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Valley CERF
Community Economic Resilience Fund
ENGAGEMENT
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Catalyst Request for Proposal Opportunity
The Central San Joaquin Valley CERF (Valley CERF) is issuing this Catalyst Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects that support our disinvested and disadvantaged communities; have a local or regional scope; and aim to attract additional state, federal, or philanthropic funding. For more information, see the Catalyst Request for Proposals and Catalyst Request for Proposals Application Questions linked below.​
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Ensuring an inclusive process that centers disinvested community and nontraditional voices is key to the Valley CERF process. With input from local kick-off meetings, focused stakeholder outreach, and hundreds of follow up discussions with community leaders, the Valley CERF coalition built its Collaborative Governance Structure and overall Outreach and Engagement plan. The plan include its own “Principles of Community Engagement” such as (1) community engagement “first and throughout” the planning process; (2) resourcing trusted community partners to lead resident engagement; and (3) adopting the International Association for Public Participation’s “Transformative Community Engagement” framework pictured below.
Community Engagement Opportunity
The following organizations were selected by Local Table Evaluation Committees to lead community surveys, interviews, and focus groups throughout the Central San Joaquin Valley. With their leadership and support, we will ensure that community voices, especially those who have been historically excluded from regional economic development processes, are engaged and central to the decisions of the Valley CERF Coalition.
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Regional
Binational of Central California
Centro Unidad Popular Benito Juárez
Kings/Tulare Local Table
Central Valley Worker’s Center
Tulare Kings Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Fresno County Local Table
Central Valley Worker’s Center
Familias Empoderadas
Jakara Movement
The Southeast Asian Business Center
Madera County Local Table
Youth Leadership Institute
Madera Coalition for Community Justice
Community Action Partnership of Madera County
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