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Become an NYSS Champion

ODPHP invites organizations that support the National Youth Sports Strategy (NYSS) to become NYSS Champions. To learn about this opportunity, find out who can apply, and read about the benefits of becoming an NYSS Champion, check out the NYSS Champions webpage.

How the Application Process Works

First, you’ll complete and submit the form below.
ODPHP will review your application and contact you within 2 weeks.
After reviewing your application, ODPHP will set up a call with you to share information about the partnership initiative, learn more about your organization, and review a partnership agreement and trademark license

Have questions or need help with your application? Contact us: sports@hhs.gov.

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NYSS Application Form

OMB No. 0990-0281 — Expires 10/31/2024

Point of Contact Information

Name

Organization Information

Organization Name

Address

Website

Organization Description?

How does your organization support or plan to support the NYSS vision??

Which framework level best represents your organization and its goals?

Organizational?

Community?

Public Policy?

Which 3 opportunities or action items will your organization start or continue to focus on as an NYSS Champion?

(Choose 3 action items.)

Make having fun a primary focus of sports programs.

Embrace a sports-for-all mentality and offer programs that are safe, fun, inclusive, developmentally appropriate, and accessible to all youth.

Recruit coaches who reflect the demographics of the community.

Facilitate and support individuals who wish to become a coach, official, or volunteer, such as by using an online platform to recruit, register, train, and schedule shifts as well as to provide incentives.

Require and provide background checks for coaches, officials, and volunteers.

Require and provide access to training or certification programs for coaches, officials, and volunteers.

Provide adequate equipment, training, and other necessary resources to adapt or modify sports activities to meet the needs of youth of all abilities.

Develop partnerships across a variety of sectors, including business, community recreation, education, faith-based, government, health care, media, public health, sports, and technology.

Partner with academic institutions or public health organizations to evaluate programs.

Include information about sports programs in hospital community needs assessments.

Implement the principles of the American Development Model within youth sports programs.

Incorporate elements of positive youth development in youth sports programs.

Promote physical literacy (the ability, confidence, and desire to be physically active for life) as a foundation for sports programs.

Encourage sport sampling (playing more than one sport throughout the year).

Structure practices and games to provide all participants with more time engaged in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity to meet the Physical Activity Guidelines.

Establish and enforce appropriate safety practices and protocols to reduce the risk of injury, and ensure that appropriate safety equipment is accessible and used correctly.

Consider the location of sports programs and transportation options to ensure safe and inclusive access.

Which 3 opportunities or action items will your organization start or continue to focus on as an NYSS Champion?

(Choose 3 action items.)

Ensure that safe play spaces are easily accessible for all youth.

Promote the benefits of and access to sports opportunities to youth and their families.

Promote and encourage partnerships across a variety of sectors, including business, community recreation, education, faith-based, government, health care, media, public health, sports, and technology.

Collaborate with academic institutions or public health organizations to evaluate programs.

Partner with national or local volunteer organizations (such as the Corporation for National and Community Service) to recruit coaches, officials, and volunteers to support youth sports programs.

Develop shared use agreements to increase access to sports facilities at schools and within the community.

Locate sports facilities in areas that are safe and accessible via multiple transportation options, including walking, biking, and public transportation.

Which 3 opportunities or action items will your organization start or continue to focus on as an NYSS Champion?

(Choose 3 action items.)

Support an entity with the responsibility to organize and coordinate efforts within and across sectors to foster and expand youth sports participation.

Support policies that facilitate access to youth sports and facilities (e.g., shared use agreements, Complete Streets, master development plans, Safe Routes to School).

Seek out and support public- and private-sector partnerships.

Promote collaboration across all levels, including neighborhoods, communities, tribal areas, cities, and states, to increase and expand youth sports participation.

Disseminate messaging, through a variety of platforms, about the benefits of youth sports and availability of opportunities to play sports.

Coordinate data collection by standardizing questions so that data can be compared across Federal, state, and/or local levels.

Identify and provide grants, funding opportunities, and other resources to support youth sports programs.

The NYSS highlights populations with lower levels of physical activity and youth sports participation. Does your organization focus on a specific population?

Yes

NYSS Population Focus

(Choose all that apply.)

Girls

Racial and ethnic minorities

Youth from households of low socioeconomic status

Youth living in rural areas

Youth with disabilities

Other

If Other, please specify

Additional Information

(Fill in the fields that apply to your organization. Leave all others blank.)

Number of youth your organization serves directly each year

Amount of money your organization provides as charitable support each year?

(Include the value of both cash and in-kind donations, like equipment or space.)

Number of volunteer hours your organization provides in support of youth sports each year

Areas of Service

Which U.S. states, territories, or jurisdictions does your organization serve?

(Choose all that apply.)

Alabama

Alaska

American Samoa

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Guam

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Northern Mariana Islands

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

US Virgin Islands

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

All of the above

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Become an NYSS Champion

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NYSS Application Form

Point of Contact Information

Organization Information

Additional Information?

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