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Collaborative Initiatives & Events

Cobb County Grant Review Process

The Collaborative oversees the Cobb County Non-Profit Grant Review Process under the Planning & Evaluation Committee, Chaired by S. Yates of The Edge Connection at Kennesaw State University and Co-Chaired by Ray Knott of United Way in Cobb County.   Planning & Evaluation acts as an oversight committee for the Cobb County Non-Profit Grant Process.

• Biennially, Cobb County issues a request for proposals and makes grant awards for a variety of human services programs that address important community needs in Cobb County.  In an effort to ensure community involvement in the review process, in 1997, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners empowered the Cobb Community Collaborative to coordinate a team of community representatives to develop and oversee the non-profit grant review process.  The Board of Commissioners believes that as an organization with representation from a broad range of community agencies and stakeholders, the Collaborative and its membership would provide the forum, expertise and knowledge of our community needs necessary to ensure the best use of County funds in meeting human service needs
• The Planning & Evaluation Committee provides the structure to planning and coordinating all stages of the review process, from the creation of the forms to the recommendations given to the County Commissioners on funding allocations.

Collaborative Members are welcome to participate on this committee.  Meetings are held monthly on the second Thursday of the month at 2pm at The Mansour Center, located at 995 Roswell Street S.E., Marietta. Please call the Collaborative at 770-514-7212 for any questions.

Cobb Community Collaborative General Meeting

Cobb Community Collaborative

General Meeting July 16,2008

The Mansour Center, 12 noon

995 Roswell Street, Marietta, GA

(770) 514-7212

email:  rradhuber@cobbcollaborative.org

Homeless Awareness Week

Homeless Awareness Week in Georgia 2007

October 28th - November 3rd, 2007

 

Homeless Awareness Week is a statewide campaign to educate the public about the many reasons people are homeless, the shortage of affordable housing for low income people. And the diligent work homeless assistance providers are doing to bring relief to those most in need. The Georgia Coalition To End Homelessness is spearheading the drive. Many organizations across the state are planning day and week long activities to include:

• Awareness Marches – Get a Group Together- Large or Small
• Host Mini- Marches at Schools and Daycares
• Set-up Awareness Information Kiosks – Hand Out Fliers and Awareness Ribbons
• “Sock- It to Homelessness” new sock collections
• “Undie Sunday” new underwear collections
• “Make Friends With The Media” – Let them know you’re there !!!
• Create A Local Call To Action
• 15 Minute Church Presentations
• Posting Wish Lists in Local Merchants w/ Drop Boxes
• Have a Latte-a-Day Fundraiser – Ask donors to buy a small latte a day for a homeless shelter when they buy their coffee- $2.00 a day can add up.

These are just a few ideas. This is a great opportunity for us to get the word out that
Homelessness is not someone else’s problem. It’s everyone’s

Notice Of Request for Proposals

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

COBB COUNTY NON-PROFIT GRANT

All nonprofit organizations serving Cobb County residents are invited to attend a meeting on February 7, 2008 discussing the Fiscal Year 2009/2010 Cobb County Non-Profit Grant Process.  An overview of the process including criteria for receiving a grant and instructions on completing the application will be given at that time.  Attendance at this meeting is mandatory from 9:00 to 10:00am if your organization is interested in applying for funds from Cobb County.  From 10:15 to 11:00 an optional detailed review of the application will take place.

The meeting will be held at The Mansour Center, 995 Roswell St., Marietta, Ga. 30060.  Members of the Cobb Community Collaborative and Cobb County’s Budget & Internal Audit department will be present to answer any questions regarding the application and review process.

Immediately following this meeting there will be a presentation on Outcome Measurements beginning at 11:15 a.m. at the same location.  The brief session will address outcome definitions, goal setting, tracking, measuring, and reporting of program goals.

Red Ribbon Week

Ron Anderson will host
our 1st Annual Red Ribbon Week