The intent of the Murray-Hayden Urban Parks and Youth Service Program (Competitive Grants) is to provide grant funding for capital projects, including parks, park facilities, environmental enhancement projects, youth centers, and environmental youth service centers that are within immediate proximity of a neighborhood that has been identified by the Department as having a critical lack of parks and/or open space and/or deteriorated park facilities that are in an area of significant poverty and unemployment, and have a shortage of services for youth.

All funds have been awarded.

Amount Awarded: $50,852,659

Murray-Hayden Urban Parks and Youth Service Program Funded Projects 

Application Statistics: 180 applications requesting $219,963,123