Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    YOUTH IN THE FRIENDS PROGRAM FACE CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING PLACEMENT IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, HOMELESSNESS, HUNGER, AND DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE. DESPITE THESE BARRIERS, PROGRAM YOUTH ENTER ADULTHOOD WITH STRONG FOUNDATIONS FOR CONTINUING ACHIEVEMENT: NATIONALLY, 83% OF OUR YOUTH EARN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED, WHILE ONLY 50% HAVE A PARENT WHO HAS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL; 93% OF OUR YOUTH AVOID THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, DESPITE 60% HAVING A PARENT WHO IS OR HAS BEEN INCARCERATED; AND 98% AVOID EARLY PARENTING, DESPITE 85% HAVING BEEN BORN TO A TEEN PARENT.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Sep 6, 2017 – Aug 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $564.8K

  • Youth Achievement Support Program

    YOUTH IN THE FRIENDS PROGRAM FACE CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING PLACEMENT IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, HOMELESSNESS, HUNGER, AND DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE. DESPITE THESE BARRIERS, PROGRAM YOUTH ENTER ADULTHOOD WITH STRONG FOUNDATIONS FOR CONTINUING ACHIEVEMENT: 83% GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL OR EARN A GED, 93% AVOID THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND 98% AVOID TEEN PARENTING.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Sep 1, 2022 – Aug 31, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $2.6M