Opportunity Information: Apply for SMK800 18 PAS02
The Urban Youth Resilience Program is a U.S. Department of State funding opportunity offered through the U.S. Mission to Macedonia (U.S. Embassy Skopje) focused on strengthening resilience among urban youth ages 14 to 18 through structured, engaging after-school programming delivered over one to two years. The program is designed to help young people build practical life skills while also developing a stronger sense of hope, optimism, and belonging. It emphasizes preparing participants for real-world success by building social, leadership, and economic skills that align with the demands of a modern workforce. A core priority is also improving inter-ethnic dialogue and understanding, alongside encouraging youth to take an active role in their communities through resilience-building activities that extend beyond the program itself.
Funded projects are expected to use creative, youth-centered approaches that attract and sustain participation over time. The opportunity explicitly welcomes a range of activity formats, including arts and dance programming, debate clubs, entrepreneurship and business training, hip hop and DJ collaborations, comic books and graphic design, and innovation-oriented programs. While applicants can propose other creative concepts, the overall expectation is that activities will be interactive and relevant to urban teens, not purely lecture-based or theoretical. The program should be clearly structured as after-school engagement rather than a one-time event, with a timeline and implementation plan coordinated with the U.S. Embassy Skopje.
A defining requirement is that successful proposals must go beyond working with youth alone and deliberately build community networks across sectors. This means the project should actively involve and connect stakeholders such as parents and caregivers, teachers and schools, police, religious leaders, and local officials, creating a broader support system that reinforces positive youth development. Community involvement is not optional or symbolic; it is expected to be embedded in the program design, whether through joint activities, community-led components, mentorship, dialogue sessions, collaborative events, or other mechanisms that strengthen trust and relationships in the local environment around the youth participants.
Another required element is a train-the-trainer component aimed at directors of the youth community center (or comparable youth-serving leaders). This component should equip these adult leaders to function as trusted adults and mentors who can guide positive decision-making, reinforce healthy social norms, and support youth through challenges. The intent is sustainability: the program should leave behind stronger local capacity so the approach can continue after the grant period ends. Applicants may assume the venue will be provided at no cost, but proposals should still account for any needed specialized equipment or materials in the budget.
Equity and inclusion are explicit priorities throughout the opportunity. Proposals must demonstrate a real commitment to supporting and including marginalized communities, which may include considerations related to disability, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and whether participants are from rural or urban settings, among other factors. Applicants should describe how recruitment, accessibility, program design, and participant support will ensure these communities are meaningfully included and able to benefit. For U.S.-based institutions applying, the opportunity also calls for identifying potential local sub-grantees, reflecting an expectation of local partnership and implementation support.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity with funding provided through either a cooperative agreement or a grant. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, both those with 501(c)(3) status and those without, as long as they are not institutions of higher education. The opportunity listed an award ceiling of $100,000 and anticipated making one award. The funding opportunity number is SMK800 18 PAS02, under CFDA 19.900. The original posting date was June 1, 2018, with an original closing date of August 1, 2018.Apply for SMK800 18 PAS02
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Macedonia in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Urban Youth Resilience Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.900.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 01, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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