Youth as Resources is a leadership development initiative that offers grant funding to youth-led community service projects.
Donor Name: United Way of Racine County
State: Wisconsin
County: Racine County (WI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/21/2022
Grant Size: $1,000
Details:
Youth as Resources supports and promotes young adults as capable community contributors who have valuable ideas and are able to take on responsibilities with energy and skill. It empowers young adults to develop and use their capacity to transform themselves and the world they live in through active participation in the relationships, events and institutions that impact their lives. Youth as resources also fosters partnerships between youth and adults as respectful partners who share power and decision making. It promotes the direct involvement of youth in their communities as productive workers, as agents of change and as advocates for themselves and others and encourages young adults to pursue the acquisition of new knowledge and development of new skills by providing support and challenging opportunities.
The Youth As Resources model was conceived in the mid-1980s by the National Crime Prevention Council with the idea that young people who feel invested in and valued by their community are less likely to commit crimes against their community. Youth As Resources recognizes youth as valuable resources and engages them as partners with adults in bringing about positive community change.
Eligibility Criteria
Any group of youth (up to age 24) from community organizations, religious communities, schools, classrooms, clubs, service groups and other nonprofit organizations may apply for a grant up to and including $1,000.
YAR grants are awarded to projects that:
- Are planned, led and implemented by youth with adult advisors.
- Address a community need or problem clearly and creatively.
- Can be started and finished by the same group of youth in a reasonable amount of time.
- Have solid, well-organized plans and a realistic, cost-effective budget.
- Create and work within the community through the donation of services, talents and materials.
- Publicize the positive work being done by youth to improve Racine County.
- Include reflection activities that help youth gain insight into how they can make the world a better place.
For more information, visit United Way of Racine County.
