GLCYD Membership

Great Lakes Center for Youth Development (GLCYD) membership program provides members access to discounts and scholarships for services offering greater affordability, depending on an organization’s needs and capacity. By becoming a member, we can serve you better and help you improve your organization’s programs and effectiveness.

Current GLCYD Members

Become a member of the GLCYD if your organization:

o Provides services or programs for youth and/or families
o Is committed to helping communities build healthy youth environments
o Is committed to continuously improving your capacity to serve your customers
o Needs to stay updated on youth issues and research
o Wants to save money on services and trainings

Individuals can also become members of GLCYD and receive discounts on training and our most recent information on youth development. (More information about Individual Membership Benefits)

Organization Membership Benefits

o Discounted member rates for training services that include one free GLCYD workshop. This benefit must be used prior to your membership expiration date or will be forfeited. No member benefit can be accumulated or carried over to a new membership year.
o Access to scholarships for training and consulting services in such areas of positive youth development, continuous improvement and performance improvement (Organizational scholarships are only available to members)
o Free review and recommendations for one funding proposal each year
o Networking opportunities through attendance in regional and local trainings and conferences.
o Two memberships for the price of one (or for a discount from regular MNA rates) when you become a joint member of both the Center and Michigan Nonprofit Association
o Special registration and exhibition rates for the U.P. Nonprofit Conference
o Access to special member-only events and resources
o VIP access to the aggregate report of the Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors survey of Marquette and Alger youth, and an orientation on how to interpret the data, which can help youth-serving organizations and schools research youth needs, prepare grant proposals, inform program decision, and train new staff
o Free access to the GLCYD membership directory - a contact list of other people and organizations working to make the U.P. a great place for youth (available in 2008)

Individual Membership Benefits

o Discounted member rates for workshops and training.
o Access to scholarships for training and consulting services in such areas of positive youth development, continuous improvement and performance improvement (Organizational scholarships are only available to members)
o Free review and recommendations for one funding proposal each year
o Networking opportunities through attendance in regional and local trainings and conferences.
o Special registration and exhibition rates for the U.P. Nonprofit Conference
o Access to special member-only events and resources
o VIP access to the aggregate report of the Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors survey of Marquette and Alger youth, and an orientation on how to interpret the data, which can help youth-serving organizations and schools research youth needs, prepare grant proposals, inform program decision, and train new staff
o Free access to the GLCYD membership directory - a contact list of other people and organizations working to make the U.P. a great place for youth (available in 2008)

Joint Membership with the Center and Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA)
Experience even more benefits of membership when you join both GLCYD and MNA. The Center is now partnering with MNA to provide northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula regional access to MNA services and benefits. This partnership will give members access to all of the benefits of GLCYD and MNA including a statewide bank of consultants, legislative and policy updates, regional trainings and conferences, and much more. For organizations with budgets up to $500,000, the rates are the same for membership in both organizations. For organizations with greater than $500,000 annual budgets, MNA has offered our members a discount from regular membership rates.

Members of the Michigan Nonprofit Association receive the following valuable benefits:

o Public Policy updates, alerts, and advocacy
o Educational and training opportunities at reduced rates
o Access to up-to-date information, including the MNA Links newsletter, publications, referrals, MNA member-exclusive grants and awards, and a dedicated staff ready to serve you
o Valuable discounts on long distance telephone service, director and officer liability insurance, computer software and hardware, brand name office products, and tax and payroll services. Members also have access to Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health and Dental Insurance and discounts on nonprofit publications.

To learn more about the Michigan Nonprofit Association and how they can help your organization, log onto www.mnaonline.org.

To join Great Lakes Center for Youth Development, fill out our Membership Application online or print a form (PDF version) to complete and submit by fax or mail.