U.S. Soccer Foundation Completes Work on HUD Grant Project

Female Youth Players compete as part of the UNITE After-School Soccer Program, Wolfe County, KY

The U.S. Soccer Foundation was fortunate to receive a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Neighborhood Initiatives Grant in 2003. This federal grant of approximately $450,000 has been utilized by the Foundation to develop four soccer-specific projects serving distressed and/or blighted communities and to stimulate further investment, and revitalization of, the local areas. Each project is utilizing soccer as the vehicle to reach at-risk youth and to promote positive change in their local communities.
 

Recently, the Foundation completed the final action and reporting for the four soccer projects which utilized the HUD grant funds. We’re pleased to report that each project is now fully operational and on-going. They are:

• The Mayport, Florida Elementary School Atheltic Field Renovation;
• The Los Angeles Red Shield Salvation Army Soccer Field Renovation;
• The "UNITE" After-School Soccer Initiative in Eastern, Kentucky; and
• The DC SCORES Middle School Pilot Project in Washington, DC.

Please follow the link below to download and read the PDF version of the Foundation's final project summary report to HUD, which highlights the exciting impact that each of these projects is having in their local communities.

HUD Grant Project Status Report

Contact

For more details on these projects, please contact

Dave Tyahla
Director of Government Relations
(202) 872-6653
dtyahla@ussoccerfoundation.org