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Hyams
Foundation, Inc. Announces Teen
Futures Grantees The Hyams Foundation is pleased to announce that it has selected eight organizations to be a part of the Foundation’s new three-year Teen Futures Initiative. Teen Futures is addressing the school dropout crisis by supporting organizations or partnerships that improve the success of young people (ages 16-22) who have dropped out of school and are not employed. By focusing on the dropout crisis, the Foundation is also targeting an area of significant racial disparities, as the majority of students dropping out are African American and Latino. Teen Futures’ overall goal is to increase the number of these youth who gain their high school credential and commence a path towards higher education or a career focused training program. This special Teen Development strategy will be accomplished through increasing the quality and the quantity of programs that combine education, skill development and employment. Teen Futures will be further strengthened through the support of accompanying public policy work, special convenings and communications, organizational capacity building and evaluation. The Foundation anticipates making a total investment of $3 million over the next three years to the Teen Futures Initiative. Seven Boston and Chelsea based groups were selected to receive a three-year program implementation grant upon the successful completion of a three-month planning period. Groups will finalize implementation plans between April and June and will begin program delivery in July of 2009. The following groups were selected:
An eighth group, Year Up, received a planning grant. Based on the results of this planning, it may be invited to submit a full proposal near the end of the year.
The Hyams Foundation is excited about
the launch of the Teen Futures
Initiative and looks forward to both
supporting the increased capacity of its
grantees and to sharing best practices
learned in an effort to increase
opportunities for a group of
particularly vulnerable young people.
The Foundation would also like to thank
those organizations that submitted a
proposal for consideration and express
how impressed it was by the deep
interest in and commitment to this
population of young people. The
Foundation looks forward to working with
its grantees and many others in
addressing a critical community
priority. Questions can be directed to
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