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Youth Bureau Announces Funding Opportunity for Youth
Sports and Education Programs
Published: May 20, 2022 at
07:00 p.m.
By: Media Release from Lewis County Youth Bureau
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YOUTH BUREAU
P: 315-376-5746 | F: 315-376-9343
Deanna Edick
Director
Deanna.Edick@dfa.state.ny.us
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: May 19, 2022
Contact: Deanna Edick,
Director
YOUTH BUREAU ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY OF YOUTH SPORTS
AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIY FUNDING
The
Lewis County Youth Bureau Advisory Board is seeking applicants to provide
sports programs to underserved children ages 6-17 via local nonprofit
organizations. Lewis County has
$5,977 to allocate to local programs.
Funds can be used to cover:
· Coaches/instructors/direct service
staff/mentors
· Equipment
· Educational programming costs
· Facility/field and/or space cost
· Maximum of 15% of funds for
administrative/overhead costs
Programs Eligible must meet the
following criteria:
· Provide structured sports activities
for youth ages 6-17.
· Serve youth in New York State.
· Be certified as tax exempt under
section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
· Be in good standing with the New York
State Charities Bureau.
· Demonstrate basic competency in the
areas of governance, monitoring and evaluation, partnership, and
financial stewardship.
· Have a child protection policy in
place that includes adherence to local city, agency, school district, and
state child protection guidelines.
· Collect registration data, including
participant demographic information as required by OCFS in such a fashion
as to be able to accurately report anonymized aggregate data.
All programs seeking
funding must track outcome measures and provide data to the Youth Bureau.
The application packet can be found on the Lewis County
Website at www.lewiscounty.org/departments/lewis-county-youth-bureau/lewis-county-youth-bureau
Deadline for submission of proposals is July 1, 2022.
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5274 Outer
Stowe Street PO Box 193 ● Lowville, NY 13367 ● 315-376-5400 ● lewiscounty.org
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Lewis County is an
equal opportunity provider and employer. Complaints of discrimination
should be made known to the Lewis County Board of Legislators.
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