WARDS 7 & 8 INITIATIVE —
2009 GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES

Complete guidelines for the Wards 7 & 8 initiative are available in PDF Format here.

The MARPAT Foundation, in collaboration with the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, will be considering applications from organizations that focus on the following priorities benefiting residents of Wards 7 and 8:

Funding Priorities:
A major focus of the Wards 7 & 8 Initiative is to increase employment opportunities for low-income residents of Wards 7 & 8. To that end, the MARPAT Foundation has targeted two priority areas of interest - Employment/Workforce Development and Education.

• Employment/Workforce Development is defined as programs that effectively prepare low-income adults and youth to economic self-sufficiency and stability.
• Education is defined as programs that prepare youth and adults for successful completion of education and/or employment training programs.

• Create and/or serve as pathways through which unemployed and underemployed individuals attain livable wages and benefits, maintain employment, and realize opportunities for professional and personal advancement
• Implement effective employment strategies that include one or more of the following components: training, placement, retention activities, and/or comprehensive social services that support trainees/workers and their families
• Conduct advocacy for improvements to workforce development systems
• Implement supplemental academic and/or social development strategies that provide pathways to post-secondary education and/or employment training

• Youth Development/Enrichment
• Family support and child development
• Health/mental health
• Housing/homelessness
• Substance abuse treatment and prevention
• Violence prevention and victim advocacy
• Advocacy for city-wide policy changes that will benefit low-income residents of Wards 7 and 8

Applicants interested in applying for funding to expand opportunities for residents of the District's Wards 7 & 8 are invited to attend an Information Session to learn more:

For both events, please RSVP to Tracey Jarmon at tjarmon@cfncr.org or via telephone at (202) 263-4764 by April 24, 2009.

To apply for the Wards 7 & 8 Initiative, read the guidelines and submit a Stage 1 Application and Addendum:

View the complete 2009 Ward 7 & 8 Initiative Guidelines	as a PDF
Download the required Summary Sheet and Addendum	as a PDF
	or as a Word document