Family Voices of Tennessee Partnership Funding Proposal

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Family Voices of Tennessee is looking to expand our Health Equity workstream by offering stipends to parents from community-based organizations. The stipends will be used to host events, activities, or projects that cater to the needs of underserved families with disabilities, chronic illness, or complex healthcare needs.

The goals of this program are to broaden our partnerships, support existing programs, and community leaders. Through these events Family Voices hopes to build capacity to support families with our free statewide services of parent to parent mentorship, support navigating financial benefit programs, provide education on navigating the healthcare system, and provide the opportunity to connect with other families across the state.

To achieve the goals of this program your proposed projects must include the following:

The target audience for these events must be individuals with disabilities, chronic illness, or complex healthcare needs and their families or caregivers.
The event must include information about Family Voices of Tennessee and our services. We hope to support families after the event with our free statewide services of parent to parent mentorship, support navigating financial benefit programs, education on navigating the healthcare system, and the opportunity to connect with other families across the state.
Additionally, we require that a parent or caregiver of an individual with a disability, chronic illness, or complex healthcare needs must be involved in the planning, delivery, and implementation of the project.
The parent/caregiver must also be compensated for their time with a stipend.

Example: Centro Hispano in Knoxville was funded to host a family fun day at the Muse Children's Museum for their families of children with disabilities, chronic illness, and/or complex healthcare needs. The event provided free museum tickets to the families, gas cards to assist with transportation to the event, food for the event catered from a Latina-owened small business, and parent stipends to the parents who helped coordinate the event.

*Preference will be given to proposals targeting one or both of the two target communities below:

Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+, and/or
Rural communities with emphasis on: Johnson City, Campbell County, Monroe County, Warren County, Bedford County, Wayne County, Madison County, Crockett County, Cocke County, Scott County, Rhea County, DeKalb County, Hardeman County, Haywood County, Gibson County, Hamblen County, Hancock County, Bledsoe County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Shelby County, Lauderdale County, Lake County.

Proposals will be reviewed on a first come, first serve basis and awards will be granted monthly. We have limited funding and will not be able to fund every request (although we wish we could!). However, we would love to connect with you/your organization about future collaboration.

Feel free to reach out to us at familyvoices@tndisability.org

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What is your name and role on this project?* This field is required.Please list the name of the person we should contact about this proposal.

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What is your email?* This field is required.Please list the email of the person we should contact about this proposal.

example@example.com

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What counties will benefit from this project? * This field is required.

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Please tell us a bit about your organization or the organization you plan to partner with for this project.* This field is required.Please include the name and website of the organization

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Please briefly describe your proposed project and how it meets a need for your organization/community. Please also discuss how your organization will engage a parent of a child/adult with disabilities to help lead this project/event. * This field is required.

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Please briefly describe the goals/desired outcomes of this project/event. * This field is required.

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Please provide a breakdown of how the requested funds will be spent. Please also include a line item for a parent stipend, to support the work of a parent(s) to help plan/deliver/participate in this project/event. Example: Program Materials: $500.00 Facilities Rental: 2 hours $325.00 Muse Rental Food: $250 purchased from Latino owned business Parent Stipend: $200 Total: $1,275* This field is required.

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I understand that I must include a parent/caregiver(s) of an individual with a disability, chronic illness, or complex healthcare need to support this event.* This field is required.

Yes

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I understand that I must compensate the parent/caregiver(s) for their time supporting this event.* This field is required.

Yes

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I understand that this event/activity/project must be for individuals with disabilities, chronic illness, or complex healthcare needs and their families.* This field is required.

Yes

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I understand that I must share information about Family Voices of Tennessee at this event and make future referrals to the organization as needed in the future.* This field is required.

Yes

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I understand that I must submit a brief report via email within 30 days following this event/project that includes the following information: 1.) Title of project 2.) Date(s) of project 3.) # of families served by project 4.) How did your project meet the goals/objectives in this proposal 5.) Brief statement of how the funding made an impact on your community/organization* This field is required.

Yes