Programs and Funding Priorities
Healthy Sacramento Coalition
- Sacramento Region Health Care Partnership
- Respite Partnership Collaborative
- Nonprofit Innovation Center
- Responsive Grants Program
- Conference and Convening Program
- Health Leadership Program
- Youth Pathways to Health
- Positive Youth Justice Initiative
- Renewing Juvenile Justice
- Healthy Youth/Healthy Regions
- REACH Youth Program
- Health Shack Personal Health Records Project
- Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS)
- Stamping Out Obstacles to Achievement in Robla (SOAR)
- Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE)
- Youth Development Conferences
- Grizzly Creek Ranch
- Previous Programs and Funding Opportunities
Positive Youth Justice Initiative
We launched our Positive Youth Justice Initiative in 2012 to improve the outcomes of young people with a history in the child welfare system and now engaged in the juvenile justice system, often referred to as crossover youth. Data shows that crossover youth experience extremely poor outcomes when they age out of these systems, including contact with the criminal justice system, high use of mental health services and low educational attainment.
Through a competitive application process, six counties have been selected as partners in the Positive Youth Justice Initiative. Learn more.
These counties received $75,000 grants for a 12-month planning phase. Four of these counties will receive $400,000 for a 24-month implementation phase.
Download the Positive Youth Justice Initiative Fact Sheet.
Learn about the technical assistance providers supporting the initiative.
Technical Assistance Resources
Learning Community, Feb. 5-6, 2013
Download Dr. Victor Carrion's presentation, Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences in Youth (PDF)
Impact of Trauma on Health Webinar, March 8, 2013
Download the Impact of Trauma on Health webinar slides (PDF)
Download the Impact of Trauma on Health webinar audio (MP3)
Positive Youth Development Webinar, Jan. 9, 2013
Download the Positive Youth Development webinar slides (PDF)
Download the Positive Youth Development webinar audio (MP3)
View Positive Youth Justice Initiative Spring 2012 Speaker Series presentations and videos.
Positive Youth Justice Initiative Briefing Paper
April 2012
This briefing paper provides background information on Sierra Health Foundation's Positive Youth Justice Initiative.
Rethinking Juvenile Justice: Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Crossover Youth, an article published in GIH Bulletin
September 2012
Grantmakers In Health published an article about the Positive Youth Justice Initiative in the Sept. 17, 2012, issue of its online GIH Bulletin. Written by Sierra Health Foundation President and CEO Chet Hewitt and Senior Program Officer Matt Cervantes, the article appeared in the publication's Views from the Field section.
Renewing Juvenile Justice
March 2011
Commissioned by Sierra Health Foundation and written by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, this policy report provides a historical account of California's juvenile justice system that illustrates the origins of today's issues, and provides a direction for establishing a model 21st century juvenile justice system designed to improve outcomes for youth, their families and caregivers. Download the report (PDF)
We would like to acknowledge The California Endowment and The California Wellness Foundation, our funding partners for the Positive Youth Justice Initiative.