USAID/Kenya Yes Youth Can! Annual Program Statement (APS)

The United States Agency for International Development, Mission to Kenya (USAID/Kenya), invites applications from all U.S. and Non-U.S. qualified organizations to implement youth activities under the Yes Youth Can! program.
This program is authorized in accordance with Public Law 109-102, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
USAID’s Yes Youth Can! program will provide robust support to Kenyan youth to create opportunities for livelihoods, engage as citizens in local and national issues that affect them, and empower themselves to be positive forces for change in their communities.
The goal of the activities to be funded pursuant to the Yes Youth Can! APS is to empower Kenyan youth by developing leadership and organizations, promoting inter-ethnic understanding, facilitating innovation, providing technical assistance to create jobs and new market opportunities, enhancing youth voices in policy dialogue and interethnic coalitions, and generating new possibilities for community well-being.
The estimate for all awards to be made under this APS is $14,000,000. This funding opportunity includes multi-sectoral programming in six provinces in Kenya: Central, Nairobi, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western and Coast Provinces.
Kenyan organizations are encouraged to apply as Prime applicants or as sub-awardees. Proposals from consortia or partnerships between eligible organizations are welcome. Teaming arrangements, especially those that include Kenyan partners, are also encouraged.

All concept papers must be submitted by November 26, 2010. However, concept papers received by June 28, 2010 will be reviewed as an initial batch. Subsequent concept papers will be reviewed as they come in (on a “first-come, first-served” basis). However, as resources are limited and we expect a significant number of submissions, the earlier a concept paper is received, the greater the chance that funding might be available.
Applicants are, therefore, strongly encouraged to submit concept papers by June 28, 2010.
Interested applicants can access the full APS document at www.grants.gov (“Youth Empowerment Program in Kenya”) which fully describes the application process.