Early Childhood
Grantee Organization | PCL-Funded Services | Investment 2023–24 |
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Albina Head Start | Two full-day Head Start preschool classrooms; NE Portland | $782,874 |
Albina Early Head Start | Four Early Head Start classrooms and home-based Early Head Start services (home visits and parent/child groups); N, NE and SE Portland | $1,087,177 |
The Black Parent Initiative | Prenatal, birth doula, and laction support for new moms and parent/child home visits and groups, focused on Black families; citywide | $209,623 |
David Douglas School District | Spanish-language immersion preschool classroom at Lincoln Elem focused on native Spanish speakers; E Portland | $262,604 |
Hacienda CDC, Sembrando Semillitas | Home-visiting, parent/child groups with Latinx families in Hacienda properties and Cully neighborhood | $270,541 |
Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), Child and Parent Success | Home-visiting, parent/child groups with immigrant & refugee families; citywide | $619,691 |
Impact NW, Parent-Child Development Services | Home-visiting, parent/child groups, and kindergarten transition support, NE and SE Portland | $322,408 |
Latino Network, Juntos Aprendemos | Weekly parent/child preschool groups for Latinx, Spanish-speaking families in 10 schools; N, NE and E Portland | $704,702 |
Metropolitan Family Services, Ready-Set-Go! | Weekly parent/child preschool groups for families in Powell Butte Elem. area; E Portland | $168,311 |
Morrison Child & Family Services, Listos Para Aprender | Home-visiting, parent/child groups, parenting groups with Latinx families; E Portland | $715,956 |
Morrison Child & Family Services | Early childhood mental health consultation with childcare sites, preschools, home visiting programs; parenting classes; citywide | $842,400 |
Mt. Hood Community College, Early Head Start | Home-based Early Head Start services (home visits and parent/child groups); E Portland | $500,789 |
Native American Youth & Family Center | Home visiting, parent/child groups for Native American/Alaska Native families; citywide | $257,142 |
Neighborhood House | Home-based early Oregon Pre-kindergarten services (home visits and parent/child groups); SW Portland | $271,806 |
Portland Public Schools Head Start | Four extended-day Head Start preschool classrooms; E Portland | $694,351 |
Total Early Childhood | $7,706,128 |
Special Initiatives
Grantee Organization | PCL-Funded Services | Investment 2023–24 |
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Mt. Hood Community College, Community Childcare Initiative | Childcare financial assistance for low-income families; support networks for culturally specific in-home childcare; citywide | $2,121,600 |
Total Special Initiatives | $2,121,600 |
Hunger Relief
Grantee Organization | PCL-Funded Services | Investment 2023–24 |
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Familias en Accion, Latino Food Equity Program | Health and nutrition education; community health worker navigation/ referral services; produce delivery; home garden support; focus on Latinx families; East Portland | $227,795 |
Growing Gardens | School garden and education program; community garden access and support for immigrant and refugee families; NE and SE Portland | $161,073 |
Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), Hunger Relief | School based emergency food pantries, nutrition and cooking education; 8 sites NE and SE Portland | $314,918 |
Meals on Wheels People, Meals 4 Kids | Home meal delivery for children and caregivers with barriers to accessing other sources of emergency food; citywide | $797,178 |
Metropolitan Family Services, Hunger Relief | School based emergency food pantries, nutrition and cooking education; 6 sites NE and SE Portland | $198,860 |
Neighborhood House, Mobile Pantry Program | Mobile food pantry/food box delivery at affordable housing communities; SW Portland | $106,162 |
Oregon Food Bank, School-Based Food Pantries | 20 school-based food pantries and 3 summer produce markets at parks; food equity education; N, NE and SE Portland | $768,855 |
Our Just Future (formerly Human Solutions), Food Pantry | Food pantries at 2 affordable housing sites and homeless shelter; SE Portland | $83,758 |
Our Village Gardens | Community gardening for vegetable production and produce discount/incentive program at Village Market; N Portland | $178,974 |
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, Emergency Food Support | School food pantries at/near POIC campuses and monthly food boxes for families; N, NE and SE Portland | $117,827 |
Sunshine Division, Community Transitional School | Weekend food backpacks for students attending Community Transitional School; citywide | $70,000 |
Total Hunger Relief | $3,025,400 |
Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention
Grantee Organization | PCL-Funded Services | Investment 2023–24 |
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Bridge Meadows, Intergenerational Interventions | Therapeutic and community building services for children 0-18 who were previously in foster care; N Portland | $125,424 |
El Programa Hispano Católico, Parent Child Intervention Program | Parenting support and therapy, focus on Latinx families with children 0-12, who have experienced domestic violence; citywide | $292,490 |
Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization | In-home parenting education & support; focus on immigrant & refugee families with children ages 0-18; citywide | $438,803 |
