Advocating for Your Organization by Innovating Funding Sources through Local, State, and Federal Funds

August 5, 2024 |
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Objectives:

  • Describe Sure Helpline Center’s strategy for diversifying RCC funding sources
  • Examine implementation of various community services that can result in new revenue streams
  • Identify potential organizing strategies for community collaboration.

 

Rape Crisis Centers have too often been threatened by a lack of funding, forcing employees to spend their dwindling resources on maintaining the status quo. This session aims to provide information about Sure Helpline Center's (SHC) innovative methods for obtaining funding from a variety of sources that contribute to meeting the agency's mission while increasing their services and fulfilling the overall goal of “Education, Support, and Prevention of Sexual Violence to All Community Members Regardless of Age, Race, and Economic Status." SHC will share how Rape Crisis Centers can strengthen and broaden their community services with local, state, and federal grant opportunities. During this session, participants will identify various funding sources, review effective methods for growing population-specific services, and formulate strategies for cross-sector collaboration that will extend agency services for the safety and prevention of Sexual Violence in our communities.