REACH: Racial Equity Across College & High School

REACH: Racial Equity Across College & High school

Background:

This project is made possible by an anonymous donor within the GiveWell Community Foundation and organized by Noblehour.com, a volunteer management tool that promotes a culture of civic engagement and charts meaningful, measurable acts of goodness.Campus Compact of Oregonreceived support from the Noble Cause competition to support the development of new and deepen existing campus-K12 partnerships with a specific focus on improving outcomes for students of color and first generation students. This goal will be achieved by 3 key strategies:

1. Micro-grants of $500.00 to all project partnersto incentivize new partnerships and support the capacity of existing partnerships between higher education and local high schools that bring college students and high school students together working on shared volunteer projects that address locally determined needs.

2. A competitive grant competition for larger grants of up to $5,000 (application released at the 20th Anniversary event on April 13th)

3. Host a statewide training for a cadre of up to 65 college students who will serve as lead organizers on their campus for their campus-K12 partnership.

We believe a significant and powerful lever infrequently used within higher education to deepen students’ civic identity and social responsibility is grounding their service experience in their own cultural context and using the student's identity as the driver for volunteering. College completion rates for low-income, first generation, and minority students lag behind their wealthier, whiter peers. 12% of students from the bottom income quartile will earn a bachelor’s degree by 24 years old, compared with 22% in the middle quartiles and 73% from the top quartile (Engle & O’Brien: 2007). This creates added concerns in Oregon, where 21.6% of children live in poverty and over 50% of K-12 students in 28 of 36 Oregon counties qualify for free or reduced lunch (ACS: 2010). More than half of first generation students, those who are the first in their immediate family to attend college, must take remedial coursework and just 24% graduate (National Center for Education Statistics: 2005). Additionally, while 57% of white college students in Oregon graduate, only 46% of Hispanic students, 43% of Native American students, and 40% of black students will successfully earn a degree (Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System: 2009).

Instead of framing and viewing these students as "at-risk" or targeting them for support services, we propose providing a new frame that identifies the students identities as significant resources that can be used to create a more just and equitable culture both on campuses and in the world. By grounding their service in their own identity and providing them with the language and opportunities to practice talking with K12 students about their pathway into college, they become powerful role models for their younger peers.

Micro-grants vs Mini-grants:

All Campus Compact campuses that submitted letters of intent will receive small $500 micro-grants to support existing or develop new campus-K12 partnerships. There is no application for these funds, only a simple acceptance agreement and minimal data tracking of hours and volunteers.

Mini-grants can be for up to $5,000 (we will award a total of $12,500) and are intended to be both for projects with a larger scope and for those that more intentionally work to bring students of color and first generation students together across college and high school. Mini-grants are awarded through a competitive process, determined by the responses to this RFP and the anticipated impact of the project.

Decisions will be made using the following criteria:

Reach (#of volunteers both college & K12 brought together)= 25 points

Project model (well thought out, innovative, clear)=25 points

Capacity to track data including reflections=10 points

Training and Support of college student volunteers=10 points

Ability to promote the project and Campus Compact support=10 points

Letters of Support (Letters from top executive for campus & =10 points

k12 partners are not required but are given special weight.)

Budget narrative=10 point 100 points

We understand that $5,000 will likely not be enough money to complete projects of significant size or scope. If this mini-grant is one of many sources of funding be sure you focus your application on how this investment will make a specific difference and what new work or expanded scope you will reach specifically because of funds from Campus Compact of Oregon and NobleCause.

We also hope the proposal for funds will be commensurate in effort with the funds available. It is our intention that this RFP be simple and straightforward. If you have any questions or any part of the RFP is unclear please contact Campus Compact of Oregon Executive Director Joshua Todd- 503-406-3575.

The grant period shall begin on the date funds are disbursed and end April 30, 2017. Grant recipient agrees to expend all funds by this date and provide receipts if requested.

REACH: Racial Equity Across College and High school

Mini-grant (up to $5,000.000) Request for Proposals (Due June 30th)

Contact Information

Institution: ______

Primary Contact Name:______

Phone: ______Email: ______

Address: ______

Estimated # of volunteers: College ______K12 ______

Estimated demographics of college and K12 participants:

Project Partner(s) list all colleges and K12 schools:

Project Summary (not more than 160 words): Describe briefly what college students and K12 students will do together and how the cultural identities of both groups will be incorporated into the program design to promote connection between the college-K12 students.

Project Model (no more than 400 words)

Mini-grants should deepen existing or build new partnerships between the campus and K12 schools. Projects which intentionally work to bring first generation students and students of color together with K12 students with whom they share an identity will be given priority as we believe the sharing of these identities builds powerful models for younger students and increases the likelihood that they will see higher education as a possibility for their lives.

Training and Support (no more than 200 words)

Campus Compact will provide a 3-day training for up to 4 students leaders from successful grantees. Training will focus on racial justice, equity, volunteer management, and youth development. Please describe what other training or support your campus will provide for student leaders.

Data Collection (no more than 200 words)

All mini-grant awardees must be willing to track the following data and report it to Campus Compact of Oregon for purpose of our grant reporting. Please describe your capacity to collect the following data:

1.Number of volunteers mobilized

2.Number of hours of service provided by volunteers

3.Number of people served through the activity (excluding volunteers)

4.Economic impact of the project

5.Reflections from service participants on their experience

Publicity (no more than 200 words)

Grantees shall include mention of sponsorship of the project in all press releases, news conferences, and other media contacts concerning the project. All materials developed or published by the project, including brochures, announcements, flyers, manuals, reports etc., shall mention this sponsorship. Please describe how you will promote both the mini-grant award and the impacts of the project itself.

Budget Limitations

Grantee specifically agrees that no part of the funds received from this grant will be used to carry out restricted activities, including:

•Benefits associated with salaries

•Indirect costs including office and support expenses, overhead, administrative expenses, rent, and utilities

•Capital purchases for the grantee, including computer hardware and software, furniture, office

•Endowment funds

•Payments of debts

•Engaging in partisan political activities, or endorsing or participating in activities that include advocacy for or against political parties, candidates, or legislation

•Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes

•Religious proselytization

Submit a line item budget detailing how you will use the requested funds and any other revenue you may have to support the project.

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