Grantee Database
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH INC
Grant Year
2017-18
Grant Program
Arts Education – Extension
Award Amount
$15,300.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, New Directions for Youth, Inc will provide $18,000 to match pending Los Angeles City Department of Cultural Affairs grant to present Mask Making Adventures with Teaching Artist Judy Leventhal, LCSW . Twenty low income youth, ages ten to fifteen in one of the Mayor’s Office Gang Reduction and Youth Development Zones will create sculptural masks and prepare journals to build identity and multi cultural understanding through creative ability in art.
Organization Summary
New Directions for Youth provides social services to 3,000 young people and their families annually. These services include: Counseling & Therapy which includes individual, group and family strengths-based, cognitive behavioral therapy; Youth Education & Training including career education, computer training, conflict resolution, positive decision making, youth employment, internships, and basic skills training workshops; Gang Prevention programming for Juvenile Offenders which includes academic support, recreational, ager management workshops; Programs for At-risk Youth which includes Youth development and arts programs that focus on age appropriate and specific needs and interests of youth ages of 09 – 24; Independent Living and Life Skills Education which includes financial literacy training, preparation for graduation from high school, life skills training, mentoring, career education.
Organization
NDY
Address
7315 LANKERSHIM BLVD
N HOLLYWOOD
91605-3847
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(818) 503-6330
Congressional District
California's 29th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 39
State Senate District
District 20
