2010-11 Metropolitan Springfield Red-Flag Response Grants
The goal of the 2010-11 Metropolitan Springfield grantmaking round will be to support existing programs with proven results that address red-flag issues identified for Springfield-Greene County through matching grants capped at a maximum of $15,000 each.
This challenge grant round is intended to encourage qualifying agencies* to submit applications in the categories below, which are based on the Red Flags identified in the 2009 Community Focus Report for Springfield-Greene County.
A total of $225,000 in 1:1 matching dollars is available with individual awards capped at $15,000.
Applications should focus on efforts to sustain or enhance existing programs that have a record of success on these red-flag issues. Applicants should be able to demonstrate:
• The effectiveness of the existing program;
• The impact of the program on the red-flag issue; and
• The agency’s ability to raise matching funds.
Each successful applicant will be expected to establish a fund or use an existing fund held at the Community Foundation of the Ozarks to process grant and matching funds.
The application deadline is Sept. 24, 2010. Grants will be awarded in mid-October. The deadline to raise matching funds will be Feb. 28, 2011.
(*Qualifying agencies should have 501(c)3 or similar faith-based or government IRS non-profit status.)
Grant Categories and Red-Flag Issues
Community Health: Access to Health Care; Mothers Smoking; Communicable Disease; Health Care Policy Priorities
Early Childhood: Effects of Poverty on Children; Child Abuse and Neglect; Childcare; Community Awareness of the Early Years; School Readiness/Early Literacy
Housing: Lack of Funding for Affordable Housing Needs; Local Housing Office & Trust Fund; Foreclosures
Natural Environment/Green Space: Water Quantity; Stormwater Management Funding; Solid-Waste Management Funding; Securing Green Space
Public Order and Safety: Police Response Time; Continued Methamphetamine Use; Rising Crime Rates; Drug Arrests for Those Under 18 Years of Age; Inadequate Jail Space; Alcohol-Related Accidents; High Rate of Domestic Violence
Transportation: Paratransit Service; Paratransit Coordination; Public School Bus System
For questions or additional information, contact: Julie Leeth, Executive Vice President, 864-6199.