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Applications open now!
Applications are now open for the Community Access & Response Fund and the Wraparound Services & Stability Fund. Applications are due March 28.
Over the past several months, United Way engaged in work to update our annual investment strategy, funding priorities, and application process. Our goal is to maximize the impact of every dollar to better and more sustainably support the needs of ALICE households and the organizations that serve them.
Our new funding framework is designed to resource and engage a coordinated network of partners providing a complementary services under a shared vision to help households living below the ALICE threshold move from crisis to stability and from stability to prosperity in Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties.
Beginning this year, our investment strategy moves away from multiple, program-specific funds to a set of three grant opportunities intended to complement each other and give organizations the ability to choose where they best align and can most effectively engage around our shared priorities.
The three upcoming funds are:
- Community Access & Response Fund – Designed to provide flexible funding for organizations meeting immediate, more acute needs of individuals and families.
- Wraparound Services & Stability Fund – Flexible funding for organizations or established collaboratives providing wraparound services to stabilize individuals and families.
- Connect4Care & Systems Change Fund – Funding for regionally recognized institutions or collaboratives to address the systemic issues that are driving up the number of ALICE households and connect individuals to more integrated, seamless and dignified systems of care that support lasting, long-term stability for individuals and families at scale.
Throughout December, we hosted several coffee hours where partners were invited to hear more about our new approach to grant investments. Questions from these coffee hours are available below. For additional questions or clarification, please contact PartnerNetworks@UnitedWaySEM.org.
Watch the webinar below to learn more.
See resources below to learn more and stay connected over the coming months as we share additional details about each fund’s intent and eligibility.