Grants awarded to prevent sex trafficking and support positive youth-adult relationships
The Carlson Family Foundation is pleased to announce 2022 grants awarded for:
- Sex Trafficking Prevention
- Constellation: K-12 Schools and Parents & Caregivers
Sex Trafficking Prevention seeks to provide youth with quality sex trafficking prevention education in schools, out-of-school programs and at home, and access to culturally responsive, trauma-informed mental health services. Additionally, it gives service providers access to actionable research so they can offer evidence-based prevention services to youth in high-risk situations.
Constellation seeks to surround young people with a constellation of caring adults to help them realize their dreams. Our focus on K-12 Schools expands innovative, evidence-based models that strengthen relationships between students and adults to advance student outcomes. And our Parents & Caregivers focus area supports parenting adults to aid young people’s development in all areas of their lives.
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Sex Trafficking Prevention Grants
180 Degrees, Inc.
$150,000/multi-year
Funding supports culturally appropriate, trauma-responsive mental health services to sexually exploited youth.
Advocates for Human Rights
$225,000/multi-year
Funding supports work to analyze current laws, policies and practices to address and prevent sex trafficking in Minnesota.
Ain Dah Yung Center
$50,000
Funding supports emergency shelter services for sexually exploited youth.
Children’s Minnesota Foundation
$100,000/multi-year
Funding supports comprehensive strengths-based home visiting, case management and group support to runaways who have been sexually abused and/or exploited.
ECPAT-USA
$100,000/multi-year
Funding supports research focused on child sexual exploitation prevention for boys in Minnesota.
Love146
$25,000
Funding supports delivering the Not a Number human trafficking prevention curriculum in Minnesota.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
$150,000/multi-year
Funding supports outreach to youth experiencing or at high risk of experiencing sexual exploitation and trafficking, as well as high-quality training to professionals working with this population.
Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center
$75,000
Funding supports mobile outreach to youth who are at high risk of sexual assault and sexual exploitation.
MoveFwd
$40,000
Funding supports general operations for a full array of services for young people in need of mental health support, and young people who are experiencing homelessness.
Rainbow Research
$140,000/multi-year
Funding supports the evaluation of the youth mentorship program for youth at risk for sex trafficking.
The Family Partnership
$75,000
Funding supports the expansion of existing anti-sex trafficking programming for BIPOC, male-identified and LGBTQ+ youth.
The Link
$250,000/multi-year
Funding supports sex trafficking prevention and intervention services for highly vulnerable youth.
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Constellation Grants
K-12 Schools
BARR Center
$300,000/multi-year
Funding supports an effort to support, scale and evaluate the implementation of a K-12 evidenced-based teaching model in Twin Cities schools.
Black Men Teach
$75,000
Funding supports the recruitment, placement, training and retention of Black male teachers in low-income elementary schools.
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
$61,250/multi-year
Funding supports a high school that provides rigorous college-prep coursework paired with corporate work experiences.
Reading Partners Twin Cities
$45,000/multi-year
Funding supports one-to-one literacy and reading skills tutoring for low-income elementary students by trained volunteers.
Saint Paul Public Schools
$45,000
Funding supports efforts to dismantle racial bias by improving student-teacher relationships.
Teach for America – Bay Area
$26,250/multi-year
Funding supports the recruitment and retention of interested individuals to teach in low-income schools in the Bay area.
Teach for America – Twin Cities
$150,000/multi-year
Funding supports efforts to find, develop and support a diverse network of teachers in the Twin Cities.
Thrive Ed
$70,000/multi-year
Funding supports efforts to reimagine K-12 education by bringing together students, educators and community members to co-design new ways for students to learn.
University of St. Thomas
$100,000
Funding supports the expansion of trauma-informed professional development courses for K-12 staff, educators and administrators.
World Savvy Inc.
$20,000
Funding supports the integration of global competence into K-12 teaching, learning and culture.
Parents & Caregivers
FamilyWise
$25,000
Funding supports efforts that provide wraparound services and mentoring for parents at risk of out-of-home placement.
Northside Achievement Zone
$200,000/multi-year
Funding supports classes designed to provide parents with the skills and tools to better understand their child’s development.
Project for Pride in Living Inc.
$40,000/multi-year
Funding supports a holistic supportive services model for parents and children.
St. Paul Promise Neighborhood
$40,000
Funding supports an education partnership that puts children in the Frogtown, Rondo and Summit-University neighborhoods on the path to college and career success.
Way To Grow
$100,000/multi-year
Funding supports a holistic home visiting model focused on closing the academic achievement gap.