Network for a Healthy California—African American Campaign Faith Projects Request for Applications

On behalf of the Network for a Healthy California, the Public Health Institute (PHI) is conducting an open, competitive RFA process to fund up to four African American Campaign Faith Projects at an annual maximum award of $150,000 per project, or up to $487,500 over a 39-month period . The overall objective of this RFA is to build upon the successful approaches and lessons learned through the African American Campaign’s previous faith-based community projects to engage a larger number of churches, communities, and African American families within the state. Through this RFA, funding will be awarded to non-profit faith associations whose California-based member congregations serve large numbers of African American families, the majority of whom qualify for USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) due to having annual income less than or equal to 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.

The key activities of the required Scope of Work (SOW) include (1) recruitment, training, and support to a minimum of ten qualifying churches within the association’s network to implement the Body & Soul program and complementary activities to reach a minimum of 2,500 eligible African American adults, (2) technical assistance to participating congregations in developing community partnerships and educating and encouraging consumers to create positive changes in their communities, (3) identification of Champion Pastors to inspire and educate low-income African Americans to create healthy changes, (4) collaboration with the Regional Networks for a Healthy California, (5) promotion of the African American Campaign, Body & Soul, and their key health messages within the faith association’s national, state, and community networks, (6) participation on the Network’s statewide African American Advisory Council to provide direction and advice to the African American Campaign, and (7) administrative and fiscal management, including required documentation of activities, persons participating, and fiscal reporting.

Thank you for your interest in applying. We look forward to receiving your final application by June 12, 2009 at 4:00 pm. Applicants are required to submit a non-binding, mandatory Letter of Intent by 4 pm on May 29, 2009. Please note that applications received from organizations that did not submit the mandatory Letter of Intent will be rejected.