InCahoots Challenge Grants
Request for Applications
Presented by the Ohio Partnership for Youth
Supported by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services and the Ohio Resource Network
Application Posting Date: March 20, 2007
Application Due Date: April 20, 2007
This request for applications contains the following information:
- Purpose of the Initiative
- Background
- Requirements of Applicants
- Applications Available
- Mechanism of Support
- Funding Available
- Eligible Applicants
- Contents of Application
- Submitting an Application
- Receipt and Review Schedule
- Award Decisions
- Where to Send Inquiries
Purpose of the Initiative
The Ohio Partnership for Youth invites youth-serving organizations to submit an application to receive one of ten grants designed to increase partnerships within Ohio. This is intended to promote all levels of collaborations beginning with the partnership between youth and their adult advisor and including other entities within communities that focus on community service, prevention, and positive youth development activities. These grants offer the opportunity for:
- Understanding the power and benefits of partnering at the state, county, and local level.
- Building and developing sustainable partnerships.
- Networking with other youth groups, youth-serving organizations, and adults from the same county and/or neighborhood and becoming aware of available resources.
Background
Today’s young people are living in an exciting time with an increasingly diverse society, new technologies, and expanding opportunities. To help ensure that they are prepared to become the next generation of parents, workers, leaders, and citizens, members of the Ohio Partnership for Youth are working toward a shared vision – Ohio’s youth will have the skills, character and civic responsibility to assume leadership roles. (Members of the Ohio Partnership for Youth can be found in Appendix A of this application.)
The Partnership began in January of 2004 for the purpose of cultivating relationships between numerous agencies and organizations which provide valuable opportunities for youth around three cornerstones: community service, prevention, and positive youth development. During the first phase of the Partnership, a Youth Summit was convened in Columbus, Ohio during October 2004 where youth and their adult advisors met to learn more about partnerships.
In phase II, the Ohio Partnership for Youth conducted nine regional meetings throughout Ohio to bring together adult advisors and youth from many different organizations such as agencies, schools, faith-based groups and others who serve or involve youth, to investigate the potential of partnership and collaboration for community improvement initiatives.
Now in phase III, the Ohio Partnership for Youth seeks to nurture further partnership in the state by providing ten grants to develop sustainable partnerships at the local level. These partnerships between youth-serving organizations should build on the cornerstones of the Partnership.
Requirements of Applicants
This application is to receive one of ten grants to develop partnerships between youth-serving organizations in communities around the cornerstones of the Ohio Partnership for Youth: community service, prevention, and positive youth development. Applicants are required to:
Form partnerships with a minimum of three other youth serving organizations within their community and/or county. Additional partners are encouraged to participate, however, at least three must be new and not preexisting prior to the grant application.
- Hold weekly or monthly meetings with partners to determine/organize grant activities (a guide will be provided by the Ohio
- Partnership for Youth to help guide these meetings).
- Coordinate at least one effort/activity around one or more of the Ohio Partnership for Youth’s cornerstones.
- Participate in two site visits with the grant coordinator.
- Attend a one-day event in October 2007 to share successes with other grant recipients.
- Submit a mid-grant report by September 28, 2007 and a grant summary report by January 25, 2008.
- Prepare a presentation to share at the Ohio Prevention and Education Conference in November 2007.
Applications Available
Application forms can be obtained by visiting: www.ebasedprevention.org or by contacting the Ohio Resource Network at: 1-800-788-7254 (option #2).
Mechanism of Support
The Ohio Partnership for Youth will provide support to grant recipients by supplying each group with an instructional guide for meetings and other free materials, providing technical assistance, and by conducting two site visits within the grant period. On-line resources will also be provided for additional support to grantees.
Funding Available
The Ohio Partnership for Youth may award up to ten grants throughout Ohio as a result of this competitive process and expects that a typical award for a grant recipient will be approximately $1000.00. Please note awards pursuant to this request for applications are contingent upon the availability of funds from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services and the Ohio Resource Network.
Eligible Applicants
Youth serving organizations that work with youth (ages 14-18) within Ohio are encouraged to apply (including school, community, and faith-based groups). For an idea of eligibility, please review the members of the Ohio Partnership for Youth. Any agency or youth group that reflects these members is encouraged to apply (others may also be considered).
Contents of Application
The application must include the following:
- Completed organization information page
- Completed list of partners page
- Narrative (this provides the majority of the information on which the application will be evaluated)
The narrative should be no longer than two pages. It should, but is not restricted to, include the following information:
*Identification of group members
*Group’s mission
*Description of successes/barriers the group has faced
*Description of future goals
*Description of the conditions/issues the group currently would like to address within their community
*Group’s perception of the importance of partnering
*Examples of partnering that the group has participated in during the past
*Illustrations of how the group has or would like to promote community service, prevention, or positive youth development
Submitting an Application
Applications can be submitted electronically at: www.ebasedprevention.org or mailed to: The Ohio Resource Network, PO Box 20109, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0109 (Attn: Andrea Barker). All applications must be received no later than April 20, 2007.
Receipt and Review Schedule
Application receipt date: - April 20, 2007
Application review date: - April 21- 30, 2007
Award notification: - May 1, 2007
Award Decisions
The following will be considered in making award decisions:
Content of written narrative
Responsiveness to the requirements of this request
Regional location of applicant
Preference will be given to groups that have not received an InCahoots grant in the past .
Where to Send Inquiries
Andrea Barker
The Ohio Resource Network
University of Cincinnati
PO Box 210109
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0109
1-800-788-7254 (option #2)
513-556-0782 fax
www.ebasedprevention.org
andie.barker@uc.edu
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