The Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Program supports groups working to end the criminalization and over-incarceration of youth in the United States. Specifically the program makes grants to groups that are working to advance systems reforms that will:
- Reduce youth incarceration rates in the juvenile justice system (through policies that, for example, limit the use of incarceration and expand the community-based alternatives to incarceration, reduce length of stay, and/or decriminalize minor misbehavior or otherwise divert youth from the juvenile court system);
- End the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating youth as adults; and
- Promote more fair and equitable treatment of youth of color by the juvenile justice system.
The Worker’s Rights Program supports groups seeking policy and system reforms to improve the lives of low-wage working people, with a focus in securing their basic legal rights to safe, healthy, and fair conditions at work. Specifically, the Program makes grants to groups seeking reforms that will do the following:
- Make work safe and healthy by preventing illness, injury and death on the job, and improving worker’s compensation;
- Build workers’ advocacy by improving the ability of low-wage workers to act collectively for policy and system reform.
The Public Welfare Foundation asks that a letter of inquiry be sent prior to a proposal. Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year, but the next proposal deadline is October 11, 2013. For more information on the proposal process and the online application visit their website.
