The United Way of Greater Baytown Area & Chambers County is accepting Letters of Intent for its Community Impact Grant 2024-25.
Donor Name: United Way of Greater Baytown Area & Chambers County
State: Texas
County: Chambers County (TX)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/30/2023
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Areas
The Community Impact grant focuses funding programs providing solutions in four areas – basic needs, education, financial stability, and health. Programs aligned with each funding area should be targeting specific audiences within the community to provide quality care, while lifting the quality of life in Baytown and Chambers County.
- Basic Needs
- Objective: Residents in our community have access to programs and services that provide basic life necessities.
- Focus: Access to crisis management services, stable housing, fresh food, and clean clothes.
- Targets: Fund local programs that work directly with individuals and families who need:
- temporary assistance with short term housing
- emergency access to healthy foods
- clothing and shoes for school
- delivery programs to the homebound
- urgent and / or crisis response services (i.e. domestic violence or assault response, disaster care, etc.)
- Education
- Objective: Residents in our community will have access to programs and services that support learners of all ages.
- Focus: Access to college readiness programs for students of all ages, and support services for students K-12th grade.
- Targets: Provide funding to local programs that:
- provide before and after school services for students in K-12th grade
- support students to increase the likelihood of high school graduation
- support toward identifying a path to employment through higher education or vocational programs
- financial assistance for educational opportunities
- Financial Stability
- Objective: Residents of our community will have access to resources to help them become financially stable and rise out of ALICE status.
- Focus: Access to stable shelter, financial literacy and coaching, career readiness programs and supports, childcare assistance, and educational and vocational supports to increase income.
- Targets: Provide funding to local programs that provide:
- temporary transitional shelter leading towards permanent housing financial literacy education
- employment services such as resume building, career readiness, and transportation assistance
- financial coaching services
- case management assistance to navigate programs
- childcare assistance programs for working parents, or those in school
- Short term financial assistance with rent, mortgage, and utilities
- tax preparation assistance
- Health
- Objective: Residents in our community will have access to resources that promote overall health and healthy living
- Focus: Access to health care systems, clinics and services for mental, physical, and dental health, through in person and telehealth service models
- Targets: Provide funding for local programs that provide
- access to telehealth and in person preventative health services, including mental health
- access to mental health service
- substance abuse programming, including preventative education and programming
- transportation assistance for health-related needs, including accessibility for homebound individual
- access to specialized healthcare providers (i.e. women’s health, cancer screenings, dental services, indigent care, etc.)
- support for insurance enrollment and navigation
- prescription assistance
Eligibility Criteria
In order to apply, applicant agencies must:
- Be a non-profit, 501(c)3 (federally tax-exempt) organization (i.e. non-profit organizations, governmental entities, educational institutions)
- All recipient of services must be residents of either Greater Baytown or Chambers County and fall in one of the following service area.
- Programs must provide human services, and must align with the strategic funding targets of the United Way of Greater Baytown Area and Chambers County.
- The program must be implemented between July 2024 and June 2025.
- Applicant must be able to provide current, clean financial documentation, appropriate to the agency by size.
For more information, visit United Way GBACC.
