Strengthening Families Program

Request for Partnership 2021-2022

This application form is being provided to ensure that Children’s Trust collects consistent data and information. Please complete all sections below.

The proposal must be clear, concise, legible and conform to the following requirements:

Use Times New Roman (size: 12 point) or Arial (size: 12 point)

Margins in all directions must be at least one inch.

Total number of pages should not exceed ten.

All blue text can be eliminated from the final proposal as these are instructions for your application. Please ensure that the questions are included in your submission.

Applications are due no later than 4:30 pm on December 17, 2021. Late applications will not be considered.

Organizations interested in participating must submit an original version of the application with signature, as well as an electronic version via email to the following:

Sherri Caldwell, SFP Director of Community Initiatives

Children’s Trust of South Carolina

1330 Lady Street, Suite 310

Columbia, SC 29201

scaldwell@scchildren.org

Organization/Grantee legal name:

Organization doing business as (DBA) or also known as (AKA):

Is your organization an IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit?

Tax ID/Employer Identification Number (EIN):

DUNNS Number:

If no, is your organization a public agency/unit of government?

If no, check with Children’s Trust for details on using fiscal agent and list name and address of fiscal agent.

Address Line 1:

Address Line 2:

City:	State:	ZIP:

Primary telephone:

Web address:

Organization email:

Annual operating budget:

Has your organization conducted an audit within the last two years? Yes or No

Please provide a brief organizational background statement:

Contact information

Primary contact:

(This is the person authorized by your organization to make contractual obligations)

Primary contact signature: ______________________________________________

Primary contact title:

Primary contact email:

Primary contact telephone:

Program contact, if different from primary contact:

(This is the person who manages the work)

Program contact telephone:

Financial contact:

(This is the person who authorizes the financial/expenditure information and would report to Children’s Trust)

Financial contact email:

Financial contact telephone:

PROPOSAL SECTION

Section A: Community Partnerships

Identify the current needs of your community and how the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) will meet the needs of your community? What service gaps will SFP meet? Are there any duplicate services in your targeted service area?

Identify at least four (4) community partners and summarize the specific role they will play in supporting SFP, for example, public awareness, referrals, space, transportation, in-kind donations, etc. For three of these organizations, provide a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the resources each partner agrees to provide for this project from their leadership on their letterhead. The MOU should include the length of the partnership, the nature of the partnership with your organization, and specific ways that they will provide support. One of these letters should be from the organization providing space for the program sessions.

How will SFP be introduced to your service area/funded community? Describe how you will engage community partners in the referral and recruitment of families?

Identify the resources you will need from the following entities to enable your organization to successfully implement SFP: Children’s Trust, your agency leadership, and the community.

Section B: Capacity to Deliver Program

1.	Does your organization have experience with implementing Evidence and/or Research based programs with fidelity? If so, please share which ones and how they met the needs of your population.

What barriers or challenges does your organization anticipate with regards to implementing SFP with fidelity.

3. How does your organization ensure program fidelity currently?

Section C: Organizational Structure and System Levels

How does SFP align with the mission and vision of your organization?

2. What services does your agency currently provide to support families in your community? How were current services selected?

3. Describe internal and/or external processes used to identify barriers to implementation and model fidelity in your organization. Describe how such barriers or problems are resolved in your organization.

4. How is data currently collected for programs used by your organization? How is data used to drive decision making?

Describe your Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process?

Section D: Management and Staff

What types of organizational and system level changes have been made to support current services? Please provide specific examples of policies, procedures, and/or processes that have been put in place or changed to support effective implementation of current services or that you anticipate needing to support SFP. What are your current policies regarding issuing incentives to program participants? i.e. gift cards, door prizes.

2. How will SFP be supported by different levels of your organization. EX. Board, Leadership and Program staff

3. How will leadership support SFP implementation?

How are staff/contractors recruited, selected, trained, and coached to

provide current services? Please address recruitment, selection, training and coaching separately. (Discuss how you will identify a diverse SFP team?)

Please provide a brief description of the staff selection process and identified staff’s qualifications and experience in delivering family skills training and evidence-based prevention programs. (SFP requires a minimum of 5 staff and childcare providers). Assure staff’s availability to attend 2-day SFP Group Leader Training and annual Advanced Training.

6. What are your agency’s current philosophy, practices, values, policies and procedures throughout all staff levels to model racial equity and inclusion? How does your leadership team reflect the population that you serve? What are your plans for continued growth in this area?

7. How will your organization address staff turnover during this grant period?

8. Briefly describe the accounting system. Does the organization track different grant funding streams separately?

9. Does the organization have written financial policies and procedures in place that promote internal control? Briefly describe.

10. Does the organization track personnel time to the grant via timesheets or some other accepted mechanism? Please describe.

Section E: Resources

Describe how your organization currently receives referrals and where you intend to get appropriate referrals (families with at least one child 6-11 years old) for participation and commitment to implement SFP? Outline in detail your recruitment and retention plan for SFP. Please include recruitment strategies, persons responsible, resources needed. Please also include possible barriers and strategies to overcome those barriers. Please be specific when describing the roles of any community partners.

What additional resources do you anticipate your partners being able to provide that have not already been addressed in this application?

How will your agency ensure transportation, meals, and incentives are provided and utilized as required in the implementation of SFP? Please give specific details.

Discuss your plans for the physical location of the program and collaboration with other organizations that will impact any aspect of the delivery of the program. Include your insights on the site being welcoming and friendly to a culturally diverse population of clients.

Does the organization have financial capacity to cover monthly expenses for this grant while awaiting reimbursement?

Recruitment Strategy	Start/End Dates Time of Program	Address of Site for Program	Brief Description of Accommodations	Transportation Plan	Staffing	Meals

Proposed Work Plan