Submit an application to the Newburgh ESPRI fund, now through 1/12/18

Poverty reduction is a complex problem to solve; a multi-pronged strategy is the only way to truly address the many variables that factor into what keep families in an intergenerational cycle of poverty. As our community’s needs evolve, so too must our strategies in order to effect change. As a community, it is our time to combine efforts and develop a unified vision for systematic change. We have committed to a collaborative model focused on community solutions and systems change and alignment. 

About the Newburgh ESPRI Fund:
These Requests for Proposals (RFP) are designed as a foundation to address a strategy of intervention for broad issues that comprise poverty through systems change and coordination, family peer mentorship, and resident leadership. ESPRI is looking for partners who share our commitment to the following: 

1.      Community and population level outcomes focused in the City of Newburgh with the greatest need as defined by local data;
2.      Work collaboratively with the ESPRI Task Force and other initiative partners in developing effective, cohesive strategies;
3.      Implement strategies that demonstrate long-term success using evidence-based or informed models or those identified as promising practices;
4.      Practice cross-agency and cross-sector collaboration.

The culminations of the aforementioned steps have resulted in identifying two targeted interventions eligible for funding:
1.      Family Peer Mentorship Pilot
2.      Family Peer Mentorship Data Track Tool

Newburgh Resident Mini-Grants applications will open in April of 2018.