Janus Youth Programs/Insights, SEEDS | In-home parenting education & support for young parents, ages 15-20, & their children, ages 0-5; focus on BIPOC* families; citywide | $314,631 |
Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center/CARES Northwest | Therapy for children, ages 0-18, who have experienced child abuse related trauma; citywide | $259,020 |
LifeWorks NW, Children's Relief Nursery | Classroom-based therapeutic care for children ages 0-5, home visits, parenting education & respite care; N Portland | $669,424 |
LifeWorks NW, Family and Community Alliance | In-home parenting education & support for families, with children 0-18, at risk of abuse and neglect; citywide | $269,350 |
Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Parenting in Portland | Parent education services, focus on immigrant and refugee families, with children ages 0-18; citywide | $306,320 |
Native American Youth & Family Center, Parenting in 2 Worlds | Parenting education & support, focus on Native American/Alaska Native families with children ages 10-17; citywide | $273,057 |
Oregon Community Health Workers Associations, Community Education Worker Program | Parenting education & support, focus on Somali and Myanmar refugees with children ages 0-6; citywide | $406,035 |
The Pathfinder Network, Center for Family Success | Parenting education & support for parents with criminal justice system involvement, who have children ages 0-18; citywide | $394,479 |
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center | Parenting education & support, focus on Black students attending Rosemary Anderson High School/POIC; citywide | $197,403 |
Self Enhancement, Inc., Parent Engagement Services | In-home & group parenting education & support, focus on Black families with children ages 0-18; citywide | $175,470 |
Volunteers of America, Family Relief Nursery | Classroom-based therapeutic care for children ages 0-5, home visits, parenting education & respite care; citywide | $352,173 |
Total Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention | $4,474,079 |
Foster Care
Grantee Organization | PCL-Funded Services | Investment 2023–24 |
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Boys & Girls Aid, Permanency Services | Therapeutic activities to support youth in foster care, ages 5-21, prepare for permanency; citywide | $257,142 |
Friends of the Children | Long-term, one-to-one mentoring for children in foster care grades K-12; focus on Black & Native American/Alaska Native youth; citywide | $324,533 |
Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization | Support for immigrant & refugee children ages 0-24; recruit & train potential foster parents; citywide | $285,879 |
Impact NW, Safe & Together | Intensive home visiting services for children in foster care, ages 0-8; support for birth & foster parents; focus on reunification; citywide | $349,375 |
Janus Youth Programs/Insights, ECHO | In-home parenting & life skills education for young parents where the child and/or parent is in foster care; focus on reunification; citywide | $249,375 |
Native American Youth & Family Center | Support & cultural enrichment services for youth in foster care, ages 0-24; focus on Native American/Alaska Native youth; citywide | $406,898 |
New Avenues for Youth, Avenues to College | College preparatory workshops, leadership development, and college housing support & case management; citywide | $385,197 |
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center | Work opportunities training & support for youth ages 14-24; focus on Black & Latinx; citywide | $151,506 |
Self Enhancement, Inc. | Support for children in foster care ages 0-18 and their birth and foster parents; focus on Black youth; citywide | $262,578 |
Youth, Rights, & Justice: Attorneys at Law, School Works | Educational advocacy for children in foster care, ages 3-21; citywide | $269,885 |
Total Foster Care | $2,942,368 |
After School
Grantee Organization | PCL-Funded Services | Investment 2023–24 |
---|---|---|
BRAVO Youth Orchestra | After school/summer youth orchestra program for elementary and middle school youth; N and NE Portland | $137,605 |
El Programa Hispano Catolico, Youth Community School Program | Intensive academic support, cultural enrichment; middle/high school youth at 2 schools; focus on Latinx youth; SE Portland | $127,539 |
Ethos Inc. | After school/summer music education program at 10-15 schools for students in grades K-12; N and NE Portland | $136,589 |
Girls Inc. of NW Oregon | After school/summer program for girls focused on youth development at nine schools; N, NE and SE Portland | $96,234 |
Hacienda CDC, Expresiones | After school/summer program providing homework support, enrichment activities for children in grades K-8 at Hacienda properities; focus on Latinx and African immigrant youth; N and NE Portland | $243,919 |
Impact NW, AKA Science | After school/summer science program offered to youth in grades K-8 at SUN Community Schools; citywide | $144,181 |
Impact NW, CORE Program | After school/summer program focused on career readiness and experiences for high school students; N, NE and SE Portland | $175,771 |
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), INSPIRE | After school/summer intensive academic support and family engagement for immigrant/refugee youth in grades 1-8 at 9 schools; NE and SE Portland | $671,870 |
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), SUN Community Schools | After school/ summer academic support and enrichment at two schools; NE and SE Portland | $161,434 |
Latino Network, Conexiones | After school/summer academic support, enrichment and college prep support for middle and high school youth at 4 schools; parent instruction and support; focus on Latinx youth; N, NE and SE Portland | $562,111 |
