Update: The Office of Community Initiatives and South Bend Alive Review Committee continue to review the grant applications and hope to announce awardees during the week of Dec. 20.
The South Bend Alive grant program is part of the City’s ongoing efforts to reduce incidents of gun violence in the community and to support initiatives that positively impact South Bend’s young people.
The program, managed by the Office of Community Initiatives, funds community-based programs that provide mentorship for young people, help connect youth with employment training and opportunities, and conduct community outreach and youth engagement activities.
Now in its second year, the grant will fund community organizations in South Bend that have a history of positively impacting the community through their youth engagement work.
Please find more information about the grant program and the eligibility requirements in the application PDF below.
HOW TO APPLY
Please carefully review the application PDF here: Alive Grant Application 2022
Please find the budget form here: Budget Form
The application period will be from November 2, 2021 to December 2, 2021. All application materials must be submitted by Thursday, December 2, 2021.
APPLICATION ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS
The City will hold two application assistance workshops ahead of the application deadline:
In-person: November 9th at the Technology Resource Center, 1165 Franklin St, South Bend, IN 46601, 6-7:30PM
Virtually: November 17th on Microsoft Teams, 6-7:30PM. Link to this call: https://southbendin.gov/sbalive
FOR GRANT AWARDEES
The Vendor Maintenance Form will be posted when awardees are announced on December 15th.
