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Youth Ambassadors for Community Service 2023
Program Description The U. S. Embassy France Public Diplomacy Section of the U. S. Department of State announces an open competition for U. S. and French organizations to submit applications to implement an exchange program for 30 to 40 French high school students, in the United States, for ten to fifteen
days in July and/or August 202 3. Through the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service program, 30 to 40 young adults from France between the ages of 15 and 18 will develop the knowledge and leadership skills necessary to become more engaged in their communities, learn about the U. S. education system, and will further their understanding of the United States.
Please carefully follow all instructions below.
Purpose of the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service Program:
Established in 2008, the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service Program selects high-school participants from underserved backgrounds across France, including the French Caribbean, to participate in a yearlong leadership training program that encourages volunteerism, self-confidence, intercultural sensitivity, and independence.
Participants will attend pre-departure training sessions before the travel to the U.S., as well as a debriefing upon their return, organized by a different French implementing NGO, in coordination with the organization awarded the overall grant.
In partnership with the U. S. Embassy in Paris, the recipient organization will design the two-week U. S. exchange program, in July and/or August 2023[2], which will enhance participants’ understanding of American democratic institutions and volunteer initiatives.
Participants will travel to Washington D.C.
for initial programming.
After spending time in Washington D.C., they will be divided into subgroups in different cities/host communities, where they will be placed with American host families and meet American students their age.
They will then return to Washington D.C.
for debriefing and evaluation, as well as visits to the Department of State and the French Embassy to the U. S. Participants will engage in a variety of activities, including but not limited to workshops on leadership and community service, community site visits related to program themes, interactive training and discussion groups, volunteer opportunities, visits to educational facilities, local cultural activities, homestays, and other activities designed to achieve the program’s stated goals.
The exchange must include multiple opportunities for participants to have significant, meaningful interactions with their American peers.
Follow-on activities with the participants are an essential part of the program, and the exchange activities should prepare participants to apply the knowledge and skills that they will have acquired during their time in the United States in the planning of concrete projects in their home communities.
Program Objectives:
• Promote equal opportunities for all and encourage knowledge-sharing and intercultural dialogue between French and American youth; • Raise awareness about civic engagement and volunteerism among young people; • Strengthen Franco-American friendship and understanding through soft diplomacy; • Offer French youth the chance to represent their peers and participate in civic initiatives abroad; • Build leadership skills, encourage volunteerism, self-confidence, intercultural sensitivity, and nurture excellence and civic engagement among young leaders from underserved communities; • Allow participants to become pillars of community organization, keeping their peers involved in positive social activities and promoting tolerance and achievement; and • Provide participants with tools to build alliances with American counterparts and to produce positive change in underserved communities.
Program Outline:
Applicants must demonstrate their capacity for conducting international exchanges in the U.S.; administering exchanges focused on youth that involve different geographic regions; implementing exchange projects that address specific policy challenges; and providing substantive programming and leadership training for youth.
The award recipient will be responsible for the oversight and management of performance of all sub-award recipients under the award.
U. S. Embassy France reserves the right to reduce, revise, or increase proposal project configurations, budgets, participating countries and regions, and participant numbers in accordance with the needs of the program and the availability of funds.
The budget should include international travel to and from the U. S. for 30 to 40 participants (including domestic travel for 20 to 30 metropolitan participants to and from Paris and their French city of residence).
One staff member must accompany participants for the international travel (France-U.S.-France).
The budget should include the in-country travel and local transportation, lodging, activities, food, insurance, and ESTA costs for 30 to 40 participants.
As participants are under 18, they must be accompanied by facilitators and the host families must be validated by the recipient organization.
Participants and Audiences:
30 to 40 outstanding French high school students, between the ages of 15 and 18, from underprivileged backgrounds with leadership potential and commitment to civic engagement.
For more information, eligibility, and deadlines please read the Notice of Funding Opportunity PDS-France-FY2022-04 and/or refer to the U. S. Embassy in France website (Grants Programs).
Questions can be directed to GrantsFrance@state.gov.
Please note:
We do not provide any pre-consultation for application related questions that are addressed in the Notice of Funding Opportunity
days in July and/or August 202 3. Through the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service program, 30 to 40 young adults from France between the ages of 15 and 18 will develop the knowledge and leadership skills necessary to become more engaged in their communities, learn about the U. S. education system, and will further their understanding of the United States.
