The City of Longmont is seeking applications for the Youth Grant to improve youth activities in Longmont.
Donor Name: City of Longmont
State: Colorado
City: Longmont
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/28/2023
Details:
This million dollar ($980,481.19) grant is funded by the proceeds from the Metropolitan Football Stadium District sale benefitting youth activities in Colorado.
Focus Areas
- Health, Well-Being, and Support Youth Mental Health
- Activities that promote personal agency, belonging, and interpersonal skills are key to healthy identity development and positive coping skills. The pandemic, community violence, and other developmental experiences can lead to poor self-concept, anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Research shows that cultivating positive experiences for youth creates protective factors for life challenges.
- Education, Skill Building and Life Skills
- Feeling prepared for what lies ahead in adulthood builds security, reduces stress and allows for positive youth growth and development. Activities that range from acquiring basic needs, academic support, learning a trade or preparing for college tailored to diverse backgrounds and experiences of Longmont’s youth are essential components for building confidence to feel prepared.
- Sports and the Promotion of Physical Activity
- Play is one of the most important parts of child and youth development. A multitude of life lessons are learned by working through challenges posed by physical activities. Interpersonal skills, bonding and cooperation are learned through non-competitive and competitive team sports. In addition it cultivates the healthy habits of movement and exercise.
- Arts, Nature, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) and eSports
- Art and science is how humans understand the natural word. Providing activities that allow for the exploration of how the world works through science, outdoor activities, and technology foster creativity and fuel imagination and ingenuity.
Eligibility Criteria
- Youth and community agencies are welcome to apply for grant monies to fund programs, activities, or services that benefit youth in Longmont. Youth who are applying must have an adult or agency sponsor to be eligible for funds.
- Proposed program, activity, or service must serve Longmont resident youth ages 10 to 18.
- Please submit one application per program, activity, or service. If you have more than one activity that requires funding, please submit an application for each activity.
- Proposed programs, activities, and services must fall into one of four focus areas identified by local youth at the Youth Summit and in community surveys. These four areas are listed in a section below and include mental health and well-being, life skills, sports, and STEM activities.
- Grants applications will be reviewed and awarded at the end of the summer in 2023.
- Be ready to describe your program, activity, or service in detail, how much money you need to fulfill the program, how it fills a gap or a need in their community, what the anticipated impact will be, and how long the program will last.
For more information, visit City of Longmont.
