(FOA)-Community
Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program:
Regional Performance and Innovation Consortium (RPIC) - Human Capacity and
Community Transformation Initiatives - ACF Region IV-B; July 10, 2019
Agency
Department
of Health and Human Services
Administration
for Children and Families
Description
The
Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) announces that funds will be available for a cooperative
agreement for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Regional Performance
and Innovation Consortium (RPIC) Human Capacity Community Transformation
Initiatives. Working within the established CSBG Performance Management
Framework, OCS will fund 1 Regional Performance and Innovation Consortia (RPIC)
in Region IV-B, to serve as regional focal points for training and technical
assistance (T/TA) to identify, highlight, and support multi-year community
transformation efforts that move individuals, families and communities towards
improving human capacity, reducing dependency and sustaining self-sufficiency.
These initiatives will emphasize regional collaborative engagement between
CSBG-eligible entities, state and local human services agencies, philanthropic
organizations, private employers, faith-based organizations, and other
community stakeholders. These community initiatives will be implemented by
CSBG-eligible entities primarily using CSBG funds awarded under the CSBG
distribution as well as other direct or in-kind resources from participating
community partner organizations. RPICs will coordinate technical assistance
plans and provide support in leveraging existing resources and identifying
individual, family, and community-level outcome measures based on Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approved CSBG National Performance Indicators. In
addition to coordinating T/TA activities, RPIC grantees may provide financial
support for planning and coordination costs associated with community
initiatives. To assure success in community transformation efforts, the grantee
may also support ongoing statewide efforts specifically pertaining to
accountability and performance management. RPIC grantees will assist CSBG Lead
Agencies, State Community Action Agency (CAA) Associations, and local
CSBG-eligible entities in meeting high organizational standards in the areas of
consumer input and involvement, community engagement, community assessment,
organizational leadership, board governance, strategic planning, human resource
management, financial operations and oversight, and data and
analysis.
Announcement
Number
HHS-2019-ACF-OCS-ET-1584
Closing
Date
July
10, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/files/HHS-2019-ACF-OCS-ET-1584_0.pdf
Contact
Information
Seth
Hassett
(855)
792-6551