Chautauqua County, in conjunction with The Chautauqua County Youth Bureau, is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit applications from community-based organizations, and not-for-profits for Youth Team Sports Services.
Donor Name: Chautauqua County
State: New York
County: Chautauqua County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/26/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
All awards are appropriated by the Chautauqua County Youth Bureau and Department of Social Services. Awards are given to local applicants to provide positive youth development through youth team sport activities for those under age 18 in communities where such programs may be scarce or under-resourced.
Scope
Sports are effective tools in positive youth development and family engagement, when delivered well by programs and minimum quality measures are met. This funding seeks to improve the lives of young people by promoting positive social, emotional, health, and educational outcomes and have important life-long impacts through sports, and foster the following developmental outcomes:
- Educational connection and achievement – More youth attending and completing school with increased attainment, including programs that have collegiate placement success
- Physical health and well-being – Increasing physical activity and positive relationships to one’s body and physical activity
- 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.
Youth Team Sports funding awards are guided by the following principles:
- Sports are effective tools in positive youth development and family engagement.
- Sports improve the lives of young people by promoting positive social, emotional, health and educational outcomes and have important life-long effects.
- Sports enable opportunities for young people to thrive through leadership roles.
- Coaching education greatly improves young people’s sports experience and development outcomes.
Approved costs include but are not limited to the following:
- Coaches/instructors/direct service staff/mentors (including training/professional development).
- Referee fees.
- Purchase of equipment or uniforms.
- Scholarships/offset cost of youth registration
- Infrastructure improvement (e.g., swimming facilities, fields, fences, storage, lighting).
- Instruction or coaching necessary to support youth’s ability to participate in team sports.
- Facility/field space cost.
- A maximum of 10% of the total allocation may be used to support administrative/overhead costs by the municipal youth bureau.
Funding Information
Each applicant may request up to $15,000 in funding to support programming.
Grant Period
Programs may run from January 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants eligible for funding through this RFP must meet the following criteria:
- Community-based organizations and not-for-profits
- Provide Youth Team Sports activities for youth ages 6-17 in under-resources communities.
- Serve youth in Chautauqua County, New York
- Demonstrate basic competency in the areas of governance, monitoring and evaluation, partnership and financial stewardship
- 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
Organizations and activities not eligible for funding are the following:
- For-profit organizations or businesses
- Private foundations, as defined in section 509(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code
- Organizations that discriminate based on age, ethnicity/race, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or other disability, national origin or any protected characteristic under local, state and/or federal law
- Research or project planning activities
- Support for elite or private sports camps, programs, or teams
- Endowments, memorials, budget deficits, or fundraising activities
- Religious organizations whose sports programs do not have a secular and community focus
- Lobbying, political, or fraternal activities
- School districts are not eligible for funds, but if a community-based organization or not-forprofit operates programming at a school site, that programming may be eligible.
For more information, visit Chautauqua County.
