Neighborhood Youth Leadership

Neighborhood Youth Leadership, doing business as Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School, is a U.S. local government entity and school district located in Vass, North Carolina. The organization operates as a government entity registered in SAM.gov since March 2011 and receives federal grant funding to support its educational mission. As a school district, the organization provides educational services and programs to students in its community, leveraging federal grant funding to enhance school operations and student achievement.

The organization has established a consistent pattern of federal grant funding focused on education-related initiatives. Neighborhood Youth Leadership has received six prime federal grant awards, with the majority being Impact Aid Program awards under Title VII, Section 7003, which target schools with high concentrations of low-income families or those affected by federal land ownership. These Impact Aid awards were granted on October 1, 2025; December 16, 2024; October 11, 2023; February 13, 2023; and October 12, 2021, with completion dates extending through September 2031. The organization also received a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant on July 1, 2021, demonstrating its eligibility as a rural educational institution. All prime grant awards have been funded through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. In addition to these prime awards, Neighborhood Youth Leadership has been a sub-grantee under the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, receiving sub-award funding for pandemic relief initiatives including CARES Act Funding (January 22, 2021), CRRSA ESSER II (August 12, 2021), and CRRSA ESSER III (August 30, 2021). These sub-grants supported schools in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through emergency supplemental funding.