TSFP

The Studious Financial Projects (TSFP) seek to help the economically vulnerable enhance their financial literacy, financial independence, and life success by providing services and programming targeted specifically to their needs. Much of the current programming and services available target a general population and are not tailored to meet the specific requirements and interests of a diverse audience.

ROSCA CANADA is a Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA) with a mission of helping low income Canadians save and build their credit ratings. ROSCA community chapters are organized by community serving organizations or community members. ROSCA Canada is built in partnership with a consortium of visionary funders from the financial services sector, private foundations, government, academia, and front-line community agencies. Our partners are leading the charge to ensure that communities are connected and residents are financially secure.

EQAL stands for Extra Curricular Quality Activity Loans. The EQAL program helps low income families pay for specialized activities through interest free loans.

PHOTOCREW

PhotoCrew is a “train the leader” program that is designed to develop leadership skills in black youth, while providing career-focused training in new media that will facilitate their ability to become social influencers within their community. To accomplish this, The Studious Project is creating a youth led, black, media program designed to provide youth-centered training in new media, as well as, easier access to the tools required to create new media programming (sound, video, recording etc.).

REASON

The vision of Reason is to break down mental health stigma and increase access to mental health services. www.letsreason.ca will be developed by The Studious Project in collaboration with mental health leaders, academia, community organizations, and the youth we intend to serve. Specifically, Reason tackles two barriers impeding access to mental health treatment by Black youth. The first is the lack of cultural rapport and culturally competent care noted as essential facilitators for Black youth who seek mental health care. The second systemic factors that include physical accessibility, affordability of mental health treatments, transportation, and appointment wait times in the mental healthcare system for Black children and youth.