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May 25, 2021 Welcome to the Elevate Youth California: Supporting Capacity Building for Community Organizations Request for Applications Review Webinar May 25, 2021 First Cohort Grantee Partners ▪ Action Network ▪ Latino Center for Prevention & ▪ Alcohol Justice Action in Health & Welfare ▪ Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians ▪ Legacy LA Youth Development Corporation ▪ California Health Collaborative ▪ North County Health Project, Inc. ▪ California Youth Connection ▪ Northern California Indian ▪ Center for Young Women’s Development Council, Inc. Development – Young Women’s Freedom Center ▪ Pinoleville Pomo Nation ▪ Education, Training, and Research ▪ Rose Family Creative Associates Empowerment Center Inc. ▪ Family Assistance Program ▪ Social Advocates for Youth San Diego, Inc. ▪ Fathers & Families of San Joaquin ▪ The Cambodian Family ▪ Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc. ▪ The Epicenter – Friday Night Live ▪ Fresno County Economic Opportunities ▪ The Wall Las Memorias Project ▪ Gateway Mountain Center, Inc. ▪ YES Nature to Neighborhoods ▪ Improve Your Tomorrow ▪ Youth Leadership Institute ▪ Koreatown Youth and Community Center, Inc. Second Cohort Grantee Partners ▪ Berkeley Youth Alternatives ▪ Fresno Barrios Unidos ▪ Pajaro Valley Prevention ▪ Center for Community ▪ Future Leaders of America and Student Assistance Health and Well-Being, Inc. ▪ Gay and Lesbian ▪ Round Valley Indian ▪ CommuniCare Health Community Services Health Center Centers Center of Orange County ▪ RYSE, Inc. ▪ Communities United for ▪ Healthy Rural California ▪ Sacramento Native Restorative Youth Justice ▪ Horizons Unlimited of San America Health Center, ▪ Community Action Francisco, Inc. Inc. Partnership of Orange ▪ Northern California Indian ▪ Safe Place for Youth, a County Development Council, Inc. project of Community Partners ▪ Community Medical Centers, ▪ Jakara Movement Inc. ▪ San Diego LGBT ▪ Japanese Community Community Center ▪ Community Partners/Latino Youth Council Equality Alliance ▪ Sigma Beta XI, Inc. ▪ Mixteco Indigena ▪ Dolores C. Huerta Community Organizing ▪ The RightWay Foundation Project Foundation ▪ East Bay Asian Youth Center ▪ NAMI San Diego ▪ Urban Strategies Council ▪ El Sol Neighborhood ▪ Pacific Clinics ▪ Wind Youth Services Educational Center ▪ Yurok Tribe ▪ Fighting Back Partnership, Inc. Our Team Matt Cervantes Palvinder Kaur Andrew Ha Latojanae Hull Director of Health Program Officer Program Associate Program Assistant Programs Agenda ▪ The Funding Opportunity ▪ How to Apply ▪ How to be Competitive Sierra Health Foundation: Center for Health Program Management (The Center) Background ▪ Launched in 2012 ▪ Brings people, ideas and infrastructure together to create positive change in California ▪ Dedicated to health and racial equity ▪ Managing entity of the Elevate Youth California program in partnership with California Department of Health Care Services Prop. 64 Background ▪ Legalized adult use of cannabis ▪ Created new taxes on the cultivation and sale of marijuana ▪ Revenues go into the California Marijuana Tax Fund ▪ 60% to Youth Education Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment Funding Opportunity Overview Glossary ▪ Prevention ▪ Harm Reduction ▪ Substance Use Disorder ▪ Addiction ▪ Capacity Building ▪ Social Justice Youth Development ▪ Intersectionality Elevate Youth California Program Goal Grounded in social justice youth development, the Elevate Youth California program supports a statewide network of organizations working on youth substance use disorder prevention, education and early intervention, start-up activities and/or enhancement efforts in low-income urban and rural areas throughout California, with a focus on impacting policy, systems and environmental change. Guiding Values 1. Invest in youth empowerment, leadership and development 2. Implement programs through the cultural lens of the impacted community Youth Prevention Program Scope ▪ Activities supported by this funding opportunity must be related to building capacity of organizational effectiveness and sustainability as the applicant pursues substance use disorder prevention among youth 12-26 years old in low-income, rural and/or urban racial, ethnic and cultural communities disproportionally impacted by the War on Drugs. ▪ Project Period: August 16, 2021 – August 15, 2023 Communities of Focus Communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs Racial Group California Raw Numbers on Drug