Program Description

Find Your Way is providing youth in Marin County with $250 for February 2024 - July 2024. We are looking for youth (ages 12 - 25 years) who are already participating in community programs in Marin County, or those who are interested in volunteering or participating in community work.

Requirements for scholarship recipients:
- Participate in community initiative, activity or internship (see examples below)
- Join virtual Quarterly Steering Committee Meetings
- Complete quarterly surveys
- Attend the Wellness Festival in May
- Participate in two check-ins with a Marin 9 to 25 staff member

Applications are due on March 29th, 2024 and we will contact you for an initial conversation. You will receive a Find Your Way sweatshirt and qualify for community service hours for meeting attendance, plus hours for additional work put in.

Find Your Way was created by youth, for youth, with the purpose to encourage youth to seek helpful, reliable support and connection. Our mission is to deliver a variety of accessible resources, most of which are in the Youth Resource Guide. This movement is all about connecting dots among young people to enhance/support all their efforts.

Some examples of community initiatives in Marin:
  • Alcohol Justice
  • Board of Supervisors intern
  • Canal Alliance Opportunities for Youth
  • Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL)
  • Crisis Text Line Outreach
  • Marin County Youth Commission (MCYC)
  • Marin County Parks Department
  • Multicultural Center of Marin (Presente, Food Distribution, etc.)
  • Marin Healthy Youth Partnership’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC)
  • Opening the World
  • The Spahr Center
  • Student Wellness Ambassadors Program (SWAP)
  • Suicide Prevention Collaborative
  • Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE)
  • Youth Transforming Justice (YTJ)
  • Other volunteer or community activities
If you are not already participating in a community program, you may take part in one of the following initiatives and be eligible for the scholarship:
Application Questions

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* 1. First name

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* 2. Last name

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* 3. E-mail

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* 4. Phone

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* 5. Home address (street, city, state, zip code)

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* 6. Age

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* 7. If you are attending school, what school will you attend in the fall of 2023? (If you don’t attend school, put n/a)

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* 8. If you are in a school, what grade will you be during the 2023-2024 school year? (If you don’t attend school, put n/a)

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* 9. If you are currently working at a job, where do you work? (If you are not working, put n/a)

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* 10. Gender (Examples: female, transgender, male, agender, genderqueer, genderfluid, decline to state, etc.)

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* 11. Sexual Orientation (Examples: straight, gay, lesbian, queer, questioning, asexual, decline to state, etc.)

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* 12. What languages do you speak?

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* 13. What is your ethnicity or cultural background?

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* 14. What communities do you feel connected to?

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* 15. What are the most important issues affecting you or your community?

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* 16. What youth leadership groups or community organizations do you take part in or plan to take part in for 2023-2024? See examples above. Additional ideas for projects are welcome!

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* 17. Is there something meaningful to you that you feel would complete your application? If so, please share.

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