to increase leadership skills among youth of color in San Bernardino County through training, leadership development and trauma-informed approaches to increase peer-to-peer mentorship and reduce substance use.
Invest in Me
Stanislaus County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to empower youth of color in Stanislaus County who have been impacted by the War on Drugs through educational training on substance use disorder prevention, social justice youth development and healing-centered practices to prevent youth substance use.
Kno’Qoti Native Wellness, Inc.
Lake County
$399,850.00
To build organizational capacity to empower and honor the cultural values of Tribal youth in Lake County through youth prevention programs and trainings to prevent substance use and bring awareness to suicide prevention.
Lily of the Valley Emmanuel Church of Jesus Christ
Fresno County, Tulare County, Kings County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to promote leadership for youth of color in Fresno, Tulare and Kings counties through peer mentoring and youth-led community advocacy work to reduce substance use.
Oliview Farm
Shasta County, Siskiyou County, Tehama County, Trinity County, Lassen County, Modoc County
$389,776.42
To build organizational capacity to support youth under the supervision of the Shasta County Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility through applied learning on Oliview Farm to improve health, life and educational outcomes for youth.
Oracles of Truth
Sacramento County and San Joaquin County
$399,159.06
To build organizational capacity to empower and build the confidence of at-risk youth of color in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties through healing, mentorship and leadership experiences to improve quality of life.
Restoring Justice for Indigenous People
Sacramento County, Shasta County, Alameda County, Siskiyou County, Lassen County, Modoc County, San Francisco County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to support Indigenous youth and young adults in California through mentorship, land-based healing practices, culturally rooted activities and training to reduce harm and create collective healing.
RxSafe Marin
Marin County
$399,768.75
To build organizational capacity to improve the health and well-being of youth of color in Marin County through a youth-led, action-oriented collaborative that will identify substance use needs for youth to achieve equitable health outcomes.
SAC Connect
Sacramento County
$302,520.00
To build organizational capacity to improve coping skills and well-being of youth and young adults of color in Sacramento County through a youth-led art and wellness group to reduce substance use.
Sacramento Youth Center
Sacramento County
$399,921.60
To build organizational capacity to train and certify peer specialists in Sacramento County through a comprehensive program to address community inequities including mental health, wellness, safety and substance abuse.
Sacred Path Indigenous Wellness Center
Alameda County, Fresno County, Los Angeles County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to empower Native American youth in Los Angeles, Alameda and Fresno counties through community-driven interventions to decrease the impact of historical trauma and prevent substance use.
San Diego Refugee Communities Coalition
San Diego County
$399,999.00
To build organizational capacity to empower refugee and immigrant youth in San Diego County through linguistically and culturally relevant substance use disorder prevention, education and early intervention services to reduce substance use.
Santa Barbara Alternatives to Violence Project
Santa Barbara County
$369,000.00
To build organizational capacity to empower Latinx youth and their communities in Santa Barbara County by providing alternatives to the ways society often criminalizes, marginalizes or excludes youth to reduce substance use.
The Echo Chamber
San Joaquin County
$253,597.60
To build organizational capacity to empower youth in San Joaquin County through evidence-based and community-driven activities to improve the health and life outcomes of youth.
The Gifted Living Institute, Inc.
Los Angeles County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to amplify Black and Latinx youth voices in Los Angeles County through the Exceptional Leadership (ExCEL) Youth Initiative to advance health equity and environmental justice.
The Legacy Center dba Positive Images
Sonoma County, Marin County, Mendocino County, Humboldt County
$399,999.60
To build organizational capacity to empower 2S/LGBTQ+ youth of color in Sonoma County through culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate programs and leadership development to prevent and reduce substance use.
The Village Project, Inc.
Monterey County
$399,996.00
To build organizational capacity to empower Black and Latinx youth in Monterey County through a youth-driven program utilizing grassroots movements with modern technology to decrease substance use.
The Young Peoples Foundation, Inc.
Los Angeles County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to empower foster and system-involved youth in Los Angeles County through psycho-social substance abuse education, recovery groups and engagement services to live healthy lives.
Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Education Program, Inc.
Los Angeles County
$364,357.50
To build organizational capacity for organizing and activism skills among Black and Latinx unhoused, formerly incarcerated and foster youth in Los Angeles County region through a peer-led support and leadership program to reduce substance use and improve life outcomes.
Valley Dream Center
Fresno County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to develop future leaders in Fresno County by training young adult peer mentors on leadership development and offering opportunities to gain leadership experience with other nonprofits.
Viet Rainbow of Orange County
Orange County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to promote healing and build an ecosystem of trauma-informed support for LGBTQ+ youth of color in Orange County through community-led narrative change, cultural healing and community capacity to prevent substance abuse.
Walter Lee Wilmore (WLW) Foundation
Los Angeles County
$385,000.00
To build organizational capacity to empower youth of color in Los Angeles County through a public policy and media advocacy project to build community and improve life outcomes for youth.
Wukchumni Tribe
Fresno County, Tulare County, King County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity for Wukchumni youth in Fresno, Tulare and Kings counties by training staff, youth leaders and community members to utilize the Gathering of Native Americans and White Bison curriculums to reduce substance abuse.
Yes 2 Kollege Educational Resources, Inc.
Sacramento County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to empower African American youth in Sacramento County through mental health and substance use disorder counseling with dedicated health professionals who reflect the community they serve to reduce stigma and prevent substance use.
Youth Utilizing Power and Praise Organization
San Joaquin County, Alameda County, Santa Clara County, Contra Costa County
$400,000.00
To build organizational capacity to boost confidence and leadership skills among youth of color in San Joaquin, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties through performing and fine arts, public speaking and sports programs to prevent risk factors that lead to substance abuse.