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Sheinbaum Announces National Youth Push With 20,000 Scholarships and 100 Sports Centers Starting 2026

The plan scales Mexico City community models to a national program beginning in early 2026.

Overview

  • A door-to-door outreach effort and targeted censuses will identify and enroll about 20,000 at-risk youths into supervised sports, cultural and community activities.
  • One hundred México Imparable high-performance community centers are planned for municipalities with higher violence, offering four to five hours of daily training.
  • The initiatives include psychological support and a program addressing harms linked to excessive social media use.
  • Funding will draw from Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro budgets, existing scholarship resources and proceeds managed by the Instituto para Devolver al Pueblo lo Robado.
  • Site selection and talks with governors are underway, with the first phase slated to begin in January to February 2026 under the Atención a las causas strategy.