Groundswell will use this award to train their teaching artists to better identify and appropriately address the disruptive behavior of some of the program participants.
Rockaway Artists Alliance will use this award to improve and update services offered to children with special needs who attend the KidsmArt After-School program.
Love Heals will use this award to improve the Speakers Bureau Program, which sends health educators and youth speakers to public schools and community organizations to make presentations and conduct workshops on HIV/AIDS prevention.
iMentor will use this award to improve the Alumni Pairs (AP) component of their New York City mentoring program by hiring a full-time AP program coordinator.
Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) will use this award to improve their Urban Leaders Academy after-school program, which includes a mix of academic and extracurricular activities.
South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!) will use this award to revamp their SAT Preparation Program. SAYA! will contract with Revolution Prep to teach and administer the SAT prep test to 11th and 12th grade students, who are native English speakers ...
Harlem Children Society (HCS) will use this award to improve their Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (HCS-STEM) program for underserved high school students.
Groundwork will use this award to implement a professionalism improvement project for the college and high school students who comprise the front-line staff of Groundwork for Youth, an after-school and summer program for elementary and middle school children.
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.