Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca is featured in The Chronicle of Social Change as Girls Health Screen is adopted by the Los Angeles County Probation Department.…
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca is featured in The Chronicle of Social Change as Girls Health Screen is adopted by the Los Angeles County Probation Department. …
Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow Natasha Felder takes a deeper look at key issues presented in the film They Call Us Monsters and highlights efforts currently underway…
DMC (disproportionate minority contact) is no longer simply about the over-representation of black and brown youth in the juvenile justice system. In recent years, it…
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca authors an article featured in the 2015 book, Girls in Justice, about the unique health needs of girls who are involved…
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca is featured in the Los Angeles Times for her work developing the Girls Health Screen. Los Angeles County health and probation…
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca shares a report on the results of her Stoneleigh Fellowship project. Leslie created and validated the Girls Health Screen, which is…
Stoneleigh Fellow Kathleen Creamer is featured in the inaugural issue of the Philadelphia Bar Association Women in the Profession Newsletter. Her article focuses on the Healthy…
Stoneleigh Fellow and Healing Hurt People present two short videos featuring the stories of young people who have been victims of intentional injuries (e.g., gunshot,…
Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca and Dr. Frances Lexcen, Forensic Psychologist at the University of Washington who serves as senior researcher for the National Girls Health…
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Who We Are
The Stoneleigh Foundation was founded in 2006 by John and Chara Haas to improve the life outcomes of our community's youth. We meet our mission by awarding Fellowships to exceptional leaders who advance change in the systems that serve these young people.
We seek to improve the life outcomes of our community’s youth by advancing change in the systems that serve them. Because we believe that youth are best served when systems work together to holistically address their needs, Stoneleigh prioritizes work designed to strengthen coordination between or among these systems.
We award two types of projects that catalyze change within, alongside, and outside of youth-serving systems. Our Fellowship Projects enhance how systems work together, improve practice, shift narratives, and generate new knowledge through action-oriented research. Our Youth Partnership Projects support youth-centric organizations that build the leadership and advocacy skills of young people.
We are pragmatic and have a bias toward action. We advance the field by hosting public events, publishing policy-relevant research and reports, and elevating the work of our Fellows and grantees in the media.
We award two types of Fellowships to exceptional individuals who work within and alongside youth-serving systems to catalyze change. Our Fellows undertake projects that enhance how systems work together, improve practice, and generate new knowledge through action-oriented research.