Deadline: 29-Jun-22
The California Natural Resources Agency is currently accepting proposals for the Youth Community Access Grant Program.
The Youth Community Access Grant Program, funded by Proposition 64, seeks projects that support youth access to natural or cultural resources with a focus on low-income and disadvantaged communities. This includes, but is not limited to, community education and recreational amenities to support youth substance use prevention and early intervention.
Priorities
Projects containing one or more of the following elements will be given priority consideration in funding decisions:
- Projects in which youth participate in project planning, decision making, facilitation, and evaluation
- Projects in which youth participate in outreach and awareness campaigns
- Projects that empower youth to make healthy choices
Funding Information
- Approximately $18. 3 million is available for Youth Community Access projects.
- The maximum award for an individual project is $300,000. The minimum award is $25,000.
Eligible Project
- Youth-led outdoor skills workshops and classes for younger youth
- Camp excursions that combine outdoor fun with support groups for at-risk youth
- Field trips to local, state, or national parks and outdoor areas and provide opportunities for hiking, birdwatching, environmental education, etc.
- Acquire a clean vehicle to take youth hiking, camping, to archeological sites, etc.
- Acquire a clean vehicle to take youth on eligible outdoor excursions along with educational programming to support/enhance the excursions
- Youth interns, with adult guidance, design, and construct trailheads for the youth in the low-income community
- Farming program to educate and provide job training in an outdoor environment with programming that addresses healthy choices
- Educational programs that combine classroom instruction with excursions to access natural and/or cultural resources
- Programs that teach youth about their history, culture, and language with trips to various cultural lands to enhance the teachings
- Workforce development programs that integrate new environments, healthy choices, and skills to advance careers relating to natural or cultural resources
- ADA improvements to increase youth accessibility to natural and/or cultural resources
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include local, state, and federal agencies; nonprofit organizations
- federally recognized Native American tribes
- or non-federally recognized California Native American tribes listed on the California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission
- To be eligible for funding, projects must meet all the following program requirements:
- Project must serve youth. For the purposes of this program, youth is defined as a person between the ages of birth and 26 years old.
- Project must directly support youth access to either natural or cultural resources.
- Project must include design features and program elements to promote youth health, safety, well-being, and comfort.
For more information, visit https://resources.ca.gov/grants/youth
