2022 Boost Grants have been awarded
Please watch for program updates in the 2022-23 school year
The Troy Youth Assistance Youth Recognition program will focus on individual high school students and will offer a financial award, a “BOOST GRANT.” We are looking to help students who have set goals for success, made some progress toward those goals, and need a bit of financial help that may not be available through other sources.
We will give particular preference for those students who “started from behind” because of experiences such as:
• family tragedy: a death or separation/loss of income/foreclosure/unexpected move
• illness leading to depression/attendance issues or truancy/poor academic performance
• previous academically poor results because of bad choices/behavior/attitude
• court mandated changes in custody resulting in change of residence
• pregnancy or parenting responsibilities that required a leave of absence
• school insubordination
We also would like to reward students who have forged a path to progress as a positive response to court or police intervention.
The nominator must give a recap of why this student’s goal and progress is important to the individual or the community as well as why a Boost Grant would be appropriate. The nomination form contains a series of questions that the student has to answer, in their own words and provide a detailed funding request. Nominators should include the student’s responses.
The pool is finite, but the grants will be given according to perceived need and benefit. Therefore, a grant may be as little as $50 or much more depending on the information provided and the student’s ranking from the evaluation committee. The student may receive full or partial funding of the request at the discretion of Troy Youth Assistance.
Please watch for program updates in the 2022-23 school year
The Troy Youth Assistance Youth Recognition program will focus on individual high school students and will offer a financial award, a “BOOST GRANT.” We are looking to help students who have set goals for success, made some progress toward those goals, and need a bit of financial help that may not be available through other sources.
We will give particular preference for those students who “started from behind” because of experiences such as:
• family tragedy: a death or separation/loss of income/foreclosure/unexpected move
• illness leading to depression/attendance issues or truancy/poor academic performance
• previous academically poor results because of bad choices/behavior/attitude
• court mandated changes in custody resulting in change of residence
• pregnancy or parenting responsibilities that required a leave of absence
• school insubordination
We also would like to reward students who have forged a path to progress as a positive response to court or police intervention.
The nominator must give a recap of why this student’s goal and progress is important to the individual or the community as well as why a Boost Grant would be appropriate. The nomination form contains a series of questions that the student has to answer, in their own words and provide a detailed funding request. Nominators should include the student’s responses.
The pool is finite, but the grants will be given according to perceived need and benefit. Therefore, a grant may be as little as $50 or much more depending on the information provided and the student’s ranking from the evaluation committee. The student may receive full or partial funding of the request at the discretion of Troy Youth Assistance.