Compassion 4People
a joint project of 4People and RECA Foundation

CCF Demonstration Grant

Compassion 4People Application

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4People

RECA Foundation

Letters Of Support

Compassion WA a joint project of 4People and RECA Foundation

BUDGET REQUEST: Compassion WA requests $300,000 from Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) Demonstration Project with a total project cost of $375,000 to support capacity building services, technology tools, and sub-award grants of $2,400 to 50 selected faith-based and small service providers in 35 distressed counties in Washington State.
PURPOSE: There are thousands of organizations that provide services to help people out of poverty in Washington State. Many of these organizations have staff and volunteers functioning as information and referral agents or caseworkers, but they do not know what services are available in their local communities, especially asset building services. The Compassion WA team comprised of 4People (Resources and Case Management) and partner organization RECA (Realizing Every Community Asset) Foundation will fill this gap in knowledge with technology tools and extensive one-on-one capacity building training. RECA will provide a technology planning, determine technology access needs and build capacity by providing computer literacy training and public access computers. 4People will build on the county-specific grassroots resource listings and printable directories for each county to include local, state and asset building services. 4People will deploy the multi agency online case management system to aid communities in coordinating services to those in need. Compassion WA will use a proven Organizational Survey to determine additional capacity building needs of those selected as sub-awardees. Sub-awardees will receive 20 hours of one-on-one training and technical assistance, a public access computer, one 4People organizational case management account, and $2,400 in funds for identified additional capacity building training, equipment, and/or tools. Sub-awardees will motivate local communities to build knowledge on available resources, increase capacity to provide asset building services, and recruit organizations to participate in the multi agency case management system. This will increase the capacity in the whole community/county to coordinate and serve more people effectively, thereby reducing the poverty and unemployment rates in the 35 distressed counties.