All Faith Counseling Center of Atchison,
Inc.
1225 North 2nd Street
Atchison, KS 66002
913-367-0105
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
All Faith Counseling Center (AFCC)
provides high quality mental health care to people without the financial
means to access these services. AFCC serves a four-county rural area
in northeast Kansas; in its twenty-four year history, the organization
has served nearly 2,000 individuals.
Project Description:
All Faith Counseling Center of Atchison
will use CCF funds to support leadership succession planning, hire a
fund development officer to help ensure financial viability, and offer
professional development to staff members.
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American
Red Cross Iowa Rivers Chapter
709 S. Center Street
Marshalltown, IA 50158
641-753-3317
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1917, the American Red Cross
(ARC) Iowa Rivers Chapter provides relief to victims of disaster and
helps residents prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. The
organization serves the rural Central Iowa area of Hardin, Jasper, Marshall,
Poweshiek, and Tama counties.
Project Description:
CCF funds will be used to: expand,
refine, and maintain Iowa Rivers Chapter network of service; improve
the effectiveness of community partners and collaborative entities;
expand and refine disaster service plans to ensure accessible crisis
services; and achieve sustainability of the chapter's service delivery
through collaborative partnerships within the service region.
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Arkansas Faith in Action State Coalition,
Inc.
8223 East Elm Street
Benton, AR 72015
501-778-7466
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 2005, Arkansas Faith in
Action State Coalition (AFIASC) is a collaborative of 12 faith-based
and community organizations (FBCOs) in the state of Arkansas. The organization
provides services to the elderly, developmentally challenged children
and adults, the homeless, women transitioning from prison, and the chronically
ill/dying.
Project Description:
Funds will be used to assist the organization
in building itself into a funding and technical intermediary for the
benefit of FBCOs in the state of Arkansas. This will be accomplished
through the following: strengthening fiscal controls; program and curriculum
development; a revenue development strategic plan; and expanding and
building on existing as well as new partners.
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Bradford
County Faith Community Center, Inc.
113 E. Call Street
Starke, FL 32091
904-964-5088
Award Amount: $28,419
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Bradford County Faith Community Center
(BCFCC) is a community organization serving rural Bradford County, Florida,
with social service programs including financial literacy training,
HIV-prevention services, in-school youth mentoring, antiviolence training,
and other programs targeting at-risk youth and families.
Project Description:
BCFCC will use CCF funds to develop
the board's capacity in fiscal and fiduciary responsibilities, community
partnerships, nonprofit governance, and performance measurement. In
addition, BCFCC will develop a long-term strategic plan, upgrade its
computer and presentation equipment, and develop a diversified fundraising
strategy, including obtaining grant-writing training. Finally, BCFCC
will conduct a detailed community needs assessment.
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Bridges of Hope
424 S. 8th Street
PO Box 742
Brainerd, MN 56401
218-825-7682
Award Amount: $27,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Bridges of Hope, serving several central
Minnesota counties, was founded in 2002 to serve children and families
in need. Bridges of Hope operates four programs: Crisis Nursery Services,
the Mental Health Program, the Parent Support Outreach Program, and
the Financial Assistance Program.
Project Description:
Bridges of Hope will use CCF funds
to undergo an extensive curriculum development process for its Financial
Assistance Program; offer development training and strategy-building
for its board members; provide opportunities for its staff to engage
in professional development; and update its workspace and technology
systems.
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Center for Rural Outreach
& Public Services, Inc.
2890 S. County Road 210
Knox, IN 46534
866-843-3493
Award Amount: $48,415
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 2004, the Center for Rural
Outreach & Public Services (CROPS) provides project management and
resource development expertise to rural nonprofit community organizations.
The mission of CROPS is to empower intergenerational groups of people
and organizations in rural communities to work together to solve their
problems. CROPS seeks to mobilize, train, and inspire these groups so
they can expand and enhance their services to underserved people in
their communities.
Project Description:
CROPS will provide training to the
board of directors on topics including board governance, management
techniques for nonprofits, communication strategies, and planning for
growth. The organization will also develop a comprehensive business
plan to include strategies, goals, and action plans in areas such as
program operations, finances, technology, human resources, and revenue
development. Finally, CROPS will develop a marketing plan to support
fundraising and increase community participation in its programs.
