The Madison County Youth Bureau is now accepting funding proposals from community-based non-profit organizations, public agencies and Madison County municipalities to provide services to the youth of Madison County during 2020 utilizing New York State Office of Children and Family Services Youth Development Program funds for seasonal programs as well as Madison County Youth Bureau funds for year-long programs. Eligible programs must provide community-level services designed to promote positive youth development and respond to locally identified youth needs in Madison County.
These funds are available on a competitive basis and must be used for the delivery of services between January 1 and December 31, 2020. Eligible programs must be outcome based and provide quantifiable and verifiable indicators by which program performance will be measured. All programs seeking funding must track one of the OCFS outcome measures for each service, opportunity and support that the program is addressing. Please be sure to review the Request for Proposal instructions because there are additional life areas that have been added this year, allowing for more programming opportunities.
Proposals for this funding must be submitted to the Madison County Youth Bureau by 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 31, 2020 to be considered for funding. No proposals received after this date/time will be considered. Instructions and the NEW electronic proposal are available at the Madison County website under the Youth Bureau webpage at madisoncounty.ny.gov/150/Youth-Bureau.
Technical assistance sessions will be offered Tuesday, Jan. 7 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and again Jan. 8 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Career Center Conference Room, Building 1, County Office Building, Wampsville. Additional technical assistance date/time can be added per request. To reserve a spot in one of these sessions or to request an additional date/time, please contact the Youth Bureau Director, Tina Louis, (315) 366-2574 tina.louis@madisoncounty.ny.gov, by Jan. 6.