YOUTH JOB TRAINING
Providing funding to help youth enter the workforce with training and skills development, this program encourages self-sufficiency and independence, and addresses the shortage of skilled trade workers in Kansas.
FUNDING
Up to
$100,000
MATCH
10%
of CDBG grant request
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2025 Guidelines Coming Soon!
$500,000 has been allocated for the Youth Job Training program in 2025. The maximum amount of CDBG funds that can be applied for is $100,000.
This program addresses the need to support youth (ages 12-19) in workforce training and engagement. Eligible expenses include:
Grant applications are evaluated for funding based on project need, readiness, impact, sustainability and matching funds source and availability. Priority will be given to programs that assist job training in industries highlighted in the Framework for Growth. Priority should also be given to youth training in trades or employment sectors that are in high demand within your community.
Key considerations include:
Communities may apply for multiple CDBG categories, but only one application may be submitted from a major category. Major categories include: Large and Small Community Facilities, Blueprint to Build, Regional Water Implementation, and Water and Sewer Infrastructure. For example, a city cannot apply for both a Large and Small Community Facilities project. However, a city may submit applications for both Housing Rehabilitation and a Water and Sewer Infrastructure project.
Youth will benefit from this funding opportunity. Youths could include those at risk of involvement or further involvement in the criminal or juvenile justice system, at risk of involvement in the child welfare system, at risk of education failure (includes risk due to social conditions), education failure (dropping out, expelled, no GED, etc.), youth with no work experience, youth with a history of employment failure, homeless youth, or youth with a disability.
Yes. An instructor (or other program staff) is necessary for training; therefore, the salary is an eligible expense. The salary expense must also be allocable to the program and that must be documented (i.e., document the number of staff hours worked on the program and the number of hours worked outside the program – using timesheets as an example).
The costs of labor, supplies, materials and other costs associated with the program (i.e., purchase of furnishings, equipment and other personal property needed to operate the program).
We are encouraging partnerships with educational institutions and/or other entities involved in youth job training.
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LMI help The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program requires that each CDBG funded activity must either principally benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons, aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or meet a community development need having a particular urgency.
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*LMI calculations are from the 2020 Census and LMI by household are from 2024 HUD Section 8. Final LMI will be confirmed upon application review.
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