If the fires that innately burn inside youths are not intentionally and lovingly added to the hearth of community, they will burn down the structures of culture, just to feel the warmth.

– Michael Meade, Men and the Water of Life

The garden at Juvenile Hall teaches young people about the environment. See Slide Show presented at the Bay Area Schools Environment Conference on May 1, 2010

Juvenile Hall Programs 2005-2011

• Environment: Connecting Youth To The Environment Through Gardening
• Art: Engaging The Creative Energies Of Youth With A Variety Of Mediums And Guest Artists
• Special Events: First Chalk Art Festival in Juvenile Hall
• Mentoring: One On One Mentoring By Catalyst For Youth Volunteers
• Outreach: Inside Out SCC JH Newsletter
• San Benito County: JH Programs & Newsletter
• Vocational: Training Programs Being Developed For Youth
• Collaborators: Partners

Incubator Initiative

Youth grown businesses and entrepreneurial projects are an "incubator" initiative whereby youth-created and led individual businesses, programs and projects receive support and technical assistance to develop into independent non profit and for profit small and medium sized enterprises.

• Heart of Chaos Artisan Collective
• On the Edge Publishing
• Freddie Vega and Suzie Zarate's On the Edge Design Studio

Catalyst for Youth Fundraiser: Walk for Youth September, 2012

Current Fiscal Agent Projects

• Project Knew Groove
• Digital Media Instructional Technology Services (DMITS)
• Lights, Camera Discover
• The Indigo Dream

News and Events Heart of Chaos 2011 Exhibits Heart of Chaos Website 2nd Annual Chalk Art Festival Curtis A. Manzano: A Success Story Catalyst for Youth Brochure (download)		Previous Grants/Awards/Fiscal Agent Applied Materials Office of Cultural Affairs Tides Foundation Coalition for Alcohol & Drug Free Pregnancies Nine Zero Conference Starting Blocks People Paddle for the Planet

Catalyst for Youth is a public charity and educational non profit that provides non-traditional support, resources and opportunities for at risk youth and young adults. Donate to support their youth programs:

Catalyst for Youth is the fiscal agent for Lights Camera Discover. Donate to support them here:

Catalyst for Youth is the fiscal agent for Project Knew Groove. Donate to support them here:

Visit their website at: www.projectknewgroove.org