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• About First 5 LA• Community Opportunities Fund
– Types of grants– Long-term impact
• Application Information– Eligibility– Application process– Review criteria
• Q&A• Project planning
Agenda
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About First 5 LA
First 5 LA is committed to creating a future throughout Los Angeles' diverse communities where all young children are born healthy and raised in a
nurturing environment so that they grow up healthy, are eager to learn and reach their full potential.
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What We Do
• Educate and support parents and caregivers
• Provide health insurance coverage for children, prenatal to age five
• Increase access to preschool• Research issues that affect
young children and their families
• Invest in and collaborate with community organizations
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What is the Community Opportunities
Fund?Based on a responsive grantmaking philosophy. Awards two different types
of grants intended to produce long-term impact on outcomes related to supportive parents and caregivers, good health, and prevention of
unintentional injuries that are sustainable beyond the funding term.
1. ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
2. POLICY AND ADVOCACY
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Types of Grants
What is organizational capacity building?
Organizational development activities that build and sustain growth and effectiveness of an organization or collaborative with the intention of impacting a long-term outcome.
Maximum amount: $150,000Maximum duration: 3 years
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Capacity Building Project Examples
ProgrammaticDeveloping cultural competency of staffStaff adoption of new knowledge or skill setOperational Strategic planningBoard developmentDeveloping staff retention planPolicy and AdvocacyCoalition buildingAdvocacy 101Learning best practices in mobilizing
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Types of Grants
What is policy and advocacy?Advocacy is the effort to raise public
awareness and influence public policy through various forms of persuasive communication and education.
Policy is a plan of action to guide decisions and actions.
Maximum amount: $500,000Maximum duration: 5 years
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Policy and Advocacy Project Examples
Conduct asset mapping and use it to inform policymakers of community needs
Write white paper to inform policymakers of a policy issue important to your community
Mobilize community around a policy issue
Work with policymakers or public institutions to draft policy or changes in policy
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What do We Want to Achieve?
Supportive Parents and Caregivers Good Health
Prevention of Unintentional
Injuries
1.CAPACITY BUILDING2.POLICY AND ADVOCACY
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Supportive Parents and Caregivers
Long-Term Outcomes• Community residents, including parents
and caregivers, socialize regularly and have strong relationships
• Parents and caregivers have knowledge of parenting and developmental milestones
• Communities provide parents and caregivers with concrete support in times of need
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Good Health
Long-Term Outcomes: Nutrition• Children consume the recommended daily
intake of nutrients• Children and families have access to fruits
and vegetables within their community
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Good Health
Long-Term Outcomes: Physical Activity
• Children and families have access to appropriate locations and opportunities for physical activity
• Children participate in age-appropriate physical activity
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Good Health
Long-Term Outomes: Oral Health• Families have access to appropriate oral
health care resources• Parents are aware of early childhood oral
health needs and milestones
• Families utilize preventative and
therapeutic dental health services
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Prevention of Unintentional Injuries
Long-Term Outcomes• Parents and caregivers are aware of how to
keep children safe at every stage of development
• Child safety is regulated (i.e. the use of car seats, pedestrian safety laws, product safety requirements, etc.)
• Communities provide a safe environment where young children can grow and thrive (i.e. pedestrian safety, safe play equipment at parks, etc.)
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The Whole Picture
Organizational Capacity BuildingFirst 5 LA
GrantPolicy and
Advocacy
Improved organizational effectiveness
Policy change
Sustainableoutcomes forchildren and
Families
1. Supportive Parents and Caregivers
2. Good Health
3. Unintentional Injuries
TYPE OF GRANT
EXPECTED CHANGE BY CLOSE OF GRANT
EXPECTED CHANGE IN THE LONG-TERM
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Eligibility Requirements
• Policy and Advocacy grants: Applicants may be a nonprofit organization OR a public agency
• Capacity building grants: Only private nonprofit organizations may apply (public entities are not eligible)
• Applicant organization must reside within and serve residents of Los Angeles County; and
• Proposed project activities must benefit children age prenatal through five years old.
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Agencies New to First 5 LA
In order to diversify First 5 LA funding, a portion of second cycle funding will be granted only to:
1. Applicants without a prior grant from First 5 LA.
2. Past and current First 5 LA grantees partnering with an agency new to First 5 LA.
In cycles 3 and 4, past and current grantees will not be eligible for COF grants without partnering with an agency new to First 5 LA.
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Restricted Activities
• Direct services• Political campaigns, voter registration drives, and
lobbying• Capital improvements• Salaries for new or existing staff to provide direct
services • Curricula to be used for direct services• Endowments or other fundraising events• Support solely for existing operations• Activities with religious purposes• Grants to individuals• Operating deficits or retirement of debt
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Application Process
Stage 1: Letter Of Intent (LOI)All applicants are required to complete and
submit a LOI online. The form can be accessed at the First 5 LA website www.first5la.org/cof
Due Monday, July 28 by 5:00 p.m.
Stage 2: Proposal Selected applicants will receive an email
requesting they submit a proposal using the online application
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Letter of Intent
Online Letter of Intent• Complete online form• Attach Letter of Intent
Additional Required Documents• IRS Tax Status Determination Letter (nonprofits
only)• One of the following:
Audited Financial Statement (preferred) IRS Form 990
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LOI Questions
1. Describe the proposed Capacity Building or Policy/Advocacy project.
2. How does the long-term outcome relate to your organization’s ongoing work?
3. Who will benefit in the long-term from the project?
4. Policy Only: Who/what will the policy target be?
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LOI Review Criteria
• Alignment with the COF definition of capacity building or policy and advocacy
• Impact on 0 – 5 year olds• Viability of achieving project goal, impacting the
long-term outcome, the organization’s effectiveness, and the community’s needs
• Engagement of organization’s leadership in the project
• Demonstrated engagement with the target community
• Alignment of project with Policy AgendaPolicy and advocacy applicants only
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Additional Considerations
• Target the prenatal through age three population• Impact on all (or large sections) of LA County• Impact on target communities• Distribution of funding throughout LA County• Distribution of funding across Funding Priority
areas and long-term outcomes
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Proposal Preview
Proposal will include:• Development of a logic model• Evaluation plan• Submission of project budget and budget
narrative
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Key Dates
LOI Due Date Monday, July 28 5:00 p.m.
LOI Notification August 18
Proposal Workshop (for selected applicants only)Week of August 25
Proposal Due Date September 19
Funding NotificationNovember, 2008
Expected Grant Start DateMarch, 2009
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Contact Information
First 5 LA750 N. Alameda St, Suite 300Los Angeles, CA 90012(213) 482-5902www.First5LA.org/cof
Aleece [email protected]