Mentoring Youth with Disabilities

Posted by on March 5, 2004

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

Partners for Youth with Disabilities Invites Proposals for Mentoring Youth with Disabilities Initiative

Deadline: March 17, 2004

Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc., a Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization, is requesting proposals from faith- and community-based organizations throughout the United States to start up, sustain, or expand one-to-one, group, or online/e-mentoring programs for youth with disabilities. Funding for the grant awards is provided by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy.

To be eligible for funding, an organization’s mentoring activities must serve youth with disabilities between the ages of 16-24 and promote positive employment and transition outcomes for the target population.

PYD will make five sub-awards ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. In addition to the sub-awards, PYD will also provide training and technical assistance to those organizations selected to receive funding. The primary applicant for a Mentoring Youth with Disabilities Initiative sub-award must be a community- or faith-based organization that has social services as a major part of its mission; is headquartered in the local community to which it provides social services; has a social-services budget of $300,000 or less (excluding salaries and expenses), or has six or fewer full-time equivalent employees; is tax-exempt with 501(c)(3) classification from the Internal Revenue Service; and is located within the United States.

The complete RFP is available at the PYD Web site.

RFP Link: <a href="http://www.pyd.org/about/news_events/index.htm#rfp">http://www.pyd.org/about/news_events/index.htm#rfp</a>

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