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Schools, Families, Housing Community Grants Program

Schools, Families, Housing Community Grants Program. Information Session. Schools-Families-Housing Citywide Initiative. Goals Balance/optimize public school enrollment. Vibrant, multi-functional neighborhood schools meeting needs of students. Strategies Community Grants

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Schools, Families, Housing Community Grants Program

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  1. Schools, Families, HousingCommunity Grants Program Information Session

  2. Schools-Families-Housing Citywide Initiative Goals • Balance/optimize public school enrollment. • Vibrant, multi-functional neighborhood schools meeting needs of students. Strategies • Community Grants • Rent and Homeownership Assistance • Neighborhood Engagement and Planning • Safe Routes to School • Family Housing Design Competition • Marketing website for public schools and neighborhoods

  3. Schools-Families-Housing Community Grants Program Priorities • Increase incentives to attend and stay in schools and neighborhoods • helping stabilize housing • increasing attendance • Increase student connection to school and learning • helping improve achievement, attendance, youth-adult relationships • increasing leaders and advocates for young people and public education

  4. Schools-Families-HousingCommunity Grants Program The Basics • $850,000 total ($5K up to $75K) • Non-profits, schools, and public entities can apply • 1st Deadline: 1/22/07, Awards 3/07 • 2nd Deadline: 4/1/07, Awards 5/07

  5. How To Write A Successful Application • Address one or both priority areas • Identify clear target population(s), and your connection to this community • Demonstrate organizational capacity and leadership • Identify clear, measurable results given your proposed timeframe • Base your proposal on research

  6. How To Write A Successful Application • Leverage other resources • Demonstrate understanding of connections between stable housing, student success, and family mobility • Collaborate across systems

  7. Given the research, particular attention goes to… Efforts addressing: • High student and family mobility • Communities of color • Immigrants and refugees • Low-income and homeless families • High student turnover during summer • Collaboration among different systems

  8. Your proposal should include… • Application cover page with contact information • Proposal of no more than 7 typed pages, which includes: *Narrative (up to 5 pages) *One-page budget *One-page budget narrative • Any additional letters of support or collaboration (See Page 4, Question 4 of Request for Proposal)

  9. Available Research • Connected X 25 initiative: www.connectedx25.org • Regional Equity Atlas www.equityatlas.org

  10. Helpful Resources • Information sessions (12/3, 12/6, 1/8) • Questions about: * RFP or proposals: Sonali at 503-234-5404, Ext. 15 * Timelines, requirements, additional materials: Monica at 503-234-5404, Ext. 12 * SFH initiative, media or Portland Schools Foundation: Tripp at 503-234-5404, Ext. 21

  11. Thank you for your interest in the Schools-Families-Housing Community Grants Program! Go to www.thinkschools.org for more information.

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