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Name of Your Organization:

Progressives Educating New Yorkers, Inc.

Overview of the Project - Please provide a brief description of the project.

Paid training on helping youth prepare for a career and learn about the political process to get their voice heard today and in the future.

Which of the following issues does your project address?

1. Issue 2 - Preparation for College and/or Career
2. Issue 3 - Youth Advocacy Promotion

2 & 3

Youth Engagement - Please explain how you will engage youth in the planning and implementation of the project.

The youth will be at the forefront of the program. Our youth leadership board will create the application for each youth and will help lead career exploration, training with an adult trainer, and will connect with our local elected officials to help understand the political process and create forums of their own.

Budget - Your total project budget must equal $20,000 to be placed on the ballot for a youth vote. Please provide a brief description of what the funds would be used for to successfully implement your project. You will also need to download, fill in, and attach a full budget using this template.

$20,000

Timeline- Please describe the timeline for the implementation and completion of the project. All work for this project must be completed by June 30, 2021, which is the end of the city’s fiscal year and the deadline for the funds to be spent.

March 1 - 30, 2021: Create application and accept students

Apri 1 - April 30, 2021: Paid political program will take place

May 1 - May 31, 2021: Paid career training program will take place

June 1 - June 30, 2021: Multiple candidate forum's design by the youth will be taking place

Project Activity Alignment - How does your project align with at least one of the following topics:

1. Leadership skills development: organizing & advocacy trainings
2. Stewardship of public spaces: public parks, transportation, etc.
3. Youth and student engagement
4. Civic education and advocacy
5. Community outreach involving residents that have been historically underrepresented in or underserved by city government and its processes

Our program is designed with the youth at the top. We give and help youth find their voice on issues that matters to them. We will provide organizing and advocacy training while make civic education fun and engaging where they will feel empower to create change in 2021 and in the future.

What is your organization's area of focus?

1. Children and youth related
2. Advocacy and organizing
3. Arts and culture
4. Civic engagement
5. Education and literacy
6. Emergency management and disaster response
7. Employment and workforce development
8. Environment and sustainability
9. Faith-based
10. Food access
11. Health and medicine
12. Homelessness and/or affordable housing
13. Human rights
14. Human services
15. Immigrants and/or refugees
16. Justice related
17. Legal services
18. People with disabilities
19. Senior services
20. Women's issues

Right now, I can't say what issues we will be tackling because I haven't asked the youth yet. I can't decide what issues they want, but I'm sure they will be empower to tackle the issues they feel at home with.

Affirmations - Type \"YES\" below each statement to affirm that you are eligible to appear on the ballot for this process.

Project Activity Alignment to CEC’s Mission: Please select which activity the project aligns with most closely.

Yes

I confirm that may organization will be registered in the NYC Payee Information Portal and in PassPort, NYC’s online procurement system, in order to receive funding from the City of New York.

Yes

I confirm that my organization is able to front the costs of implementing this project. Organizations will be paid based on deliverables. 

Yes

Completion of Deliverables: I understand all deliverables must be completed by June 30th, 2020.

Yes

I understand a condition of funding includes submission of a final report upon project completion, and participating in a debrief session with the CEC.

Yes