Arts Pathways for Youth Success grants provide funds for out-of-school time projects serving youth from communities and groups that have been traditionally underserved and underrepresented, meeting the following objective and one or more strategies.
Donor Name: Tennessee Arts Commission
State: Tennessee
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000 to $12,000
Grant Duration: 11 months 15 days
Details:
This category provides funds ranging from $1,000 to $12,000 to support out-of-school time, arts learning programs designed for underserved and underrepresented youth in grades PK-12, which may include ethnic groups, youth with disabilities, and youth from low-income backgrounds. To discuss other possible groups of underserved and underrepresented youth.
Objective
Prepare students for success in school, career and life through the arts.
Strategies
Strategy 1: Advance arts education and arts integration initiatives that develop 21st century learning and literacy skills.
Projects using Strategy 1 are encouraged to:
- demonstrate a commitment to the artistic advancement of skills and knowledge for students.
- link content to arts and non-arts (if applicable) state and/or national curriculum standards and explain how the standards will be
- incorporated as part of instruction.
- explain how standards relate to the project outcomes being evaluated.
Strategy 2: Nurture initiatives that build skills to prepare students for jobs in the creative sector.
Projects using Strategy 2 are encouraged to:
- offer work-based learning opportunities to shadow professionals in the creative sector.
- develop creative sector work readiness knowledge, attitudes, and skills in students.
- incorporate portfolios for students to demonstrate skills development.
Strategy 3: Encourage positive youth development through the arts.
Projects using Strategy 3 are encouraged to:
- create a safe and affirming environment conducive to positive youth development through the arts.
- foster relationship-building and social skill development through small-group interaction, collaboration with professional and student artists, and community engagement.
- promote student ownership by involving participants in planning, leadership roles, and developing student voice.
Grant Amount
$1,000 to $12,000
Grant Duration
A project may not begin until July 1, 2023 and must conclude by June 15, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be one of the following:
- nonprofit organizations or government agencies with a primary mission to serve youth
- libraries
- nonprofit arts organizations
- PK-12 schools or school systems (public or schools with nonprofit 501(c)3 status)
Debarment and Suspension. Grantees are required to sign contracts certifying to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it, its current and future principals, its current and future subcontractors and their principals are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal or state department or agency.
For more information, visit Arts Pathways for Youth Success Grant.
