Youth Development Program
The Rockland County Youth Bureau annually grants funding to community-based organizations and municipalities providing positive youth development programs throughout Rockland County. This funding is through New York State Office of Children and Family Services. Each contracted agency/municipality is required to show performance measures which provide data to display the quantitative and qualitative impact agencies are making in the lives of youth. In addition, all programs funded by the RCYB are monitored annually to ensure youth are receiving the highest level of quality programming available.
To be eligible for Youth Bureau funding, organizations must be incorporated as a not-for-profit agency under the laws of the State of New York and have tax-exempt status in accordance with the IRS Code. Community-based organizations and local municipalities that provide direct services to youth are eligible for this 50% reimbursable funding for recreation and delinquency prevention programs. The agency or municipality must supply the match.
Funded programs are selected through a competitive Request for Proposals process. The RCYB's volunteer Advisory Board of youth and adult community members are responsible for reviewing, scoring and making allocation recommendations for grant proposals submitted in response to Requests for Proposals. The Board members also assist with onsite monitoring of funded agencies and researching funding sources.
2026 YDP Funded Agencies and Municipalities
- Astor Services for Children & Families – Adolescent PHP
- Center for Safety Change – Teen Dating Violence Dating Prevention Program (TDVPP)
- Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts & Culture, Inc. – Chiku Awali Excellent Life Skills Enrichment Program
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Rockland – Beyond Ready: Building Life Skills for High School and Beyond
- Greater Mental Health of New York, Inc. – Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
- Keep Rockland Beautiful – Eco Ambassador Program
- MLK Multipurpose Center – After School Program
- MLK Multipurpose Center – Summer Enrichment Program
- Rockland 21C – Rockland 21C Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP)
- Rockland County Pride Center –Pride Youth Program
- Rockland County YMCA – North Rockland Enrichment Program
- Stony Point Police Dept. – Youth Police Academy
- Strawtown Art & Garden Studio – InHabit Art: A Nature Discovery Art Program
- VCS, Inc. – Families in Need of Support (FINS)
- Village of Haverstraw – Project SHIFT & SNUG Violence Prevention Program