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Partnerships for Permanence is more than a 501(c)(3) organization. It is a family. A family made from years of former foster youth and adoptees coming together to fulfill our mission of raising awareness and actively working to improve the child welfare system. How do we do that? By only employing former foster and adoptive youth; By partnering adults with young people in our work; By facilitating child welfare trainings for youth, professionals, and families; and By teaching adult professionals how to better advocate for young people through skills-building workshops.

This Association is a charitable and educational association that promotes quality programs, and facilitates professional growth of its members through best educational practices.

To identify and provide kids in need the important resources necessary for a happy and healthy childhood.

Fostering equitable communities for our youth by alleviating educational disparities.

WHAT THEY DO We provide outreach, structure and growth to the youth through our boxing and mentoring program. Our program focus's on physical fitness and mental health by challenging the youth through the discipline of boxing. The boxing (mitt training) provide a platform to show the correlation of boxing movements and how they relate to everyday life situations. Our strength based program allows the youth to interact with each other to promote social interaction and awareness. We provide our program for after school services and through a summer youth program. Most of the youth we service have a mental health diagnosis, have suffered early childhood trauma, and/or have been identified as having been in or at risk involvement in violent crimes.

The UNLOCKE THE LIGHT movement has three objectives: 1. Educate high school and college students to the signs of depression, remove the stigma of depression, and make available resources to help people with depression and the real threat of suicide. 2. Assist high school and college students with the transitions of life, helping them gain the tools to live life with mental illness and finding the tools to cope with the many challenges that life brings. 3. Create a safe haven where high school and college students receive professional help and speak to peers about their struggles with depression and the threat of suicide.

SLYC is a collaborative of West Baltimore families working together with friends, neighbors, and partners to provide youth with critical resources, life-enriching experiences, and a safety-net of support.

CHICAGO YOUTH FOUNDATION, is a strong proud women-led initiative that removes the barriers and allows all Metro Chicago youth the opportunity to experience the thrill of participating in ice sports in a fun, safe, positive and inclusive environment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic status.

Building the next generation of volunteer leaders

Enrich the lives of people living with autism by exposing them to the unique experience of surfing

The mission of Sweet Spot Sports and Education Group is to promote and advocate for diversity in sports and education, expose youth to sports for mental, physical, and spiritual growth, provide educational programs, and raise money to support students.

To use our collective experiences to offer peer support. coping skills, and education to parents and siblings of those who suffer from the disease of addiction, and to parents who have recently lost a child to addiction.