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Youth Bureau Announces Availability of Youth
Development Funds
Published: September 17, 2023
at 11:00 a.m.
By: Press Release from Lewis County Youth Bureau
YOUTH BUREAU
ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FUNDS (OCFS)
The Lewis County
Youth Bureau Advisory Board is seeking applicants interested in offering
program opportunities for youth under the age of 21. Funds are for programs
during the October 1, 2023 to September 30,
2024 time period.
Youth Development
funding is targeted at the following areas:
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Employment opportunities, work readiness and lifeskills programs
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Alcohol and substance abuse prevention services
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Physical and emotional health programs; year-round
and seasonal
·
Mental health and healthy lifestyles programs
·
Academic support services/Dropout prevention
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Youth leadership/Empowerment opportunities
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Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Services
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Teen pregnancy prevention supports
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Cultural Competency/Race Equity Supports
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Safe Place out of school time services
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Abuse and Neglect Prevention Supports
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Anger Management/Conflict Resolution Supports
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Mentoring/Community Service/Youth Activism
opportunities
Eligible programs
must be outcome based and provide quantifiable and verifiable indicators by
which program performance will be measured. All programs seeking funding
must track outcome measures for the service, opportunity and support the
program is addressing.
The application
packet can be found on the Lewis County Website at Youth
Development Funds Application Packet
Deadline for submission of proposals is November
3, 2023.
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