Unaccompanied Children Lived Experience and Youth Engagement Program

Deadline:  December 20, 2024
Award Amount:  $1M to $1,800,000
Eligible Entities:  State, County, City or township, special district, county governments, Tribal organization/governments, Nonprofits, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education. 
Description:  The Unaccompanied Children Lived Experience and Youth Engagement Program (LEYEP) is forecasted to provide funding to establish, manage, and evaluate a Lived Experience Council and Youth Leadership Academy (as a subgroup of the Council) comprised of former unaccompanied children and individuals who sponsored children from ORR care. The recipient shall recruit, identify, orient, and train lived experience experts that reflect the demographic diversity (e.g., age, language, etc.) and varied experiences and circumstances (e.g., pregnant/parenting youth, survivors of human trafficking, etc.) of former unaccompanied children and sponsors. Therefore, prior experience developing programming centering lived experience and youth voice and/or supporting unaccompanied children, sponsors, and reunified families is highly desirable. ​

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