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2/3/158:42 AM <br /> RFP Focus Areas <br /> Introduction• <br /> The 2014 IRC Children's Needs Assessment has provided valuable information to help <br /> guide the Child Services Advisory Committee (CSAC). The following outlines what will be <br /> considered for all grant requests. <br /> Larger Picture <br /> The community must start taking a long-term view focusing 15-25 years out. We have a <br /> cycle of poverty in IRC that has been increasing and needs to be broken. <br /> Interventions should start as early as possible in a child's life in order to have the greatest <br /> impact. <br /> IRC agencies should use best practices. <br /> a. Evidence based with measurable outcomes over time <br /> b. Cost effective/efficient <br /> c. Skilled executive, program, and board leadership <br /> d. Strong fiscal management <br /> e. Opportunity for broad impact (replicable, scalable, leveragable) <br /> Focus should be on the pockets of poverty. Given that IRC poverty is in geographically <br /> disbursed pockets and that we have unique transportation problems,we must always keep <br /> in mind that services need to be available where and when people need and can access <br /> them. We must utilize the best mediums to clearly communicate what, when and where <br /> these services are available <br /> Collaboration in the community is essential and can help optimize human and financial <br /> resources, expose and eliminate overlap. <br /> We are supportive of the IRC Funders Forum hosting a series of educational workshops to <br /> be conducted by Nonprofits First.Additional preference will be given to agencies that <br /> participate in these workshops. <br /> The considerations highlighted above have precedence over the actual CSAC Focus Areas <br /> listed below. <br /> 2015 CSAC Focus Areas (ranked in order by the Advisory Team at the completion of the <br /> Needs Assessment process.) <br /> 1. Early Childhood Development <br /> This encompasses birth to age 5. For the younger children this would mean improving the <br /> interactions they have beginning at birth with their caregivers. It would include improving <br /> the quality (and transparency of relative quality) at childcare, PreK and Voluntary PreK <br /> 1 <br /> 127 <br />