Fostering transformation for our youth and community
Fostering transformation for our youth and community
Creating opportunities for growth
ProTrek
ProTrek is an immersive experience that allows participants to rise to new heights, achieve personal and professional goals, and broaden their horizons in a variety of contexts. This transformative experience provides youth (ages 14-18) with relationship building skills, healthy communication tactics, employment readiness training, intellectual and emotional guidance, paid work experience, and most of all—fun!
YouthBuild
YouthBuild champions today’s youth, ages 17-24, who aspire to improve their lives and communities by building the skills and resources to reach their full potential. Through hundreds of YouthBuild programs in the U.S. and around the world, youth pursue their education, prepare for future careers, and grow into community leaders—building brighter futures for themselves and their neighborhoods.
Catalyzing a citywide movement
The Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation was established in 2015, located in the Madison Square neighborhood as a partnership between two for-profits and three non-profits. The center’s purpose is to create opportunities for transformation through meaningful relationships, work, education, and community development.
About GRCCT
Ebony’s story
Our core belief is that unhindered access to opportunity creates a city of vitality for everyone.
Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation partners
Bethany is a proud founding member of the Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation. We create opportunities for transformation through partnership in four areas of focus: enterprise, leveraging investment, social innovation, and career and entrepreneurial development. We invite you to learn more about these partners:
Engage with us
Are you interested in getting involved? Discover the many ways you can join us.
Administration for Children and Families
This website is supported by Grant Number [90SR0173] from the Office of Family Assistance within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Family Assistance.
Healthy Marriage
This project is supported by Award #90ZD0005 issued by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the United States (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a five-year financial assistance award totaling $4,999,975 with 100% funded by ACF/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, ACF/HHS or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit the ACF website, acf.hhs.gov/grants/administrative-and-national-policy-requirements.
SRAE
This project was supported by Award #90SR0173 issued by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the United States (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a three-year financial assistance award totaling $1,350,000 with 100% funded by the Family and Youth Services Bureau. The contents are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, ACF/HHS or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit the Family and Youth Services Bureau website at acf.hhs.gov/fysb.
TPP
This project was supported by Award #TP1AH000295 issued by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a five-year financial assistance award totaling $7,394,995 with 100% funded by the Office of Population Affairs. The contents are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, the Office of Population Affairs, OASH, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit the Office of Population Affairs website at opa.hhs.gov.
YouthBuild
YouthBuild Grand Rapids is supported by the U.S. Department of Labor. A total of $1,358,376, or 80 percent, of YouthBuild Grand Rapids is financed with Federal funds, and $339,594, or 20 percent, is funded by other sources.
