A new collaboration between Communities of Opportunity (COO) and Seattle Foundation is yielding $200,000 more funding for the foundation’s Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) grant and technical assistance program – and strengthening our relationship. The next round of funding closes October 30.
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News, stories, and recent articles from and about COO partners in community for September 2024.
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Our goal is to center organizations, groups, and entities with close ties to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) communities in entering, accessing support and resources, and increasing representation within the broader youth mental health and healing fields. Apply by October 18, 5 p.m.
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This RFP released on August 12 will help stabilize King County’s KCICN/BHASO community behavioral health workforce from 2024-2026. Apply by Oct. 7, 2 p.m.
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With $12 million in funding available, The Connecting Housing to Infrastructure Program (CHIP) can help your community develop affordable housing by covering water utility improvements and system development charges. Applications due Oct. 31.
Read MorePart One of a three-part series on the 2024 Othering & Belonging conference. A guest post by grantees and the Healthy & Safe Environments team.
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In our new briefing, Transform Finance outlines various stages that investors may find themselves in exploring the space: understanding the landscape of EO funds, identifying the investment approaches of different funds, and comparing and evaluating the potential impact of funds. We provide recommendations for these stages as well as overall considerations to maximize impact and build the field. At the core of our recommendations is an analysis of 53 funds that finance EO in the United States and Canada, made across investment approaches, target financial returns, size, geographic focus and impact.
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News, stories, and recent articles from and about COO partners in community for June 2024.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has made $175 million available through first-of-its-kind funding for new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing. Through one-time awards under the Continuum of Care (CoC) program, the CoCBuilds Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will enable communities to develop new units of rental housing with supportive services for people experiencing homelessness. Applications are due November 21, 2024.
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The work of Communities of Opportunity is featured in the Best Starts for Kids 2023 Annual Report, and in the shorter highlights report — written for community — called A Year in Review.
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