The Annie E. Casey Foundation requests proposals from youth justice organizations to create paid positions for emerging professionals with experience in the juvenile justice system.
Donor Name: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 10/04/2022
Grant Size: $100,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
The RFP seeks organizations doing youth justice reform work interested in employing emerging professionals with life experience in the juvenile justice system who are seeking meaningful professional experiences and careers in the field.
Through this grant, the Foundation hopes to:
- connect young people who have direct experience in the juvenile justice system and career interests in youth justice with organizations in the field;
- provide professional experiences that help youth with juvenile justice experience develop tangible, marketable skills that align with future career requirements; and
- encourage organizations to create and sustain paid career opportunities for youth with direct justice-system experience after the grant period and without grant funds.
The RFP allows for organizations to apply with a specific young person who meets the criteria or be matched with a young person already known to JJSG.
- Organizations applying with a specific young person may be located anywhere in the United States.
- Organizations seeking to be matched will receive preference if they are located in the Northeast, West or Midwest. The geographic preference applies even for remote positions. Ideally, the organizations would be based within an hour of the respective time zone of the young person they hire
Funding Information
The maximum grant to an organization will be $100,000 for a 12–24-month grant period, contingent on whether the young professional is offered a full- or part-time position.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status or that have a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)(3) status or public agencies are eligible to apply. The selected organization and the young professional would jointly create a scope of work that helps the young professional achieve the kind of tangible and marketable skills likely to be preferred by future employers. The young professional’s contributions should be meaningful and specific, contributing to strategy and decision making within the organization and aligning with the young professional’s goals and career aspirations.
In addition to substantive projects and tasks, the selected organizations must provide the young professionals with ongoing mentoring and opportunities to interact with the organization’s senior leadership.
For more information, visit The Annie E. Casey Foundation.