Vela Youth Fund

VELA Youth Fund; a 501c3 charity in the Coachella Valley, is chartered to help African American, African, and Caribbean children: see velayouthfund.org and facebook.com/velafund. VELA does not have a hands on program, but strives to help those of like mission who do. In the USA there are many schools, churches and charities who wish to help improve the problematic socioeconomic and academic metrics for African American and Hispanic American Youth. However, most of these organizations do not have the resources needed to create or acquire complete developmental programs. Thus, VELA saw a critical need, and worked to prepare a comprehensive technology driven Black Youth Development program, which is being shared with other organizations for Free. The program focuses on the spiritual, cultural, social and academic needs of children, and advocates working with the family, school system, church, and community to build unity and resilience. Given demographic similarities between African American and Hispanic American communities, VELA decided to expand its BYD program to include Hispanic youth issues, and thus the re-branding the concept to Black and Brown Youth Development. We thank ACF for the funding provided for this ethnic program expansion, and the addition of other important features such as Parenting and Evaluation resources. We continue to welcome and benefit from collaboration with all other charities, schools, and churches.

Contact: Earl Mitchell, Chairman & Treasurer

Email: emitchbiz@gmail.com

Phone: (949) 697-3207

VELA Youth Fund; a 501c3 charity in the Coachella Valley, is chartered to help African American, African, and Caribbean children. Please see velayouthfund.org and facebook.com/velafund. VELA does not have a hands on program, but strives to help those of like mission who do. In the USA there are many churches and charities who wish to help improve the problematic socioeconomic and academic metrics for Black Youth. However, most of these organizations do not have the resources needed to create or acquire complete developmental programs. Thus, VELA saw a critical need, and is working to prepare a comprehensive, technology driven, Black Youth Development program. It would be shared with other organizations for free or a minimal break-even cost. The program focuses on the social, spiritual, and academic needs of children, and advocates working with the family, school system, church, and community to build unity and resilience. We thank ACF for the funds provided toward our program’s Learning Management System and Structured Remedial Reading component. We welcome effective collaboration with all other charities and churches, just as we partner with the BRAAF program in Palm Springs (see braaf.org).

Contact: Earl Mitchell
Email: Mitchbiz@gmail.com
Phone: (949) 697-3207

Contact: Sandra Mitchell
Email: saloraine@gmail.com
Phone: (949)769-1528