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About the Fund

The Youth Action Fund (YAF) offers grants to grassroots initiatives working with youth who are underserved by the education system and overrepresented in the justice and child welfare systems. The development of this fund was guided by a series of consultations with experts and advocates in the field.

Grant Focus

The Youth Action Fund grants support grassroots initiatives to develop and lead projects that:

• Elevate priorities and voices of youth with lived experiences in the identified systems
• Promote equitable and accountable institutions and systems
• Advocate for evidence-based policy
• Support initiatives working on, or advocating for, prevention, early intervention, and crisis intervention
• Support initiatives that are led and informed by Black and/or Indigenous youth with community buy-in