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2013
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
(TPP) & Human Services
Grants
Presenters
Sandra Flores
Natalie Garcia
Senior Program Officer
Program Officer
Michelle Murphy
Foundation Support Specialist
WHAT WE WILL COVER TODAY
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grant Opportunities
Human Services Grant Opportunities
New Process for Human Services Grant Cycle
Eligibility & Restrictions
How to Apply using OLGA
IMPORTANT TPP DEADLINES
OPF
June 7 at 5 p.m.
Application
June 21 at 5 p.m.
Final or Interim Report
August 29, 2014 at 5 p.m.
IMPORTANT HUMAN SERVICES
DEADLINES
NEW: Letter of Interest
May 29 at 5 p.m.
OPF & Application (by invite only)
June 21 at 5 p.m.
Final Report
August 29, 2014 at 5 p.m.
GOALS TO FUND
Teen Pregnancy Prevention &
Human Services
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
2013 Funding
$380,000 for organizations serving
Fresno, Tulare, Madera, Merced and
Kings Counties
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Three types of grants: Pilot, Planning and Program
PILOT GRANTS
• These grants are intended to supplement
core TPP interventions.
• Examples include:
 Innovative or culturally-relevant
approaches
 Parent education
 Community outreach and education
• Grant range: $10,000 to $35,000
• Grant duration: One year
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Three types of grants: Pilot, Planning and Program
PLANNING GRANTS
• These grants are intended to support organizations
offer TPP programing by:
 Purchasing evidence-based curriculum
 Training staff
 Identifying and partnering with clinic services
 Activities to support the implementation of
programming
• Grant range: $10,000 to $35,000
• Grant duration: One year
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Three types of grants: Pilot, Planning and Program
PROGRAM GRANTS
• These grants will support organizations offering TPP
programs that are:
 Comprehensive
 Medically accurate
 Provide access or referrals to clinical services
• Grant range: $50,000 to $100,000
• Grant duration: Two years
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Eligibility Criteria
These factors are required:
• The program is:
 Medically accurate, comprehensive and free from
bias.
 Gender appropriate
 Culturally and linguistically competent for target
population
 Providing referrals to a family planning service
provider (as evidenced by a letter of cooperation
with a service provider)
 Evidence-based (For a list, please visit FRF’s Teen
Pregnancy Addendum page.)
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Selection Criteria
These items will cause the applicant’s proposal to receive
a higher ranking:
• Programs that:
 Have high impact and focus on outcome
 Have a service provider referral system developed
 Have a youth development focus
 Involve parents or significant adult
 Define outcomes well
• Sustainability of programs
• Partner with other organizations doing related work
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Selection Criteria (con’t.)
• Knowledge of other organizations doing related work
• The organization's long-standing and deep knowledge
of a community
• The organization's impact on long-term community
change as is pertains to youth and their families
• The financial health of applying organization
• Grant specific budget
• If the selected curriculum was modified, please
indicate how it was modified.
• It is important to provide clarity on why this
intervention was chosen for the targeted population
HUMAN SERVICES
Goals to Fund
• To support capacity-building strategies for
organizations serving children 0-8. The
funding will focus on board governance,
leadership development, and/or fiscal
management.
*These funds can include the costs associated with contracting
outside expertise to support capacity-building activities.
HUMAN SERVICES
Grant Amounts & Duration
• $120,000 available
• Grant range: $5,000 to $25,000
• Duration: One year. However, one twoyear grant of up to $30,000 may be
awarded.
Selection Criteria
These items will cause the applicant’s proposal to
receive a higher ranking:
• Serving unincorporated communities
• Serving low-income communities and
communities of color
OVERVIEW OF THE NEW LOI PROCESS
FRF is using a two-page Letter of Interest (LOI) to save
organizations time and resources when applying for
funding.
• Steps to submit the LOI:
1) Review FRF’s Eligibility Criteria and the 2013 Human
Services Goals to Fund for information on FRF’s funding
restrictions and priorities.
2) Complete the LOI, with 12-point font and not to exceed two
pages, using the template provided on FRF’s Grantmaking
page.
3) Submit your LOI by emailing to
[email protected]. Please title your email
Human Services LOI—your organization’s name. The
deadline to submit your LOI is Wednesday, May 29 at 5 p.m.
OVERVIEW OF THE NEW PROCESS
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Organizations will be notified whether or not they will be
invited to submit a full application by Monday, June 10.
Further guidance will be provided at that time. An
Organizational Profile Form and application will be due by
Friday, June 21 at 5 p.m.
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This grant cycle will fund capacity-building activities for
organizations serving children 0-8 as stated in the Goals to
Fund. These grants will not fund direct service programs. If
consultants will be contracted for this work, please be
prepared to include the consultant and the scope of work in
the full application.
Questions?
Eligibility
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501(c)3 nonprofit status
Government Agency (ex: cities, counties)
Community Group w/ fiscal agent
Public Agency (ex: library)
Educational Institution (ex: high school or
university)
Eligibility
Eligibility
Organizational health measured by:
• 2011 IRS 990
• Most recent Board-reviewed internal financial
statements (must include assets, liabilities,
revenues and expenses)
• External audit (only if gross receipts more than
$500,000)
• Operational budget for organization
• Minimum of five board members with diverse
experiences/backgrounds
Restrictions
We will not consider grant requests for the
following:
• Previously incurred expenses
• Fundraising by one agency on behalf of
another
• Endowments
• Institutions limiting their services to
individuals of a single religious sect or
denomination
• Individuals
Reporting Requirements
• Please review reporting requirements before
applying
• Share any media coverage resulting from the grant
award
• Failure to submit may disqualify the grantee from
future funding requests
How to Apply
Using OLGA
www.fresnoregfoundation.org
Submission of OPF and Application
FRF has three layers to ensure that OPFs and applications
are successfully submitted:
1. The web page confirmation
2. The automated email sent to applicants once an item
is submitted
3. The final email approval sent by the Program Staff
WHEN ONE OF THESE LAYERS IS MISSING, IT IS AN
INDICATION THAT THE ITEM WAS NOT SUCCESSFULLY
SUBMITTED.
OLGA Final Reminders
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Use Firefox or Google Chrome
Request amount within grant range
No symbols in file name of attachments
Be mindful of status: Return for Editing or Submit
to FRF
• Edit mode to work on OPF and application
• View mode to check if attachments were uploaded
and narrative boxes are not cut off
Questions?
Contact Us
Phone:
Email:
Web:
Twitter:
(559) 226-5600
[email protected]
www.fresnoregfoundation.org
@fresnoregfound