IMH 2025 Cycle I – Funding Recommendations
Organization Name	Project Name	Funding Recommendation	In one sentence, describe the purpose for which you are seeking funding.
Community based services
New Orleans Family Justice Center	Pathways For Children Exposed to Violence	$35,000.00	Pathways for Children Exposed to Violence is a program that focuses on restoring hope to primary and secondary victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse.
Youth Empowerment Project	Youth Empowerment Project Mental Health Services	$30,000.00	Support from IMH will build the internal capacity at YEP to provide mental health services to youth through a series of prevention strategies and intervention support systems.
The 18th Ward	Mental Health Support for Hollygrove Youth: SEL Program at Trinity Community Center	$25,000.00	The 18th Ward will offer year-round mentorship, SEL and trauma-informed programs for 420 New Orleans youth during after-school and summer programs at Trinity Community Center.
Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana	Family Focused Recovery’s Children’s Mental Health Initiative	$45,000.00	VOASELA seeks funding to provide mental health services for children whose mothers are engaged in recovery from substance use disorder to break the cycle for the whole family.
Be Loud Studios	Be Loud Studios: Junior Producers	$25,000.00	We will expand our Junior Producer program, building confidence and connection as youth lead citywide storytelling, develop technical skills, and amplify their voices.
Love Your Neighbor NOLA	Building Functional Families: Community Resilience Workshops	$10,000.00	We seek to expand our BFF program to include on-site mental health services that provide trauma-informed care and mental health workshops to families in New Orleans East.
The First 72+	The First 72+ Family Reunification Project	$25,000.00	The First 72+ will stop cycles of incarceration by strengthening multi-generational family relationships as an integral part of the reentry process.
Community based services		$195,000.00
Early childhood grants
Louisiana Children’s Museum	Advancing Early Childhood Development: Exhibit, Program, and Parent/Caregiver Education Experiences	$40,000.00	Expand access for families with low resources to educational experiences for children birth-5 that foster childhood development and support effective parenting/caregiving.
Dryades YMCA	Dryades YMCA Early Childhood Professional Development and Trauma Informed Care	$40,000.00	Providing professional development for staff (available to metro area centers) and trauma-informed care services for staff, students, and their families.
Sauls Light	Saul’s Light Just NICU Program	$25,000.00	The JUST NICU program strengthens evidence-based support for NICU families to improve long term mental, developmental, and physical health outcomes for parents and infants.
Early childhood grants		$105,000.00
School based services
PLAAY South New Orleans	PSNO – PLAAY in Schools Initiative Expansion	$35,000.00	We request general operating funds to expand our PLAAY in Schools Project and embed the PLAAY intervention in 3 additional public/charter school networks.
Ben Franklin Elementary School	B.E.A.R.S. Cares Initiative: School-wide Restorative Mental Wellness Program	$35,000.00	The B.E.A.R.S. Cares Initiative trains staff with restorative practice professional development, leading to better student support, school environment, and performance data.
Algiers Charter School Association Inc	Trauma Informed Professional Development	$25,000.00	We seek funding to deepen our partnerships with Tulane University and the New Orleans Health Department to adopt trauma-informed approaches within our schools.
Via Link	Reach Out: School Suicide Prevention	$5,000.00	We are seeking funding to provide outreach and training to middle and high schools in Orleans Parish on the topic of suicide prevention and resources.
School based services		$100,000.00
Total Recommended		$400,000.00