Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative Collaborative Grants Pre-Application Webinar July 20, 2015

Where We Work The Foundation serves 84 Missouri counties and the city of St. Louis.

Strategy Targeted Initiatives Healthy Schools Healthy Communities Expanding Coverage Infant Mortality Reduction Oral Health Responsive Approaches Opportunity Oriented Strengthening the Health Field Policy Approaches Research and Education Building the Field of Advocates Community Government and Outreach Current strategy began in 2013.

Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative Goal: Achieve infant vitality by reducing infant deaths by at least 15% over a 10 year period Geographic focus: Bootheel and St. Louis Community-driven Collaborative Collective impact

St. Louis Effort Vision: Achieve a substantial and sustained reduction in infant mortality throughout the community

Collaborative Grants Purpose – Support alignment with FLOURISH St. Louis by promoting organizational and systems-level work to advance infant mortality reduction efforts in the regionFLOURISH St. Louis Who can apply? – Organizations meeting eligibility criteria who serve women, infants and families in St. Louis

Levels of Change for Infant Mortality

Planning Template Applicants may decide to target one or more levels of change. While both levels of change may be addressed, applicants are expected to focus most of their attention and resources on one level. This table is meant to serve only as an example. Do not enter any information into this table.

Award Information $1.5 million across St. Louis and the Bootheel Priority given to proposals that: – Reach underserved populations – Articulate a clear need for the intended outcome(s) – Align with the mission of your organization – Describe reasonable activities that accomplish the intended outcome(s) – Reflect an interest in engaging in collaborative work – Present a budget that aligns with activities and intended outcome(s)

Application Narrative Abstract – Summarize the request; these will go on the website if funded Need – Use data Organization – How does the proposed project align with your mission?

Application Narrative Target population – What are the needs of the target population as it relates to infant mortality? Rationale for 2-year request Statement of success – What does success look like at the end of the project?

Other Required Documents Planning template Partnership table Letter(s) of commitment from all partners listed in the table Signed commitment to engage Financial documents: – Budget worksheet and narrative – Required documents as outlined in the RFA Fiscal agents must also submit these documents

Evaluation Plan State up to three evaluation questions Identify data you will collect to answer the questions Questions should be tied to the intended outcome(s) stated in the planning template What do you hope to learn in the course of this project?

Sharing Learning with the Collective IMRI Learning Community – Purpose: Provide opportunities for learning, relationship building and reflection with peers to advance our collective work. Budget for: – One half-day in-person meeting (early December) – One overnight convening that may require hotel and travel costs Two year proposals should build in costs for each year of the grant

Review Process 1.Internal Review Process 2.Community Reviewers 3.MFH Program & Grants Committee 4.MFH Board Approval 5.Awards Announced

Timeline Application Deadline August 19, 2015 by 4:00 p.m. Central Notification of Award Late November 2015 Project Start Date December 1, 2015 In-person meeting Early December 2015

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” -African proverb

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