Youth Mentoring
Youth Mentoring Project Award Announcement
The California Department of Social Services, Immigration and Refugee Programs Branch is pleased to announce it
awarded $650,000 of Refugee Support Services funding for the grant period of October 1, 2019 through September 30,
2020 to provide mentoring services to refugee youth age 15 through 24.
The project’s goal is to support the integration of refugee youth; the objective is to provide youth the opportunity to
identify and prioritize goals that will support their integration while also developing positive and meaningful
relationships with empathetic and culturally responsive mentors. The Department awarded proposals from twelve non-profit
organizations.
| COUNTY
|
ORGANIZATION
|
AWARD
|
| Alameda
|
Bay Area Community Resources
|
$59,090
|
| Alameda
|
Refugee Transitions
|
$59,090
|
| Fresno
|
Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries
|
$59,080
|
| Los Angeles
|
Armenian Relief Society
|
$59,090
|
| Orange
|
Access California Services
|
$59,090
|
| Sacramento
|
Folsom Cordova Community Partnership
|
$35,263
|
| Sacramento
|
Student Reach
|
$59,090
|
| San Diego
|
International Rescue Committee
|
$55,588
|
| San Diego
|
Jewish Family Services of San Diego
|
$59,090
|
| San Diego
|
Somali Bantu Association of America
|
$56,439
|
| San Francisco
|
Refugee Transitions
|
$30,000
|
| Santa Clara
|
International Rescue Committee of Santa Clara County
|
$59,090
|
|
|
Total
|
$650,000
|