Funding, Job, & Event Highlights for Youth Service Providers

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Youth Collaboratory
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Funding Opportunities

American Legion Child Welfare Foundation

The primary purpose of the American Legion Child Well-being Foundation (CWF) is to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children and youth; and to aid in research, programs, and activities that benefit the welfare of children and youth. A program is considered an activity or set of activities that seek to achieve or complete specific objectives within a certain time. Research is considered an investigation or experimentation aimed at discovering and interpreting facts or revisions of accepted philosophies to create new or revised theories. CWF only funds programs that meet the essential criteria of direct benefit to the children of the United States, its territories, and its possessions.

Deadline: July 15, 2025

National Endowment for the Arts' Grants for Art Projects

Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. Applications from first-time and returning applicants; from organizations serving rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities of all sizes; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets are all welcome. This program funds arts projects in the following disciplines: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Film & Media Arts, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Our Town, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.

Deadline: July 17, 2025

Family and Youth Service Bureau's Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program

The purpose of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program’s Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program is to competitively fund projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches youth to voluntarily refrain from sexual activity. The program is designed to teach youth (age 13 – 19) personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decision-making, a focus on the future, and the prevention of risk behaviors such as drug and alcohol use without normalizing teen sexual activity.

Deadline: July 22, 2025

Family and Youth Service Bureau's Basic Center Program (BCP)

The primary purpose of BCP is to provide temporary, emergency shelter and counseling services to youth less than 18 years of age. Community-based organizations are funded to operate short-term shelters (including group home care and host family homes) and provide counseling services to youth who have run away or are experiencing homelessness or housing instability and who are not already receiving services from the child welfare or juvenile justice systems.

Deadline: July 23, 2025

Family and Youth Service Bureau's Transitional Living Program (TLP) 

TLP funding provides street-based outreach, shelter and comprehensive supportive services to youth ages 16 through 21 for up to 18 months or, under extenuating circumstances, 21 months. In addition to shelter, TLPs provide comprehensive services that support participating youth's transition to self-sufficiency and stable, independent living. Through the combination of shelter and services, TLP youth are expected to show improvements in four core outcome areas: safe and stable housing, education or employment, permanent connections, and social and emotional well-being.

Deadline: July 23, 2025

Family and Youth Service Bureau's Maternity Group Home (MGH)

The MGH program provides street-based outreach, safe, stable, and appropriate shelter, and comprehensive services for pregnant and/or parenting youth ages 16 to under 22 and their dependent child(ren) for 18 months and, and up to 21 months under extenuating circumstances. Service providers must accommodate the needs and safety of the dependent children to include facility safety standards for infants and children on the premises. MGH services include, but are not limited to, parenting skills, child development, family budgeting, and health and nutrition education, in addition to the required services provided under the Transitional Living Program (see above) to help MGH youth realize improvements in four core outcome areas. The MGH combination of shelter and services is designed to promote long-term, economic independence to ensure the well-being of the youth and their child(ren).

Deadline: July 23, 2025

Office of Violence Against Women's Sexual Assault Services - CommunityBased Services Program

Thsi program supports nonprofit organizations that aim to enhance access to services for all survivors by providing community-based services in culturally specific communities. Applicants must have documented organizational experience in the area of sexual assault intervention or partner with an organization having such expertise. The goal is to establish, maintain, and expand sustainable, culturally specific intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault, which may include: 

  1. 24-hour hotline services providing crisis intervention services and referral;
  2. Accompaniment and advocacy through medical, criminal justice, and social support systems, including medical facilities, police, and court proceedings;
  3. Crisis intervention, short-term individual and group support services, direct payments, and comprehensive service coordination and supervision to assist sexual assault victims and family or household members;
  4. Information and referral to assist the sexual assault victim and family or household members;
  5. Community-based, culturally specific services and support mechanisms, including outreach activities for underserved communities; and
  6. Development and distribution of materials on issues related to the services described above.  

Deadline: Grants.Gov deadline July 25, 2025; JustGrants deadline July 29, 2025

KFC Foundation's Kentucky Fried Wishes

The KFC Foundation supports community-based nonprofit organizations through capacity-building projects. It invests in projects that help expand program offerings, repair a critical infrastructure, or create new resources. If the total project cost is more than $10,000, it should not exceed $25,000. Preference is given to projects that can be completed within 6-12 months of receiving the grant. The current application window is July 14th - 31st and focuses on expanding access to food and shelter. Examples of projects could include: a food pantry remodel, creation of a community garden, upgrades to an animal shelter, or building repairs or renovations. 

