ເດືອນທັນວາ 19, 2025​​ 

ລັດຄາລິຟໍເນຍໃຫ້ທຶນ 57 ອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງເພື່ອສະໜັບສະໜູນການນຳພາຊາວໜຸ່ມ ແລະ ຫຼຸດຜ່ອນການໃຊ້ສານເສບຕິດ​​ 

SACRAMENTO — ກະຊວງບໍລິການດູແລສຸຂະພາບ (DHCS) ໄດ້ມອບ ເງິນຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອເກືອບ 47 ລ້ານໂດລາໃຫ້ແກ່ອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງຊຸມຊົນ ແລະ ຊົນເຜົ່າ 57 ແຫ່ງທົ່ວລັດ California ເພື່ອຊ່ວຍປ້ອງກັນການໃຊ້ສານເສບຕິດໃນບັນດາໄວໜຸ່ມໃນມື້ນີ້. ເງິນຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອ ເຫຼົ່ານີ້ສະໜັບສະໜູນໂຄງການຕ່າງໆທີ່ສຸມໃສ່ການໃຫ້ຄຳປຶກສາ, ການສະໜັບສະໜູນຈາກໝູ່ເພື່ອນ, ແລະ ການມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມຂອງພົນລະເມືອງສຳລັບຊາວໜຸ່ມໃນຊຸມຊົນທີ່ເຄີຍປະເຊີນກັບອຸປະສັກໃນການເຂົ້າເຖິງການບໍລິການເຫຼົ່ານີ້.​​  

“This funding empowers youth to lead change in their communities,” said DHCS Director Michelle Baass. “By supporting culturally responsive, peer-led programs, we’re investing in the resilience and long-term wellness of California’s young people.”​​   

Each organization will receive up to $1 million in total over a three-year period, from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, to implement the Elevate Youth California (EYC) program. EYC is designed to help youth ages 12 to 26 build leadership skills, connect with mentors, and access culturally responsive support services.​​   

WHY THIS MATTERS​​ :This funding is part of a larger effort by DHCS to strengthen California’s substance use disorder prevention programs. EYC helps youth-serving organizations use evidence-based and community-driven approaches to support young people. Programs funded through EYC are healing-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally and linguistically responsive. EYC prioritizes substance use prevention and public health strategies that build resilience.​​  

This investment also supports Governor Gavin Newsom’s Path & Purpose executive order, which calls on state agencies to support young men and boys in service and leadership and provide meaningful and caring adult relationships for young people living in the highest need communities. All awarded organizations welcome young men and boys. While EYC requires that funded initiatives focus on underserved communities, all genders may participate. DHCS’ 2024 Annual Report shows that 37 percent of the population served by EYC programs are boys.​​  

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING​​ : “Elevate Youth California funding has been more than just support, but transformative in our practices as a program,” said Ilien Tolteca, Youth Coordinator for the Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project. “This funding has allowed us to create and enhance our satellite sites across our city, serving and fostering community with 60 to 100 Indigenous youth from the Mixteco, Zapotec, and many other Diasporic communities throughout the Central Coast. It has strengthened autonomous youth leadership, cultural knowledge, and accessibility to higher education resources/tools for our youth.”​​  

“ທຶນຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອ EYC ໄດ້ຊ່ວຍໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາສາມາດໃຫ້ບໍລິການປ້ອງກັນທີ່ສຳຄັນເພື່ອສົ່ງເສີມຊາວໜຸ່ມ, ຊາວໜຸ່ມທີ່ຢູ່ໃນການທົດລອງ, ແລະ ຄົນອື່ນໆໃນຊຸມຊົນຂອງພວກເຮົາ,” ທ່ານນາງ Antony Hughey, ຜູ້ອຳນວຍການບໍລິຫານຂອງມູນນິທິຊາວໜຸ່ມ, Inc.ກ່າວ. “ພວກເຮົາໄດ້ສ້າງສາຍພົວພັນໄລຍະຍາວກັບຊາວໜຸ່ມຈາກຊຸມຊົນຄົນຜິວດຳ ແລະ ຄົນຜິວສີນ້ຳຕານທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບການບໍລິການ ແລະ ໄດ້ພັດທະນາຜູ້ນຳເພື່ອນຮ່ວມງານທີ່ກຳລັງຂັບເຄື່ອນການປ່ຽນແປງ.”​​  

ກ່ຽວກັບ EYC: ນັບຕັ້ງແຕ່ EYC ເປີດຕົວໃນປີ 2019, DHCS ໄດ້ມອບທຶນຫຼາຍກວ່າ 370 ລ້ານໂດລາຜ່ານ 517 ທຶນ. EYC ໄດ້ຮັບທຶນຈາກ Proposition 64, ເຊິ່ງໄດ້ຮັບການຮັບຮອງຈາກຜູ້ມີສິດເລືອກຕັ້ງໃນເດືອນພະຈິກ 2016, ເຊິ່ງໄດ້ຮັບຮອງການໃຊ້ກັນຊາທີ່ບໍ່ແມ່ນທາງການແພດຂອງຜູ້ໃຫຍ່ໃນລັດ California ແລະ ສ້າງລະບົບພາສີເພື່ອຄວບຄຸມການຂາຍກັນຊາ. ສ່ວນໜຶ່ງຂອງລາຍຮັບພາສີນັ້ນສະໜັບສະໜູນ EYC ຜ່ານ DHCS, ໂດຍສະໜອງທຶນໃຫ້ແກ່ໂຄງການປ້ອງກັນ ແລະ ຄວາມເປັນຜູ້ນຳທີ່ສຸມໃສ່ຊາວໜຸ່ມໃນທົ່ວລັດ. ເງິນຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອເຫຼົ່ານີ້ສະໜັບສະໜູນການພັດທະນາຊາວໜຸ່ມ, ການມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມຂອງພົນລະເມືອງ, ແລະ ການສະໜັບສະໜູນທີ່ນຳພາໂດຍເພື່ອນຮ່ວມງານໃນ 56 ຈາກ 58 ເຂດປົກຄອງຂອງລັດ California.​​     

PATH AND PURPOSE: In July, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to address a growing issue — the alarming rise in suicides and disconnection among California’s young men and boys. The order directs a coordinated statewide response to improve mental health outcomes, reduce stigma, and expand access to meaningful education, work, and mentorship opportunities. The full executive order can be found here. The executive order helps address this crisis, directing state agencies to create a new focus on this issue and developing new pathways to help reconnect men and boys with the support, assistance, and help they need.​​  

To see the full list of EYC grant recipients and learn more about EYC, visit www.elevateyouthca.org.​​ 

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