PROGRAMS
COVID-19 Resources For Community Development
OCDCA is compiling a list of resources for community development organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. View the list.
Do you want to talk with other community development professionals across the state about how they are addressing one of our country’s greatest challenges?
Join OCDCA members for Discussion to Action: A peer-to-peer learning opportunity designed to share, discuss, and implement examples of successful desegregation work.
This discussion group features Just Action, co-authored by Leah and Richard Rothstein, our 2023 Annual Conference keynote speaker. Participants will read the book and participate in a moderated discussion that will follow Leah Rothstein's book guide. But this is more than a book club - the focus is on learning from peers and experts in the field to help galvanize local action.
The series will run from spring into summer, meeting every other week in a hybrid format. While we encourage members to attend every session, we recognize that it may not always be possible. Featured organizations, discussion questions, and reading schedule will be released ahead of time to allow for flexible participation.
We’ll be kicking off the series on March 19th with a lunch and learn with special guest Leah Rothstein - sign up to participate today! Participants will also have the opportunity to engage between sessions via a private Facebook group.
Series Kickoff: Tuesday March 19th - Lunchtime.
Bring your lunch and join us and a special guest to launch the first session of this series. Julia, our staff facilitator, will share a refresher on crucial conversations, the book guide, and open up discussion around our introductory questions:
How do you see residential segregation impacting your community? Do you feel personally impacted by residential segregation? Why or why not?
What do you think of the argument the authors make that, in order to make gains on challenging segregation, we should focus on local policy instead of federal policy? What are the opportunities and challenges to this approach?
Recommended pre-reading:Introduction, Epilogue, Frequently Asked Questions, A Note on Word Usage
Ohio CDC Association still has limited copies of Just Action available for purchase.
Empowering Communities 2024
Toledo & Lucas County Grant Challenge
Accepting proposals until FRIDAY JUNE 14 at 11:59pm EST
TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY GRANT CHALLENGE
The Empowering Communities Grant Challenge opportunity will provide funding for innovative solutions to unique community challenges that involve the social determinants of health in Toledo and Lucas County. The process consists of three stages:
Request for Proposal (RFP) process
Implementation Phase
Assessment and Replicability
FOCUS
The CareSource Foundation invests in nonprofit organizations that focus on the social determinants of health—those conditions that have significant positive or negative impact on overall quality of life. They define it in terms of the broad areas of:
Eliminating poverty/economic stability
Access to health care services
Addressing critical health trends to build or rebuild healthy communities
Positive birth outcomes
Domestic violence/child abuse
Access to economic and job opportunities
Sustainable housing solutions
Population health issues
Transportation disparities
Mental and behavioral health
Health and cultural literacy
CRITERIA
The Empowering Communities project must contain elements that meet community needs including:
Innovative approach to a pressing community need;
Engaged community with proven support of direction;
Partnerships that will help drive the solution to fruition and/or ensure its success;
Connect directly to the Social Determinants of Health focus;
Proposed measures for success and potential for replicability;
Requesting organization must be a member in good standing of OCDCA;
Financial integrity that meets the standards of the OCDCA review team;
Applicant’s past performance with OCDCA opportunities may be taken into consideration.