Nonprofit Funding, Jobs, & Events July 2023

Funding

Administration for Children and Families’ Runaway and Homeless Youth - Prevention Demonstration Program  
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention Demonstration Program (RHY-PDP) program supports the design and delivery of community-based demonstration initiatives to prevent youth and young adults from experiencing homelessness. Through development and coordination of partnerships with youth and young adult services providers, community organizations and private and public agencies the RHY-PDP will: 1) Identify young people at risk of experiencing homelessness; 2) Design and develop a comprehensive community prevention plan to prevent youth homeless; 3) Implement the robust, holistic services plan to respond to the diverse needs of youth who may be at risk of homelessness and their families. 
Deadline: July 31, 2023 | Learn more >>

Point Source Youth’s Direct Cash Transfers as Prevention RFP  
Through this pilot, Point Source Youth aims to generate evidence for designing successful prevention interventions for youth at risk of homelessness, and stand-up processes, procedures, and infrastructure that are geared for sustainability, scalability, and racial and 2SLGBTQ equity in diverse homelessness systems in the US. Point Source Youth seeks 4 lead community-based organization (CBO) partners who can support these objectives— 3 partners based anywhere in the country, and 1 partner based exclusively in NYC.  
Deadline: July 31, 2023 | Learn more>>

Administration for Children and Families’ Family Violence Prevention and Services Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Discretionary Grants  
This new funding opportunity will award thirty cooperative agreements to implement culturally relevant sexual assault and domestic violence services for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and family violence. The intent of the FVPSA Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault discretionary grant program is to build and sustain organizational capacity in delivering trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive, culturally relevant services for children, individuals, and families affected by sexual assault, domestic violence and other traumas. This discretionary grant program will build upon the progress of culturally specific and community-based sexual assault and domestic violence programs in reducing the pervasive and harmful impact of violence and trauma by implementing culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed interventions for individuals and families who are from diverse, underserved, and historically marginalized communities.  
Deadline: August 11, 2023 | Learn more >>

The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation Grants  
The foundation gives grants to organizations, initiatives, and researchers who are on the cutting edge of advancing economic education. It supports new ideas and approaches to helping people more fully understand how economics can play a role in making their lives, their communities, and the world a more prosperous place.  
Deadline: Letter of Intent due September 10, 2023 | Learn more >> 

Jewish Helping Hands’ Tikkun Olam Grants  
The Tikkun Olam Grant program helps vulnerable populations in the United States and abroad through a variety of programs focused on economic development and social empowerment, with a particular focus on those demographics that have been overlooked and/or marginalized. Jewish Helping Hands (JHH) values programs and projects that aim to bring about positive change for groups of all backgrounds and religious affiliations. JHH will consider making grants to individuals or organizations that show clear promise to achieve one or both of the following:

• Respond to unmet needs of those who are poor and/or marginalized
• Promote self-help and empowerment within communities

In the 2023/2024 Grant Cycle, JHH is focusing primarily on projects that provide the basic necessities for a decent life: women’s empowerment, education, food, shelter, clothing, water, health, internet connectivity, and gender equity.  
Deadline: September 13, 2023 | Learn more >>

National Youth Leadership Council’s Youth as Solutions Grants 
Youth as Solutions (YaS) is creating a generation of citizens who are passionate about making a positive impact in their schools and communities, addressing community health, educational equity, and environmental justice issues. Leadership teams of young people in grades 6-12, along with an adult mentor, apply to be part of one of the Youth as Solutions cohorts, where they will participate in a self-paced, active learning experience, identifying and taking action on an issue in their community. Students gain leadership skills while adult mentors receive quality service-learning instruction and resources. Youth-adult teams connect with peers in cohorts working on similar subtopics such as teen driving safety, health promotion in Latino communities, and so much more! 
Deadline: September 13, 2023 | Learn more >>

Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care Competition and Renewal or Replacement of Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants  
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, Indian Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities, and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; to promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families, and to optimize self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness. The goal of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by the demonstration program is youth ages 24 and younger experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth.  
Deadline: September 28, 2023 | Learn more >>

Free Webinars and Trainings

Collaborative Refresh in Support of Disconnected Youth  
Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services  
August 1, 2023  
Click Here to Join the Meeting (no registration needed)  
Meeting ID: 276 550 491 45  
Passcode: qtNRwr 

Talking Circle: Standards of Care for Survivors of Human Trafficking  
Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center  
August 10, 2023  
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Scaling Up Your Community or Faith-Based Initiatives  
GrantStation  
August 15, 2023  
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Youth Participatory Action Research Workshop  
Youth-Nex  
August 16, 2023  
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Nonprofit Recruitment  
GrantStation  
August 29, 2023  
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Events

National Symposium on Juvenile Services  
Reentry Employment Opportunities  
October 3-6, 2023  
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Amplifying Voices & Embracing Solutions  
Association of Justice-Involved Females & Organizations   
October 23-26, 2023  
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities Conference  
Coalition of Juvenile Justice  
October 30-31, 2023  
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Upswell 2023  
Independent Sector  
November 15-17, 2023  
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Jobs

• Development Manager & Various Other Positions | 180 Degrees | St. Paul, MN
• Senior Director of Clinical Services & Various Other Positions | Oasis Center | Nashville, TN
• Match Activities Coordinator & Various Other Positions | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN
• Youth Engagement Specialist | Youthworks | Fargo, ND
• Case Managers & Various Other Positions | Urban Peak | Denver, CO