Opportunity Overview
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) has opened a separate FY2026-27 Statewide Building Opportunities Through Out-of-School Time (BOOST) funding announcement. This applicant-facing grant competition supports statewide youth-serving organizations that coordinate local afterschool, before-school, summer enrichment, mentoring, and other eligible activities intended to reduce youth exposure to violence and expand safe opportunities in Pennsylvania.
Eligibility
The current PCCD announcement expressly restricts the statewide competition to statewide youth-serving nonprofit organizations holding 501(c)(4) tax status. Pennsylvania out-of-school-time sector guidance reports that applicants apply on behalf of at least three subrecipients. This subrecipient requirement must be confirmed against the controlling solicitation before application. This separate statewide track should not be confused with local VIP and BOOST funding for 501(c)(3) nonprofits and other local entities.
Funding
Sector guidance reports a maximum request of $975,000 over three years for this statewide competition. That individual award figure and any matching or cost-sharing conditions require confirmation from the full FY2026-27 PCCD statewide solicitation. PCCD describes approximately $60,000,000 in combined VIP and BOOST statewide program funding, which is not an individual award amount and is shared across separate competitions.
Deadline and Submission
The official PCCD eGrants funding list gives December 10, 2026, as the application deadline. The agency public announcement does not establish a precise time or time zone in the accessible text. Applicants must consult the full current funding announcement, updated questions and answers, and eGrants submission instructions before applying.
Official Sources
PCCD FY2026-27 official launch and eligibility: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pccd/newsroom/shapiro-davis-admin-invests–60m–to-reduce-gun-violence—suppo
Current PCCD funding announcements: https://egrants.pccd.pa.gov/Public/OpenAnnouncements.aspx