Billing Information


Stake presidencies and bishoprics are responsible for overseeing the budget for the Children and Youth program, which includes For the Strength of Youth (FSY) conferences. Below are answers to questions about budgeting for FSY conferences. Please ensure that this information is shared with all leaders who have responsibilities related to FSY conferences.


1. How often should units budget for an FSY conference?


Stakes are invited to attend FSY conferences every other year. Stake and ward youth conferences and handcart trek activities are not held during the same year that a stake is invited to attend an FSY conference. Please adjust your current schedule to make sure that you do not have a youth conference or trek scheduled during your FSY assignment.


2. How will the costs for FSY conferences be covered?


Individuals will contribute a participant fee of $75 USD or $100 CAD to attend an FSY conference (paid online when they register). An additional $75 USD or $100 CAD per participant, known as the ward fee, will be drawn from the ward’s Budget-FSY category within one month after the FSY conference is over. Most conference expenses will be provided from general Church funds.


3. Can wards subsidize the registration fee for youth who are unable to pay it?


If the cost to attend an FSY conference is prohibitive to any youth, the ward may pay the participant fee from the ward’s Budget-FSY category. The bishopric will indicate this when they submit approvals for youth to participate in an FSY conference. This $75 USD or $100 CAD fee will be drawn from the ward’s Budget-FSY category after the FSY conference is over. If a youth will pay a portion of the participant fee, he or she should use a printed donation slip and write “FSY conferences” in the “Other” category on the old tithing slip or in the “Local” category on the new tithing slip. The ward clerk should input those funds into the ward’s Budget-FSY category.


4. Who is responsible for FSY fees when a youth attends off-cycle?


Youth attending FSY sessions off-cycle may be asked by their bishopric to pay the full FSY fee. This includes the participant fee ($75 USD or $100 CAD) and the ward fee ($75 USD or $100 CAD) for in-person sessions or just the ward fee for virtual sessions.

If a ward asks the youth to pay the ward fee, the ward will still be charged this fee, as our system does not have an opt-out option. The youth should then use a physical tithing slip to reimburse the ward. This cannot be done online and must be completed with a physical donation slip. Write “FSY conferences” in the “Other” category on the old tithing slip or in the “Local” category on the new tithing slip.

Please note: The only time a ward may ask the youth to reimburse the ward portion of the FSY fee is when the ward is off-cycle. The Bishop should use good judgment to determine when the youth could pay in the off-cycle year and when the ward should still cover the fee for a youth, even during the off-cycle.


5. In what account should LUBA funds be held?


The $75 USD or $100 CAD ward fee for every youth attending an FSY conference should be held in the ward’s Budget-FSY category. Funding to subsidize any youth who is unable to pay the participant fee should also be held in the ward’s Budget-FSY category.


6. Can a fundraiser be used to help cover the participant fees for an FSY conference?


Fundraising activities are not usually approved because expenses for stake and ward activities are paid with budget funds. If needed, wards may hold one fundraiser per year to help cover individual participant fees for FSY conferences and other youth activities (see General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 20.6.5). Funds raised through fundraising activities should be held in categories created by the ward in the Other Authorized Member Financed Activities budget category. If some of the FSY budget charges are covered by fundraising, the charges may be adjusted from the Other category to the FSY-Budget category.

If wards choose to use funds from a fundraising activity, the bishopric should mark “Yes” on the youth approval tool under “Ward to Pay Participant Fee.” The youth may then submit a physical tithing slip with “FSY conferences” written in the “Other” category on the old tithing slip or the “Local” category on the new tithing slip with the amount owed to the ward that is not covered by the funds from the fundraising activity. The ward clerk should input those funds into the ward’s Budget-FSY category. If the bishopric has so indicated on the youth approval tool, the participant fee of $75 USD or $100 CAD will be drawn from the ward’s Budget-FSY category after the FSY conference is over.


7. When will registration funds for the FSY conference be collected from the ward?


Registration fees will automatically be withdrawn from the ward after the end of each session in which the youth was approved to attend FSY.


8. If a ward splits or is dissolved or if a participant moves from one ward to another, which ward will be charged the ward fee from LUBA?


If a youth moves, the ward that approved the youth to attend FSY will be charged for the ward fee (and the participant fee, if the bishopric agreed to cover that cost) unless the new bishopric chooses to move the youth’s approval to their ward, in which case the new ward will be charged the ward fee (and the participant fee, if the bishopric agreed to cover that cost). If a ward is dissolved, the stake will be charged the associated fee(s). For more information see the Stake Boundary Change Rules
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9. How will charges be assessed if a youth does not attend an FSY conference?

If the youth never registers, view the following billing policies.

Youth is a member of the Church
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will not be charged for either participant fee or ward fee.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will not be charged AND ward will not be charged.
Youth is not of our faith
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will not be charged for either participant fee or ward fee.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will not be charged AND ward will not be charged.
If the youth registers and never withdraws, view the following billing policies.

Youth is a member of the Church
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will be charged for both participant fee and ward fee after session.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will be charged upon registration AND ward will be charged after session.
Youth is not of our faith
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will be charged for participant fee after session but not the ward fee.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will be charged upon registration AND ward will not be charged.
If the youth withdraws by 6:00 p.m. Mountain time the Sunday before the session begins, view the following billing policies.

Youth is a member of the Church
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will not be charged for either participant fee or ward fee.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will be charged upon registration and reimbursed upon withdrawal AND ward will not be charged.
Youth is not of our faith
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will not be charged for either participant fee or ward fee.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will be charged upon registration and reimbursed upon withdrawal AND ward will not be charged.
If the youth withdraws after 6:00 p.m. Mountain time the Sunday before the session begins for emergency reasons as approved by the bishop and communicated to FSY, view the following billing policies.

Youth is a member of the Church
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will not be charged for participant fee BUT will be charged ward fee after session.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will be charged upon registration and reimbursed upon withdrawal AND ward will be charged after session.
Youth is not of our faith
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will not be charged for participant fee or the ward fee.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will be charged upon registration and reimbursed upon withdrawal AND ward will not be charged.
If the youth withdraws after 6:00 p.m. Mountain time the Sunday before the session begins for non-emergency reasons, view the following billing policies.

Youth is a member of the Church
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will be charged for both participant fee AND ward fee after session.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will be charged upon registration and not reimbursed upon withdrawal AND ward will be charged after session.
Youth is not of our faith
  • Participant fee paid by the ward: Ward will be charged for participant fee after session BUT not the ward fee.
  • Participant fee paid by the youth: Youth will be charged upon registration and not reimbursed upon withdrawal AND ward will not be charged.