Funded Projects - Social, Emotional and Behavioral Health

Projects in this portfolio foster strong families, address the developmental, behavioral and mental health needs of Wake County children and youth, and help prevent substance abuse, teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.

* indicates a closed grant

  • Action Now: Engaging Youth in Policy Change
    Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!)

    YES will apply its Youth Empowerment Model throughout Wake County to increase opportunities for young people to engage and participate in meaningful work, such as policy advocacy on issues important to them. YES will address these needs at the individual, organizational and community-wide levels.

  • All the Right Moves*

    YWCA of the Greater Triangle
    Create real world opportunities for young women to build lifelong skills and developmental assets through mentoring and year-round education experiences that increase physical and financial fitness.

  • CAPAZ Positive Youth Development Initiative

    El Pueblo
    The purpose is to develop agency-wide programming that truly functions within a PYD framework with an emphasis on: (1) Integrating PYD principles into the leadership, structure and vision of the agency as a whole and (2) Creating a holistic structure in which existing youth programs are incorporated within a comprehensive framework that moves beyond particular “issues” and addresses components of PYD across all spheres.

  • Casework Supervision for Foster Children and Youth*

    Children's Home Society of North Carolina
    Expand services to therapeutic foster home providers and offer clinical oversight to clients with mental health needs.

  • Child- and Family-Centered Health and Assessment Services*

    Interact
    Consolidate agency services and develop a new family-centered model for meeting health and behavioral needs of children and mothers.

  • Children's Mental Health Services – Phase I*

    Triangle Family Services
    Offer outpatient mental health services and improve access to medications to low-income uninsured children.

  • Children's Mental Health Services – Phase II*

    Triangle Family Services
    Offer outpatient mental health services and improve access to medications for low-income uninsured children.

  • Collaborative Partnership for Excellence in Youth Development

    Collaborative Partnership for Excellence in Youth Development
    The call is for the establishment of a collaborative system that establishes a common agenda, and facilitates planning, capacity-building, resource-sharing and maximization, oversight and accountability.

  • Developing a Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program

    Triangle Family Services
    [Build on the existing supervised visitation program to] develop a therapeutic supervised visitation program.

  • Development Office Creation*

    Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood
    Create development office to support five-year strategic plan, replace reduced founder funding and allow for growth of services.