Focus on Youth summer program for children and youth.

The program is a partnership between the Ontario Ministry of Education, school boards and local not-for-profit community groups.

School boards collaborate with community organizations to deliver initiatives aimed at promoting engagement by offering youth employment/leadership opportunities, including by hiring youth to facilitate pro-social activities for younger students in their communities.

Through this program, school boards provide free use of school space for not-for-profit community-based organizations to deliver high quality summer programs to keep young people safe and active.

Focus on Youth programming generally runs from early July to mid-August.

Not For Profit Community Application process

The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board is now accepting applications from not-for-profit Community Partners who wish to participate in the 2022 Focus on Youth initiative.  
 
Focus on Youth is planned to run for six weeks between July 11 and August 19, 2022. Please find below a link for the community group application.
 
2022 Focus on Youth Summer Program Community Partner Application Form Link: https://forms.gle/kRa9XH759yWEenBV6
 
Applications must be received no later than Monday March 21, 2022 to be considered.
 
Community partners are reminded the application approval process will conclude once funding through the Ministry of Education is confirmed.  If funding through the Ministry of Education is not received, all community partners who applied for this initiative will be notified immediately.  
 
Please note, school space is not guaranteed during the summer.  If Focus on Youth funding through the Ministry of Education is not received, consideration may be granted on an individual community group basis with approval from the Board's Executive Council under the Community Use of Schools policy and procedure.