I'll point you to some of the programmatic, statistical, and productivity resources I find useful and share some tips that contribute to my success. I hope you'll share some of yours, too.
Principle 1: Design an outreach strategy that includes at-risk youth.
Principle 2: Create a “home base” with adults who themselves have once been identified as at-risk. Many of them have “been there and done that.”
Principle 3: Convey a philosophy of change and both short- and long-term goals for the youth participants and the community.
Principle 4: Identify issues that connect to these youths’ experiences and explore the causes of each of the risk factors
Principle 5: Create youth and adult teams since each can learn from and contribute to the growth of others.
Principle 6. Build youth and adult capacity since each can serve as leaders.
Principle 7: Continue to provide these youth with supports to manage daily life stressors, such as family dynamics, relationships and school.
Principle 8: Sustain access and influence by continuing to develop links to other community organizations that can expand opportunities for meaningful participation of all youth.
The handbook is a good compendium of information and a quick read. I recommend it.
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You may have found that the mechanics of writing grants is not something that you can share with many of your friends. Even the project team isn't that interested. They just expect you to write it.
But you and I know that writing a grant application is a complex task. It can be time consuming. Deadlines loom. Tempers flare. The writing has to be focused and engaging.
I've been writing grants for non-profits for about six years now. I've brought in about $10M. And, I love doing it.
I started this blog to share my grant writing resources and tips with you. I hope you'll share some of yours. Maybe we'll get to know each other in the process.
Image via WikipediaYouth Service America has just published a pdf handbook Effective Practices for Engaging At-risk Youth in Service While it's specifically addresses service-learning, I think the principles are on-target for any youth program. I'll keep them in mind when I write any youth development grant.
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