Ceres has brought in over $2 million to Santa Cruz County over the last two years! Ceres Policy Research has helped Santa Cruz County agencies secure the following grants:
- A Title II Grant for gender specific services for girls in the juvenile justice system ($360,000).
- A Mentally Ill Offender and Crime Reduction grant for mental health services for Probation youth living in northern Santa Cruz County ($1 million).
- A grant to assess the reentry needs of parolees returning to Santa Cruz from state prison ($150,000).
- A Safe Schools/Healthy Student grant to support drug and alcohol services for alternative high school students and queer youth ($250,000).
- A CalGRIP grant to provide job development services for youth who are involved with gangs or at-risk of gang involvement ($370,000)
Ceres is leading a national study of LGBT youth in the juvenile justice system. Funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation under their Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, Ceres is partnering with the Equity Project, Legal Services for Children, the Youth Law Center, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights to measure the number of LGBT youth involved in the juvenile justice system and to document the issues that have shaped their detention histories.
