Idaho Out-of-School Network’s Community Programs for Youth (ICPfY) Award

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare provided this Idaho Community Program Grant to the Idaho Out-of-School Network (ION) to distribute funds to qualifying programs or organizations, monitor the use and provision of services, and support the out-of-school time work across the State. Round III is for summer 2022 programming only.

Donor Name: Idaho Out-Of-School Network

State: Idaho

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Award

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/07/2022

Size of the Grant: $45,000

Details:

Funds are available to improve access, quality, and equity in summer programs. Funds will support community-based organizations operating comprehensive out-of-school time (OST) programming from June- August 2022. Programs should provide evidence-based summer programming focusing on academic, social, and emotional learning for students most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This funding is intended to expand access to, improve the quality of, and create increased equity within out-of-school opportunities across Idaho. ICPfY was created to support community-based organizations that operate comprehensive out-of-school time (OST) programming. The overall goal of this grant is to provide evidence-based out-of-school time programming focusing on academic, social, and emotional learning for students most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The awards from The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and guided through the Idaho Out-of-School Network provide funding to cover expenses authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 (CRRSAA) and the American Rescue Act Plan (ARPSA).

Purpose

Applicants must propose to use funds for at least one of the following purposes:

Expand access to serve more youth, with an emphasis on children who were most impacted by the pandemic. Potential strategies include:
- Increasing program slots for children and youth;
- Expanding an existing programming to a community with few or no options currently available;
- Creating a new program in a community with few or no options currently available;
- Increasing weeks, days, hours of out of school time programming.
Reduce barriers to participation to ensure access for all. Potential strategies include:
- Providing free transportation to and from the program site(s);
- Offering subsidies/scholarships to offset enrollment costs;
- Increasing access for children and youth with disabilities, youth experiencing homelessness, youth in foster
- care, English language learners, youth receiving free or reduced-price lunch, and migratory youth.
Increase programmatic quality and expand or enhance supports/services offered. Potential strategies include:
- Enhancing learning acceleration through increased staffing of certified teachers, new curriculum, staff professional development, and/or other activities;
- Enhancing behavioral health supports through hiring of social workers or counselors, training of staff, and/or utilizing well-being and connectedness curriculum;
- Adding new enrichment opportunities, such as career exploration, youth entrepreneurship, STEAM, and/or the arts;
- Developing new partnerships with other community-based organizations, municipalities, and/or schools

Funding Information

Award request amounts can range up to $45,000.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are limited to any of the following:

A nonprofit organization, public school, faith-based organizations, municipalities;
Programs providing direct services to youth ages 5-13 in Idaho;
Programs that are not recipients of the Idaho Community Grant Program or the Child Care Grant from the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare;
Programs may be either an expansion of existing programs or new programs that would not otherwise be able to operate without this funding but must operate during June, July and/or August 2022

Program Requirements

Programs must provide at least half of their programming time on enrichment activities focused on addressing learning loss while simultaneously supporting social-emotional learning and recovery. Activities could include: