Unified Summer Grants Collaborative

After facing a critical shortage of summer youth programs post–Katrina, a group of local foundations and organizations created the Unified Summer Grants Collaborative in 2006 to support safe activities for New Orleans–area youth. The collaborative has continued to address the ongoing need for affordable, safe, educational and recreational youth activities and to leverage partner resources through this collaborative effort.

Over three years, the Collaborative has awarded grants totaling $3.4 million to a variety of summer programs across the New Orleans area that serve vulnerable, low–income youth, who, with this support, have had opportunities to engage in academic enrichment, cultural and arts programs, sports and physical recreation, cooking, and nutrition activities.

Download the 2009 Unified Summer Grant Collaborative Application Packet
Application DUE 2/20/2009

Information Session: Friday, 30 January 2009
United Way
2515 Canal Street, New Orleans
Please download and read the application BEFORE the information session, and come with your questions.

10 – 11:30am All interested USGC applicants
11:30am – 12:15pm Americorps applicants
12:15 – 1pm Networking

Download the 2009 Unified Summer Grant Collaborative, Americorps Supplement
DUE with USGC Application 2/20/2009

Links to the Unified Summer Grant Collaborative members
United Way of Greater New Orleans: www.unitedwaynola.org
Emeril Laggasse Foundation: www.emeril.org
Operation Reach: www.operationreach.org/index.html
Youth Rescue Initiative: youthrescueinitiative.org/home/

Recommended web resources for more information about academic curricula, best practices for summer programs, and research about summer learning.
National Center for Summer Learning: www.summerlearning.org
National Center for Time and Learning: www.timeandlearning.org
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL): sedl.org
Questions? Concerns? Email: awilson(at)operationreach.org