The mission focuses on improving the well-being of children and youth by offering grants to nonprofits for developing programs and resources that enhance emotional health supports for children of all ages. The aim is to address issues like stress, anxiety, depression, and loneliness through targeted programming.
The CY&F Capacity Building Grant Program is aimed at aiding young people in realizing their full potential and becoming caring, productive citizens. It primarily targets underserved youth who encounter economic and/or personal challenges to success. This grant program is intended for youth-serving nonprofits within a specific geographic area, offering funds for capacity building projects to enhance the organization's core capacities. Its broad goals include providing capacity building grants to increase a nonprofit agency's overall effectiveness and long-term sustainability. The program supports projects that enhance operations, management, and/or governance, thereby enabling agencies to serve children, youth, and families more effectively. It also emphasizes the Positive Youth Development approach, encouraging agencies to focus on nurturing young people's strengths. The grant tracks include strategic/business planning, board or staff development/training, fund development plans & systems, communications plans & systems, and program evaluation.
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