Please carefully follow all instructions below.
Purpose of the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service Program:
Established in 2008, the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service Program selects high-school participants from underserved backgrounds across France, including the French Caribbean, to participate in a yearlong leadership training program that encourages volunteerism, self-confidence, intercultural sensitivity, and independence.
Participants will attend pre-departure training sessions before the travel to the U.S., as well as a debriefing upon their return, organized by a different French implementing NGO, in coordination with the organization awarded the overall grant.
In partnership with the U. S. Embassy in Paris, the recipient organization will design the two-week U. S. exchange program, in July and/or August 2023[2], which will enhance participants’ understanding of American democratic institutions and volunteer initiatives.
Participants will travel to Washington D.C.
for initial programming.
After spending time in Washington D.C., they will be divided into subgroups in different cities/host communities, where they will be placed with American host families and meet American students their age.
They will then return to Washington D.C.
for debriefing and evaluation, as well as visits to the Department of State and the French Embassy to the U. S. Participants will engage in a variety of activities, including but not limited to workshops on leadership and community service, community site visits related to program themes, interactive training and discussion groups, volunteer opportunities, visits to educational facilities, local cultural activities, homestays, and other activities designed to achieve the program’s stated goals.
The exchange must include multiple opportunities for participants to have significant, meaningful interactions with their American peers.
Follow-on activities with the participants are an essential part of the program, and the exchange activities should prepare participants to apply the knowledge and skills that they will have acquired during their time in the United States in the planning of concrete projects in their home communities.
Program Objectives:
• Promote equal opportunities for all and encourage knowledge-sharing and intercultural dialogue between French and American youth; • Raise awareness about civic engagement and volunteerism among young people; • Strengthen Franco-American friendship and understanding through soft diplomacy; • Offer French youth the chance to represent their peers and participate in civic initiatives abroad; • Build leadership skills, encourage volunteerism, self-confidence, intercultural sensitivity, and nurture excellence and civic engagement among young leaders from underserved communities; • Allow participants to become pillars of community organization, keeping their peers involved in positive social activities and promoting tolerance and achievement; and • Provide participants with tools to build alliances with American counterparts and to produce positive change in underserved communities.
Program Outline:
Applicants must demonstrate their capacity for conducting international exchanges in the U.S.; administering exchanges focused on youth that involve different geographic regions; implementing exchange projects that address specific policy challenges; and providing substantive programming and leadership training for youth.
The award recipient will be responsible for the oversight and management of performance of all sub-award recipients under the award.
U. S. Embassy France reserves the right to reduce, revise, or increase proposal project configurations, budgets, participating countries and regions, and participant numbers in accordance with the needs of the program and the availability of funds.
The budget should include international travel to and from the U. S. for 30 to 40 participants (including domestic travel for 20 to 30 metropolitan participants to and from Paris and their French city of residence).
One staff member must accompany participants for the international travel (France-U.S.-France).
The budget should include the in-country travel and local transportation, lodging, activities, food, insurance, and ESTA costs for 30 to 40 participants.
As participants are under 18, they must be accompanied by facilitators and the host families must be validated by the recipient organization.
Participants and Audiences:
30 to 40 outstanding French high school students, between the ages of 15 and 18, from underprivileged backgrounds with leadership potential and commitment to civic engagement.
For more information, eligibility, and deadlines please read the Notice of Funding Opportunity PDS-France-FY2022-04 and/or refer to the U. S. Embassy in France website (Grants Programs).
Questions can be directed to GrantsFrance@state.gov.
Please note:
We do not provide any pre-consultation for application related questions that are addressed in the Notice of Funding Opportunity
Who's Eligible
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Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
IE Funding Opportunity Exchange
Additional Information of Eligibility:
In accordance with the 9/11 Memorial Act (H.R.6287 / Public Law 115-413, 132 STAT.
5427- 29), this funding opportunity is limited to a memorial located in the United States established to commemorate the events of, and honor the victims of, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 at the sites of the attacks (covered memorial).
Eligible entities are limited to organizations described in section 501 (c) (3) of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 501(a) of that Code, as in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, the focus of which is the operations and preservation of a covered memorial.
described in the previous sentence. Eligible entities must own and/or operate a covered memorial, as defined above.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://ie-exchange.energy.gov/
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Date Posted:
2022-05-20
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2022-08-31
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