Capital facilities matching grants for nonresidential youth recreational services
Updated April 22, 2008
WHAT IS NEW: Youth Recreational Facilities Grant Applications Now Available
Our competitive programs operate on a two-year budget cycle. The 2009-2011 application cycle for the Youth Recreational Facilities Grant is now available. We would strongly encourage you to find out if your project must meet the state’s high performance building requirements.
WHAT WE DO:
The 2003 Legislature created the Youth Recreational Facilities program to award state grants to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations to defray up to 25 percent of eligible capital costs for the acquisition, construction and/or major renovation of nonresidential youth recreational facilities (RCW 43.63A.135).
This is a reimbursement-style grant, and operating costs are ineligible. The grants are funded by the sale of state bonds (no federal funds are involved). Awardees are selected through a competitive grant application process held every two years.
Grant applications will be screened by staff and then ranked by an advisory board of youth recreational facilities experts. Ranking criteria include the ability to complete the project expediently, the organizational capacity to run the facility effectively, community need, and the availability of other funding sources.
Being recommended for funding by YRF Advisory Committee is the first step in a lengthy review and approval process. If the ranked list is included in a subsequent Capital Budget and signed into law, awardees are likely to begin receiving grant funds roughly 15 months after the submittal of their application.
Note that awardees cannot begin drawing down their grant until all funds needed to complete the project have been committed. Awardees may also be required to pay state prevailing wages for all construction labor and comply with the high-performance building law.
WHO TO CONTACT: For more information, contact our CTED Capital Programs staff.
Send an e-mail to CTED Capital Programs with your name and address if you’d like to be put on our mailing and/or e-mail distribution lists.