[homeles_ot-l] Date Change for SMALL CAPITAL RFP (HPI)

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . Please note that the date for the Small Capital Request for
Proposals (federal funding – Homelessness Partnering Strategy) has been
changed to the Fall 2009. 

 

Information on the RFPs found under ‘WHAT'S NEW’ on the Alliance to End
Homelessness website has been updated to reflect this change.    HYPERLINK
"http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/"http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

147 Besserer St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7

613-241-7913, ext. 205

HYPERLINK "http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/"www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca

 


***Revised Notice


 


City of Ottawa – Request for Proposals


 

As service manager for Homelessness related initiatives, the City of Ottawa
will use federal homelessness funding under the Homelessness Partnering
Strategy as follows:

 

1.      Community Capacity Building Request for Proposals: $50,000 over the
next year, with a maximum of $6,000 per proposal, is available to the Boards
and management of local agencies to provide coaching and consulting to help
agencies enhance their capacity.  This RFP closes on May 22, 2009; with a
second window closing on September 18, 2009.

 

Eligible projects will include: 



*        assessing an agency’s capacity regarding homelessness; 

*        clarifying roles and responsibilities within the organization and
the service system;

*        strategic planning; and 

*        development of:  

o       collaboration among various services, 

o       policies and procedures, 

o       Board processes or skills, or 

o       volunteer or fundraising programs.



2.      Small Capital Request for Proposals: $100,000 over the next two
years is available to allow service providers to purchase computers,
communication systems, program supplies and furnishings, and to make minor
improvements to the program’s physical space.  This RFP will be issued in
the Fall 2009.



3.      Large Capital Request For Proposals: Approximately $2.2 million over
the next two years is available to develop supportive, supported or
transitional housing units, or renovate or upgrade existing housing stock or
service facilities. This RFP will be issued in the Spring 2009.



4.      Homelessness Services Funding:  $3.7 M annually is being used to
extend the current services for two years (which were selected via an RFP
process in Fall 2007) with 2% increases each year for this year and next. 

 

For more information and / or to have your name added to the list of people
to whom the RFPs will be sent, please contact either:

 

Pauline Daling – HYPERLINK
"mailto:Pauline.Daling at ottawa.ca"Pauline.Daling at ottawa.ca 613 580 2424 x
14376

or

Jennifer Mahood – HYPERLINK
"mailto:Jennifer.Mahood at ottawa.ca"Jennifer.Mahood at ottawa.ca  613 580 2424 x
44211

 


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