Identify ‘N’ Impact Investment Funding Program Purpose: help to promote healthy youth development and broader community safety in the City of Toronto Support youth to lead and deliver projects that will engage other youth. – By supporting youth-led groups, the INI program helps create opportunities for youth to develop skills and get the resources they need to be successful. To be funded, projects must: – show that youth are the leaders in the project planning, management and delivery; – involve youth from and/or based in one of the City's 13 neighbourhood improvement areas; and/or – work with racialized youth, particularly African-Canadian youth Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 19, Funding : $10,000 for a one year project 2012 Identify ‘N’ Impact Investment Program

Who Can Apply? Youth-led groups of at least three or more youth Youth-led groups that are part of a partnership or network of two or more community organizations Youth-led committee or initiative of a community organization. – The youth group must be the applicant. The adult-led organization can not apply on behalf of the youth group. Youth must write the INI application, plan the project and make the project happen A trustee is not required to apply. If you are approved for funding you will be asked to find a trustee. A group is considered "youth-led" if the following criteria is met: a majority of the group's leadership are youth between the ages of 15 – 24 years old; and the group makes decisions about its activities independent from any other community organization Identify ‘N’ Impact Investment Program

Outreach & Support to Applicants Local, direct support (proactive) CDO’s, CHO’s, YOW’s Project Development Support Funding criteria and application requirements Responsive to questions from CDO’s, CHO’s, YOW’s Responsive to call-ins Community Funding ARO’s (Leah, Augusto) Grant Support Responsive to call-ins, referred by ARO’s Groups not connected to local support Rebecca, Stephen, Paul and Helen Project Development Support 2012 Identify ‘N’ Impact Investment Program

Timeline Week of July 30 th : Application up on website and ed out August/September: Information sessions by ARO’s (dates, locations TBA) September 19 th : application deadline (by or mail/hand) October – Youth Panel reviews applications November – recommendations to Committee and Council January 2013 – funding to groups, projects to start 2012 Identify ‘N’ Impact Investment Program