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Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc.
17 West Courtney Street
Dunkirk, NY 14048
716-366-3333
Award Amount: $36,564
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Chautauqua Opportunities (COI) is a
community action agency that serves New York's Chautauqua County with
programs in housing, health, youth and education, and economic development.
Its mission is to combat poverty in the county by mobilizing resources
and creating partnerships to promote empowerment, economic independence,
and opportunities.
Project Description:
COI will use CFF funds for program
development to embed the Youth and Family Development Matrices into
its CAPTAIN Central Intake System--a new, updated server to house the
system; creating report screens that make the system user-friendly for
COI staff; adding shared calendars to the system for integration across
programs; and training staff to use the new screens. It will link services,
track families across modalities, and measure the impact of services.
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Columbia County Child Abuse Assessment Center
dba The Amani Center
36200 Pittsburg Road
Suite D
St. Helens, OR 97051
503-366-4005
Award Amount: $24,993
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Columbia County Child Abuse Assessment
Center (dba The Amani Center) is a nonprofit organization located in
rural northwest Oregon. The Amani Center provides medical diagnosis
and thorough treatment to minimize trauma to children and teens who
are suspected victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, and/or
domestic violence.
Project Description:
The Amani Center will increase overall
efficiency,staffing, and service levels through improving its information
technology, receiving donor development training, and implementing donor
development strategies.
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Columbia
County Women's Resource Center
36200 Pittsburg Road
Suite D
St. Helens, OR 97501
503-366-4005
Award Amount: $24,993
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Columbia County Women's Resource
Center (CCWRC) is a nonprofit agency that provides crisis intervention
services for women and children who are victims of domestic and/or sexual
abuse. Located in rural northwest Oregon, CCWRC has been in operation
since 1978.
Project Description:
CCWRC will use CCF funds to strengthen
the organization to meet a critical need--transitional housing. Specifically,
funds will be used to design a donor development strategy, provide donor
development and grant-writing training, and create fundraising policies
and procedures.
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Community Care
Outreach Center
2352 Hospital Road
New Roads, LA 70760
225-618-9617
Award Amount: $49,971
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The mission of Community Care Outreach
Center (CCOC) is to help at-risk children and families in Pointe Coupee
Parish,Louisiana, by addressing their educational, social, and recreational
needs in a safe, nurturing, drug-free environment.
Project Description:
CCOC's three-year strategic plan includes
developing formal systems for integrating and using data from its needs
assessment, organizational assessment, and program evaluations. The
organization will engage in its first independent audit and develop
IT skills. The board will also work in program development, adopting
the National AfterSchool Association standards of quality, creating
a youth advisory board, acquiring or developing new cirriculum, and
developing formal systems to regularly evaluate its programs. Finally,
CCOC will develop a plan for developing diverse and stable revenue sources,
including a feasibility study for an annual giving campaign.
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Community Life Concepts of Southern Illinois,
N.P.C.
473 West Harrison Road
Murphysboro, IL 62966
618-201-5688
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Community Life Concepts of Southern
Illinois, N.P.C. (CLC) is a nonprofit community faith-based organization
that provides leadership and social services in rural southern Illinois.
CLC's mission is to provide: professional training, resource enhancement,
and capacity building to churches and faith-based community organizations
(FBCOs); a bridge between secular, community organizations, and FBO's;
and direct services to identified populations. CLC's annual budget is
$50,000-$99,999 with a paid staff of four. CLC has previously received
federal funding.
Project Description:
CLC will use CCF funds to complete
its nonprofit incorporation; develop fiscal management procedures; train
board members in roles, responsibilities, and governance procedures;
develop board governance documents; and establish internal and external
communication strategies, including a Web site.
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Community
Outreach, Resources, and Educational Services, Inc.
5430 Executive Place
Suite 1-F
Jackson, MS 39206
601-506-0311
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Community Outreach, Resources and Educational
Services (CORE) assists individuals, families, and nonprofit organizations
in distressed rural Mississippi communities through "core"
social service programs to support self-sufficiency and long-term sustainability.
CORE works in partnership with other funders, faith-based and community
organizations and other nonprofits. The target population for the CCF
project is low-income individuals, families, and elderly residents of
Yazoo City and Corinth, Mississippi.
