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APPLICATION

Thank you for your interest in Grounded Solutions Network’s ForEveryoneHome Initiative. We are excited to meet our potential partners in this effort. Please complete the application below or submit it by email as a PDF document to Matt Weber at mweber@groundedsolutions.org by 5:00 pm PST on March 14th, 2019. We will evaluate applications based upon submitted materials, follow-up interviews, and site visits. Selection announcements will be made April 12, 2019. For details about the ForEveryoneHome initiative, please see our website at:

https://groundedsolutions.org/ForEveryoneHome

Lead Contact Person

List the lead applicant’s contact information

First Name

Last Name

Title

Organization Name

Phone

Applicant Team Bios

Provide the names and brief biographies (up to 200 words each) of each member of the project team. The core applicant team should consist of two to three local government leaders (including elected and appointed officials and key staff) and two to three community members who are trusted voices on the housing needs in the low-income communities of color in your city. For every team, the city’s mayor will be designated an honorary team member and is not counted toward the four- to six-member limit. The name and brief biography of the mayor, however, should be included in your application. In addition to these project leaders, Grounded Solutions will work with each city to involve a broader group of stakeholders in the program.

Team Members

First Name

Last Name

Brief Biography (up to 200 words)

Team member category

Team Narrative

Describe briefly why these are the right individuals to lead a displacement prevention initiative in your community, and what roles they will play. It is not necessary for every team member to participate in every aspect or meeting of the initiative. Please highlight how each team member will contribute to the overall success of the initiative. We seek diverse teams of both government and community leaders who bring community knowledge, technical expertise and policymaking authority.

Need for Action

Existing Conditions

Current Policies and Programs

What policies and programs are already in place in your city to promote housing affordability and inclusive communities?

Displacement Pressures

What displacement challenges does your community currently face or expect to face in the near future? How do housing cost and quality figure into these challenges?

Future Efforts

Goals for participation

Why do you wish to participate in the ForEveryoneHome initiative? How will participation help you achieve something you could not achieve on your own?

Strengthening Current Policies and Programs

Which current policies and programs would you like to re-examine or build-upon? Describe any research or groundwork already accomplished.

Developing New Policies and Programs

What new policies or programs are you considering pursuing? Describe any research or groundwork already accomplished.

Readiness for Success

Community Engagement

What prepares your community to have an exemplary community engagement process that reaches low-income communities of color in your city?

Describe existing relationships, experience with past outreach efforts (both successes and lessons learned), and available resources.

Potential Barriers

What are the biggest barriers your community faces in advancing a displacement prevention strategy?

What help could the ForEveryoneHome initiative offer to overcome those barriers?

Peer Sharing

What successful or innovative local policies would you like to teach your peers in other cities about?

What local policies would you be most interested in learning about from a peer city?

Peer Sharing

Supply at least three and up to five letters of support for the city’s participation in the ForEveryoneHome initiative, including a letter from the mayor or resolution of support from the city council, letters from community organizations (particularly those working in and with low-income communities of color in your city), and letters from foundations and other funders active in your community.

Letter of support (PDF preferred)

Letter type

Match Funding

Thanks to generous underwriting from the Ford Foundation, Grounded Solutions is able to offer a value of $150,000 in program activities and technical assistance to each participating team. We also require a minimum local commitment of $75,000 in match funding. However, the inability to raise the full community match by the date of application submission is not necessarily disqualifying. Grounded Solutions Network will work with selected applicants to round-out their community contribution through additional fundraising. The first installment of $50,000 will be due by July 31, 2019, with the remainder due December 31, 2019.

Have you identified a funding source for the full match requirement ($75,000)?

YesNo

If no, how much have you identified to date?

What support would you like to request of Grounded Solutions Network to fundraise for any remaining gap?

Do any community representatives on the core team necessitate additional financial support to fully participate (separate from the required match funding)?

YesNo

If so, please describe financial needs and indicate how Grounded Solutions Network might support local fundraising.

Supporting Documents

Please attach or provide links to any planning documents, housing reports or other similar items that support your application. Include a brief description of their relevance.

Documents

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Links

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