Building Bridges: Enhancing Collaboration with the Child Welfare System

The Academy Project seeks to strengthen its collaborative efforts with the child welfare system in Los Angeles, CA. The primary goal is to research and analyze the current landscape of child welfare services and identify opportunities for effective partnerships. By understanding the existing challenges and opportunities within the system, the project aims to develop a streamlined referral process that facilitates open communication and cooperation between The Academy Project and child welfare agencies. This initiative will enhance the support provided to children and families, ensuring they receive timely and appropriate services. The project will involve a comprehensive review of existing referral processes, stakeholder interviews, and the development of a strategic plan to foster sustainable partnerships. - Research the current child welfare landscape in Los Angeles. - Analyze existing referral processes and identify areas for improvement. - Conduct interviews with key stakeholders in the child welfare system. - Develop a strategic plan for collaboration and referral process enhancement.

Help us make this the best summer ever for foster/ homeless youth in Los Angeles

The Academy Project is looking for someone (a team) that has the knowledge, confidence, and heart to help TAP make this summer the best yet for foster and homeless youth in Los Angeles, CA. CAMP XAVIER is a three-pronged summer program--a day camp, a Coding Camp, and a sleep away camp. This will be CAMP XAVIER'S 6th season! Possible projects: Logistics Help us secure our locations, plan the curriculum, hire counselors, find volunteers, get the word out, and register campers PR and Marketing Strategy: How do we get children/parents/community interested and involved? How can we attract major donors and dramatically increase our fundraising efforts? Strengthen TAP's relationships to other nonprofit organizations to garner support and potential partnerships ((we have been around for 5 years and are familiar with/to most other child welfare organizations--we need to enhance some of those partnerships). We need your help to reach out to the "right" people and get them on board. We rely on partnerships to help us make these programs surpass all expectations. .

Help us go from Good to Great

The Academy Project is looking for someone (a team) that has the knowledge, confidence, and heart to help TAP get our next pilot program up and running. HOME/SCHOOL is unlike any other program within the child welfare community. We will place a full-time in-school advocate that will be responsible for the entire foster youth population of that school--(educational advocate, basic needs being met, service referrals). HOME/SCHOOL has been in development for a year and has a significant amount of research and collateral attached to it. Possible projects: PR and Marketing Strategy: How do we get students interested and involved? How can we attract major donors and dramatically increase our fundraising efforts? Strengthen TAP's relationships to other nonprofit organizations to garner support and potential partnerships ((we have been around for 5 years and are familiar with/to most other child welfare organizations--we need to enhance some of those partnerships). We need your help to reach out to the "right" people and get them on board. Test validity of HOME/SCHOOL --Will it work? Look at the community--Does HOME/SCHOOL fill in an unmet need? Are there other programs like ours (we have not found any)If so, how do they function? Create a plan to bring major stakeholders on-board-- The school--(administration, teachers), A University Partner, Parents/Guardians--Re-imagine our presentation/pitch deck--How do we present ourselves as capable, professional, and hopeful? Solidify our "ask". (We currently have a solid partnership with a public Span school (6th-12th grade). We have provided after school and enrichment programming for the past 3 years at no cost to the school or the youth. We are ready to propose our next pilot project and must have the support of the school to proceed. A major university is partnered with this school as well and it would be beneficial to get them on-board as well. Create a strategic plan- How we will get the program up and running, expectations, sustainability. Update/recreate our website

A New Website for a Good Cause

We are considering switching from our existing website builder platform to a newer one. We would love some guidance in deciding which platform is the best for us. Also, we would need a complete re-building of the new website on the new platform. We don't have an IT person so you would need to start from the ground up. Your contact will be our Founder/Executive Director who is available to you as much as needed and looks forward to truly collaborating on this project. Our current website is www.theacademyproject.org. We believe this project will include: Understanding our needs and potentially recommending a new web host. Learning about The Academy Project--what we do, our branding--etc... Reviewing our current website content and design Creating a new website (possibly on a new platform) that represents what we do and who we are.