Learn which back-to-school youth program metrics donors should watch, from attendance and stability to belonging, confidence, and support.
Learn why job readiness support belongs in education programs for marginalized youth, and how donors can fund confidence, skills, and opportunity.
Learn why mentorship matters in youth empowerment programs and what donors should fund to make mentor relationships safe, consistent, and effective.
A practical, dignity-first guide to five pillars of support for marginalized youth during the school year, with belonging, education, and enrichment in view.
Join the 2026 Circling Raven charity golf tournament on August 31. Golf, sponsor, volunteer, or donate to help fund student scholarships.
Back-to-school care packages can do more than fill a backpack. Here is how donors can build youth empowerment into practical school-year support.
A practical guide to back-to-school sponsorship for marginalized youth, with research-backed ways donors can help kids start the year ready to belong, learn, and grow.
Summer belonging For some young people, the last day of school is not just the start of summer. It can also mean the sudden loss of meals, structure, trusted adults, peer connection, and safe places to be known. That is the end-of-school gap. When people search for summer support for underserved youth after school ends,
A young person cannot plan confidently for graduation, college, work, or independence if basic needs, trusted relationships, records, transportation, and belonging are still uncertain. Education support matters. It works better when the rest of life is not left out. A quick answer for supporters Young people in foster care need more than encouragement to “stay
Every day at Believe in Me, we see what happens when a community chooses to invest in marginalized kids: doors open, confidence grows, and futures expand. This Thanksgiving, we’re turning the spotlight outward—toward the incredible nonprofit partners who make our mission real in classrooms, shelters, gyms, art studios, and outdoor spaces across our region. Think
