The FY 2011- FY 2014 was posted on EGrAMS today, June 11, 2010 at (http://egrams-mi.com/ctf). The CTF direct services grant opportunity will also be listed on www.bid4michigan.com. Be sure to notify your CTF Local CAN Council PRIOR to beginning the application process on EGrAMS, so that they can assist you with your application process, as well as schedule you on their calendar for the review process well in advance of the deadline posting date of July 13, 2010 at 3:00 pm. There is no fee to register at bid4michigan.com; however, you must continuously check online to see when grant opportunities are posted. There is a $50 fee to receive ongoing email notification of grant fund availability in this new system. The $50 fee affords you additional advance search engine options, which makes it easier to negotiate the bid4michigan website, according to bid4michigan.com technical support. Please note that you must know the NIGP Code for any RFP or ITB in order to view it. The NIGP for the CTF RFP when it is posted will be Human Services Code “95217.” Anyone registered on this system must have identified this NIGP Code for receiving grant opportunity notification.
A second option for receiving CTF bid notifications is to register on EGrAMS (http://egrams-mi.com/ctf ), at the start page, at the “Grant Opportunity Notification” link on the left-hand side.
The Michigan Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) announces the availability of grants for community-based secondary direct prevention programs/services designed to promote strong, nurturing families and prevent child abuse and neglect before it occurs. The Michigan Children’s Trust Fund Board will award these four-year grants in October 2010. Funding will begin January 1, 2011.
While the focus of the CTF funding is secondary prevention, service providers with a delivery strategy that is universal in its approach (open to all families) may bid for services. Successful bidders with a universal model would describe their continuum of services and how, within the context of the universal approach, the CTF secondary prevention funds would be deployed to serve the intended population, as highlighted in the preceding paragraph.
The CTF grant award must be used to support secondary direct prevention programs that are designed to prevent child abuse and neglect.
• Grants will be awarded on a four year funding cycle. The CTF grant award will be a consistent amount for each of the four years. (The first year grant award will be pro-rated, since it will not start until January 1, 2011.) The maximum amount of a grant award will be $50,000, per year. Recipients of grant awards will be required to document a 50% match of which a minimum of 20% must be in the form of a cash match (e.g. a $50,000 grant request would require a $10,000 cash match). This match is a consistent requirement for each of the four years of the CTF award.
• Programs must participate in a peer review training and visit, as instructed by the CTF direct services grant coordinator.
• Programs must include the meaningful involvement of parents/consumers in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the program and service.
• Programs must have a tool for assessing client satisfaction.
• Programs for caregivers receiving child maltreatment prevention services (e.g., parenting or family support programs) must use the FRIENDS Protective Factors Survey as a required measurement tool. Additional measurement tools can be used as well. Programs for which the FRIENDS Protective Factors Survey is not applicable must use another evaluation tool. NOTE: Planned evaluation strategies must include outcomes that describe more than client satisfaction (e.g., measurable participant outcomes).
• Applicant will be disqualified if applicant does not obtain an endorsement from the primary CTF local council representing the county the service will cover. The applicant is also responsible for notifying any other CTF local council in whose county the program will be implemented. The CTF local councils will not be reviewing the application for approval at the state level. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the local council prior to developing a response to this RFP to assure the proposal being contemplated fits local priorities, and to discuss how the services would be best integrated with other community efforts.
Funding Priorities
• Replication of secondary direct prevention programs that have been shown to be effective in the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
• Parent/Guardian skills training and support programs designed to educate and/or provide peer support in areas of child development, child care skills, stress management, and general advocacy and support.
• Services that include, but are not limited to respite care, parent education programs and support groups, fatherhood programs, home visitation programs, family resource and support centers, early care and education, evidence-based practice, and positive youth development to prevent child abuse.
Note: DHS/CTF reserves the right to assign scoring and evaluation factors in its final award recommendations based on the following special needs of community/family/child: to address geographic dispersion and to provide prevention services to special populations, hard-to-reach populations, or populations of greatest needs.
Discretionary Funding Priorities (to be considered when evaluating the merit of grant proposals)
• Programs and services within or connected to family resource centers (e.g., parent support, education, outreach, information and referral, etc.).
• Programs which demonstrate collaboration and coordination of efforts as part of a local comprehensive plan and offer participants referral services.
• Programs that provide “Outreach Activities for Special Populations,” as identified in the Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA).
• Programs that adhere to culturally competent guiding values and principles (e.g., equal access and non-discriminatory practices in service delivery).
Final grant awards may also take into consideration:
• Geographic balance to assure an equitable distribution of CTF funding
• An assessment that considers community need that may consider factors such as
1. Poverty
2. Teen pregnancy
3. Child abuse and neglect rates
4. Substance abuse
5. Low birth weight
6. Other risk factors for child abuse and neglect
