ELIGIBLE PROJECTS

The CCNSF capacity-building program aims to help organizations identify and address their most pressing organizational needs. Organizations may apply for funding in one of seven areas:

  1. Information management systems design and development:  This includes securing and/or designing software and building related staff skills necessary for managing work more effectively (e.g., tracking client demographic data, service utilization, and progress toward outcomes). This includes efforts to implement systems to keep information related to client needs, referral sources, and services provided.

  2. Financial management and planning:  This includes assessment, planning, and development of financial systems, as well as staff skill-building to improve reporting systems and enable organizations to identify the most cost-effective services.

  3. Evaluation and outcomes system development: Efforts to develop program and organizational measurement tools that assess the impact of programs and enable the organization to enhance or expand programming; conduct programmatic or organizational evaluation. This includes efforts to implement systems to keep information related to client needs, referral sources, and services provided

  4. Leadership development:  This includes leadership succession planning; creation and implementation of volunteer management/recruitment plan; management/leadership training for staff; training for board of directors; and creation of board policies.

  5. New program planning and development:  This includes conducting a community needs and assets assessment to guide program development and expansion; staff development in support of the new initiatives.

  6. Strategy and organizational development:  This includes efforts to create a staff performance review process; a strategic or operational/annual plan; a communications or marketing plan; and a fundraising or donor development plan.

  7. Collaboration and strategic alliances:  This includes developing partnerships and collaborations with multiple organizations to address community needs and development of organizational mergers.