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Sustainable Mobility Careers Awareness

"Virtual Youth"

INNOVATION

CHALLENGE

2025

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WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

The Call for 2025 Local Organizers is October 30th – January 10, 2025. Program participants are young adults, 18-25 years of age. *

Applicants applying as a Local Organizer may be a partnership between a local governmental entity, educational institution, professional association, community-based non-profit organization, private or public sector employer. It is strongly recommended that a public transportation organization be an active participant in the proposed Local Organizing team. No fee will be charged to Participating Youth. There is a $3,500 USD participation fee for annual Program Participation (payable within 30 calendar days of invoice receipt).

A Program Overview and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) are provided as attachments. The “virtual” Onboarding Sessions (“live” and “recorded”) for Local Organizers/Participants will occur in early February; and the Program concludes in August.

Download Program Overview

Download Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Innovation Challenge - Local Host Application

1. Name and Title of Authorized Representative(s).

* 2. Name and Contact information for Local Organizer’s Primary Point-of-Contact for coordination with iyai+ re: the Program.

First Name

Last Name

Phone #

Mailing Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Country

* 3. Provide a Brief Description of the Geographic Area Covered by the Local Organizer.

* 4. Identify the Most Critical Employment Needs, Challenges and Opportunities in your “Local” Area – “Today” and “Future” Projections?

What are “hard to fill” positions in your organization/local area?

Identify the Most Critical Employment Needs, Challenges and Opportunities in your “Local” Area – “Today” and “Future” Projections?

* 5. Reason(s) for the Interest in Participation.

What Program Outcomes are most important to you – as a Local Organizer?

What about for the Young Adult Participants?

* 6. Topics you feel would be helpful to address during the Career Awareness Sessions, i.e., Professional and Personal Development?

Topics you feel would be helpful to address during the Career Awareness Sessions, i.e., Professional and Personal Development?

7. Estimated # of Total Youth Participants

[Note: Local youth participation in an Innovation Challenge Team (4-7 members), the Career Awareness Trivia Contest, and Critical Conversations Local Focus Groups are strongly encouraged, but not mandatory.]

Estimated # of Young Adult Participants

Briefly describe your planned Youth Identification and Selection Method(s)

Are you planning to recruit “internal” participants (young adults employed by the participating agency(ies)?

Yes

Both “internal” and “external”

Are you planning to offer a “paid” stipend, internship -- or other remuneration to young adult Program participants who are not working?

Yes

* I/We have reviewed and agree to follow the Program Overview Guidelines for iyai+’s Sustainable Mobility Career Awareness and “virtual” Innovation Challenge” Program (www.iyai.org).

Full Name

Title

Organization

Today's Date

Business Phone #

If there are any questions regarding the MOU or any other aspect of the Program, please direct them to: Dr. Beverly Scott; [email protected].

***(*) iyai+ is interested in working with Local Organizers to expand and pilot its infrastructure career awareness and experiential “virtual” Innovation Challenge to the K-12 level***.

Please let us know if you have a similar interest and would like to schedule a meeting to further discuss.

Yes, we are interested in K-12 youth programming.

Yes

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