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Deadline is October 10, 2025 for school year 2025-26 participation. Films must be submitted by March 1, 2026 and awareness event by May 2026, with final report due June 1, 2026.
"MINI GRANT PROGRAM - Youth Creating Change" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
MINI GRANT PROGRAM - Youth Creating Change is sponsored by Youth Creating Change. This program provides educational resources about mental health, suicide prevention, and substance use, along with personalized support for filmmaking. Students create their own mental health and/or suicide prevention film projects and host youth-led awareness events.
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2026 Mini Grant Application – Youth Creating Change 2026 Mini Grant Application If you are a Monterey County school or organization, please find your county’s application page here . 2026 Mini Grant Application The Youth Creating Change Program is excited to open applications for the 2025-26 school year mini grant program.
The mini grant program facilitates participation in the organization’s annual film contest, Directing Change, and engages youth to learn about suicide prevention, mental health, substance use, and other critical health and social justice topics by creating short films that are used to support awareness, education, and advocacy efforts across the state, in their communities, and on their campuses.
This free and evaluated curriculum has been implemented in California schools since 2012. Youth have a chance to win cash prizes and participate in an award ceremony. Eligible Organizations: Middle school, high school, and college classes as well as organizations and youth clubs.
Participating youth should be ages 12-25 or in grades 6-12. Public, private, and charter schools and districts are all eligible to apply.
Mini Grant Funding: Up to $1,500 (higher funding may be available for rural communities) Facilitate participation of at least one classroom, club, or group in the Directing Change program during the 2025-26 school year, resulting in a minimum of 5 youth-created film submissions to the annual suicide prevention and mental health film contest (submission deadline March 1, 2026).
In addition, youth are encouraged, but not required, to also submit to monthly art contests. Teach at least one Directing Change lesson on mental health or suicide prevention to youth. This requirement can be met by inviting a Directing Change team member to present a lesson plan virtually.
Lessons plans are available for free download on the Directing Change website. Plan and implement an awareness event on campus or virtually which includes screening of the youth-produced films to peers and/or parents by May 2026. Complete surveys about participation.
Submit a final report documenting mini grant activities by June 1, 2026. Interested? Please fill out this form by October 10, 2025.
The following information should be filled out by the lead person for the mini grant.
District Name * If not applicable, put N/A County * Alameda County Alpine County Amador County City of Berkeley Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County Kings County Lake County Lassen County Tri-City Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Shasta County Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County Mini Grant Adult Advisor Name * First & Last Mini Grant Adult Advisor Role * E.g., 10th grade English teacher, school counselor, film teacher Mini Grant Adult Advisor Email * Mini Grant Adult Advisor Phone Which classroom/group would be participating?
* e.g., Film Production, 9th grade English, ASB Leadership What grades would be participating? * Please estimate how many youth will participate in this project * An estimate is fine – doesn’t need to be exact!
Name of school or organization that check will be made out to: * Mailing address (for check) * Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Please share a few sentences about why you think your class/group should receive this mini grant.
* Mental Health/Suicide Prevention Event * Please share what kind of event(s) you would implement if you received this grant. Do you want to be considered for the rural mini grant cohort? Your school or organization must be within a rural county or rural community to be eligible.
Upload Your W-9 Form * Download a blank W-9 form here (we only need the first page): irs. gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9. pdf We recommend having an organization or school fill this out, rather than submitting a personal W-9.
How did you find out about this mini grant opportunity? * Email Devin@youthcreatingchange. org or call: 858-324-4846
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Middle schools, high schools, colleges, and youth organizations in California; participating youth must be ages 12-25 or in grades 6-12. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $1,500. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was October 10, 2025, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
MINI GRANT PROGRAM - Youth Creating Change is funded by Youth Creating Change. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in California. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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