What is the Youth Challenge Fund?
The Youth Challenge Fund has invested in youth-driven initiatives that use creative, collaborative approaches to engage and provide opportunities for young people in Toronto’s 13 priority neighbourhoods. Initiated by the Government of Ontario, the Youth Challenge Fund is governed by a Partnership Steering Committee made up of a broad cross-section of community leaders. United Way Toronto is YCF’s trustee, providing allocations and fund development support. 2. What is the ‘YCF approach’? YCF’s approach to youth development is grounded on four pillars: – Youth-led: Youth leadership is at the core of all YCF initiatives. They brought their ideas to the table; community partners lent support to help bring these ideas to fruition. – Community-based: YCF targeted resources to 13 neighbourhoods in the city most in need of investment to ensure solutions to existing problems were rooted in the communities where these young people live. – Collaborative partnerships: YCF mobilizes, convenes and e