Project Description:
Core will use CCF funds to develop
outreach strategies and materials including a needs assessment, brochures,
and fact sheets as well as a Web site. Funds will also be used for board
training, grant-writing training, developing personnel policies and
procedures, equipment purchases, and improving fiscal controls.
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Council on Rural Service Programs, Inc.
201 RM David Parkway
Box 601
Piqua, OH 45356
937-778-5220
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Council on Rural Service Programs (CORSP)
has been providing services to the distressed rural counties of Auglaize,
Champaign, Darke, Greene, Logan, Miami, Preble, Shelby and Van Wert
for thrity-five years. Its locations include eight state licensed childcare
centers, twenty-seven state licensed Head Start centers, three youth
crisis centers, and 4 senior service centers.
Project Description:
CORSP will use CCF funds to improve
organizational infrastructure, systems, and processes by obtaining and
installing an intranet and wireless connection capabilities. The intranet
will facilitate an established electronic filing system and serve as
a means for future staff trainings and meetings.
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Delaware
Ecumenical Council on Children and Families
240 North James Street
Suite B1B
New Castle, DE 19804
302-225-1040
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Delaware Ecumenical Council on
Children and Families (the Council), based in Wilmington, is a faith-based
health and social welfare advocacy, education, and services organization.
It collaborates with congregations throughout Delaware to promote public
health, safety, and wellness.
Project Description:
The Council will establish an advisory
board to include community church and ministerial associations, voluntary
organizations, and public agencies. The organization will develop a
communications strategy and conduct a development assessment for appropriate
revenue development strategies. Finally, the Council will host an educational
event as part of a community engagement strategy.
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Diamond
Willow Ministries
P.O. Box 438
22850 North Shore Drive
Fort Thompson, SD 57339
605-245-2685
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Diamond Willow Ministries (DWM) provides
critical emergency needs; a food pantry; scholarship funds for local
students; and educational, mentoring, and counseling classes on the
Cow Creek Sioux Reservation in Fort Thompson, South Dakota. The organization's
budget increased tenfold over five years. DWM has collaborated with
the Fort Thompson Boys and Girls Club and supported Crow Creek Sioux
Tribal programs.
Project Description:
DVM will use CCF funds to build fundraising
capacity. They will design a fund development plan that creates measurable
objectives and goals to improve financial sustainability. Also, DWM
will provide grant-writing training and develop new major donors. DWM's
priority mission is to provide social services in a rural area. Their
target population corresponds with their social services area as they
serve poverty-stricken Native Americans.
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FaithWalk
Ministries
514 Fox Street
PO Box 119
Paris, MO 65275
660-327-5752
Award Amount:
$49,896
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
FaithWalk Ministries, located in Paris,
Missouri, provides a number of services to people in need. Among its
program areas are: mentoring, life-skills training, and family self-sufficiency.
It also runs a food pantry, which is the focus of its Targeted Capacity
Building Program.
Project Description:
FaithWalk Ministries Food Pantry will
implement a variety of activities in each of the five critical areas
of capacity building. Activities will include implementing an organizational
assessment, a communications strategy, enhancements to program service
delivery, and a system to track program outcomes.
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Family
Resource Center Association, Inc.
1653 Vine Street
Denver, CO 80206
303-388-1001
Award Amount:
$48,936
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Family Resource Center Association
(FRCA) was founded in 2000 with a mission of representing 18 family
resource centers in Colorado. Now, with a membership of 24, FRCA indirectly
serves the families of Colorado with public advocacy, capacity building,
and resource development to its network of members. The focus of FRCA
is to provide public advocacy, capcacity building, and resource development
to strengthen the statewide network of family resource centers that
bring help and hope to Colorado families.
Project Description:
FRCA will use CCF funding for: leadership
development; organizational development; program development; and revenue
development. Also, FRCA will use CCF funds to increase its key leadership,
program, revenue, and community development capacity by creating earned
income strategies and social enterprises to help achieve financial sustainability.
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Friends of Women's Supportive Services
11 School Street
Claremont, NH 3743
603-543-0155
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Established 30 years ago, Women's Supportive
Services (WSS) serves adolescent, adult, female, and male survivors
of domestic violence, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, stalking, and
families-in-transition in the Sullivan County area of New Hampshire.
