Catalyst for Youth offers non-traditional support, resources and mentoring to California At-Risk Teens and Young Adults

Investing in Our Youth

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

Juvenile Hall Programs

Environment: Connecting Youth To The Environment Through Gardening
Art: Engaging The Creative Energies Of Youth With A Variety Of Mediums And Guest Artists
Fashion Design:Teaching Marketable Skills
Special Events: First Chalk Art Festival
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

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.

Educational Outreach

Raising awareness about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) and other factors that impair functioning and create learning disabilities in our youth.

Fiscal Agent Projects

News and Events

Grants/Awards/Fiscal Agent

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.