City of Atlanta Awards $1,000,000 Youth Development Grants in Next Phase of Mayor’s Year of the Youth
Mayor Andre Dickens announced the recipients of the first two cycles of the City’s Youth Development Grant Awards. A total of $1,000,000 in American Rescue Plan funds were awarded to the Urban League of Greater Atlanta to facilitate the issuance of the grants to local community-based organizations that provide programming and services to Atlanta students up to age 18 in grades K through 12.
“Just weeks into our Year of the Youth, we are making direct investments into the local non-profit organizations who know their communities personally,” said Mayor Dickens. “Atlanta is a group project, and these community partners will help us ensure all of Atlanta’s youth have the cradle-to-career support they deserve.”
Grants are awarded to existing, community-based non-profit organizations that provide innovative programming in need of additional funding to increase capacity to serve local students disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Applications opened to the public in August of last year and closed on January 9 of this year. A total of 161 organizations applied with grant requests totaling $7,255,673.00. This is $6,255,673 more than the $1,000,000 budgeted, demonstrating a critical need for investments in community-based organizations.
The portal to accept new applications will reopen in the near future. Updates will be provided at this link.
To date, 19 organizations—serving a total of more than 5,800 youth—have been selected:
Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 Awards:
3D Girls, Inc.
AAMBC Inc.
Agape Community Center, Inc.
Atlanta Bicycle Coalition (DBA Propel ATL)
Barack and Michelle Obama ES PTA
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Inc.
Drawchange
Horizons Atlanta
KidKong Association
L.E.A.D. Inc
Leap Year
Moving in the Spirit
Museum of Design Atlanta, Inc.
Music Education Group, Inc.
Noble Truth Project Inc. / Glacier’s Ice
Raising Expectations
Silence the Shame, Inc.
Soccer in the Streets
The Boyce L. Ansley School, Inc.
As this is part of an ongoing effort, a third round of awards will be announced in the coming weeks. Awards are prioritized based on the organizations’ capacity to scale programming and increase the number of students impacted by the investments.
For more information on Mayor Dickens’ Year of the Youth—designed to remove systemic barriers that impede youth development—visit ATLYearoftheYouth.com.
Organizations, businesses or individuals interested in partnering with the City on Year of the Youth can register atATLYearoftheYouth.com/Partners or contact Policy Advisor to the Mayor, Youth Development and Education Janean Lewis [email protected].