DCYF

Our 2024-2025 Community Grants Request for Proposals (RFP) is now open! Visit the Community Grants RFP page on our website to learn about what we will fund through the RFP, and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/gENHeXgm

Applications for our 2024-2025 Community Grants Request for Proposals (RFP) are due two weeks from today, Wednesday, December 4, 2024. Visit the Community Grants RFP page on our website to learn about what we will fund through the RFP, and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/gENHeXgm

The 2025 San Francisco Summer Resource Fair will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2025?at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park. The Fair will feature representatives from 100 summer programs, camps, and services for children and youth in grades K-8. Exhibitor registration for the Summer Resource Fair is open, and well over half of the exhibitor slots have already been filled. If your agency would like to be an exhibitor at the Summer Resource Fair, please register ASAP! A link to the exhibitor registration form, and all other news and updates about the event, are posted on the official Summer Resource Fair event page: https://lnkd.in/g9RjnAHR

To access a version of our statement with easy access to the hyperlinks and resources for families about talking about race and social justice, please visit this page: https://lnkd.in/gsu-Vcib

Exciting news from the DCYF Family: this afternoon, Mayor London Breed announced that Sherrice Dorsey-Smith is now the Acting Director of DCYF! Acting Director Dorsey-Smith shared this in a message to our grantee partners: "Thanks to the incredible example Dr. Maria Su set for me, thanks to the remarkable team I am inheriting at DCYF, and thanks to our well established parterships with our grantees, City departments, and SFUSD, I feel fully prepared, honored, humbled, and excited to become the new leader of the department." Dr. Maria Su had this to say in the Mayor's press release, and the DCYF staff agrees wholeheartedly: Sherrice's "extensive experience, deep knowledge, and dedication to DCYF’s goals make her uniquely qualified to lead the department. DCYF will be in excellent hands with Sherrice at the helm, and I am fully confident in her ability to continue advancing DCYF’s mission to support our children, youth, and families. Under Sherrice’s leadership, DCYF will continue to flourish and create lasting change for the San Francisco community." We are so pleased that Sherrice has stepped in as the Acting Director of our department, and we're proud to have her as our leader as we work together to make San Francisco a great place to grow up! Read the Mayor's press release here: https://lnkd.in/gy8vykPX

Today is a special day all across the country: the 25th annual?#LightsOnAfterschool Celebration! Lights On Afterschool draws attention to the many ways afterschool programs support students and working families, and sends a powerful message that millions more children and youth across the country need quality afterschool programs. For the third year in a row, DCYF, our grantees, and our City Department partners celebrated Lights On Afterschool by participating in the Lights On Afterschool Lightbulb Challenge. In the article, we've compiled Lightbulb Challenge photos from more than 50 #SanFrancisco agencies! We would like to thank all of the students, youth service workers, volunteers, and City employees who took part in Lights On Afterschool 2024. Your partnership and support today - and every day - shines light on the critical role afterschool programs play in making San Francisco a great place to grow up! https://lnkd.in/gNeiUBd7

Yesterday evening, the SF Board of Education made it official: Dr. Maria Su is the new San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent! We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Su, and look forward to working closely with her to make San Francisco a great place to grow up!

We are so pleased for and proud of our Executive Director, Dr. Maria Su: the SF Board of Education has stated their intention to appoint her as the new SFUSD Superintendent! Much more to come over the next few days, but for now, we recommend reading SFUSD's statement about the leadership transition: https://lnkd.in/gAtG3dbM

New funding opportunity: the Shape Up San Francisco Coalition is offering two $20,000 mini-grants to support the capacity and sustainability of small nonprofits dedicated to promoting healthy eating and active living. To be eligible, make sure your organization checks all the boxes: 1. Focused on healthy eating and/or active living 2. Based in or serving the San Francisco community 3. Annual budget under $600,000 4. Leadership/staff reflects the communities you serve 5. Must be a 501(c)(3) or fiscally sponsored by one 6. Compliant with California's registration and reporting rules 7. Not a recipient of a Shape Up SF grant in the last 3 years Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/guzxrtcd