Transcript Women’s Health Preventing Violence Against Women Grant

Missouri Foundation for Health
A resource for the region, working with communities and nonprofits to
generate and accelerate positive changes in health.
As a catalyst for change, the Foundation strives to improve the health of
Missourians through a combination of partnership, experience, knowledge
and funding.
Current Strategy
Targeted Initiatives
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Expanding Coverage
Infant Mortality
Oral Health
Responsive Approaches
Opportunity Oriented
Strengthening the Health Field
Policy Approaches
Research and Education
Building the Field of Advocates
Community Government and Outreach
Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative
A comprehensive community effort to reduce infant mortality in the
Bootheel and St. Louis by mobilizing, facilitating, coordinating and
increasing engagement of multi-sector partners and community members
Focus Communities
• St. Louis
• Bootheel (6 counties)
• Dunklin
• New Madrid
• Pemiscot
• Mississippi
• Stoddard
Legend
Focus communities
MFH funding area
Out of area
Infant Mortality
Death of a baby before his or her first birthday
MO
STL
City
Dunklin
Pemiscot
Mississippi
New Madrid
Scott
Stoddard
7.4
11.3
10.1
12
7.1
9.2
9.2
7.9
*Rates are per 1,000 live births from 2000-2010
Source: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. County Level Studies—Infant Health Profile.
Accessed 9/8/14 at http://health.mo.gov/data/CommunityDataProfiles/
Collective Impact as a Framework
for Community Efforts
Common Agenda
All participants have a shared vision for change including a common
understanding of the problem and a joint approach
to solving it through agreed upon actions.
Shared Measurement
Collecting data and measuring consistently across all participants ensures
efforts remain aligned and participants hold each other accountable.
Mutually Reinforcing
Activities
Participant activities must be differentiated while still being coordinated
through a mutually reinforcing plan of action.
Continuous
Communication
Consistent and open communication is needed across the many players
to build trust, assure mutual objectives and create common motivation.
Backbone Support
Creating and managing collective impact requires a separate
organization(s) with staff and a specific set of skills to serve as the
backbone for the entire initiative and coordinate participating
organizations and agencies.
Backbone Organizations
• Bootheel Network for Health Improvement
• Maternal, Child & Family Coalition
• Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Inc.
Request for Applications
Implementation Grants
Purpose of Implementation Grants
• Surface new ideas to advance infant mortality reduction efforts in
focus communities
• Begin to engage partners in the IMRI
What We Look for in Grant Applications
• Projects will inform overall efforts
• Activities or projects that can create a measurable change within 12 months
• Fundable activities are not limited to the examples given in the RFA
—Be creative!
Commitment to Engage
• Learning is a hallmark of the IMRI
• Engagement to ensure transfer of learning
• Grantees will be required to engage in the IMRI:
 Attend a grantee orientation
 Attend a grantee convening
 Participate in meetings and conference calls
 Document and share data and action toward change
Application Narrative
• Need
 Use data!
• Organization
 Why your organization? What is your organization’s history of
collaboration?
• Target Population
 Who will be served by this proposed project?
• Description
 Describe the project and how it will advance infant mortality reduction
efforts in your community.
• Results
 What change will occur? How will you know?
Eligibility Criteria
• Must meet MFH funding guidelines.
• One application per organization will be considered.
• Fiscal agents are allowed.
• Organizations must serve women, children and families or one or more of the
focus communities.
• Organizations from all sectors are encouraged to apply.
Ineligible Expenses
• Ongoing operating expenses for existing programs
• Major equipment (over $5,000)
• New staff positions
• Capital construction
Selection Process
• MFH staff and a team of community reviewers will review the applications
• Criteria outlined on pages 5−6 of the RFA
 Impact
 Measurable Change
 Budget
 Commitment to Engage
Application Timeline
RFA Open and
Close Dates
Open:
Sept. 2, 2014
Close:
Oct. 20, 2014
Notification
of Award
Late
November
2014
Project
Start Date
Grantee Orientation
Bootheel: December 3, 2014
December 1, 2014
St. Louis: December 5, 2014
Applications must be uploaded by 4:00 CDT on October 20, or will not be
accepted.
How to Apply
• Online submission only
 Word, Excel or Adobe is fine
• Submit all documents listed under Application Requirements
 Online Application Acknowledgement form
 Application narrative
 Project Budget Worksheet
 Appropriate financial documents
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