Charting Careers Community Youth Coalition

Charting Careers and the Charting Careers Community Youth Coalition have been awarded a five-year Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

One of six communities in Maryland to receive an award this 2024 grant cycle, Charting Careers will rely on its coalition to mobilize partners from across the community with the ultimate goals of advocating for policy changes and implementing environmental prevention strategies that reduce youth access to, and availability of, alcohol, marijuana and other drugs.

To learn more and get involved, email virgil@chartingcareers.org.

The Greater Clay St. Collaborative

Charting Careers is the “community quarterback” for a collaborative effort to reduce childhood poverty in the Greater Clay St. Community. The Collaborative is lead by a Steering Committee composed of key community leaders, including representatives from the City of Annapolis Mayor’s Office, The Old Fourth Ward: The New Generation, and local faith-based organizations.

If you would like to learn more and/or get involved, email renetra@chartingcareers.org or virgil@chartingcareers.org.

Collaborative Supporting Youth

The Collaborative Supporting Youth was a loose collection of 177 non-profits in Anne Arundel County that expressed interest in sharing resources to better serve the county’s youth, while also minimizing redundancy. It was co-founded and co-facilitated by Charting Careers Executive Director, Dr. Erin Snell, and Maryland Reentry Resources Center Executive Director, Vanessa Bright, and guided by a Steering Committee made up of representatives from multiple partner organizations, including Charting Careers, Maryland Reentry Resource Center, Seeds 4 Success, Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park, STAIR, Newtowne Community Development Corporation, Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center, Let’s Go Boys and Girls, Chesapeake Children’s Museum, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, and Food 4 Thought Community Outreach Services. To learn more about these efforts, please go to www.togetherisbest.org.

While The Collaborative Support Youth gathered for many years, had successful brown bag lunches, lectures, and coffees, created a (still functioning) Facebook page where nonprofits can share resources, and resulted in multiple, successful collaborative projects (including the Annapolis Backpack Collaborative, which provided backpacks, earbuds, and basic school supplies to approximately 2,500 students during the pandemic, the creation of outdoor learning spaces in two public housing communities, and piloted a project to bring baby books and baby resources to new parents in public housing communities), this effort has largely been on pause and/or has morphed into other efforts.

The newly created Anne Arundel County Nonprofit Center @ 41 Community Plance is now offering “capacity-building support to local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations with the overall goal of advancing the health and wellness of Anne Arundel County residents” and Charting Careers is proud to support the center.