INDIANA—The Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) has awarded more than $800,000 in grants to 61 Indiana youth-serving organizations through the Youth Worker Well-Being Project.
The second round of grant opportunities was made available for eligible organizations to identify potential gaps and needs in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) and/or trauma-informed workplaces and take steps toward improving workplace conditions for youth workers. This includes creating workplace cultures where youth-serving professionals are recognized and valued for their unique identities, abilities, backgrounds, cultures, and ideas and can better manage stress because of improvements in the workplace environment.
“The first round of grant applications received made it clear youth-serving organizations see the need for improving trauma-responsiveness and equitable workplaces for their youth workers,” said Tami Silverman, president and CEO of Indiana Youth Institute. “We are committed to continuing the investment through this second round of Youth Worker Well-Being Project grants to help even more organizations improve these efforts.”
The grants funded activities such as training and consulting services, assessing organizational practices, and creating workplace programs to foster equitable workplace environments and improve well-being. The following Indiana youth-serving organizations received awards for initiatives to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and trauma-informed workplaces.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Grants – $566,762 awarded
- Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources – $20,000
- Albion Fellows Bacon Center – $19,462
- Arts for Learning Indiana – $20,000
- Blue River Services – $20,000
- Boys & Girls Club of Huntington County – $20,000
- Bring Change to Mind – $20,000
- Camptown – $20,000
- Charity Cares – $20,000
- Child Advocates – $19,350
- College Mentors for Kids – $20,000
- Community Alliance of the Far Eastside – $20,000
- Conner Prairie Museum – $20,000
- Crown Family Services – $15,000
- Cummins Behavioral Health Services – $20,000
- Dream Center Evansville – $20,000
- Foundation For Youth of Bartholomew County – $5,000
- Friends of Open Door Youth Services – $20,000
- Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana – $20,000
- The Haven Collective – $15,000
- Hear Indiana – $7,500
- InerG Impact – $5,000
- Inner Beauty Program – $10,000
- IN*SOURCE – $19,500
- JCDPC – $3,000
- Murphy Mentoring Group – $20,000
- Peace Learning Center – $20,000
- Project Rebuild – $20,000
- Scott County Partnership – $19,950
- Starfish Initiative – $20,000
- Struggle Made Us – $8,000
- Uthiverse Incorporated – $20,000
- YMCA of Greater Indianapolis – $20,000
- Youth Encouragement Services — $20,000
Trauma-Informed Workplaces within Organizations Grants – $258,329 awarded
- Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources – $10,000
- Allies, Inc. – $10,000
- Bashor Children’s Home – $2,875
- Boys & Girls Club of Huntington County – $10,000
- Brightpoint – $10,000
- Camptown – $10,000
- Carmel Youth Assistance Program – $6,000
- CASA of Floyd County – $7,200
- Child Advocates – $9,854
- Cummins Behavioral Health Systems – $10,000
- Dream Center Evansville – $10,000
- Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana – $10,000
- Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis – $10,000
- Happy Hollow Children’s Camp – $10,000
- Heartford House Child Advocacy Center – $10,000
- IN*SOURCE – $10,000
- JCDPC – $6,000
- Metropolitan Youth Orchestra – $10,000
- Project Rebuild – $10,000
- RemedyLIVE – $10,000
- Scott County Partnership – $10,000
- Starfish Initiative – $10,000 Struggle Made Us – $10,000
- Uthiverse Incorporated – $6,400
- Wells Community Boys & Girls Club – $10,000
- Youth Encouragement Services – $10,000
- YMCA of Greater Indianapolis – $10,000
- YWCA Greater Lafayette – $10,000
A third round of applications for grant opportunities through the Youth Worker Well-Being Project will launch in February 2025. Grant readiness sessions will be hosted in January to support interested organizations in understanding best practices that align with the grant vision and provide technical assistance in developing activities that meet organizational needs. Sign up for IYI’s Weekly Update at iyi.org/newsletters to stay current on grant application dates.
