TN Conference of UMC Announces At-Risk Children and Families Grant Funds
Dec. 4, 2009 – Patty Smith, Director of Children and Family Ministries for the TN Conference, today announced that the At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant Review Team invites proposals for faith-based ministry programs that directly engage children from birth up to and including age 12 from various ethnicities and demographics who are at-risk in Tennessee. A total of $25,000 will be awarded.
At-risk children are defined as children in one or more of the following circumstances: living at or below poverty level, from single-parent households, temporarily homeless, abused or neglected, having documented special needs, orphaned, or displaced suddenly by unforeseen, sudden situations (tornadoes, hurricanes, fire).
Grants will support programming or projects tailored to at-risk children and families targeted by local churches and other faith-based United Methodist initiatives.
The programs/projects should:
• Help children at-risk know, love and follow Jesus.
• Provide faith-based and Scriptural solutions to conditions/circumstances that place these children at-risk.
• Contain intentional strategies to minister to and equip children and families who are at-risk with the necessary tools to be successful.
At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant Review Team encourages programs/projects that:
+Focus on intentional outreach and evangelism with specific follow up and plans for integration into the life of the local church. Programs/projects should reach a specific at-risk community that exists within close proximity to the local church.
+Make faith development central to the program/project. Competitive proposals will have a team of leaders and volunteers whose expertise and passion is tailored to the particular needs of the project and the curriculum and/or design of program is Scripturally-based. The lead pastor of the applicant’s church should play an active role in shaping the project’s goals, implementation, and outcomes.
+Collaborate with other churches to extend the reach of the project. Applicants are encouraged to capitalize on the connectional structure of the United Methodist Church and work with other churches to design and implement a multi-site or multi-church program or project as a means of increasing project resources (human and financial) to reach more at-risk children and families.
At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant Review Team will conduct two Grant Writing Seminars to help potential applicants compose grants for submission. These workshops will be held at the Conference Office located at 304 S. Perimeter Park Drive 37211 on Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Interested At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant applicants are encouraged to attend these sessions. Please contact Mary T Newman at mtnewman@tnumc.org or 1.800.403.5795 to confirm your attendance.
Important Dates for the At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant
Grant Available Online at tnumc.org: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009
Grant Writing Seminars: Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010 and Saturday, February 6, 2010.
Grant Submission Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010
Grants Awarded: Thursday, April 15, 2010
For additional information on the At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant, contact Patty Smith at psmith@tnumc.org or 1.800.403.5795.
At-risk children are defined as children in one or more of the following circumstances: living at or below poverty level, from single-parent households, temporarily homeless, abused or neglected, having documented special needs, orphaned, or displaced suddenly by unforeseen, sudden situations (tornadoes, hurricanes, fire).
Grants will support programming or projects tailored to at-risk children and families targeted by local churches and other faith-based United Methodist initiatives.
The programs/projects should:
• Help children at-risk know, love and follow Jesus.
• Provide faith-based and Scriptural solutions to conditions/circumstances that place these children at-risk.
• Contain intentional strategies to minister to and equip children and families who are at-risk with the necessary tools to be successful.
At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant Review Team encourages programs/projects that:
+Focus on intentional outreach and evangelism with specific follow up and plans for integration into the life of the local church. Programs/projects should reach a specific at-risk community that exists within close proximity to the local church.
+Make faith development central to the program/project. Competitive proposals will have a team of leaders and volunteers whose expertise and passion is tailored to the particular needs of the project and the curriculum and/or design of program is Scripturally-based. The lead pastor of the applicant’s church should play an active role in shaping the project’s goals, implementation, and outcomes.
+Collaborate with other churches to extend the reach of the project. Applicants are encouraged to capitalize on the connectional structure of the United Methodist Church and work with other churches to design and implement a multi-site or multi-church program or project as a means of increasing project resources (human and financial) to reach more at-risk children and families.
At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant Review Team will conduct two Grant Writing Seminars to help potential applicants compose grants for submission. These workshops will be held at the Conference Office located at 304 S. Perimeter Park Drive 37211 on Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Interested At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant applicants are encouraged to attend these sessions. Please contact Mary T Newman at mtnewman@tnumc.org or 1.800.403.5795 to confirm your attendance.
Important Dates for the At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant
Grant Available Online at tnumc.org: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009
Grant Writing Seminars: Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010 and Saturday, February 6, 2010.
Grant Submission Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010
Grants Awarded: Thursday, April 15, 2010
For additional information on the At-Risk Children and Families Fund Grant, contact Patty Smith at psmith@tnumc.org or 1.800.403.5795.
