1. Develop Program Advisory Group The administrator will develop a program advisory group of at least 5 Durham community members to provide review, feedback, and support on the development of the grant application and grant application review. This advisory group should consist of at least 1 youth representative, 1 parent representative, and 1 Durham County representative. 2. Develop Grant Application In collaboration with the Durham County Department of Public Health the administrator will draft a grant opportunity announcement and application, including a brief description of the grant program, eligible applicants, grant criteria, project examples, allowable expenses, and how to apply. The Administrator will also develop draft evaluation criteria to review applications. 3. Promote Grant Opportunity & Receive Applications The Administrator will work with County Designated Representatives and the Durham Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Taskforce to publicize the grant opportunity announcement and application link via e-mail, Durham County press release, social media, and other methods. 4. Review & Select Grantees The Administrator should plan to convene a diverse committee from across Durham County to review and evaluate grant applications and make final selections. Grant review committee members must not review applications for which they have a conflict of interest (or think they have a conflict), potential bias, or cannot be objective in their review. Reviewers that believe they have a conflict of interest must disclose the conflict/potential conflict and will be prohibited from reviewing and scoring that application. A minimum of two to three reviewers will score each application using the evaluation criteria. The application score will be an average across the reviewers. 5. Grantee Reporting The Contractor will work with each grantee to define “success” for their work. The Contractor will require that grantees submit data at the mid-point of the grant and at the end of the grant.
