The Portland Children’s Levy is seeking applications for its 2024-2025 Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention Program Grant.
Donor Name: Portland Children’s Levy
State: Oregon
City: Portland
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/21/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
PCL goals are:
- Prepare children for school.
- Support children’s success inside and outside of school.
- Eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in children’s well-being and school success.
Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention Funding Priorities
Applications for child abuse prevention and intervention program funding must address at least one of the funding priorities shown below.
The following program services, which are designated as eligible for PCL funding, were highly prioritized in PCL’s community engagement process.
- Program Services Eligible for PCL Funding
- Applicants for funding must provide at least one of these services and may provide more than one.
- Connect families to resources like food, utility payments, housing or rental assistance, and other basic needs.
- Connect parents/caregivers with each other and reduce isolation.
- Support parents/caregivers and youth experiencing grief and stress to learn coping skills.
- Help children, youth, and families navigate multiple systems including child welfare, and access to mental/behavioral health and legal services.
- Support the healing of families impacted by violence.
- Offer support and resources to teen parents, including learning about child development and behavior, identifying and expressing feelings, helping children learn skills to handle stress, supporting children and families experiencing grief and stress learn skills to cope, access to substance use intervention and supports, and connecting parents to resources for basic needs.
- Applicants for funding must provide at least one of these services and may provide more than one.
- Program Features
- Community engagement also indicated that families value programs that have the following features. Applicants are not required to have these features to be eligible for PCL funding; however, programs with these features may score more highly.
- Access to services on evenings and weekends.
- Confidential advocates for youth within appropriate ethical and legal frameworks to ensure safety and healing.
- Community engagement also indicated that families value programs that have the following features. Applicants are not required to have these features to be eligible for PCL funding; however, programs with these features may score more highly.
Funding Information
- A range of $12.6 million to $15.7 million in funding will be available for a 36- month period.
- Maximum grant allowable is up to $2.5 million per application.
- Applicants must request a minimum grant of at least $300,000 and propose a year-one budget of at least $100,000.
- An organization’s total annual PCL grant request(s) cannot exceed 30% of the organization’s revenues in its last closed fiscal year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-profit corporations 501(c)(3), local education agencies, community colleges and universities are eligible to apply for PCL funding.
- Partnerships or collaborations of multiple entities must designate a lead entity to apply for funding, and if funded, take responsibility for reporting and billing. The lead entity may subcontract with partners to deliver portions of the proposed program.
- Applicant organizations must have at least $750,000 in annual revenue in the last closed fiscal year to be eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Portland Children’s Levy.
