This handbook helps First Nations communities and schools prepare funding applications for youth activities, summer employment, and cooperative education. Its guidance is tied to the 2000/2001 program cycle and explains how applicants can present local priorities through clear descriptions, supporting documents, and appropriate application formats. The science and technology camp section distinguishes completeness checks from judgments about a community’s chosen activities. It explains regional funding allocation, community authorization, supervision, budgets, and evidence of additional support. Sample proposals range from a camping trip involving elders, an ethnobotanist, and a geologist to university science camp attendance and a jointly organized camp with laboratory visits, recycling tours, and interpretive hikes. The summer career placement section explains letters of intent and the information required for each student position. Examples involving child care, park interpretation, and children’s summer activities show how job descriptions can connect daily responsibilities with practical skills and future educational goals. The cooperative education section asks for more substantial proposals linking classroom study with workplace experience. It discusses attendance, graduation, employability, confidence, career exploration, and community involvement. Suggested program components include interview preparation, safety awareness, job shadowing, volunteer service, and placements of different lengths. Evaluation involves students, supervisors, and program coordinators. Throughout, applicants are encouraged to adapt examples to their own circumstances while retaining all required information.