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Name of Your Organization:

Clayton Hemingway, Jr. Youth Services

Overview of the Project - Please provide a brief description of the project.

The Clayton Hemingway, Jr. Youth Services will be located at 895 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

On November 4 2017 my son Clayton was murdered as he was coming home linden houses from the park after a game of basketball. He was known to his friends a prowess and to many adults as a great kid if his death was to be redeemed my grief had to move to ACTION. The creation of the clayton Hemingway Jr. youth services the purpose of our organization is to simply but profoundly change the experience of Black youth from being acted upon or to being in control of their own destiny. To that we proposed to create a program to be called “from the streets to the suites project we will identify and commit up to 10 youth people ages 9 to 16 and provide the following services.

Which of the following issues does your project address?

1. Issue 3 - Youth Advocacy Promotion

Youth Engagement - Please explain how you will engage youth in the planning and implementation of the project.

The Clayton Hemingway, Jr. Youth Services will establish a steering committee composed the youth participants. The steering committee will decide on the order business for the Clayton Hemingway Foundation and maintain it's operations,

Budget -1.      After school tutoring

2.      Excursions within the city to explore visual arts. Dance and movements.

3.      Media production youth invited to engage in zoom meetings peer fellowship and leadership and workshops to initiate the project at hand for learning team work and responsibility through sports.     Your total project budget must equal $20,000 to be placed on the ballot for a youth vote. Please provide a brief description of what the funds would be used for to successfully implement your project. You will also need to download, fill in, and attach a full budget using this template (External link).

PROPOSAL PROJECT BUDGET Clayton HemingwayJr. Youth Services Description of Item Quantity (if applicable) Cost Total Personnel Staff   Ms. Dionne Boyd one $3,800.00 Wayne K Additional Organizational Requirements   Your organization must have a 501c3 status, or partner with a non-profit organization who would be willing to act as your fiscal sponsor. Organizations MUST be registered in the NYC Payee Information Portal and the PASSPort system in order to receive funding from the CEC.  (External link) Your organization must be able to front the costs of implementing this project. Organizations can only invoice based on deliverables . I understand and confirm that my organization is able to comply with the requirements above. DB   Please initial

Timeline- Please describe the timeline for the implementation and completion of the project. All work for this project must be completed by June 30, 2021, which is the end of the city’s fiscal year and the deadline for the funds to be spent.

February to March zoom meetings leadership training mentorship

April to May open discussions homework assistance good study habits                                                                  

Sports involvement chess basketball

Commence with field trips and movement and media productions

June2021 final production of media project wrap up and feedback

Project Activity Alignment - How does your project align with at least one of the following topics:

1. Leadership skills development: organizing & advocacy trainings
2. Stewardship of public spaces: public parks, transportation, etc.
3. Youth and student engagement

What is your organization's area of focus?

1. Children and youth related
2. Advocacy and organizing

Affirmations - Type "YES" below each statement to affirm that you are eligible to appear on the ballot for this process.

I confirm that my organization will be registered in the NYC Payee Information Portal and in PassPort, NYC’s online procurement system, in order to receive funding from the City of New York.

yes]

I confirm that my organization is able to front the costs of implementing this project. Organizations will be paid based on deliverables. 

yes

Completion of Deliverables: I understand all deliverables must be completed by June 30th, 2021.

yes

I understand a condition of funding includes submission of a final report upon project completion, and participating in a debrief session with the CEC.

yes