WSS provides a 24-hour crisis line,
emergency shelter and safe home network, legal and court advocacy, peer
counseling and support groups, transportation, medical and social service
advocacy, emergency childcare, information and referral services, housing
advocacy, and access to Changes Thrift Store.
Project Description:
WSS will hire a school- and community-based
educator to develop a curriculum to train police officers, town welfare
agents, school faculty, and clergy to identify and solve issues affecting
the community and increase outreach to area residents and leaders. It
will develop and distribute materials on available resources to respond
to issues that affect the community. WSS will purchase a laptop and
printer to prepare training materials.
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Harriet's
House, Inc.
21765 US Highway 80
Demopolis, AL 36732
334-289-8988
Award Amount:
$20,411
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Harriet's House works to meet the real-world
needs of victims of domestic abuse in four rural Alabama counties: Marengo,
Sumter, Clarke and Choctaw. It provides numerous services, including
shelter, crisis counseling, case management, and transportation. All
assistance is provided at no cost to clients, who are primarily women
and women with children.
Project Description:
Harriet's House will focus on capacity
building in leadership development and revenue development strategies.
Activities will include developing a strategic plan, establishing an
outcome-based evaluation system, board fundraising training, and purchasing
donor tracking software. The goal of the project is to enhance the organization's
infrastructure and sustainability in order to increase staff and the
number and types of funding sources.
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Healthy
Families Network, Inc.
322 Caldwell Boulevard
Suite 324E
Nampa, ID 83651
208-461-5475
Award Amount:
$49,914
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Healthy Families Network is a coalition
of Nampa, Idaho, faith, civic, education, minority, media, and business
leaders. Founded in 2002, the Network strives to improve the emotional
and financial well-being of children by developing, coordinating, and
delivering community education and services that support healthy marriages
and responsible fatherhood.
Project Description:
Healthy Families Network will expand
its board--recruiting new members to represent a larger cross section
of its Idaho constituents--and provide the entire board with training
on roles and responsibilities. It will also create manuals on personnel
and financial policies and procedures, build new partnerships, and recruit
volunteers.
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Iowa Center for Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives
1725 S. 50th Street
Suite 228
West Des Moines, IA 50265
515-223-5345
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Iowa Center for Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives (ICFBCI) was founded 12 years ago and incorporated
in 2005. Based in West Des Moines, Iowa, it leads capacity building
efforts for faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) statewide
that are engaged in a variety of social services. ICFBCI is especially
strong in social service project networks, grant development, and outcomes
measurement.
Project Description:
In its CCF Targeted Capacity Building
Program, ICFBCI will work with three other organizations in three of
Iowa's most distressed rural counties. It will lead efforts to build
capacity for all four nonprofits in organizational development, revenue
development strategies, and community engagement with the goal of offering
support to rural nonprofit organizations throughout Iowa.
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Keweenaw Family Resource Center
203 East Montezuma Avenue
Houghton, MI 49931
906-482-9363
Award Amount:
$44,909
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Keweenaw Family Resource Center (KFRC)
serves families with young children living in rural communities. KFRC
provides parent education, socialization, life-skills training, and
home visits to families with young children in Baraga, Houghton, and
Keweenaw counties. These counties are in northernmost Michigan, an area
that is rugged, rural, and remote. All KFRC programs strive to reduce
child abuse and neglect and create family stability.
Project Description:
The Growing Edge Capacity Building
Project will allow KFRC to expand its administrative foundation and
structure to create significant changes. The three objectives are:
Strengthen leadership and staff professional development; Review,
upgrade, and update all information technology systems; and Evaluate
and update organizational and fiscal policies and procedures.
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Klawock Cooperative Association
P.O. Box 430
Klawock, AK 99925
907-755-2265
Award Amount:
$49,473
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Klawock Cooperative Association
(KCA) was formed in 1936 to promote the welfare of its members through
the development and operation of economic and social enterprises. This
project will target the Klawock community, located on Prince of Wales
Island in Southeast Alaska. KCA is a federally recognized Tribal Government
pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act.
