Our strategies include:

  • ACADEMIC SUPPORTS to out-of-school time programs

    • Rise Tutoring Partnership with Bellarmine University connects dedicated tutors with our community’s youth success partners, fostering educational growth and support.
    • Any One Can Read is an invaluable resource that provides free online learning tools and assessments, making literacy accessible to all.
    • Educational Justice enriches the learning experience by pairing high-achieving high school tutors with fifth through eighth graders, promoting mentorship and academic excellence among young learners.
  • INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

    to community-based youth success network of nearly 200 organizations. This diverse group of providers are committed to high-quality learning and skill-building experiences and developing high-quality youth workers.

  • TRAINING and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    opportunities for youth workers. We provide support research-based and certified national and regional conferences and workshops, and host facilitators for current issues, needs, and topics in Youth Development.

  • ORGANIZATIONAL and CAPACITY-BUILDING SUPPORTS

    to youth programs including:

    • Program quality coaching
    • Access to research-based data tools that build staff knowledge and measure quality learning experiences and social emotional growth
    • Grant development and grant writing supports through a partnership with the Buttafly Group
    • Mental health supports such as Sister Circle – a facilitated support group for women of color youth workers – and access to individualized EAP services for youth workers via certified mental health professionals

Our Partners

Youth Social Action Project
Grant Recipients

 

A Tspoon of Healing CPR Class Inc Highland Park Community Development Corp More Than a Smile Foundation, Inc.
Blueprint 502 Home of the Innocents, Inc. Prominent Youth of America Inc.
Change Today, Change Tomorrow Kentuckiana Community Based Services TECH-Nique
Children Have Options in Choosing Experiences Louisville Urban League The Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm
Coles Foundation Louisville Youth Group The Sparrow House

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