Scratch Updates
CBT's New Program: Community-Directed Youth Funds
Community-Directed Youth Funds (CDYF) will increase local activities, opportunities and/or services for youth. During CBT’s recent Youth Strategic Plan consultations held in many Basin communities, common themes emerging were around youth boredom, the lack of activities and opportunities for youth, the lack of resources in many communities to support youth services or activities, and the lack of a safe space, youth hub or youth centre.
CDYF will help address those issues by committing $100,000 to communities and their catchment areas over a four-year period (normally $25,000 per year) specifically to enhance local opportunities and/or services targeted at youth ages 12 to 19. CDYF is not a grants program that individual organizations apply to. Funding is provided based on an inclusive priority setting process that results in a local consensus on how funds should best be used to enhance youth services and opportunities. Guidelines can be found here.