Strategic Funding Group

Excited to see Start Corporation’s VA Staff Sargeant Fox Su***de Prevention program up and running!

Elizabeth Garland, Start Outreach Coordinator and Racquel Parfait, Peer Support and Veteran Outreach Coordinator with our VA Staff Sergeant Fox Su***de Prevention Program attended Southern University at New Orleans job and resource expo today.

We were excited to learn of the passage of two new affordable housing grant programs and wanted to share with our followers. Click on the link to learn what is to come from the City of Atlanta.

Atlanta City Council OKs funding for new affordable housing grant programs The city of Atlanta is using its affordable housing trust fund to support two new grant programs designed to support developers.

SFG President, Leah Tennille, participated in the SEAP Engagement & Equity First study on federal funding. It is an interesting and insightful report on how local leaders might better achieve equity and long-standing results.

We love this article highlighting the collaboration between Fulton County and The MicroLife Institute. The work they are doing to develop tiny homes in South Fulton will play a pivotal role for those seeking affordable housing in the current market. Click on the link to learn more.

Fulton to spend $1M on tiny homes pilot project Fulton County officials plan to spend $1 million building six to eight houses within the county.

An interesting piece on federal earmarks from CQ. Earmarks were banned in 2010 and made a resurgence in the past couple of years. If the House and/or Senate flips, will it be the end of earmarks?

Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms - Roll Call Potential changes in control of one or both chambers could put earmarks for local projects on the chopping block.

Congratulations to SFG Client Start Corporation on the opening of their Behavioral Health Crisis Care Center!

Thank you to all of our amazing community partners that came out today for the ribbon cutting on our Behavioral Health Crisis Care Center in Houma.

Happening now: Protecting Youth Mental Health: Part II - Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Care Hearing in the Senate Finance Committee

Protecting Youth Mental Health: Part II - Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Care | The United States Senate Committee on Finance Protecting Youth Mental Health: Part II - Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Care

Congratulations to our client for being recognized by the Atlanta Regional Commission as “the most innovative development in metro Atlanta this year” 🎉 Their cottages on Vaughn in Clarkston, GA make up the first tiny home community in the state!

Read more about MLI, this award, and how tiny homes are the future of sustainable and affordable housing here: https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/dekalb/georgias-1st-tiny-home-community-wins-innovation-award/PE6FKIQXLBDTDL3OSD37QMQSEA/

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Congratulations to on their award from the FY21 DOL WORC Grant! The Volunteers of America Mid-States and SFG team worked incredibly hard to secure this funding for their community, and we couldn’t be more proud!

Click through to read more about the DOL WORC Grant and how VOAMID will use their funding!

We are so excited to announce that 📢FOUR📢 of our clients received awards from the SAMHSA CMHC grant! Congratulations to these incredible organizations and the SFG team for securing this funding opportunity! Click through to read more about the CMHC Grant and about how these orgs plan to use their funds 🎉

Project Real Life, an SFG client, is hosting a job fair for prospective employees in metro Atlanta! This is a great opportunity to spread the word about, especially our partners who are passionate about workforce development.

Some new bi-partisan developments related to substance abuse funding!

SFG will be tracking this and updating clients who could benefit from these discussions/funding opportunities.

House group unveils bipartisan mental health, addiction legislative plan - Roll Call A bipartisan group of 144 House lawmakers plans to unveil their agenda for expanding mental health care and combating the drug epidemic.

SFG is lucky to have brilliant, diverse, and creative set of people from all over the country working to ensure clients receive the best services possible!

The team met up in Atlanta last week to work on projects, perfect our organizational process, and brainstorm ideas for the future for SFG.

Stay tuned for more detailed introductions of our team members!

Welcome to Strategic Funding Group’s page! If you are new here, please click through the pictures below to learn more about SFG’s history, mission, and services.

If you are interested in hiring SFG for your organization’s needs, please use the QR code (located on the 4th picture) to fill out our inquiry form!

The Kresge Foundation

What DOES do next? The Kresge Foundation President and CEO Rip Rapson reflects on how the political landscape has changed, but our values shouldn’t.

SFG President, Leah Tennille made a presentation on Grant Strategy to the Fulton County Government Grant Coordinating Council Meeting today. County Manager Dick Anderson presented Dr Vinyl Baker of the Fulton County Sheriff's Department with a certificate in recognition of the $1 million BJA SMART Reentry grant they received. Nothing better than seeing a client get funded!

Center for Civic Innovation

Exciting opportunity for nonprofits & social entrepreneurs! Sept. 22nd is Nonprofit Picture Day! Sign up for a slot to get a completely free headshot: http://www.nonprofitpictureday.com/

Targeted Capacity Expansion HIV: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Women at High Risk for HIV/AIDS | SAMHSA

Congrats to Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Inc. on its U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Targeted Capacity Expansion HIV: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Women at High Risk for HIV/AIDS award of $500,000 a year for 3 years.

