Announcement
Youth Sports and Education Funding Available
Posted Tuesday August 20th, 2024
Youth Sports and Education Opportunity (YSEF) funds for the program year of October 1, 2024- September 30, 2025 are available and open for applications!
Lewis County was awarded $20,000 total to allocate for youth sports and education opportunity funding. See below for eligibility, requirements, and to access the application.
Funding Eligibility
Programs eligible for funding must meet the criteria below:
- Provide structured sports activities for youth ages 6-17
- 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
Line-item budgets should focus on programming costs, including but not limited to the following:
- 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
Application Deadline: Friday September 20th, 2024
Applicants have option to present to the Youth Bureau on September 26th at 6pm at DSS before funding decisions are made. 5 minutes allotted for each presentation and will not be judged differently if unable to make it.
Application: YSEF narrative application outline 2024-2025
Forms to submit with application:
OCFS-5001 Individual Program Application
OCFS-5002 Agency Program Profile
OCFS-5003 Individual Program Application – Program Summary
Appendix C YOUTH BUREAU Budget 24-25
Documents for guidance on filling out application/forms:
Appendix B Features of Positive Youth Developmental Settings