County Connections

What is the CASE for Kids County Connections program?

The County Connections Youth Summer Initiative supports nonprofit organizations that address the need for youth services during the summer. Funding for the County Connections project is provided by Harris County and administered by the Center for Afterschool, Summer, and Enrichment for Kids or CASE for Kids, a division of Harris County Department of Education. Initiatives funded by the CASE for Kids County Connections project provide comprehensive summer programs, short-term projects, and summer camps hosted in-person or virtually from a variety of locations including schools, community centers, apartment complexes, and churches.

Prior, Closed, and/or Archived Funding Opportunities

County Connections 2026 (CLOSED)

The nonprofit organizations listed have been awarded a County Connections Youth Summer Initiative 2026 grant. This year, 78 organization applications were received requesting over $2.2M in funding across all four Commissioner Precincts. In total, more than $1.4M was awarded to over 70 organizations to provide engaging summer activities to sites across the county. The organizations listed here will provide diverse activities for youth during the summer months in 2026. Activities offered will include fine arts, academic enrichment, college exploration, and youth mentoring. Congratulations to all grant recipients! We are grateful to Harris County for their investment and support of out-of-school time programming.

County Connections 2025 (CLOSED)

County Connections Youth Summer Initiative 2025, funded directly by Harris County, supports nonprofit organizations that address the need for youth services during the summer. Initiatives funded by the CASE for Kids County Connections program provide comprehensive summer programs, short-term projects, and summer camps hosted in person or virtually from various locations, including schools, community centers, apartment complexes, and churches.

Organizations that were HCDE-approved vendors and had 501(c)3 status for 12 consecutive months (1 year) prior to March 2, 2025 received an invitation on Ion Wave. This application window closed Sunday, March 2, at 11:59 PM.

Learn more about this program

Download the list of award recipients for 2025

County Connections 2024 (CLOSED)

County Connections Youth Summer Initiative 2024, funded directly by Harris County, supports nonprofit organizations that address the need for youth services during the summer. Initiatives funded by the CASE for Kids County Connections program provide comprehensive summer programs, short-term projects and summer camps hosted in-person or virtually from a variety of locations, including schools, community centers, apartment complexes and churches.

Organizations that are currently HCDE-approved vendors and who have 501(c)3 status will have an invitation on IonWave. This application window closes Monday, February 12, at 6 pm.

County Connections 2023 (CLOSED)

County Connections Youth Summer Initiative 2023, funded directly by Harris County, supports nonprofit organizations that address the need for youth services during the summer. Initiatives funded by the CASE for Kids County Connections program provide comprehensive summer programs, short-term projects and summer camps hosted in-person or virtually from a variety of locations, including schools, community centers, apartment complexes and churches.

County Connections 2022 (CLOSED)

County Connections Youth Summer Initiative 2022, funded directly by Harris County, supports nonprofit organizations that address the need for youth services during the summer. Initiatives funded by the CASE for Kids County Connections program provide comprehensive summer programs, short-term projects and summer camps.

Funding for the County Connections Project is provided by Harris County and administered by the Center for Afterschool, Summer and Enrichment for Kids or CASE for Kids, a division of Harris County Department of Education. The organizations listed on the following pages will provide diverse activities for youth after school, including fine arts, academic enrichment, college exploration and youth mentoring.

Click here for more information on the 2022 County Connections

County Connections 2021 (CLOSED)

County Connections Youth Summer Initiative 2021, funded directly by Harris County, supports nonprofit organizations that address the need for youth services during the summer. Initiatives funded by the CASE for Kids County Connections program can provide comprehensive summer programs, short term projects and summer camps hosted in-person or virtually from a variety of locations including schools, community centers, apartment complexes and churches. In addition, organizations are eligible to apply for synchronous or asynchronous college and career readiness initiatives for older youth to be delivered virtually through CASE for Kids LevelUp online learning platform. Initiatives should be customized to meet community needs of individual Harris County Precincts. Services must include resources or reduce cost for summer initiatives for families during pandemic conditions.

Opened April 2021

Closed May 2021

CASE for Kids Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities appear throughout the year, often in cycles. Continually check back for new funding opportunities.

New funding opportunities overviews will appear at the top of the accordion below, as well as on its own page on the left-hand navigation; prior, closed, and archived funding opportunities are at the bottom of this page.

The youth service bid is a prerequisite for all CASE for Kids funding. Find out more about getting in the bid!

For questions, please contact us and we'll be happy to assist you.

Click HERE to see all non-CASE for Kids related funding opportunities

Open Funding Opportunities

Contact Us

Center for Afterschool, Summer and Enrichment (CASE) for Kids
Harris County Department of Education
6005 Westview
Houston, TX 77055

Phone: 713-694-6300
Email: afterschoolzone@hcde-texas.org