At-Risk Youth Opportunity Program– USAID/Panama

This past Friday, February 5^th, USAID/Panama (United States Agency for International Development) published a Small Grants Program under their soon to be implemented Community Youth at-Risk Activity. The Small Grants Program is directed to non-governmental organizations for the implementation of prevention activities directed at youth at-risk in the municipalities of Panama, San Miguelito and Colon. The objective of the $100,000 available for the first phase of this program is to identify and support initiatives that respond directly to at-risk youth needs at the community level. The grants will have a $10,000 ceiling per grant, will be evaluated on a first come first serve basis, and will be awarded based on the published evaluation criteria.

The last date to receive proposals is August 4, 2010.

For more detailed information, please access the electronic announcement through the following link:
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=
Cl9zLrYKp2XYqQ2G1RGryQgwfQRhpnRmBQf0Q1N9yzdvXns2NL91!
-1179711943?oppId=51631&mode=VIEW

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement, please contact:
Maria Eugenia Solis
Phone: 207-7056
Email: cyar2010@usaid.gov