A Glimmer of Hope Foundation

The African American Men and Boys Harvest Foundation brings together successful African-American men as mentors and partners with African-American boys in a structured, educational environment with a specific focus upon reducing the academic achievement gap for African-American boys.

Any Baby Can strives to ensure all children reach their potential through education, therapy and family support services. This program offers classes to fathers to help make them a part of this process.

For budding entrepreneurs living economically depressed areas, gaining the necessary amount of financial backing can be an insurmountable obstacle. In East and South Austin, help is available from ACCION Texas.

The 78744 Minority Male Initiative is an outreach effort focused on providing mentoring and educational support services to African-American and Hispanic male youth who live in the 78744 zip code of Austin, Texas.

Children of Incarcerated Parents are much more likely to enter the prison system themselves, often before they are even 18. This program provides one on one mentoring to support children in this situation in Austin schools.

Teen Night offers young people aged 13-18 a safe place to be and positive adults to be with during a time of the week when the potential to either inflict or be the victim of negative behavior is at a premium.

Many young people today face growing up without the guidance of an adult they can look up to. To remedy this situation, CASA provides foster children with a mentor they can go to for help during difficult situations.

By partnering with Southwest Key, the Boys & Girls Clubs have been able to reach at-risk youth that were not being served by its existing locations. Activities including arts and crafts, sports and teen clubs are offered at this site.