Project Description:
The project's goal is to build KCA's
capacity to address substance abuse and other rural social service issues
through a Native American-oriented community engagement process. KCA
will implement the White Bison Wellbriety process to provide a structure
to implement change and strengthen the capacity of the tribe. It will
train community members to take leadership roles in the change process;
it will also conduct a community assessment and implement coalition-building
training.
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Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
County Road 38 A
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
208-345-3139
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (the Tribe),
a sovereign nation governed by a nine-person Tribal Council, is located
in rural Boundary County, Idaho, 20 miles from the Canadian border.
The Tribe is composed of 124 enrolled members and 530 recognized members,
all of whom are eligible for tribal services.
Project Description:
The Tribe will use CCF funds to build
capacity through community engagement. Three primary objectives are
to conduct a community needs assessment, reach out to and establish
collaborations with social service agencies at the local, state, and
national levels, and conduct research.
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Life
Quest, Inc.
907 Pope Street
Silver City, NM 88061
505-388-1976
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Life Quest serves adults with disabilities
and their families, and children with developmental disabilities or
at risk for developmental delays in four southwestern New Mexico counties.
Project Description:
Life Quest will implement a variety
of capacity building activities in program development and revenue development
strategies: develop and approve a full community inclusion (FCI) implementation
plan, identify funding sources for the FCI program, develop a five-year
revenue development plan, and undergo training in various aspects of
fundraising.
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NACHA 501
315 B E. St. Patrick Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
605-209-6741
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
NACHA 501 was incorporated in 2004
by American Indian founders passionate about making changes in Indian
country. The mission of the organization is to empower the underrepresented,
and especially to increase financial literacy. NACHA 501 assists American
Indian families and community and faith-based organizations on the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation, which is located in southwestern South Dakota.
Project Description:
NACHA 501 will use CCF funds to increase
its capacity to involve constituents in their learning and societal
change by improving the organization's IT infrastructure. This will
include implementing video conferencing systems, protocols for communicating
via the Internet, and training staff and others to use multi-media tools
that will improve NACHA's curriculum offerings.
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Native
American Advocacy Program
P.O. Box 527
208 South Main
Winner, SD 57580
605-842-3977
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Native American Advocacy Program
(NAAP) is the only coordinating and advocacy community group that serves
Americans with disabilities in rural South Dakota. This population is
mostly low income and isolated both geographically and socially.
Project Description:
NAAP will use CCF funds to provide
services in community and culturally appropriate ways for American Indian
and other populations being served. Also, NAAP will expand the existing
knowledge, expertise, and training resources to network with several
other community organizations with which they coordinate to provide
prevention services. This expertise will allow training and professional
development.
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Native American
Community Board
P.O. Box 572
Lake Andes, SD 57356
605-487-7072
Award Amount:
$46,088
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
In 1985, a group of Native Americans
living on or near the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota formed
the Native American Community Board (NACB) to address pertinent issues
of health, education, land and water rights, and economic development
of Native American people. In 1986, NACB incorporated in South Dakota
as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
Project Description:
The goal of the Native Streaming Planning
Project is to build the capacity of the Yankton Sioux community--headed
by NACB--to conduct Internet streaming broadcasts that will provide
information to the community centered on, among other topics, healthy
relationships and relationship violence.
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New
Creation Christian Transitional Housing, Inc.
208 Flowing Wells Road
Martinez, GA 30907
706-829-3910
Award Amount:
$33,664
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
New Creation Christian Transitional
Housing is a residential alcohol and drug recovery facility established
in 2004. New Creation offers weekly group substance abuse counseling,
Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous study sessions, job referrals, and GED
classes to its residents, who are men over the age of 18 from Jefferson
and Burke counties, Georgia. The organization also performs community
outreach activities, provides presentations at inpatient drug treatment
facilities, and offers educational seminars across Georgia.
Project Description:
New Creation will use funds for board
recruitment and training, including training on fiscal accountability,
governance practices, and polices and procedures. Board training will
be provided by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits. The organization will
also develop board orientation materials. Finally, New Creation will
implement a new financial management system and provide training to
its executive director on fiscal controls as well as advanced QuickBooks
functions.
