Dear Colleagues,

UC ANR academics and staff are invited to serve as peer reviewers for the NIFA Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) Program.

The CYFAR mission is to provide resources to Land-Grant University System and Cooperative Extension Systems so that, in collaboration with other organizations, they can develop and deliver educational programs that equip at-risk youth with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives. The CYFAR Program is based on tools and resources that enhance and support positive development for at-risk children, youth and families and on the human ecological principle of working across the lifespan in the context of the family and community. CYFAR supports comprehensive, intensive, community-based programs developed with active citizen participation. CYFAR promotes positive child, youth and family development by supporting healthy environments and providing opportunities for learning and leadership by youth and adults in their communities.

The CYFAR program is committed to the vision that:

1.         Babies will be born healthy, and young children will have their basic physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs met.

2.         School-age youth and teens will demonstrate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary for fulfilling, contributing lives.

3.         Parents will take primary responsibility for meeting their children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs and provide moral guidance and direction.

4.         Families will promote positive, productive, and contributing lives for all family members.

5.         Communities will provide safe, secure environments for families with children.

Potential CYFAR panelists must have the necessary expertise and sufficient time to commit to the review process.  If you are not submitting an application or collaborating with a submitting team, please consider serving on this national panel.  Panelists cannot submit a grant application to the program.

If you are interested in participating in this NIFA peer review panel opportunity, please email cyfar@nifa.usda.gov with the subject line “CYFAR 2019 Peer Review Panel.”

Thank you.

Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)