Youth Visions for Stronger Neighborhoods Grants

Posted by on September 2, 2005

[posted from CBO Service-Learning Listserv]

Youth Visions for Stronger Neighborhoods Grants
Request for Proposals
Deadline to Apply: September 30, 2005
<a href="http://www.ctcnet.org/youthvisions">http://www.ctcnet.org/youthvisions</a>

CTCNet will award Youth Visions grants to eight community technology programs throughout the U.S. Each grantee will receive $20,000 and must contribute at least $8,000 in non-federal matching funds. Orientation and preparation for selected programs will begin in December 2005. Program operations will begin in January 2006 and the program must be completed by July 30, 2006.

Youth Visions grants are designed to give youth and community technology programs the opportunity to use multimedia tools and training to engage in community decision-making to strengthen their neighborhoods. Organizations that serve at-risk youth (ages 14-18), are engaged in community partnerships, and have experience providing video and other multimedia training are eligible. CTCNet will provide a flexible curriculum and evaluation support for a 5-6 month program integrating community-based activities and multimedia training. Additionally, each grantee organization will be required to host a capacity-building workshop to help other youth-serving organizations learn to use multimedia tools to promote youth engagement in their communities.

CTCNet will be hosting two application assistance calls to describe the Youth Visions grant program in more detail and to answer questions from applicants. These calls will be held on:

? Wednesday, September 7th at 1pm EST / 10am PST
? Thursday, September 15th at 4pm EST / 1pm PST

Applicants must be willing to take part in a participatory process aimed at building a strong curriculum and evaluation methodology that may be used by future sites engaged in the program.

To learn more about the grant, including eligibility requirements, how to apply, and to register for the application assistance calls, visit <a href="http://www.ctcnet.org/youthvisions">http://www.ctcnet.org/youthvisions</a>.

The Youth Visions for Stronger Neighborhoods program is made possible through a generous grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service’s Learn and Serve America program (<a href="http://www.learnandserve.org">http://www.learnandserve.org</a>).

Tara Kumar
CTCNet
tkumar@ctcnet.org