IYD: Capacity-Building Grants

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The Institute for Youth Development (IYD) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that promotes a consistent, comprehensive risk avoidance message to youth for the leading harmful risk behaviors. IYD may be contacted at (703) 433-1640 or by writing P.O. Box 16560, Washington, DC 20041.

For Immediate Release

Contact: Debra Arrington
The Institute for Youth
Development
703-433-1640, Ext. 124

Faith-Based & Community Organizations Win Capacity-Building Grants

The Institute for Youth Development Issues Sub-Awards Under President’s Compassion Capital Fund Program

Washington, DC – January 11, 2005 – Under a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services designed to help faith-based and community organizations build capacity and effectively apply for federal funding, the Institute for Youth Development (IYD) has issued 14 sub-awards in its seventh round of grant making.

These grants have been awarded in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) that was issued by IYD for organizations that need capacity building assistance to support at-risk youth.

To date, IYD, the largest grantee under the President’s Compassion Capital Fund Program (CCF), has made a total of 113 sub-awards that range between $5,000 and $50,000. The average award has been $32,628. IYD will award similar funding amounts throughout the remainder of 2005, and has just issued a notice of availability of funds and RFP targeted at pregnancy resource centers and the medical model demonstration program. The RFP can be found at www.youthdevelopment.org. Letters of intent to apply are due by 5:00 PM ET on February 1, 2005. Proposals are due by 5:00 PM ET on February 15, 2005.

Recipients of sub-awards for the at-risk youth RFP include:

Abstinence & Marriage Education Partnership, Inc., Wheeling, IL
Association for Guidance, Aid, Placement Empathy, Nashville, TN
Chronicles of Truth Productions, Inc., Cheverly, MD
Community Human Services, Glenville, NY
Faith Alive Christian Center, Reno, NV
Greater Boston Youth Resource Services, Inc., Randolph, MA
Inner Summit, Inc., Decatur, GA
Love in a Big World, Inc., Nashville, TN
Peace Unlimited, St. Joseph, MO
Shalom Zone Non-Profit Association, Seattle, WA
South Caroline Parents Involved in Education, Lugoff, SC
South Texas Adult Resource and Training Center, San Benito, TX
Texas Family Institute, Inc., Abilene, TX
Youth Live Foundation of the Triangle, Research Triangle Park, NC

In addition to issuing sub-awards, IYD is hosting a series of educational conferences nationwide to teach faith-based and community organizations how to win federal grants. Registration information can be found on the IYD web site located at www.youthdevelopment.org.

The conference and sub-award program is part of the historic Faith-Based and Community Initiative created by President Bush. It is designed to level the playing field for faith-based and community groups so they may participate in the myriad opportunities to receive federal grants.

“The President has designed a program that allows for the full participation of faith-based and community groups while also allowing those groups to remain true to their beliefs, whether faith-based or not,” said Shepherd Smith, IYD president. “These organizations are helping those with the greatest needs across this country by focusing on their local communities. The Compassion Capital Fund Program will help these organizations enhance their capacity by competing for federal grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements so they can become more effective at meeting community needs.”

While the primary focus of the program is on faith-based and community organizations that have not received federal funding in the past, participants may include partners that are helping to provide the social services and/or educational activities for which they are seeking funding. However, the faith-based or community organization must be the fiscal agent as well as the lead partner. Examples of such partners include but are not limited to institutions of higher learning, state and local education agencies, private industry and other faith-based and community groups.
IYD is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that promotes a consistent, comprehensive risk-avoidance message to youth for five harmful risk-behaviors that are inextricably linked: alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco, and violence. To learn more about IYD and the Compassion Capital Fund program, visit www.youthdevelopment.org or e-mail your questions to info@youthdevelopment.org.