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Fulton County Youth Center awarded $50,000 IYI grant to continue youth programs

Giant FM reports that on October 6, 2026 the Fulton County Youth Center was awarded a $50,000 grant from the Indiana Youth Institute under the Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana (SYPI) initiative. The award is one of 168 grants totaling more than $40 million.

BUSINESSINDY BRIEFBy BusinessIndy Editorial StaffCommentsPublished October 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM EDTOriginal reporting: October 6, 2026 at 8:12 AM EDT · Brief prepared from earlier coverage

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According to Giant FM, Fulton County Youth Center will receive $50,000 from the Indiana Youth Institute. The award was announced October 6, 2026 as part of Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana (SYPI), a Lilly Endowment Inc. initiative; IYI awarded 168 grants totaling more than $40 million.

The $50,000 is intended to continue programming supported by an earlier SYPI grant, including tutoring, mentoring, mental and behavioral health services, after-school programming, and youth enrichment and engagement activities. The article lists other grant-supported offerings such as youth employment, college preparation, STEM education, art therapy, grief counseling, leadership development, foster care support and outdoor education.

WHY IT MATTERS

This grant announcement means a local youth-serving nonprofit in Fulton County has secured a focused infusion of support to sustain programs that serve children and teens. The Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana (SYPI) initiative, funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. and administered by the Indiana Youth Institute (IYI), aims to help organizations improve academic, physical and social supports for young people ages five through 18.

The grant is specifically targeted to continue or expand services named in the award notice — for example, tutoring, mentoring, mental and behavioral health supports and after-school enrichment — and to build organizational capacities. The article reports grantees may use funds to sustain effective programs and develop evaluation, fundraising, marketing and technology capacities, and to support staff and board development. IYI also plans to provide technical assistance through webinars, consulting, convenings, trainings and office hours, according to the report.

Next steps to watch: local details about how Fulton County Youth Center allocates the $50,000 and any schedules for expanded or continued programming, plus future IYI communications about technical-assistance offerings and reporting on SYPI grantees' progress.

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