Clackamas County Health, Housing & Human Services Department through its Children, Family & Community Connections (CFCC) Division is seeking applications from multiple agencies/organizations that are capable of delivering evidence-based and best practice parenting education class series and activities both in person and/or in virtual formats.
Donor Name: Clackamas County
State: Oregon
County: Clackamas County (OR)
Type of the Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 11 Months
Details:
By providing high quality, evidence-based or best practice parenting education series to parents and caregivers in our community CFCC aims to increase positive parent child relationships, expand parent knowledge related to child development and effective parenting skills, and reduce parental stress resulting in enhanced health, development and school readiness for children.
Goals
Provide evidence-based and best practice parenting education class series and activities to parents of children ages birth to 18 years old living in Clackamas County, through virtual or in-person settings. Successful applicants will demonstrate the ability to offer high-quality, easily accessible programming to universal and/or target populations. Successful class series, when applicable, will meet all fidelity requirements designated by the curriculum publisher and have a successful parent retention rate of at least 75% of participants attending at least 70% of class sessions offered. Additionally, 75% of class participants will report an increase in the quality of parent-child/youth interactions as measured by Parenting Skills Ladder (PSL) responses.
Funding Information
- The minimum award amount is $5,000.
- A total of $136,000 is currently available for the time period of August 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations, schools, or public entities serving residents of Clackamas County. Eligible projects must address the goals identified above and result in positive, measurable outcomes for parents and their children. Successful applicants will meet the following criteria:
- Demonstrate capacity and willingness to provide evidence-based and best practice parenting education services to a variety of populations. This includes, but is not limited to, parents and caregivers who are:
- Supporting children with special needs,
- English language learners,
- Low income and/or living in rural communities
- LGBTQIA+
- BIPOC
- Otherwise historically underserved
- Commit to conducting a minimum of two and a maximum of six separate evidence-based class series over the funding period.
For more information, visit Clackamas Parenting Together Small Grants.