WHITEHORSE - Premier Dennis Fentie has announced $41,790 in grants from the Youth Investment Fund to support 16 projects that will benefit Yukon youth.
The projects span the Yukon and cover a wide variety of youth centre activities, leadership training, after-school activities, physical activities, cultural events and workshops.
The successful projects were announced by the ministers of the fund's sponsoring departments: Premier Dennis Fentie, minister responsible for the Youth Directorate; Highways and Public Works Minister Archie Lang; Health and Social Services Minister Brad Cathers, Women's Directorate Minister Elaine Taylor; Justice Minister Marian Horne and Education Minister Patrick Rouble.
The Youth Investment Fund supports community-driven initiatives aimed at addressing the needs of Yukon youth. Many of the projects are designed to help youth susceptible to "at risk" behaviors or those who are considered to be "at risk".
Since the fund's inception in 1995, 381 projects have been funded. The next deadline for applications is April 1, 2007.
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Attached: list of Youth Investment Fund recipients.
| Contact: | ||
| Judy Thrower | Marcelle Dube | Sandy Sewell |
| Youth Directorate | Health and Social Services | Crime Prevention & Policing |
| (867) 667-8213 | (867) 667-3010 | (867) 667-5367 |
| judy.thrower@gov.yk.ca | marcelle.dube@gov.yk.ca | sandy.sewell@gov.yk.ca |
Youth Investment Fund - Fall Funding 2006
|
Group/Association |
Project |
Amount Awarded |
|
Ross River Recreation Centre |
Youth Leading Youth | $4,000 |
| Autism Yukon | Sibling Support Network | $3,500 |
| Recreation & Parks Assoc. of the Yukon | Canoe Instruction and Boat Safety | $3,500 |
| Skookum Jim Friendship Centre | Aboriginal After School Sports Program | $3,500 |
| Watson Lake School Council | “Hook’s Nemesis” a.k.a. Peter Pan | $3,000 |
| Champagne & Aishihik First Nations | Champagne & Aishihik Ski Club | $3,000 |
| Town of Watson Lake | Youth Centre | $2,600 |
| Faro Arts and Recreation Association | Girls Night Out | $2,540 |
| Frostbite Music Society | Youth Explore New Storytelling Forms | $2,500 |
| Teslin Tlingit Trail Group | Johnston Town Winter Trip | $2,500 |
| Vuntut Gwichin First Nation | Brain Power - Project Healthy Foods Program | $2,500 |
| Yukon Youth Outdoor Leadership Association | Ice Climbing & Winter Day Programs | $2,500 |
| Kluane First Nation | Stick Gambling with our Southern Tutchone Neighbours | $2,400 |
| Skills Canada Yukon | Skilled Presentations for Yukon Communities | $2,000 |
| Yukon Women In Trades & Technology | Young Women Exploring Trades | $1,000 |
| B.Y.T.E. | Talk Shop with the Cops | $750 |
| TOTALS | $41,790 |
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