Youth Transitions

Children´s Hospital Boston
Sponsorship of the "State of the Science Conference", including support for an evening Town Hall meeting with a keynote presentation by Greg Smith, a disability advocate, radio host, and motivational speaker.

Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School
Sponsorship of a study to determine the incidence, prevalence, and survival of selected chronic illnesses, followed by a final paper on study findings indicating the economic impact of youth with disabilities as they transition into adulthood.

City Year
Three year grant to support the development of an infrastructure to become an inclusive service organization so they can best recruit, train, and support youth with disabilities to become successful City Year corps members. The HSC Foundation is joined by the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation as a funding partner in City Year’s inclusion initiative.

Disability Funders Network
Sponsorship of a series of informational teleconferences around topics relating to disability, including youth transitions.

Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso (FAN)
Program support for their Positive Youth Development, Youth Ensemble, and Transitions Programs.

Goodwill of Greater Washington (former the Workforce Organizations for Regional Collaboration, WORC)
Capacity-building grant for the Youth to WORC Initiative.

Institute for Educational Leadership
Co-sponsorship of a June 2007 national symposium on high school reform, including the issue of diplomas versus certificates of completion.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Sponsorship of five internships for youth with disabilities within cultural organizations in the Washington metropolitan area.

Kingsbury Center
In partnership with The George Washington University, internship opportunities for students with severe learning disabilities.

National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
Co-sponsorship of an August 2007 National Youth Development &Leadership Summit to develop an action plan for improving policy and practice in the youth development and leadership field.

National Consortium on Leadership & Disability for Youth
Translation and printing of seven tools/guides for youth transitions in Spanish and English.

National Council on Independent Living
Curriculum development and regional trainings for youth practitioners in community-based organizations.

Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
Sponsorship of reception which announced the launch of a free iPhone application for IEPs.

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington
Expansion of the vocational education series and outreach program.

Smithsonian Institution Accessibility Program
Sponsorship of the youth transitions module for the October 2007 IDEA Celebration for youth.

TASH
Sponsorship to support five scholarships for youth to attend the 2008 TASH Conference:  Social Justice in the 21st Century.

The Arena Stage
Grant for Voices of Now workshops and ensemble.

The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health
Focus group study of inner-city adolescents and their parents to determine how best to address adolescents’ physical, behavioral, and reproductive healthcare needs.

The University of the District of Columbia
Sponsorship of scholarships for nine students, three in each of the following four-year undergraduate programs: Language and Speech Pathology, Special Education, and Nursing.

The Washington Center
Expansion of the Public Service Internship Program for College Students with Disabilities.

U.S. Business Leadership Network
Sponsorship of the formation of a Youth Advisory Council.

Healthy Lifestyles

Consumer Health Foundation
Grant for Fresh Food Financing Initiatives for low-income communities of color in DC and PG County.

Food Research & Action Center, Inc. – DC Hunger Solutions
Grant to help connect HSC Health Care System clients/families to the federal nutrition programs available to them.

Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Inc. (HSCSN) Outreach Department
Healthy Living Center grant to provide movement classes, including yoga, belly dancing, and Jazzercise, at no cost to families in Ward 8.

National Center for Children and Families (NCCF)
Grant to a NCCF community school, JC Nalle Elementary in Ward 7, to offer family cooking and fitness classes for the students and their families.

National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality
Support of the activities around the Childhood Obesity Action network; sponsorship of the 6th Annual Forum for Improving Children’s Health Care.

Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc.
Expansion of The HSC Foundation’s Community Services Resource Directory to include obesity prevention related information and resources for consumers, families, and providers.

Washington Parks and People
Capital improvement grant to a community center in Ward 7 to enable facility upgrades that will allow for classes and instruction focused on nutrition, healthy cooking, and physical activity.

Family Supports

Prince George´s Community Foundation
Contribution to the Partnership for Prince George´s County Funding Collaborative. The Funding Collaborative is a pooled fund from which grants will be awarded for the purpose of strengthening the ability of nonprofits to achieve greater performance and impact both individually and collectively in Prince George´s County.

DC Pediatric Palliative Care Collaborative
Sponsorship of second Annual Pediatric Palliative Care Conference, "Quality of Life for the Children."

The Summit School
Grant to provide four (4) full scholarships to the Summit Outreach Camp for children from the African-American community in Anne Arundel County whose academic needs are underserved.

University of Maryland, Department of Family Services
Co-sponsorship of a national conference on male caregivers in September of 2007.

The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Sponsored a multiple case study investigation to learn how three selected school districts in two states are serving children with special health and mental health care needs, the extent and nature of interaction between education and health or mental health care professionals, and challenges schools face in serving this population.

Sponsored the creation of an informational brochure entitled "Partnering with Your Child's School: A Guide for Parents".

Judy Hoyer Family Learning Center-Adelphi
Judy Hoyer Family Learning Center-Takoma Park
The Reginald S. Lourie Center
Support to community-based organizations that host and maintain Resource Corners in their facilities that provide families online access to community resources.

National Child Research Center
Program support for the organization’s SOS Team, a support system for the Early Intervention Program.

Coalition for Environmentally Safe Communities
Research and update the Environmental Resource Guide which provides information and resources to help families in the District of Columbia to identify health problems caused by environmental conditions in the home and to help them find ways to fix environmental problems in their homes.

Awards

Support to community-based organizations that distribute goods and services through the LEAP Awards to their clients who are transitioning youth.

Abilities Network
Advocates for Justice and Educations, Inc.
Family Services, Inc.
Goodwill of Greater Washington
Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Inc. (HSCSN)
Inclusion Research Institute - Youth Empowerment Advocacy Resource Center (YEARC)
Marriott Foundation - Bridges...from school to work
Montgomery College Foundation, Inc.
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
Potomac Community Resource, Inc.
Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
SOC Enterprises, Inc.
St. Coletta of Greater Washington
St. Luke's House, Inc.
The Arc of Northern Virginia
The Arc of Prince George's County
The Arc of Southern Maryland
The Coordinating Center
The Ivymount School
The Maryland Coalition of Families for Children's Mental Health
TLC - The Treatment and Learning Centers, Inc. - Katherine Thomas School
TLC - The Treatment and Learning Centers, Inc. - The Outcomes Service
TransCen, Inc.