Structured 10-week digital media and workforce development program. Youth receive hands-on experience in content creation, videography, photography, editing, storytelling, smartphone production, lighting, and audio while building career readiness and professionalism

Program Description Building Cycles of Success is our summer youth financial empowerment program designed to equip young people with practical financial knowledge, career-readiness skills, and tools to make confident decisions about their future. Through interactive learning, hands-on activities, mentoring, and real-world experiences, youth strengthen their understanding of money while developing leadership, life skills, and strategies for making healthy choices. Program Activities Financial literacy and money management • Saving, budgeting, banking, and investing • Entrepreneurship • Job readiness, résumés, and mock interviews • Leadership and life skills • Conflict resolution and violence prevention • Mental wellness. Healthy nutrition • Guest speakers and community mentors • Hands-on activities, incentives, and youth presentations

ACE Project includes the following programs: Academy of Child Entrepreneurship (ACE), ages 10–18: Combines vocation, financial literacy, business development, and investment to educate youth and improve their social and economic opportunities. PROM (Positive Reinforcement Over Myself), ages 12–18: Develops young women’s independence and leadership skills through sewing, critical thinking, positive self-talk, teamwork, and social skills. Men in the Making, ages 12–18: Provides guidance, structure, opportunity, and a healthy environment. Practical life skills help young men develop into strong, well-rounded role models in their communities. Healing Project: Supports intentional healing for families affected by gun violence and trauma. Delivery Setting: After-School | Summer

Afterschool program, Teen group, Education Advocacy, Summer camps, Early Childhood program, & Social services for racetrack workers and their families

Mentorship, Leadership Development, educational support, career opportunities, social and emotional learning, relationship building, and community service.

PARTICIPANT AGE: 18-24 PROGRAM PURPOSE: YouthBuild Louisville (YBL) has operated since 2001 and serves youth, ages 16-24, targeted from the neighborhoods of Smoketown/Shelby Park (40203), Russell/ Portland (40211), and Shawnee (40212) who have experienced significant educational, social, violence/crime and economic difficulties. Youth from other local neighborhoods may also be served. When looking at YouthBuild Louisville’s primary areas of service, the weighted average unemployment rate of our incoming young adults is 25.9%, while Louisville’s overall unemployment rate is 3.6% as of November 2023. While the national poverty rate in the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is 12.8%, the poverty rate in the target ZIP Codes ranges from 35.4%-37.0%. The weighted average poverty rate for the target service area is 30.6%, suggesting tremendous need in the community. Participants can go into one of three cohorts: CNA, Construction, or culinary. Welding will soon be added as well. Delivery Setting: During the daytime

Program description needs research/verification. Why Use This: I need academic support, tutoring, literacy, enrichment, or educational opportunities for a student. Delivery Setting: After-School | Summer

Tuition-free academic support for middle schools students (rising 6th - 8th). Academic instruction in math and language arts. Delivery Setting: Six- Week Summer Program

Program description needs research/verification. Why Use This: I need academic support, tutoring, literacy, enrichment, or educational opportunities for a student. Delivery Setting: After-School | Summer

Program Description & Activities Project B.L.U.E. (Building Leadership, Unity, and Engagement) is a community-based youth development and violence-prevention initiative of C.H.O.I.C.E., Inc. designed to strengthen relationships between young people and law enforcement while building leadership, communication, resilience, and social-emotional skills. Project B.L.U.E. creates opportunities for youth and law enforcement officers to interact in positive, non-enforcement settings where they can build relationships through shared experiences rather than traditional authority-based interactions. The program primarily serves youth ages 11–14, with opportunities to engage youth up to age 18, particularly young people who may be impacted by adverse childhood experiences, community violence, or other challenges. Program activities combine interactive workshops, facilitated discussions, leadership development, team-building exercises, mentoring, recreational experiences, and community-based activities. Experiences such as fishing, archery, and other outdoor or recreational activities provide a relaxed environment for young people and officers to communicate, work together, develop trust, and practice teamwork. Educational components address conflict resolution, emotional regulation, coping skills, communication, leadership, decision-making, safety, and healthy relationships with adults and authority figures. Participating law enforcement officers also receive preparation to support trauma- and resilience-informed engagement with youth. Project B.L.U.E. is designed to provide young people with a safe space to ask questions, share their perspectives, challenge assumptions, and have meaningful conversations with law enforcement. Through repeated positive interactions, C.H.O.I.C.E. seeks to increase mutual understanding, strengthen youth voice and leadership, reduce factors associated with violence, and create stronger connections among young people, law enforcement, families, and the broader Louisville community.

Offers one-to-one youth mentoring and etiquette coaching, tutoring, and ESL support for students in Louisville. Why Use This: I need academic support, tutoring, literacy, enrichment, or educational opportunities for a student.

Provides families and organizations with communication, conflict-resolution, and peace-building workshops. Why Use This: I need violence-prevention, conflict-resolution, safety, diversion, or supportive intervention services for a young person or family.