County Connections Youth Summer Initiative 2021, funded directly by Harris County, supports nonprofit organizations that address the need for youth
services during the summer. Initiatives funded by the CASE for Kids County Connections program can provide comprehensive summer programs, short term projects and summer camps hosted in-person or virtually from a variety of locations including schools, community centers, apartment complexes and churches. In addition, organizations are eligible to apply for synchronous or asynchronous college and career readiness initiatives for older youth to be delivered virtually through CASE for Kids LevelUp online learning platform.
Important Information
- Application Deadline – Monday, May 10, 2021 by 2:00 p.m.
- Award Amount – $5,000 to $20,000 per application
- Grant Term Period – Monday, June 14, 2021 to Sunday, August 15, 2021
- Award Announcement – Wednesday, May 26, 2021 via the Afterschool Zone
County Connections Request for Proposal Workshop (Optional)
To register for a workshop via ZOOM, click on the preferred date
If you are a nonprofit organization interested in applying for this funding, please go to the Afterschool Zone to download the application.
Any questions regarding this proposal should be directed in writing to casesummer@hcde-texas.org.
The Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis (IUPRA) and the UT Opportunity Forum have collaborated to present: Policing and Schools: The Disproportionate Impact on Black Youth. Growing evidence regarding persistent disparities in school discipline poses serious implications about the impact of the educational experience for youth. Statewide, Black students in Texas are approximately two times more likely to experience in-school suspensions (I.S.S.), nearly three times more likely to experience out-of-school suspensions (O.S.S) and are admitted to either alternative or juvenile justice education programs at higher rates than white students. The Policing and Schools: The Disproportionate Impact on Black Youth will be a moderated panel discussion around this issue with a focus on equity and school-community solutions.
Date: Friday April 30th Time: 12pm- 2pm
Learn how UNICEF USA, governments and youth leaders around the country are partnering to make their communities a better place for all through UNICEF’s Child Friendly Cities Initiative.
When: Thursday, April 29th
Time: 1pm ET/ 12pm CT
A facilitated dialogue about Racism and Ableism in Higher Ed from the perspective of the director of the UH ASL Interpreting Program, Professor Sharon Hill. Visit the calendar page for more information and registration.
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We will explore Felon: Poems, by Reginald Dwayne Betts, the 2020 selection for the Dean’s Summer Social Justice Reading Series. Betts, an award-winning author, poet, lawyer, and advocate for criminal justice reform will join us to present an excerpt of the solo show he is developing based on Felon. The work engages with the contemporary moment, mass incarceration, and the challenges of having a complicated conversation about crime, punishment, and sorrow in America.
Reginald Dwayne Betts is an award-winning author, poet, lawyer, and outspoken advocate for criminal justice reform. Betts transformed himself from a sixteen-year old kid sentenced to nine-years in prison to a critically acclaimed writer and graduate of the Yale Law School. His latest collection of poetry, Felon, interrogates and challenges our notions of justice. Longtime New York Times critic, Michiko Kukatani calls Betts’ work both “haunting and harrowing.
This presentation will occur LIVE on the Graduate College of Social Work’s Facebook and YouTube page
When: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 4:00 – 5:30 pm CST
Click for more information and registration.
| The Soul Focused Group is excited to collaborate with the Human Solidarity Project and Tirza Motivates, LLC. to host our first Women of Color Virtual event, affectionately titled, InHER-Power: The Path to a Deeper Sense of Self. This event is for women who wish to uncover and transcend into their true selves. |
Save the Date:
April 17, 2021 @1:00 P.M.- 4:00 P.M. EST
To Learn more about the Event and to Register Visit:https://soulfocusedgroup.com/InHER-Power
