Cooperative Agreement SECAPY12CA117

The U.S. Department of State, through its Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), awarded a $2,200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Sister Cities International to recruit, train, and deploy youth ambassadors for the 2025 Osaka, Japan Expo. This initiative aims to enhance the global audience experience at the U.S. Pavilion by showcasing U.S. leadership in innovation for the future. The award, effective August 21, 2024, with a completion date of January 31, 2026, will support the organization's...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $150,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The award supports the Youth Ambassadors Program, which aims to nurture excellence and civic engagement among young leaders from underserved communities and build ties with American counterparts, highlighting the diversity and attractiveness of the U.S. educational system. The award...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.415 - Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges) provides $3,080,000 to Family Health International (FHI 360) to implement the Sports Visitor and Sports Envoy programs. These programs aim to address U.S. foreign policy goals and promote key U.S. values related to education, community engagement, and diversity through sports-based people-to-people...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS) to provide a mentoring program called "Youth Averted from Delinquency (YAD)" to 90 juvenile justice system-engaged youth ages 10-17 in Kerr County, Texas over three years. The YAD program aims to improve outcomes for this population through evidence-based group mentoring,...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $327,000 Project Grant under their IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Youthbuild Mexico (YBM) to strengthen the leadership capacity of participants and graduates of its Jovenes con Rumbo (Youths with Purpose or JCR) program in Mexico City and Guanajuato. The grant will provide training to approximately 260 young people in leadership, organizational development, peacebuilding, and alliance building. YBM will also foster youth-led...

The Youth Mentoring Connection (YMC) will provide mentoring and positive youth development activities for 300 underserved youth in Los Angeles, California through a $681,818 grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Specifically, YMC will implement its Mentoring Making Resiliency Real program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The program will connect at-risk youth ages 13-17 with caring adult mentors...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc. to manage all aspects of the Young Pacific Leaders Conference in 2025. This award is funded under the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which supports cultural, educational, professional, and scientific exchanges to promote mutual understanding and advance U.S. foreign policy goals. Through this Cooperative Agreement, Cultural...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.415 - Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges) provides $18,268,982.00 in funding to support the recruitment, selection, placement, support, and monitoring of approximately 733 foreign participants and 65 American participants on the YES (Youth Exchange and Study) Abroad program for an academic year. The purpose of this no-cost amendment is to add a...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., to manage all aspects of the Young Pacific Leaders Alumni Roadshow in 2025. This award is funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which supports U.S. foreign policy goals by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding bilateral relationships through cultural, educational,...

This $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, will fund the USAID YOUTH EMPOWER (EMPOWER) ACTIVITY in Jamaica over a five-year period from December 2023 to December 2028. The EMPOWER Activity aims to address risk and resilience factors influencing at-risk Jamaican youths' participation in crime and violence. The project will bolster civic education and...