Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation - Children, Youth, and Young Adult Grants

The grant program of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation aims at investing in the community to create significant community gains, specifically improving the lives of Mecklenburg County citizens. The grant focuses on various investment and result areas:

• Early Childhood (Birth-Kindergarten): Ensuring children have access to quality early care, education, and school readiness. Parents and caregivers are provided with resources for their children's nurture and early learning, alongside professional development opportunities for the early education workforce.
• College and Career Readiness (Elementary School to Age 24): Expanding access to college and career pathways, support for navigating these paths, increasing work-based learning opportunities, supporting first-generation and low-socioeconomic students in post-secondary education, and creating more education, training, and employment opportunities for disconnected youth. The goal is to emphasize the importance of post-secondary education or industry certification in today's labor market.