The Youth Development Oregon (YDO) is excited to announce the 2025-2027 Reengagement Opportunity Grant (ROG).
Donor Name: Youth Development Oregon
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/09/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Reengagement Opportunity Grants fund community-based reengagement efforts across the State to identify and serve youth ages 14-24 who leave high school before earning a high school diploma or its equivalent; connect the youth to education; and ensure support, services, and opportunities toward the achievement of a high school diploma or a high school equivalency credential such as a GED.
Goals
Across Oregon, Reengagement Programs reach, engage, and serve youth ages 14-24 who have unenrolled or fully disengaged from school in order to support their earning a high school diploma or its equivalent. Reengaged youth face multiple challenges to high school completion and may experience significant life challenges and/or trauma. Reengagement Programs are designed to serve the complex individual needs of Eligible Youth, especially youth who have spent considerable time out of education prior to Reengagement. Reengagement Programs build trust and strengthen partnerships with other Reengagement System Partners in order to provide the youth access to educational and workforce services and opportunities. Successful Applicants will become participants in the Oregon Statewide Youth Reengagement System being built in Oregon. The overarching goals of the Reengagement System are as follows:
- Reconnection to education: Reengaging youth who leave school before earning a diploma or its equivalent such as a GED test credential, through targeted outreach to Eligible Youth, reconnection with Educational Services programming, and supports to aid retention
- High school completion: Delivery of specialized education, training, and/or support services that lead to high school graduation and high school equivalency completion for reengaged youth, in order to increase the number of graduates and completers
- Career pathways and post-secondary education and training: Providing innovative, trauma-informed, cross-sector programming that meets reengaged youth where they are; providing education, training, coaching, and supports that meet each reengaged youth’s individual needs; and supporting the identification and achievement of their educational and career goals, including access to post-secondary education and training for reengaged youth
- Collaboration networks: Building collaboration and connections between schools and educational agencies, non-profits, community-based organizations, social service agencies, local government, and other youth-serving entities in order to reduce disconnection and create opportunities and positive outcomes for youth
- Throughout Oregon, the number and needs of youth in each county and region will vary, as will the community resources serving these youth. Agency will award grants based on the evaluation criteria detailed in this RFA and will also use an approach that will achieve geographic distribution of Grants to eligible entities across the State.
Funding Information
Grants awarded to eligible entities will range from $100,000 to $300,000 based on the following criteria:
- Funding Level Criteria for $120,000-$300,000
- YDD Returning Grantees may apply for $120,000-$300,000 if, at the time of the Application, the Applicant has an Operational Project previously funded by Agency for this RFA type that delivers services and activities which meet the RFA requirements. The proposed Project must be serving youth and reporting Individual-level Participant Data within six months of the execution of the Grant Agreement
- Funding Level Criteria for $120,000-$200,000
- Applicants not listed in Attachment I may apply for $120,000 – $200,000 if, at the time of the Application, the Applicant has an Operational Project that delivers services and activities which meet the RFA requirements. The proposed Project must be serving youth and reporting Individual-level Participant Data within six months of the execution of the Grant Agreement
- Funding Level Criteria for $100,000-$150,000
- Applicants may apply for $100,000-150,000 if the proposed Project delivers services and activities which meet the RFA requirements and is a New Project. The proposed Project must be operational and demonstrate progress within six months of the execution of the Grant Agreement. Individual-level Participant Data reporting is required and must begin within 12 months of Grant execution.
Grant Period
The initial term of each Grant is anticipated to be 2 years from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a Grant, Applicants must deliver all Grant-funded services to youth in Oregon; provide a Reengagement Program through the provision of Reengagement Services under the Statewide Youth Reengagement System; and be one of the following entities as described in OAR 423-160-0007:
- Alternative school, including private alternative school
- Community college County and municipal governments and agencies
- Education service district
- Federally recognized Tribe
- Local workforce development board
- Public charter school
- Registered community-based organization
- Registered non-profit organization
- School district
- This request will be forwarded to the Agency Director to determine if the request conforms to the goals of the Oregon Youth Reengagement System and, if approved, the entity will be designated as eligible
- An Applicant must have an active registration with the Oregon Secretary of State’s business registry, when applicable, that matches the organization type selected in the Application
- If awarded, Applicant must deliver Grant-funded services to youth living in Oregon.
For more information, visit YDO.
