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OYA Financial Grants

Attention: Beginning March 13, 2026, the Oregon Youth Authority will only accept grant applications for the following categories of start-up costs and capacity building or emergency health and safety needs.


Before submitting an application for an OYA financial grant, please download and review this presentation guide, which includes additional grant information on services, workflow, and payment models.
To apply for an OYA financial grant, please download and use the current application form.

Updated 9/18/2026

Grant Details

Eligible Categories:
  • start-up costs and capacity building for a new treatment or service delivery program
  • culturally-responsive and/or trauma-informed programs/program efforts
  • emergency health and safety needs (body scanners and security cameras are not included)
*** Applicants must hold an active contract or be in the process of contracting with OYA.

Eligible Applicants:
Local governments, non-profits, and individuals serving OYA-adjudicated youth are eligible to apply. 

All other business types are ineligible. You can verify your status in the Oregon Secretary of State Business Registry.

Application Requirements:
Before applying, make sure you have the most current application.

You must provide:

  • Applicant contact information
  • Funding category and current contract status
  • Amount requested and date funds are needed
    • Applicants requesting $50,000 or more must provide the most recent audited financial statements. If financial statements are not available, include a recent profit and loss report (within the past 60 days) for the organization with an explanation of why audited financial statements are not available.
  • Proposal overview 
  • Proposal details
  • Supplemental information
  • Submission information



 Frequently Asked Questions

Local governments, nonprofit organizations, and individuals seeking to meet the treatment and care needs of OYA adjudicated youth may apply for a grant.  Examples:  foster homes, residential providers, individuals wanting to start an hourly mentorship program, etc.​​​​​​​​​

All other business types are ineligible for OYA grant funding at this time. If you have questions about your registered business type, please visit the Oregon Secretary of State's Business Registry.

​Funding can be used for:

  • start-up costs and capacity building for a new treatment or service delivery program

  • culturally-responsive and/or trauma-informed programs/program efforts

  • emergency health and safety needs​

Before submitting an application for an OYA financial grant, please download and review this presentation guide for more information about the grant process, workflow information, payment models, and admin/indirect policies.

Y​ou can complete a grant application online at this link.​​

  1. start-up costs and capacity building for a new treatment or service delivery program
  2. culturally-responsive and/or trauma-informed programs/program efforts
  3. emergency health and safety needs​​

Requests for modifying a current program for increased beds/funding will be considered.​

A​pplications will be reviewed in the order in which they are received.

A​ll grant applications must be project-specific. Applicants may apply multiple times for different projects based on their needs.​​

OYA will provide a timeline for grant decisions to each applicant within 10 business days of the application submission. The timing of grant decisions depends on volume of applications in any given period.​

There is no specific limit to your grant request, however there are limited funds available. OYA hopes to fund many applicants with these grants.​

​Funding will be distributed as agreed upon within the grant. This could be a lump sum or distributed on a monthly/quarterly basis. ​

​If applicable and appropriate, costs for efforts that occurred after March 2022 may be covered.

This will vary depending on the project, and the timeline for funding will be decided when the grant is awarded.​

​House Bill 4004 (2022) directs that as a designated agency, OYA "may make financial grants to local units of government, nonprofit organizations, and individuals from funds appropriated to the youth authority by the Legislative Assembly to meet the treatment and care needs of adjudicated youth committed to the custody of the youth authority to be able to respond quickly to each adjudicated youth’s identified and changing circumstances."

OYA will implement the statute in Oregon Administrative Rule 416-080 pending completion.​​​​​



Questions?

Contact:

OYAGrantSubmissions@oya.oregon.gov

Application (PDF)

(download to your computer before completing)

Submit completed application and any supplemental documents to: OYAGrantSubmissions@oya.oregon.gov

Additional Resource: Doing Business with OYA


For information on contracting with OYA please visit: Contracting Opportunities