FISCAL YEAR 2025 | REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFA)

Progressive Life Center (PLC), on behalf of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) is seeking grantees to provide 8-month and 3-month long scheduled programming to support youth and young adults referred by DYRS. There will be a projected start date of Monday February 10, 2025.

This Request for Applications (RFA) announces the agency’s intention to invest in community-based organizations to provide the most rigorous, effective, appropriate supports and services for our youth. The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) seeks eligible entities to propose 8-month and 3-month long innovative community-based enrichment programming and activities to support referred youth, young adults and their families. Proposed programming should include programming to support positive youth justice development. PLC encourages applicants with unique proposal ideas for rehabilitation and community-based support as DYRS seeks to be innovative and diverse in the breadth of services provided.

All proposed programs should be in alignment with the DYRS vision – to provide the nation’s best continuum of care for court-involved youth and their families through a wide range of programs that emphasize individual strengths, personal accountability, public safety, skill development, family involvement and community support. The core belief of DYRS is that helping youth transition to a productive and self-sustaining adulthood is the most effective public safety strategy. DYRS assists justice-involved youth in successful transitions to adulthood through careful case planning and care coordination, and by investing in community-based organizations to provide developmentally appropriate support and services.