Youth Service Improvement Grant

Dancewave, Inc., with help from a consultant, will create an improved curriculum, develop a school handbook, and institute a faculty training program for Dancewave AfterSchool, which offers kids and teens (ages 8 to 18) the opportunity to study a wide spectrum of ...

Free Arts NYC plans to improve its core programs, which provide creative arts and mentoring for at-risk youth in New York City, by enhancing volunteer recruitment, retention, and diversity.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) will partner with a social service agency to provide its staff with training and professional services to help student interns (grades 9–12) in the Garden Apprentice Program (GAP) manage difficult life choices.

Family ReEntry seeks to improve its Transitions Mentoring Program, an in-prison program for young inmates ages 16 to 21, with the goal of reducing recidivism.

The Port Chester Carver Center seeks to improve its after-school programming for children ages 6 to 13 through a pilot implementation of the Second Step Violence Prevention Curriculum.

The Mental Health Association of New York seeks to develop an internship program leading to permanent employment for a group of participants in its Adolescent Skill Center (ASC) programs.

The Horticultural Society of New York (HSNY) seeks to improve Urban Horticulture for At-Risk Young Adults, its collaboration with the Federation of Employment Guidance Services.

Youth Communication New York seeks to improve its programming for youth ages 15 to 19 by creating a formal training program for its staff.

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow seeks to improve its youth workforce training through a partnership with the Workforce Professionals Training Institute.

Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club’s Teen Center