Grant Opportunities

Listed below are upcoming, current or recent grant opportunities. Please check this page frequently for updates.

Health

RFP 2025-04 HealthConnect in Our Schools
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Child health, development and well-being affect educational achievement, behavior and future life success. The Children’s Trust, in collaboration with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) and the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County (DOH - Miami-Dade), will continue to fund a comprehensive school-based health initiative that increases access to health and wellness services for children and families. The approach involves nursing and mental health professional services and community referrals that promote a healthy school environment intended to identify, prevent and/or remedy student health problems. In addition, telehealth services will be integrated to expand the reach of services to students. This is a competitive solicitation open to current school health providers and other community health providers qualified to perform school-based health services.

School-Based Health Tentative Timeline

  •  Tentative Release Date - October 22, 2024
  •  Bidders' Conference and Application Training - October 28, 2024
  •  Pre-Application Deadline - November 26, 2024
  •  Application Deadline - December 17, 2024
  •  Debriefing Period - January 13-16, 2025
  •  Site Visit/Interview Period - January 27-29, 2025
  •  Selection Announcement - March 6, 2025

Industry Day: Seeking Input on School-Based Telehealth Service Options (Tuesday, September 10, from 1 to 4:30 p.m.)

School-Based Health Information, Input and Networking Community Stakeholder Session (Monday, June 3, from 1 to 4 p.m.)

 

Parenting - Early Literacy

ITN 2025-XX Book Club
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The Children’s Trust Book Club offers free, monthly books by mail for children living in Miami-Dade County from birth through their 5th birthday. Parents register for monthly books in English or Spanish, along with special sets of Haitian Creole language books. Mailings include a parent guide with activities, information and suggestions on how to share the book with their children. Currently, the Book Club serves almost 50,000 young children throughout Miami-Dade County, with a membership goal of 60,000 by the start of the new funding cycle. This competitive solicitation will seek one or more vendors to provide the following services in support of the Book Club: content development, book buying, fulfillment (packaging and mailing) services, digital content creation, and related community events to engage book club families. 

  • Anticipated Release – February 2025 

  • Anticipated Application Deadline - March 2025 

  • Anticipated Funding Recommendations – July 2025 

  • New Contract Funding Cycle Begins – October 1, 2025 

Community Engagement & Community Outreach Grants 

Community Engagement and Outreach grants provide community partners with an opportunity to seek funding for existing programs, advocacy efforts or events that support children and families in Miami-Dade County as well as the mission and values of The Children's Trust.

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Operational Investments

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Other Resources

Candid
www.candid.org       
Candid is a nonprofit organization, combined from Foundation Center and GuideStar, that provides the most comprehensive data, analysis, and tools needed to track and understand the millions of dollars given to and used by nonprofits around the world.

The Children’s Trust, as a Candid Community Partner, funds three data systems at every Miami-Dade County Library System branch library through their WiFi network during library open hours. For instructions on how to access the systems, click here.

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Grants.gov       
www.grants.gov       
Allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies, and encompasses over 900 grant programs offered by the twenty six Federal grant-making agencies. It streamlines the process of awarding over $350 billion annually to state and local governments, academia, not-for-profits, and other organizations.

Miami-Dade County       
www.miamidade.gov       
An extensive directory of current grant opportunities from a variety of local, state and national sources. 

National Council of Nonprofits, Nonprofit Economic Vitality Center       
www.councilofnonprofits.org       
This resource was developed to help nonprofits better understanding the current economic climate and assist in accessing strategies to help navigate the economy so that nonprofits can provide community services more effectively.

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