Elevate Youth California Program Filter
517 programs found.
Grey background and "(Award no longer active)" after award amount indicates partners who do not have an active Elevate Youth California award.
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)
Standard Cohort 5
San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County
$1,000,000
Program Purpose
To develop social justice leadership skills of Latinx and Mexican Indigenous youth in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties through a culturally grounded, trauma-informed curriculum to advance school policies and improve behavioral health outcomes.
Museum of Children’s Art
Standard Cohort 4
Alameda County
$999,921
Program Purpose
To empower Latinx and Black youth in Alameda County through transformational youth-led school and community-based interventions, youth activism and mentorship to reduce absenteeism and youth substance use disorder.
NAMI San Diego
Standard Cohort 2
San Diego County, Imperial County
$990,768.70 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To empower peer mentors in San Diego and Imperial counties through peer-led youth empowerment and leadership development to impact policy and create awareness of mental health, harm reduction and substance misuse.
National Center for Youth Law
Standard Cohort 6
Fresno County, Riverside County
$750,000.00
Program Purpose
To engage Black and Latinx youth in Fresno and Riverside counties through culturally relevant mentorship, healing-centered peer support and civic engagement to reduce substance use.
National Compadres Network
Standard Cohort 7
Los Angeles County, Santa Clara County,
$750,000.00
Program Purpose
To build the skills of Latinx youth in Los Angeles and Santa Clara counties through intergenerational mentorship and culturally grounded leadership development to address the root causes of substance use and promote healing.
National Foster Youth Institute
Standard Cohort 3
Sacramento County, Los Angeles County,
$1,000,000 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To promote healing by mobilizing current and former foster youth to partner with decision makers to design policy, programs and reform systems that criminalize substance use disorder by using a healing-centered leadership development model, youth activism, mentorship and peer-to-peer coaching throughout California.
National Foster Youth Institute
Standard Cohort 6
Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County
$1,000,000
Program Purpose
To engage foster youth in California through peer-to-peer support and youth civic engagement to reduce substance use.
Native Alliance of the Sierra Nevada Foothills
Standard Cohort 6
El Dorado County, Nevada County, Placer County
$550,810.00
Program Purpose
To empower youth of color in El Dorado, Nevada and Placer counties through culturally relevant mentoring, peer support and youth-led civic engagement to reduce substance use.
Native Alliance of the Sierra Nevada Foothills
Standard Cohort 3
Nevada County, Sacramento County, Placer County, El Dorado County
$360,186 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To improve health outcomes for Indigenous youth by increasing awareness of substance use prevention, strengthen youth protective factors and reduce barriers to addressing root causes of substance use through youth activism, mentorship and peer education in the Sierra Nevada Foothills.
Native CORE
Standard Cohort 6
San Joaquin County
$600,000.00
Program Purpose
To build the leadership skills of Native youth in San Joaquin County through peer-to-peer support and youth-led advocacy to increase resiliency and prevent substance use.
Native Dads Network
Standard Cohort 3
Sacramento County, Yolo County, Glenn County, Sonoma County, Lake County, Humboldt County
$999,950 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To improve health, reduce and ultimately eliminate the cycle of alcoholism and addiction among Native youth and families through comprehensive and culturally rooted services and healing practices, combined with political and historical education and empowerment in Sacramento and nearby counties.
Native Dads Network Inc.
Standard Cohort 6
Sacramento County, Yolo County
$900,000.00
Program Purpose
To empower Native youth in Sacramento and Yolo counties through culturally rooted mentorship opportunities and civic engagement to reduce substance use.
Native Directions, Inc. dba Three Rivers Indian Lodge
Capacity Building Cohort 1
San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, Tuolumne County
$298,515.60 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To build organizational capacity to improve the health and well-being of Native youth in San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties through adapting an evidence-based curriculum, formalizing relationships with Title VII Indian Education programs, partnering with foster care programs and establishing a student advisory committee to guide implementation to reduce substance use.
Native Sisters Circle Inc.
Standard Cohort 5
Kern County, Mendocino County, Sacramento County
$450,000
Program Purpose
To empower Native and Indigenous girls in Sacramento County through leadership, mentorship and youth-led community action to promote healthy behaviors and reduce substance use disorder.
Native Star Foundation
Capacity Building Cohort 1
Tulare County
$278,008.10 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To build organizational capacity to honor cultural values and increase healthy outcomes in Native youth in Tulare County through a youth-led learning collaborative focused on skills building and stigma-informed practices to reduce the health and environmental harms of marijuana consumption.