Deadline: July 31, 2025

Road Runners Club of America's Kids Run the National Grant Fund

The RRCA’s Kids Run the Nation Grant Fund provides financial support to running clubs, schools, and community-based nonprofits that are launching or currently offering inclusive youth running programs—welcoming children of all genders and abilities. Grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 are awarded annually through a competitive application and review process. 

Deadline: August 1, 2025

Office of Violence Against Women's Grants to Enhance Community-based Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program

This program supports (1) the maintenance and replication of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking services in community-based programs that offer culturally specific services and other resources; and (2) the development of innovative community-based programming that improves access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using traditional services. Funds under this program must support:

  • Working with state and local governments and social service agencies to develop and enhance effective strategies to provide culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.  
  • Increasing communities’ capacity to provide culturally specific resources and support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes and their families.
  • Strengthening criminal justice interventions, by providing training for law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation, and correctional facilities on culturally specific responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.  
  • Enhancing traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the leadership of culturally specific programs offering services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
  • Working in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies highlighting culturally specific issues and resources regarding victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
  • Providing culturally specific programs for children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
  • Providing culturally specific resources and services that address the safety, economic, housing, and workplace needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including emergency assistance.
  • Examining the dynamics of culture and its impact on victimization and healing. 

Deadline: Grants.Gov deadline August 1, 2025; JustGrants deadline August 5, 2025

Department of the Interior's Youth Conservation Corps

This program’s projects employ participants and opportunities to gain work experience in public lands and natural resources management. Through their Bureau of Land Management (BLM) experience, youth gain an appreciation for public lands, learn about conservation-related careers, and become the next generation of public lands stewards. The BLM Youth Program also helps the agency accomplish mission-critical projects across all program areas. The BLM Youth Program partners with qualified youth and conservation corps through the Public Lands Corp (PLC) Program to engage individuals between the ages of 16 and 30 (inclusive) and veterans up to age 35 (inclusive), including tribal members. The PLC program mandates employing youth who are interested in working on conservation projects that protect public lands.   

Deadline: August 8, 2025

Roller Skating Foundation Grants

The Roller Skating Foundation is dedicated to promoting physical fitness and helping to build self-esteem among school-age children, as well as prevent involvement with drugs and crime. The Foundation seeks to support schools’ educational programs, promote physical fitness, and provide scholarships to deserving high school and undergraduate students. Grants are offered nationwide to schools, educators, nonprofits, and volunteers seeking assistance in accomplishing educational objectives and fitness-related goals. Interested applicants must be affiliated with a skating center.

Deadline: September 1, 2025

The Bolger Foundation

The focus of The Bolger Foundation is conservation and preservation; those underprivileged and underserved; health, including mental health; community; and education. The Bolger Foundation favors capital projects, such as (but not limited to) hard costs related to the construction or purchase of new facilities, building renovations and improvements, purchase of capital equipment and furnishings, and/or other one-time capital needs. The project to be funded must have a budget of less than $5 million, and grants range from $10,000 to $250,000.

Deadline: September 1, 2025

The J.W. Couch Foundation Grants

The Foundation believes that impact is best accomplished through partnerships with local organizations that know the people and communities they serve. It invests in and supports efforts to protect the environment, further conservation and preservation initiatives, and save historical architecture that preserves community heritage. It also supports initiatives that promote wellness and mental health and organizations seeking to provide and further education for all communities. The Foundation's 2025 focus areas include: animal welbeing, early childhood education, teachers, and getting outside.

Deadline: September 26, 2025

American Heart Association's Social Impact Funds

The Social Impact Funds support community-led transformation by strategically deploying capital to social entrepreneurs who are tackling three vital social drivers of health: healthcare access and quality, food security, and economic empowerment. The Association that are translating evidence-based science research and clinical know-how into solutions that address these drivers. Currently the Association has the following funding opportunities available: 

  • Nationwide, general project funding
  • Fight food insecurity
  • Special initiative: loneliness and isolation

Deadline: None

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Upcoming Events

Community Action Agencies Annual Convention
National Community Action Partnership
August 27-29, 2025
Detroit, MI

 

2025 National Symposium on Solutions to End Youth Homelessness
Point Source Youth
October 7-8, 2025
Baltimore, MD

 

Youth Justice in Action Conference
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
October 14-16, 2025
Minneapolis, MN

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