YAM Administrator: Dana Pezoldt | dana.pezoldt@miamidade.gov | (305) 375-2161

• YAM Courtesy Review Deadline: March 5, 2026, 11:59 PM
• YAM Deadline: March 12, 2026, 11:59 PM 
• YAM Corrections Cycle Open: April 3, 2026
• YAM Corrections Deadline: April 10, 2026, 11:59 PM

YAM Program Summary:

The Youth Arts Miami (YAM) Grants Program provides operational funding support to established non-profit youth arts organizations having a year-round presence in Miami-Dade County, whose primary mission is to create, present or exhibit cultural arts programs for and/or with children and youth. Applicants to this program must have at least a 3-year consecutive track record of providing a year-round season of youth arts activities for children/youth in Miami-Dade County. Programming must include public access components such as performances or exhibitions. Units of government and educational institutions such as schools, colleges and universities are not eligible to apply. 

Click here to review the YAM Grant program guidelines and eligibility requirements before you begin.