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Lewis County Youth Bureau Announces Availability of
Youth Sports and Education Opportunity Funds
Published: September 29, 2023
at 08:00 p.m.
By: Press Release from Lewis County Youth Bureau
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 $16,081
to allocate to local programs operating October 1, 2023- September 30, 2024.
Funds can be used to cover:
● Coaches/instructors/direct service staff/mentors (including
training/professional development)
● Equipment
● Educational programming costs
● Facility/field and/or space cost
● Maximum of 15% of funds for administrative/overhead costs for
the implementing agency only
Programs
eligible for funding must meet the criteria below:
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Provide structured sports activities for youth ages 6-17
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Serve youth in New York State
● 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 a manner that allows for accurate
reporting of anonymized aggregate data
Organizations
and activities not eligible for funding are the following:
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For-profit organizations or businesses
● Private foundations, as defined in
section 509(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code
● Organizations that discriminate based on age, ethnicity/race,
political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender
identity, physical or other disability, national origin
or any protected characteristic under local, state and/or federal law
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Research or project planning activities
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Support for elite or private sports camps, programs, or teams
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Endowments, memorials, budget deficits, or fundraising activities
● Religious organizations whose sports programs do not have a
secular and community focus
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Lobbying, political, or fraternal activities
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Capital projects
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: Youth Sports and
Education Opportunity Funding Packets
Deadline for submission of proposals is November 03,
2023.
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