RCA is one of Atlanta’s leading providers of behavioral healthcare and HIV services for hard-to reach populations and provides services to 6,000 people annually in metro Atlanta. With this award, RCA will serve African American women living in Clayton, DeKalb, and Fulton Counties who have co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders and high risk for HIV due to homelessness, victimization from domestic violence and human trafficking, a
history of other trauma exposure (i.e., ACEs), prior incarceration or institutionalization, and
poverty. The program will package safe, stable housing (for lengths of stay of at least six months) with evidence-based, gender-specific, culturally-competent, trauma-informed behavioral health treatment, HIV and
Hepatitis testing and counseling, HIV/Hepatitis prevention and treatment, medical care, medical case management, peer mentoring, recovery supports, supportive services, housing supports, and aftercare.

RCA will provide outreach, substance abuse screening, and HIV testing to 1,500 women in the community-at-large, and residential treatment and a broad range of HIV and recovery services to 72 minority women annually, (for a total of 216 women over the 3-year grant period).

http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/ti-16-011

www.samhsa.gov The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2016 Targeted Capacity Expansion HIV: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Women at High-Risk for HIV/AIDS (TCE-HIV: Minority W...

Atlanta Workforce Development Agency

"A bachelor’s degree isn’t the only way into the world of technology. If you’re thinking about a technology career, there are other common opportunities to enter the IT workforce."

FACT SHEET: Expanding the Tech Economies of Communities across the Country

Jumping for joy after finding out that Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, The Iron Yard - Atlanta, and Tech Square Labs received a $4 million DOL grant! I loved working on this project that will train the City of Atlanta’s youth and young adults with barriers to employment and other unemployed and underemployed residents for high-skilled and high-paying jobs in tech. http://buff.ly/291Gwb7

buff.ly Obama Administration announces winners of $150 million in TechHire Partnership grants, including $126 million for at-risk and disadvantaged young Americans

Loved hearing Spirit of the League Champion Award Recipient TheRealKeshiaKnightPulliam's inspirational story at today's Urban League of Greater Atlanta 6th Annual Spirit of the League Awards Luncheon.
Also so excited to hear that ULGA received a $100K grant from Fulton County Government!
I'm so proud to be an ULGA Board Member today and always!

I had an awesome time yesterday at the 2nd Annual Georgia Supportive Housing Association Reentry Conference. I especially enjoyed hearing Emmanuel, a graduate of Athens Treatment and Accountability Court, tell his inspiring story and hearing about the progress during the Georgia Department of Community Supervision's first year from Commissioner Michael Nail.

48 in 48 - 48 websites for 48 Atlanta nonprofits in 48 hours

Know an ATL nonprofit that needs a website? Check this out!

https://www.facebook.com/civicatlanta/posts/499221896941853

atlanta.48in48.org I don’t code or design. Can I help? We need all kinds of volunteers, not just designers and developers. We need people to do setup, teardown, make badges, put in content, project management, etc. If you are interested, let us know.

Volunteers of America Oklahoma receives funding for homeless veterans program

Great article about Volunteers of America Oklahoma inTulsa World! We have loved working with VOAOK to develop fantastic programs serving those most in need, especially homeless veterans, in Oklahoma.

http://m.tulsaworld.com/news/local/volunteers-of-america-oklahoma-receives-funding-for-homeless-veterans-program/article_9718c8c3-823f-5b8d-b168-6131a9a6a3fa.html?mode=jqm

m.tulsaworld.com The agency sites in Tulsa and Muskogee recently were awarded $500,000 by the Department of Labor for the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.

Excited to hear that Atlanta's Westside has been designated as a Promise Zone by the U S Department of Housing & Urban Development!

$36 million in job training grants will help more than 17,000 veterans overcome homelessness,...

Congrats to all the FY2016 U.S. Department of Labor Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program grantees, especially SFG clients Volunteers of America Pennsylvania, Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Volunteers of America Michigan, Volunteers of America Greater Ohio, Volunteers of America Massachusetts, Volunteers of America Oklahoma, and Pennyroyal Center!

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/vets/vets20160601

www.dol.gov WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez announced the award of $36 million in Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program grants today to help an estimated 17,000 veterans successfully transition to sustainable housing and good civilian jobs. The grants will fund a variety of services to a...

Episcopal High School: Leah Kannensohn Tennille '01

Profile of SFG's President, Leah Tennille by her high school, Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va.!

http://www.episcopalhighschool.org/alumni/afterEHS/profile/index.aspx?LinkId=7842&ModuleId=169

www.episcopalhighschool.org Funds raised in honor of F. Robertson Hershey will help advance strategic priorities that will launch Episcopal's next great era.

Leah Tennille presenting an award at the Urban League of Greater Atlanta's 54th Annual Equal Opportunity Day Dinner.

Awesome panel tonight at CCI: How Can Our Education System Meet the Demands of Today's Workforce

Part of the SFG team together in Atlanta! Becca Burgan, Leah Tennille, Irene Turner and Betty Barnard.