First 5 LA Best Start Community Partnership

Informational Session

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• About First 5 LA• About Best Start • Best Start Community Partnership• Application requirements

• Q&A and Follow-Up

Agenda

About First 5 LA

• Background

• Vision

• Goals

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About Best Startbringing out the best in children by bringing out the best in our

communities.

• Shifts how First 5 LA funds initiatives, moving toward a place-based approach, focused on high need geographic areas

• Believes that the PLACE where a child grows up matters

• Relies on the development of a community partnership ready to take an active role in improving their communities based on Best Start’s four goals.

Best Start’s Four Outcomes

• Children are born healthy.

• Children maintain a healthy weight.

• Children are safe from abuse and neglect.

• Children are ready for kindergarten.

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Why place-based?

• Place affects access to basic resources like clean air, healthy food, medical services and recreational space, as well as opportunities for high quality education, living wage employment, and affordable housing.

What a Best Start Community Looks Like:

• Safe places for children to play• Improved health services• Access to healthy, affordable

food• Collaboration among services

groups• Effective coalitions of

neighborhood leaders, local businesses and parents

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Best Start Communities

1. Magnolia Place/Central Los Angeles 2. Broadway-Manchester/ South Los Angeles 3. Central Long Beach 4. Compton/East Compton 5. East Los Angeles (includes City Terrace, parts of Monterey Park) 6. Lancaster 7. Pacoima 8. Palmdale 9. Panorama City 10. South El Monte – El Monte 11. Southeast L.A. County Cities (including Bell, Cudahy, Bell Gardens and Maywood) 12. Watts-Willowbrook 13. West Athens/South Los Angeles 14. Wilmington

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Best Start Community Partnership

• Is the key to creating and sustaining change in each community.

• Is the place where parents, organizations and community leaders come together to make decisions about improving their community.

• Will develop a governance structure where decisions will be made democratically

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Supervising Facilitator will

• Promote a respectful environment where:– Every voice is heard– Community facilitators ask for support

• Train community facilitators:– Cultural competency– Recruiting and retaining non-traditional partners

• Guide the community facilitators through the completion of the implementation plan

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Roles of Supervising Facilitator

• Supervise a team of 13 community facilitators

• Provide training and technical assistance

• Document the planning process and provide written report

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Compensation and Duration

• Consultant will be compensated based upon the project budget developed during the contracting period for an amount not to exceed $225,000

• Approximately 18 month contract

• Hourly rate

• $150 an hour maximum

• include all projected expenses

Best Start Community Partnership

Application Process

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Timeline

Qualifications Due

Questions due Interviews Notification of acceptance

Target Start date

July 9, 2010 5:00 p.m.

July 7, 2010 July 27-29, 2010 July 30, 2010 August 6, 2010

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Eligibility Requirements

• 15 years of facilitation experience• Ability to successfully facilitate large

and diverse collaborative groups• Applicant must have a presence in CA

and capacity to work throughout Los Angeles County

• Experience working with diverse community coalitions

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Application Process

RFQ• All applicants are required to complete

and respond to the RFQ online. The form can be accessed at the First 5 LA website (www.first5la.org/Best-Start-Community-Partnership-Supervising-Facilitator-RFQ

Interview• Selected applicants will receive an email

requesting an interview July 27-29, 2010

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Application Review Process

• RFQ will be reviewed by external reviewers between July 12 and July 16, 2010

• Interviews will be scheduled July 27-29, 2010

• Notification of acceptance July 30, 2010• Target start date is August 6, 2010

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Online Application

Step 1: Register online at: www.first5la.org/Best-Start-Community-Partnership-Supervising-Facilitator-RFQ

Step 2: Complete application questions

Step 3: Upload application documents online

A. Upload other documents (consulting project narrative, resumes, etc.)

B. Three forms are required to be submitted in hard copy

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Questions & Answers

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Contact Information

First 5 LA750 N. Alameda St, Suite 300Los Angeles, CA 90012(213) 482-7836www.First5LA.org

mbenitez@first5la.org