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Peoples Empowerment
Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 223865
Dallas, TX 75222
972-898-9628
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Peoples Empowerment Services serves
exceptionally disadvantaged adults and children in Homer, Louisiana,
by providing holistic prevention and treatment services. It has served
over 5,000 low-income, underserved individuals and families since it
was founded in 2002. Peoples Empowerment programs include providing
temporary housing, operation of several food pantries, and after-school
activities for targeted communities and at-risk youth.
Project Description:
Peoples Empowerment Services will use
CCF funds to strengthen its capacity to deliver and sustain services
in Homer, Louisiana, through the following: hiring a full-time
executive director; and communications to funders, stakeholders,
and the public through computers, donor software, and a Web site.
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Scottsville-Allen County Community Development
Alliance
110 South Court Street
Scottsville, KY 42164
270-237-3003
Award Amount:
$48,387
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Scottsville-Allen County Community
Development Alliance (the Alliance) mentors a group of nonprofits within
the rural area of Allen County, Kentucky, to facilitate entrepreneurship
and community development. The target populations for services are families
with children and young people.
Project Description:
The Alliance will use CCF funds for
revenue development and community engagement to: develop and implement
a fund development plan; provide equipment for staff; develop
a Web site; and provide staff training. Staff training will include
grant writing, revenue development, and community revitalization.
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United Presbyterians of Wilcox County, Inc.
P.O. Box 502
Arlington, AL 36722
334-385-5665
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
United Presbyterians of Wilcox County
(UPWC) is a nonprofit organization that has provided community services
in Wilcox County, Alabama ,for more than 100 years. UPWC provides tutoring,
summer enrichment programs, day care, recreation programs, community
activities, and services to hundreds of citizens, including seniors
and children. UPWC also provides affordable housing and economic development
opportunities to those in need.
Project Description:
UPWC will use its CCF funds for staff
to create an apprenticeship program, produce a comprehensive development
plan, train its board of directors, conduct a needs assessment of the
community and region, and increase computer skills. The goal of the
project is to strengthen UPWC's capacity to provide affordable housing,
promote economic development, and more fully respond to the needs of
the populations it serves.
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United
Way of Rutherford County, Inc.
P.O. Box 823
Spindale, NC 28160
828-286-3929
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Established in 1972, the mission of
United Way of Rutherford County (UMRCI) is to promote and support the
efficient, effective, and economical provision of human services through
its organization's members. In keeping with its mission, UMRCI has continuously
striven to respond to the changing needs of Rutherford County, North
Carolina.
Project Description:
With CCF funds, UMRCI will create a
steering committee, recruit members, hire consultants, complete community
asset mapping and a community needs assessment, and establish collaborative
relationships.
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Upper Arkansas
Area Council of Governments
P.O. Box 510
3224 Independence Road
Canon City, CO 81215
719-275-8350
Award Amount:
$31,115
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments
(UAACOG) is the designated Regional Council for Planning and Management
Region 13 in the central area of Colorado. UAACOG has been providing
federal social service programs to distressed communities since 1974.
It is an umbrella organization that houses 15 social service programs,
most of which serve low- and moderate-income children, families, and
seniors.
Project Description:
UAACOG has outlined activities in each
of five capacity building areas. Its Targeted Capacity Building project
will include: leadership development, organizational development, program
development, revenue development strategies, and community engagement.
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You Can Learn Charitable Organization
P.O. Box 83
84 Flat Rock Street
Wadesboro, NC 28170
704-694-3013
Award Amount:
$50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
You Can Learn Charitable Organization
(YCLCO) is the outreach arm of Gospel Lighthouse Word Ministries, a
faith-based organization located in Sanford, North Carolina. YCLCO serves
the rural counties of Anson, Lee and Richmond, North Carolina. It offers
programs to those living in rural communities, including: after school
tutorial services, literacy training, job training programs, and various
community outreach programs such as food and nutrition workshops and
budgeting and homeownership classes. In 2005, YCLCO established the
You Can Learn Literacy Center (YCL). The center focuses on education,
economic and workforce development, and community development.
Project Description:
YCLCO will use CCF funds to: provide
leadership development by training its board of directors; develop organizational
systems on finances, information technology, and communications; create
a diversified funding portfolio; and strengthen and establish collaborative
relationships.
