The Orange County Youth Bureau is pleased to request proposals from Nonprofits for funding to support Youth Team Sports programs for Orange County youth under age 18.
Donor Name: Orange County Youth Bureau
State: New York
County: Orange County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/21/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Youth Team Sports (YTS) is grounded in the principles of positive youth development. It is intended to provide support to local team sports programs across New York state in communities where such programs may be scarce or under-resourced. YTS has a sole focus on team sports. For the purposes of YTS, a “team sport” is defined as an organized physical activity in which groups of two or more individuals are in competition with two or more opposing individuals. Sporting activities where individuals engage in competition on behalf of an organized group (such as singles tennis, team golf, or racing sports such as swimming or skiing) are included in this definition.
To ensure that funding is going to the intended population, municipal youth bureaus must distribute funds based on local need considering factors including, but not limited to the following:
- Historically under-resourced communities.
- High rates of public housing and/or family homelessness.
- Opportunity zones or neighborhoods/cities/areas deemed “low-income” via externally available tools like the New York State Council on Children and Families Kids’ Well-being Indicators Clearinghouse.
- Marginalized communities or groups with higher barriers to participation in team sports (e.g., youth with disabilities; girls; transgender/gender non-binary youth; and youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning).
- Federally and/or New York State-recognized tribes and tribal organizations.
- Neighborhoods that experience higher rates of crime and violence and low-performing schools.
All funded programs must aim to foster the following:
- Physical health and well-being – Increasing physical activity and positive relationships to one’s body.
- Mental health and well-being – Improving outcomes related to youth mental health, and social and emotional skills development and connectedness.
- Employment – Increasing qualifications and skills, such as collective problem solving, teamwork, and dispute resolution, which help prepare youth for suitable employment.
- Community cohesion – Breaking down barriers to reduce discrimination, crime, and violence in communities, and help young leaders emerge.
Funding Information
Through New York State’s new Youth Team Sports (YTS) grant program, OCFS will fund awards of $251,966 to eligible local community-based organizations and nonprofits; funding is available in grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000.
Project Period
- Anticipated Contract Start: 1/17/2024
- End Date: 9/30/2024
Eligible Proposers
- NOT-FOR-PROFITS including, but not limited to, secular and faith-based, organizations operating in Orange County; and partnerships or consortia consisting of the foregoing are eligible to apply for funding through this RFP.
Proposers that have never received funding through the Orange County Youth Bureau are encouraged to apply for funding in this RFP. - YTS may be used to fund programming that provides opportunities for youth in under-resourced communities to learn and participate in team sports activities. This may include educational instruction necessary to prepare youth to participate in team sports.
Eligibility Criteria
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 more information, visit Orange County Youth Bureau.
