Youth Neighborhood Association Partnership Program

The Youth Neighborhood Association Partnership Program is a city of Las Vegas grant program designed to give young people an opportunity to lead neighborhood-based service learning projects that make positive changes in Las Vegas neighborhoods. The program provides grants of up to $2,000 for projects that youth create and implement themselves. Youth participants must be ages 8 through 18 and may come from neighborhood associations, social organizations, religious groups, educational institutions, and other groups. The program emphasizes youth leadership, community participation, and projects addressing needs or opportunities within city of Las Vegas neighborhoods. Funding supports neighborhood-based service learning projects designed and led by youth. Examples provided by the city include developing care packages, creating youth art or mural projects, conducting reading projects, providing services for people experiencing homelessness, building Little Free Libraries, and organizing community cleanups. These examples are illustrative rather than an exhaustive list of eligible projects. The source does not provide a minimum grant amount, total program funding amount, expected number of awards, or a separate list of prohibited expenditures. It also does not state that applicants must provide a cash or in-kind match or cost share. Eligible participants are youth ages 8 to 18 who undertake projects intended to make positive changes in city of Las Vegas neighborhoods. The city specifically identifies youth participants from neighborhood associations, social organizations, religious groups, educational institutions, and similar groups as potential applicants. The available information does not establish separate organizational incorporation, nonprofit status, tax-exempt status, or other formal entity requirements. Because the program is expressly neighborhood based and focused on city of Las Vegas neighborhoods, its geographic scope is local rather than statewide or nationwide. The program uses an annual application process. For the 2026-2027 cycle, the online application period opens August 17, 2026, and closes October 29, 2026. Applicants access the YNAPP online application through the link provided on the city's program page. The source does not identify a required letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement. The city highly recommends that first-time applicants attend an Applicant Workshop, but the workshops are recommendations rather than stated prerequisites for application submission. Two applicant workshops are identified for the current cycle. A virtual workshop is scheduled for September 16, 2026, at 4 p.m. through WebEx. An in-person workshop is scheduled for September 22, 2026, at 4 p.m. in Training Room 3 on the first floor of Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St. Applicants who miss the workshops may contact Tara Manor for a link to a recording. The source does not provide detailed application questions, required application attachments, scoring criteria, or a stated award notification date. It does state that the appointed YNAPP Grant Review Board reviews all applications. Grant recipients receive technical assistance from city staff and must submit monthly project reports until their projects are completed. Recipients are also required to sign a contract with the city of Las Vegas outlining the group's project commitment. No specific project performance period or final project completion date is stated in the provided information. For additional information or individual assistance, applicants may contact Tara Manor by email at tmanor@lasvegasnevada.gov or by telephone at 702.229.5424. Because the application process is expressly described as annual, the opportunity is treated as recurring. Based on the August 2026 opening month, the next cycle is projected for August 2027 unless the city publishes a different schedule.

First-time applicants should attend an Applicant Workshop as highly recommended by the city; applicants who miss the workshops may contact Tara Manor for a recording; proposed projects should be youth-created and youth-implemented neighborhood-based service learning projects that make positive changes in city of Las Vegas neighborhoods.