Funding
The Ministry of Youth Development (MYD) – Te Manatū Whakahiato Taiohi – spends around $12.062 million (excluding the Ākonga Youth Development Community Fund) per year on a wide range of youth development and youth enterprise initiatives. We fund organisations that employ a youth development approach which supports the wellbeing of young people (aged 12 to 24 years) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
He Kākano
He Kākano (a seed) is a $2 million collaboration between MYD and The Prince’s Trust Aotearoa New Zealand (PTNZ) to provide seed funding, mentoring support, access to shared support services, and entrepreneurial skill development to young people (aged 17 – 30 years). Information on He Kākano can be found on PTNZ’s website.
The Te Kete Aronui report and suite of resources was developed in collaboration with PTNZ. The Te Kete Aronui ecomaps, educational worksheets, case studies, and measurement frameworks are designed to give young people a set of tools to support their development and learning journey, taking the step up towards applying for He Kākano, and into the business world beyond.
F23 Funding
F23 Open Tender Funding Round Decisions have been published. Click here to find out more.
F22 Funding
In response to the impact of COVID-19 on youth providers, and increased demand for services from rangatahi, MYD has chosen not to run a contestable open tender process for F22 Funding. Instead, eligible MYD-funded providers have been offered 12-month contract extensions. A list of MYD-funded providers, including funding amount, is available here.
Ākonga Youth Development Community Fund
MYD, in partnership with the Ministry of Education (MoE) - Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, launched the Ākonga Youth Development Community Fund – Strengthening Ākonga Resilience to Achieve Better Education Outcomes (Ākonga Fund) in late 2020.
The purpose of the Ākonga Fund is to support community-based youth development programmes delivered outside of traditional education settings (e.g. schools) to support ākonga/learners (aged 12 to 21 years) who have been adversely affected by the impact of COVID-19 pandemic to stay engaged in their education journey.
More information is available on the Ākonga Youth Development Community Fund webpage.
Social Services Accreditation
Providers contracted by MYD must have the capability and capacity to deliver quality social services on an on-going basis.
Social Services Accreditation assesses organisations, often under legislation, against a set of standards at a level that reflects the type of services they deliver. This means that both the Government and the provider’s clients can be confident in the services that are delivered.
New Zealand Government Procurement
MYD adheres to the 'Government Rules of Sourcing' when purchasing outcomes/contracting with providers. Please visit the New Zealand Government Procurement website for more information.