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The Richmond Fund for Children and Youth

The Richmond Fund for Children and Youth is offering a three-year grant ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 to non-profit organizations and public agencies that provide services in areas such as mental and physical health, learning needs, and community safety to children, youth, and young adults in Richmond and unincorporated North Richmond, California, with a focus on those most impacted by harm, inequity, and lack of access to support and services.

$20,000,000
Closed
Grant Description

The Richmond Fund for Children and Youth (RFCY) is pleased to release the 2025-2028 Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit program proposals from non-profit organizations and public agencies to provide services to children and youth in Richmond and unincorporated North Richmond, California. Donor Name: City of Richmond State: California City: Richmond Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 10/06/2024 Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000 Grant Duration: 3 Years Details: For direct services in the following core needs: Mental and Behavioral Health and Wellness Physical Health and Wellness Learning Needs Safety, Community, And Belonging Connective Supportive Services Goals of the Richmond Fund for Children and Youth  Per the Charter, the Fund will support services for young people that fulfill the following goals: To ensure that Richmond’s children, youth, and young adults are physically, emotionally, mentally, and socially healthy, educated, successful in school, and live in stable safe and supported families and communities To increase safety for children, youth, young adults, their parents/guardians, families and the communities in which they live by preventing problems and enhancing the strengths of children, youth, young adults and their families To ensure young people are provided with gender responsive, trauma-informed, population specific and culturally competent services To strengthen collaboration among public agencies and community-based organizations around shared outcomes among all service providers for children, youth, young adults and their parents/guardians To ensure an equitable distribution of resources to all of Richmond’s young people in recognition of the importance of investment in their futures from birth through young adulthood To fill gaps in services and leverage other resources whenever feasible. Type of Applicants Small and Emerging Applicants Single Organization Applicants Collaborative Applicants Funding Information The total projected amount for FY2025-2028 grant awards through this RFP is approximately $6.37 million available annually (based on the 3% General Fund allocation per the Richmond Charter, Article 15). Small and Emerging Applicants A Small and Emerging applicant may apply for between $50,000 and $100,000. Single Organization Applicant Single organization applicants may apply for between $50,000 and $200,000. Collaborative Applicant Collaboratives may apply for between $50,000 and $300,000. Grant Period Grants awarded through this RFP process will be for a three-year period, January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027. Uses of Funds The City shall only use monies from the Fund for services provided to: Children (birth to 12) and youth (ages 13 to 17) and their caregivers, Disconnected transitional-aged young adults (ages 18 to 24 years) who are most impacted by harm, inequity and lack of access to support and services and, when relevant, their caregivers, or As part of programs that predominantly serve children, youth and disconnected transitional-aged young adults within those ages and their caregivers. The populations that are prioritized by the Fund included but are not limited to: System-involved young people; Young people who have been pushed out of school; Young people who themselves or whose families are homeless or threatened by homelessness; Young people living in poverty; Immigrant and undocumented children, youth and families; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) children, youth and families; Teen parents and families, including single mothers; Young people with poor physical, mental, emotional and behavioral health outcomes and disabilities; Families with children and youth who are impacted by the criminal justice system and/or who have family members who are incarcerated; and/or Families with children and youth who are involved in or transitioning from the foster care, juvenile justice, criminal justice or special education systems. Eligibility Criteria  Entities eligible to receive funding shall be public agencies and non-profit community-based organizations, including organizations with a non-profit fiscal agent, that serve children, youth and disconnected transitional-aged young adults. For-profit agencies are not eligible for funding. An applicant that is a community-based organization must be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Location: Entities eligible to receive funding include those (1) located outside but in close proximity (approximately 15 mile radius) to Richmond to the extent that those entities serve children, youth and disconnected transitional-aged young adults who reside in Richmond or unincorporated North Richmond, and (2) located in Richmond or unincorporated North Richmond that serve children, youth, and disconnected transitional-aged young adults in Richmond or unincorporated North Richmond, regardless of the residence of the children or youth. 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Funding Details

Award Range

Not specified - Not specified

Total Program Funding

$20,000,000

Number of Awards

Not specified

Matching Requirement

No

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofits

Geographic Eligibility

Richmond

Key Dates

Application Opens

September 23, 2024

Application Closes

October 6, 2024

Contact Information

Grantor

City of Richmond

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