Organization: PEACE 4 KIDS
Mission: Peace4Kids is dedicated to empowering foster and at-risk youth by providing community as family. We create a strong foundation through programs focused on creative expression and life skills, allowing our kids to discover their unique voice and limitless potential for success.
Activities: Through early March 2020, Peace4Kids provided the following ongoing programs and services: 1) Core Saturday Program -- Provides creative educational courses, activities, field trips, life skills and mentorship to 215 youth and young adults. 2) Mobile Village Kitchen (MVK) - This modular kitchen/trailer serves as the central platform for food justice efforts and campaigns and general health and nutrition education. All youth were engaged in this program, with 15 transition-age youth serving as a core leadership team. 3) LEAD -- Leadership through Advocacy, Equity and Development meets the specific needs of young adults in foster care (ages 19-21) through developmental and group learning involving foster care alumni and subject matter experts. At least 45 youth participated in LEAD. 4) Transitional Youth Services - Peace4Kids provided more intensive one-to-one work with 20 transition-age youth, leading to an increase in social-emotional intelligence, improved relationship building/management skills and stability in placement. Peace4Kids continued its multi-year "Changing the Narrative" (CTN) initiative, a youth-led project launched by Peace4Kids in early 2018 to research and redress implicit biases toward youth in foster care. In March 2020, Peace4Kids began to change how it implemented programs and services due to the pandemic. This is described later in Schedule O.
Religious classification: None