External Agency Fund- Youth Engagement Services (YES!) Funding Grant

The Youth Services External Agency Fund Grant, offered by the Louisville Metro Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, aims to combat gun violence through innovative community strategies. Grants between $25,000 and $75,000 will support organizations focused on primary and secondary prevention, intervention, and victim support. This initiative fosters community collaboration and ownership, ensuring impactful solutions for youth development and violence reduction in Louisville's neighborhoods.

Youth Services External Agency Fund Grant
The Louisville Metro Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods (OSHN) is the backbone of the city’s effort to address the root causes of gun violence and then build sustainable solutions. This work requires the adoption of innovative strategies and approaches that extend beyond traditional law enforcement to shift social norms and that activates the community to help prevent shootings and violence.
Goal
Our goal is to maximize the impact of funding on violence reduction and youth development while fostering a sense of community ownership and collaboration.
Focus
OSHN EAF grants will be awarded to organizations to address violence and promote youth development in one of the following areas:
Primary Prevention involves programs and strategies designed for the general youth population and seeks to reduce the factors that put people at risk for experiencing violence.Secondary Prevention reduces the risk factors among youth who are vulnerable to being involved in serious violence and crime. These services are reserved for young people who are less likely to engage in primary prevention programs.Intervention involves strategies and programs which directly engage young people who are at the highest risk of being victims or perpetrators of violence. Effective programs must support crime desistance and disengagement. Victim Support to address direct and secondary exposure to gun violence.
Applicants can request grants ranging from $25,000 to $75,000.