In the Fall of 2002, the California Friday Night Live Partnership made available one-time grants, of $1,500, to support youth-driven, action-oriented projects. Youth councils throughout California, in collaboration with their local Friday Night Live chapter, were encourage to apply for this grants through a Youth In Action RFA process. These funds are made possible through a generous grant from the Office of Traffic Safety to the California Youth Council project.

To be considered for funding, youth councils were to demonstrate they would provide a meaningful project and/or activity that will address an identified need in their community, as well as provide an opportunity for diverse youth to come together to educate, learn, and celebrate. Applying youth councils were requested to demonstrate how their proposed project and/or activity would address one, or as many, of the areas:

• Alcohol and other related drugs and traffic safety.
• Traffic and bicycle safety.
• Advocacy regarding a traffic safety issue.
• Violence prevention.
• Youth leadership development with a focus on traffic safety.
• Underage drinking/drunk driving.
• Speeding/reckless driving