Tháng Mười Hai 19, 2025​​ 

California tài trợ cho 57 tổ chức để hỗ trợ lãnh đạo thanh niên và giảm sử dụng chất kích thích​​ 

SACRAMENTO — The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) today awarded nearly $47 million in grants to 57 community-based and Tribal organizations throughout California to help prevent substance use among youth. These grants support programs that focus on mentoring, peer support, and civic engagement for young people in communities that have historically faced barriers to accessing these services.​​  

“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.”​​  

“The EYC grant has allowed us to provide vital prevention services to foster youth, youth on probation, and others in our community,” said Anthony Hughey, Executive Director of The Young People’s Foundation, Inc. “We’ve built long-term relationships with youth from underserved Black and brown communities and developed peer leaders who are driving change.”​​  

GIỚI THIỆU VỀ EYC: Kể từ khi EYC ra mắt vào năm 2019, DHCS đã trao hơn 370 triệu đô la thông qua 517 khoản tài trợ. EYC được tài trợ bởi Đề án 64, được cử tri thông qua vào tháng 11 năm 2016, hợp pháp hóa việc sử dụng cần sa không dùng cho mục đích y tế cho người trưởng thành ở California và tạo ra một hệ thống thuế để điều chỉnh việc bán cần sa. Một phần doanh thu thuế đó được dùng để hỗ trợ EYC thông qua DHCS, tài trợ cho các chương trình phòng ngừa và phát triển kỹ năng lãnh đạo hướng đến thanh thiếu niên trên toàn tiểu bang. Các khoản tài trợ này hỗ trợ phát triển thanh thiếu niên, sự tham gia của công dân và hỗ trợ do chính các bạn trẻ dẫn dắt tại 56 trong số 58 quận của 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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