Tuition for the Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC) includes all housing, program materials, breakfasts, lunches (with the exception of arrival and departure days) and dinners and is $1,950 for the summer 2012 sessions. Students will need money only for incidentals (phone calls, snacks, etc.).

Also included in tuition is transportation from Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) to the program location (the National 4H Youth Conference Center) for students arriving by plane. JrNYLC staff members meet students at their airport gates immediately upon their arrival, and escort them to the program location. Click here to learn more.

Transportation to and from home and the Washington, DC area is not included in tuition.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Sponsorships and Student Fundraising Guide

The Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC) makes every effort to assist students with gathering funds for part or all of their tuition through fundraising and scholarships.

To check out our easy-to-use, online, interactive Sponsorships & Student Fundraising Guide, click here. You will find helpful step-by-step instructions, customizable letters, fundraising ideas and success stories from past CYLC scholars. Don't forget to contact the Office of Admissions if you decide to fundraise all or part of your tuition to keep us updated on your progress or if you have any questions.

If you or one of your sponsors have fundraising checks to send in, please use this form to submit them. Including this form with the checks will help us to allocate the funds quickly and accurately.

Scholarships

The Junior National Young Leaders Conference is committed to ensuring the diversity of our program by awarding a limited number of scholarships to students based on financial need, scholastic merit, leadership achievements and other factors.

If you have received a formal invitation to summer 2012 sessions of the Junior National Young Leaders Conference: your deadline is Friday, April 6, 2012. Click here to access the scholarship application.

Scholarship applicants should expect e-mail notification of the review results within two weeks of the scholarship deadline. Scholarship applicants who did not provide an operable e-mail address will receive their review results by mail shortly thereafter.

If you have questions, please contact the Office of Admissions.