Funding, Job, & Event Highlights for Youth Service Providers
Funding Opportunities
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
This program supports collaborations between state agencies, local government, Tribes, and community- and faith-based organizations to address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for moderate to high-risk juvenile offenders returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities. For the purposes of this NOFO, youth receiving reentry services include emerging adults (i.e., ages 18-25), which if under juvenile justice jurisdiction can receive services. This NOFO includes two categories:
- Category 1: Improving Youth Reentry - Category 1 will provide funding to states, local governments, and Tribal governments in partnership with interested persons (including federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit organizations to provide comprehensive reentry services for moderate to high-risk youth before, during, and after release from confinement.
- Category 2: Strengthening Community-Based Youth Reentry Programs - Category 2 will provide funding to nonprofit organizations to support transitional services to assist in the successful reintegration of youth into the community.
Deadlines: Grants.gov deadline March 30, 2026; JustGrants deadline April 6, 2026
The Charles and Joan Hermanowski Family Foundation
The Foundation focuses on all aspects of a child’s life up to age 21. The Foundation provides support to qualifying charitable organizations that are involved in arts, education, health and welfare services. Amount requested may not exceed $10,000.
Deadline: March 31, 2026
AmeriCorps State and National Grants
AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations that engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps member is a person who does community service through AmeriCorps. Members may receive a living allowance and other benefits. After successful completion of their service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award they can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans.
Deadline: March 31, 2026
Emma Carey Groh Trust
The Emma Carey Groh Trust provides grants to group homes, orphanages, and homeless shelters for programs that specifically benefit children, including children with disabilities. Average grant size is around $4,000.
Deadline: May 1, 2026
Free Webinars and Trainings
Navigating Difficult Mentoring Relationships
Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring
March 26, 2026
Federal Funding Landscape FY26
Youth Collaboratory
April 21, 2026
McKinney-Vento Eligibility Determinations: Understanding Doubled-Up Living Arrangements
National Center for Homeless Education
April 22, 2026
Volunteering Redefined: Managing & Advocating for Older Adult Volunteers
Idealist
April 23, 2026
Upcoming Events
Rooted in Action: NYEC Annual Forum
National Youth Employment Coalition
March 30-April 1, 2026
Houston, TX
2026 Collective Action Summit
Collective Impact Forum
April 14-16, 2026
Virtual
National Independent Living Conference
Daniel
August 18-21, 2026
Reston, VA
2026 National Symposium on Solutions to End Youth Homelessness
Point Source Youth
October 14-15, 2026
Baltimore, MD
Job Openings
- Service Manager + More | Covenant House NJ | Elizabeth, NJ
- Outreach Case Manager + More | New Beginnings, Inc | Lewiston, ME
- Case Manager | Our Family Services | Tucson, AZ
- Senior Accounting Manager | Latin American Youth Center | Washington, DC
