Get Your Work On: Exploring Work & Careers is currently closed for funding.
Get Your Work On: Exploring Work & Careers is a grant for community groups and educators. It is designed to ignite the imagination and strengthen the life skills of youth. The program specifically focuses on projects related to workforce development to increase exposure. It also supports systems that prepare young people for work, careers and other opportunities.
The program awards grants to adult or youth-led groups and/or teachers to support innovative, youth-focused projects that positively impact community change in DETROIT!
Large institutional programs are not the only settings and processes to equip historically overlooked youth with the inspiration, skills, and support to prepare them for productive futures. This grant opportunity acknowledges that many current systems and structures have inherent biases that limit full and fair exploration of opportunities for black, indigenous and other youth of color.
Get Your Work On is rooted in community wisdom and effort. In Detroit, many youth, adults, small organizations, and community groups have ideas and energy for inspiring and equipping children, youth, and their families to thrive. My Future Career provides resources for them.
Get Your Work On projects should ideally support fair access to opportunities. Applicants should design projects to create and/or increase access to new experiences. Youth should have the ability to contribute, regardless of identity, income, or neighborhood. Activities should consider historical and social inequalities that have overlooked certain groups and denied them the opportunity to succeed and achieve their goals. Resources and efforts prioritize relationships, activities, organizing, and other tools to shift power. This will provide opportunities for those who have experienced deficits due to race, sex, gender, orientation, class, and other attributes.
Grantee Stories
Community Connections Grantee Addresses Poverty and Equity through Potty Training
According to NC Policy Watch, one in three families across the country struggle to afford diapers, as they cost on average $70-80 per month per child. WIC and SNAP benefits do not cover these expenses. Lack of diapers, or “diaper need,” also interferes with work, school, and even childcare, as centers expect children to be […]
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