Offenses White 33 Black/African American 24 Hispanic/Latino 117 Asian 9 All Youth of Color 150 The W. Haywood Burns Institute 2015 Incarceration for All Youth in California Your Involvement ▪ Reach into specified geography ▪ Understanding of community ▪ Trusted partnership(s) ▪ Successful approach for community prevention and education Eligibility Criteria ▪ Located in the state of California ▪ Provide services in the state of California ▪ Are a 501(c)(3) community-based organization or Tribal organization with established and trusted community relationships. Fiscal sponsorships are eligible. Open to coalitions of organizations and collaboratives, as long as the backbone organization is an eligible applicant. ▪ Applicant organization must not have an active Elevate Youth California grant. Fiscal sponsors are the exception and are allowed to submit for a new fiscally sponsored project that was not awarded as a previous Elevate Youth California grant. ▪ Have demonstrated experience partnering with young people of color and other marginalized communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drug. ▪ Applicant organizations and collaborative partners must deeply engage and reflect the proposed communities served that are disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs. Grantee partners should have a history of working with impacted communities, including representation on the board and staff, clients served and neighborhoods served. Eligibility Criteria ▪ Applicant organizations and their partners must have demonstrated evidence of inclusivity and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation or military status in any of its activities or operations. ▪ Applicant organization must not have an annual budget in 2020 that exceeds $1,000,000. ▪ Applicant organizations must demonstrate a need for capacity building within the organization and be able to provide a work plan to address those needs. ▪ Applicant organizations must have paid or volunteer staff members. ▪ Applicant organizations must take innovative approaches to program implementation. Implementation Strategies Proposals must contain a component of youth activism and at least one other mentorship and/or peer-led support and leadership program: ▪ Youth activism ▪ Mentorship/relationship building ▪ Peer-led support and leadership programs Implementation Strategies This funding will prioritize community-based organizations and Tribal organizations that utilize the following approaches: ▪ Partnerships with schools, school districts and county offices of education ▪ Engaging youth and youth adults with disabilities and/or youth and families facing housing insecurity ▪ Engaging non-traditional partners ▪ Incorporating cultural and community-driven approaches to healing the harms from the War on Drugs Examples of Potential Funded Capacity Building Activities ▪ Create and begin implementing a three- to five-year fund development plan ▪ Program evaluation training and resources, including technology upgrades to track youth and organizational successes ▪ Staff training on related content (e.g., healing-centered practice, trauma- informed organizational policies) ▪ Strategic communications plan development and implementation ▪ Policy advocacy training ▪ Partnership development, particularly within the education sector and with non-traditional partners ▪ Establishing new collaborations/coalitions ▪ Grassroots organizing training Examples of Potential Funded Innovative Initiatives ▪ Art-based, youth-driven program to strengthen political and public will to provide non-law enforcement, public health approaches to youth substance use intervention ▪ Development of a cross-sector coalition that analyzes a community’s policies and practices that continue to criminalize youth of color for underlying trauma ▪ Peer-based mentoring group led by young adults who experienced homelessness for youth currently experiencing homelessness ▪ Creation of a parent-child program that includes skill classes geared toward strengthening parent-child relationships ▪ Establishment of a youth-led, cross-cultural coalition to address the disproportionate rates of school suspension and expulsion for willful defiance by establishing restorative practices as an alternative Award Amount Awards will range from $50,000 to $300,000 for two years If Awarded: Responsive Payment Schedule ▪ Minimum of two payments ▪ Specific payment amounts will be determined through the proposed budget and in collaboration with awarded partners If Awarded: Other Funding