Announcement
Youth Team Sports Funding Available
Posted Tuesday August 20th, 2024
Youth Team Sports (YTS) funds for the program year of October 1, 2024- September 30, 2025 are available and open for applications!
Lewis County was awarded $14,912 total to allocate for youth team sports funding. See below for eligibility, requirements, and to access the application.
Funding Eligibility
Programs eligible for funding must meet the criteria below:
- Provide team sports activities for youth under age 18 in under-resourced communities.
- Serve youth in New York State.
- 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.
- For funding purposes “team sport” is defined as organized physical activity in which groups of two or more individuals compete with two or more opposing individuals.
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) necessary to support youth’s ability to participate in team sports.
- Referee fees.
- Purchase of equipment or uniforms.
- Capital investment (e.g., swimming facilities, fields, fences, storage, lighting).
- Facility/field space cost.
- Purchase of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) by local nonprofit or community-based organizations to support the requirements of Chapter 681 of the Laws of 2023, as amended by Chapter 9 of the Laws of 2024.
Youth team sports funding must be awarded to local community-based organizations and nonprofits
Application Deadline: Friday September 20th, 2024
Will give applicants the 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: YTS 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