The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) to launch the Innovation in Action Challenge Fund (INNOVACTION 2.0). INNOVACTION 2.0 will provide business training to hundreds of youth throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to create youth-led entrepreneurship initiatives that support reducing environmental impacts, climate risks, emissions, and energy use. YABT...
This cooperative agreement from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided $4,500,000 to Creative Associates International Inc. to support the Youth Challenge Program (YCP) in Guatemala from April 18, 2008 to December 31, 2009. The goal of the YCP program was to prevent and reduce the risk of youth entering or continuing into a life of crime by providing support services through USAID's broader Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas initiative. The place of...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $327,000 Project Grant under their IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Youthbuild Mexico (YBM) to strengthen the leadership capacity of participants and graduates of its Jovenes con Rumbo (Youths with Purpose or JCR) program in Mexico City and Guanajuato. The grant will provide training to approximately 260 young people in leadership, organizational development, peacebuilding, and alliance building. YBM will also foster youth-led...
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Northwest Ohio received a $350,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). Through this 36-month grant, the YWCA will implement Project AMEND Together to engage young men and boys ages 12-19 in Toledo public...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $523,234 Cooperative Agreement under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) program to Collective Action For Youth. The project will run from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 and aims to work with the community to create safeguards that steer youth and young adults towards positive goals. Key activities include: establishing regular coordination meetings,...
This $310,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supports Corporacion Taller Prodesal Promocion Popular Y De Alternativas Al Desarrollo in delivering entrepreneurship and skills training programs for at-risk youth in Colombia's Caribbean region. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), the grantee will work with young people to generate new economic and cultural ventures, provide business development and audio-visual production training, and offer $310K...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a cooperative agreement through its USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program to Creative Associates International Inc. for $7,980,618 to implement the ALLIANZA JOVEN HONDURAS - YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH A GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE project in San Pedro Sula, Honduras from January 1, 2012 through April 30, 2017. The project aimed to provide Honduran youth with skills training, job placement assistance, and...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $12 million project grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc. for the period of July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025. Through its subrecipients, OIC of America will deliver workforce development services to 350 justice-involved youth and young adults in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Subrecipients will partner with local employers...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $359,034 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) to the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of McLean County. This 36-month grant will enable the YWCA to expand its prevention education services and direct services for children and youth ages 11-24...
This $260,863 Project Grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092) supports the "Young Men Choosing Responsibility Program" implemented by Advocates Against Family Violence Inc., doing business as Hopes Door, a domestic violence prevention non-profit in rural Idaho. The grant will fund the implementation of the "Making Proud Choices" curriculum to...