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Grey background and "(Award no longer active)" after award amount indicates partners who do not have an active Elevate Youth California award.
Vista Community Clinic, North San Diego County NAACP Youth Council and North Coastal Prevention Coalition
Standard Cohort 3
San Diego County
$864,996 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To improve the health and social outcomes of African American and Hispanic students by addressing the disproportionate felony juvenile arrest rates by building leadership and advocacy skills among Youth Council members to advocate for youth prevention and utilize peer support and policy change to prevent youth vaping in San Diego County.
Walter Lee Wilmore (WLW) Foundation
Capacity Building Cohort 2
Los Angeles County
$385,000.00 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
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.
Watch Me Grow, Inc.
Standard Cohort 6
Solano County
$600,000.00
Program Purpose
To increase the self-efficacy of Black and Latinx youth in Solano County through culturally responsive youth programs, community engagement opportunities and mentorship to promote protective factors and reduce substance use.
Waymakers
Standard Cohort 6
Orange County
$850,000.00
Program Purpose
To engage youth of color in Orange County through leadership development, peer-led support and youth-led civic engagement to build resiliency, strengthen peer connections and prevent substance use.
Waymakers
Standard Cohort 3
Orange County
$1,000,000 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To address the racial and socio-economic factors that lead to high rates of suspensions and juvenile arrests through a peer-led support program, leadership development and systems change campaign led by system-involved youth in Orange County.
Westminster Free Clinic
Standard Cohort 3
Ventura County
$1,000,000 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To increase protective factors among immigrant, first-generation Latinx youth in Ventura County through a youth-led social justice advocacy and workforce development pipeline program that provides trauma-informed, culturally relevant trainings, mentoring, peer support, service learning and activities to promote healing and instill cultural pride.
Wraparound Enterprises
Capacity Building Cohort 3
Sacramento County, San Bernardino County
$399,945.00
Program Purpose
To build organizational capacity to empower Black youth in Sacramento and San Bernardino counties through media arts education to inspire creativity and instill confidence and skills to reduce substance.
Wukchumni Tribe
Standard Cohort 6
Fresno County, Tulare County
$600,000.00
Program Purpose
To empower Native youth in Fresno and Tulare counties through culturally rooted mentorship and youth civic engagement to promote community healing and reduce substance use.
Wukchumni Tribe
Capacity Building Cohort 2
Fresno County, Tulare County
$400,000.00 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To build organizational capacity for Wukchumni youth in Fresno and Tulare 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.
Capacity Building Cohort 2
Sacramento County
$400,000.00 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
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.
YES Nature to Neighborhoods
Standard Cohort 1
Contra Costa County
$392,930.95 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To improve the health outcomes of African American and Latinx youth and young adults through peer-to peer mentoring, leadership development and policy advocacy minimizing access to substances in the city of Richmond in Contra Costa County.
YES Nature to Neighborhoods
Standard Cohort 4
Contra Costa County
$826,436
Program Purpose
To promote healing and strengthen the leadership and civic engagement skills among Richmond’s Black and Latinx male and male-identifying youth and young adults to cultivate change-makers through empowerment activities, advocacy groups and family camps to strengthen communities and reduce substance use.
YES Nature to Neighborhoods
Standard Cohort 7
Contra Costa County
$900,000.00
Program Purpose
To engage Latinx and Black youth in Contra Costa County through culturally rooted activities, youth-led civic engagement, and leadership development to promote healing and prevent youth substance use.
YMCA of San Diego County
Standard Cohort 3
San Diego County
$1,000,000 (Award no longer active)
Program Purpose
To engage BIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ youth through skills building, identity development and holistic services to empower youth to promote equity-focused policy and systems change.
Young Invincibles
Standard Cohort 4
Los Angeles County, Riverside County, Sacramento County, San Bernadino County
$1,000,000
Program Purpose
To strengthen civic engagement outcomes of youth across California through community organizing, advocacy, narrative change, financial literacy and trauma-informed care to advance health equity and economic security.