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To improve community conditions in health and well-being by investing in geographic places and cultural communities, COO investments will support partnerships and coalitions rooted in community (geographic and cultural communities) that are building community power and implementing strategies for structural change and improved community conditions. Community Partnerships must have shared ideas and priorities, a shared understanding, vision, and set of actions, that will focus on the root causes of inequities, and implement strategies that contribute to better community health, safe and affordable housing, economic opportunity, and strong community connections.
This request is open to 501c3 (or fiscally sponsored) nonprofit organizations and community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, and public or governmental agencies serving communities in King County and representing partnerships. Small nonprofits and community-based organizations are encouraged to submit proposals.
This request is open to partnerships (made up of 2 or more organizations, coalitions, groups, or entities) with a developed shared agenda that is either geographically or culturally focused and is working on building community power to transform systems and conditions needed for healthy, equitable communities. Partnerships must have identified an issue and have proposed solutions to impact inequities at the intersection of health, housing, economic opportunity, and community connections. If the partnership is newly formed, it must be aligned around the issue/root causes they are aiming to address.
Partnerships operating:
In a geographic community, including rural communities, with greatest health and well-being inequities highest 20th percentile on COO Community Index https://www.coopartnerships.org/coo-index?rq=index
Among cultural communities with the greatest health and well-being inequities (For the purposes of this RFP, cultural communities are group(s) of people who share characteristics in common andare experiencing disparate health and well-being outcomes)
Partnerships must identify a 501(c)3 organization working in King County, Washington, as the contracted partner for the proposal.
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Provide answers to address the following questions. Please ensure that there is sufficient detail in your narrative, so reviewers have a clear understanding of your outcomes and approaches. The rating criteria listed in the selection process of the RFP Application will be used to rate the questions listed below. Please limit your response to each question to 4,000 characters, which is roughly one 8.5x11 page at 12 point font (unless another character limit is advised).
1. Which of the following best describes your partnership? Please select one
2. Partnership Name
3. Summary of proposed project (3-5 sentences) Please limit your summary to 1,500 characters or less
4. Does your partnership represent and/or is driven by leaders within a Geographic Area.
Which of the following criteria does your partnership meet?
Select all that apply
5. If Yes, to the question above, name the place-based/geographic areas where your project will take place (cities/neighborhoods): If this is not applicable to your partnership, please write N/A and proceed to the next question
6. Represent and be driven by leaders within a cultural community. For the purposes of this RFP, cultural communities are group(s) of people who share characteristics in common and are experiencing disparate health and well-being outcomes. COO acknowledges the impact that displacement has had on the ability of cultural communities to maintain geographic cohesion and to facilitate collaboration across geographies to eliminate disparities in health and well-being. If Yes, please answer the following question
7. If yes, name the cultural community(ies) your project will focus on: If this is not applicable to your partnership, please write N/A and proceed to the next question
8. Please describe your proposed project. Please describe your partnership’s shared agenda/shared goal.
A. How will your project create change that will contribute to greater health and well-being at the intersection of community connections, economic opportunity, health and housing?
B. What are the proposed activities of your project and how will activities work towards resolving root causes of the inequities faced by your defined community (place or cultural)?
C. Please describe how this proposed project will mobilize community, contribute to shared community decision-making and/or build community power.
9. Community
A. Please describe the community of your proposed project and how this community is reflected in your partnership. Include whether the partnership is within a geographic area (city(ies), unincorporated areas of King County, or neighborhood, isolated rural community(ies) and/or cultural community(ies).
B. Describe the community’s key characteristics, strengths, and challenges.
C. How has the community been involved in the identification of the priorities, strategies, planning, leadership and/or implementation of this effort? How will the community be involved in the proposed project activities?
10. Partnership (Established partnership only)
A. Briefly describe your established partnership, who the partners are, the role of each member, and how long they have been in the partnership. Describe how the partners can bring together diverse voices representing the selected geographic and/or cultural community to implement the proposed project.
B. How is your collaborative effort qualified to address your proposed project and achieve (or move towards achieving) your shared agenda/goal?
C. How does your partnership make decisions? How does your partnership work through differing opinions and lack of agreement? How does your partnership support healing and joy among its members when conflict arises?
D. Which partner will support the partnership’s operations and health as the partnership convener by: Facilitating partnership meetings Coordinating partnership activities Completing and submitting reports on behalf of the partnership Providing support to assist members in engaging in COO activities? If you are a Newly Formed Partnership, please write N/A and proceed to the next question
11. Partnerships (Newly Formed Partnership only)
A. Briefly describe your newly formed partnership, who are the partners working in this effort and the way (or reason) this newly formed partnership came together? Describe how partners can bring together diverse voices representing the selected geographic and/or cultural community to implement the proposed project. Please identify how partners have worked together in the past and in what capacity (i.e., Partner A has worked with partner B for four years members in an established workgroup, partners C has worked with partners D, E for two years as part of a local geographic/cultural coalition, etc.) How will the contracted organization manage/convene and support the roles and responsibilities of the partner members?
B. How is your collaborative effort qualified to address your proposed project and achieve (or move towards achieving) your shared agenda/goal?
C. How does your partnership make decisions? How does your partnership work through differing opinions and lack of agreement? How does your partnership support healing and joy among its members when conflict arises?
D. Which partner will support the partnership’s operations and health as the partnership convener by: Facilitating partnership meetings Coordinating partnership activities Completing and submitting reports on behalf of the partnership Providing support to assist members in engaging in COO activities? If you are an Established Partnership, please write N/A and proceed to the next question
12. The maximum award amount partnerships may request is up to $285,000 per year, for a three-year period. Funds should be aligned with proposed strategies outlined in the application and that total of 10% of the total budget must be allocated towards evaluation activities.
A. Describe briefly how the partnership will use COO funds to achieve the proposed project goals/outcomes.
B. How would this funding help you increase authentic community engagement and leadership in this effort?
C. How does the partnership plan to incorporate evaluative thinking in the proposed project? For example, what questions will the partnership ask itself to assess if progress is being made and identify factors that can help or hinder the work?
D. Briefly describe what progress and success looks like for this proposed project, and how data will be gathered to evaluate progress and success. How will the partnership measure success? Please include if there are other data your partnership thinks are important to include as part of your partnership's evaluation. (E.g., photo/digital stories illustrating the issues experienced by the community or achievements of the community)?
13. Is there anything else you would like to share? Please limit your response to this question to 2,000 characters or less
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