Latino Network, Studio Latino | After school/summer arts enrichment program for youth in grades 3-5 at 4 schools; focus on Latinx youth; N, NE and SE Portland | $79,646 |
Metropolitan Family Service, SUN Community Schools | After-school/summer academic support and enrichment at two schools; SE Portland | $188,838 |
Native American Youth & Family Center | After-school/summer and school break enrichment activities for Native American/Alaska Native children aged 5-18; citywide | $257,204 |
Neighborhood House, Connect | After-school/summer academic support and enrichment program for children in grades 2-5 at affordable housing development; SW Portland | $17,809**** |
Open School, Step Up | After school/summer academic support, coaching and mentoring for high school students at three schools; focus on BIPOC* youth; N, NE and SE Portland | $578,496 |
Our Just Future (formerly Human Solutions), LearnLinks | After school/summer program academic support and enrichment activities for children in grades K-8 at low-income housing developments; NE and SE Portland | $246,273 |
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center | After school robotics program for middle school students and college preparatory program for high school students on 4 campuses; focus on BIPOC youth; N, NE and SE Portland | $128,450 |
Portland State University, Oregon MESA | After school STEM** enrichment program for middle and high school youth; N, NE and SE Portland | $145,279 |
REAP, Inc. | After school academic support, enrichment and leadership development for elementary and middle school youth; focus on BIPOC* youth, NE and SE Portland | $222,149 |
Self Enhancement, Inc. | After school/summer academic support and enrichment program for middle and high school students, focus on Black youth; N and NE Portland | $513,874 |
Total After School | $4,835,271 |
Mentoring
Grantee Organization | PCL-Funded Services | Investment 2023–24 |
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Campfire Columbia | After school mentoring program for middle school youth at 3 schools; N and SE Portland | $619,484 |
College Possible | After school mentoring program to help low-income high school students prepare, apply for, enter, and graduate college; SE and E Portland | $130,421 |
Friends of the Children | Long-term, community-based, one-to-one mentoring program for children grades K -12; citywide | $664,372 |
Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) | Community-based one-to-one and group mentoring program for immigrant and refugee youth in high school; NE and SE Portland | $468,380 |
Latino Network | Community-based individual and group mentoring for Latinx youth with barriers to school success; citywide | $308,340 |
Native American Youth & Family Center | Community-based mentoring supporting Native American/Alaska Native high school students' college and career pursuits; citywide | $219,467 |
The Pathfinder Network | Community-based individual and group mentoring for youth with parents involved in the criminal justice system; citywide | $192,872 |
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center | School-based mentoring program for students at Rosemary Anderson Alternative High School; focus on BIPOC* youth; N and E Portland | $185,322 |
Total Mentoring | $2,788,658 |
Small Grants Fund
Grantee Organization | PCL-Funded Services | Investment 2023–24 |
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A.Y.C.O. (African Youth and Community Organization) | After school program for East African youth with disabilities. Tutoring, sports, and nature-based field trips led by Cultural Navigators. | $50,685 |
Brown Girl Rise | Mentoring offered to non-white girls and non-binary femmes ages 7-17. Create a youth board to plan curriculum and conduct program evaluation and monitoring activities. | $20,380 |
Camp Elso | STEAMED*** education and nature-based camps for youth K-5 and 6-8, and a program for teens that provides leadership training, as well as the opportunity to become Camp Guides and teach the younger kids. | $54,642 |
Elevate Oregon | Mentorship of youth of color and other marginalized youth, including students with disabilities, in Parkrose. Emphasis on post-secondary education. In-school group mentoring through an elective emphasizing character building facilitated by Teacher Mentors. Additional group mentoring through summer programming. Middle school through high school. | $60,233 |
Ethiopian & Eritrean Cultural Resource Center | Mentoring for newly arrived refugee youth from Ethiopia & Eritrea. The youth in this program have been in the country 1-3 years. Individual mentoring (socially distanced when possible) and groups online. Families receive wraparound support. | $31,725 |
Portland Tennis & Education | Long-term afterschool program with academic, fitness, social-emotional components. Year-round activities including afterschool and summer camp activities. | $63,028 |
Urban Gleaners | Food is gleaned and distributed to families. Additional food is purchased from local farmers. Cultural and prepared foods are provided. Distribution sites located in low-income areas, including parks and school sites. Millions of pounds of food diverted from landfills. | $32,931 |
Total Small Grants Fund | $313,624 |
*BIPOC refers to Black, Indigenous and People of Color
**STEM refers to science, technology, engineering and math
***STEAMED refers to science, technology, engineering, art, math, environment and design
****Grant funding ended early in fiscal year 2023-24