Youth Services Grant for FY 2024-2025

CITY OF URBANA ANNOUNCES YOUTH SERVICES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 – 2025 

The City of Urbana announces the availability of funding for grants to public or private not-for-profit agencies to provide community-based services for children and youth from low-income families.

Through this grant opportunity, the City of Urbana seeks to fund programs that meet the documented needs of Urbana children and youth from early childhood (Kindergarten, Pre-K) through 22 years of age. Proposals should target those from low-income families with the goal of having a lasting impact on the community. This grant opportunity focuses on three key service areas:

• Health (Healthcare, mental health resources, trauma support)
• Wellness (Violence prevention, recreation, after school programs, educational programming, mentoring)
• Opportunity (Workforce development, job training)

Applications must be completed and submitted through our Neighborly online grant portal. To get started, please login to an existing account, or create a new account here.

The deadline for submission is Monday, April 1, 2024, at 4 p.m., CST.  

Interested in learning more? City staff will host grant assistance workshops on the following dates:

• Friday, February 9, 2024, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Virtually via Zoom 

                        Watch the recording of the February 9th workshop here

• Tuesday, March 14, 2024, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Virtually via Zoom

Registration in advance is required in order to attend the grant assistance workshops. To register, please email grants@urbanaillinois.us

The full list of funded agencies for the last fiscal year 2023-2024 cycle can be found below.

Questions?

To learn more about this funding opportunity, please contact the City of Urbana Grants Management Division at grants@urbanaillinois.us or 217-384-2306.