Spring 2010 Student Philanthropy Board #4, USF St. Petersburg, housed in LDR 2010.602S10:Leadership Fundamentals (Kay-Lynne Taylor)

• problem in the Pinellas and Hillsborough community that the NOFO is trying to solve
• the primary evidence identifying the real critical need in the Pinellas and Hillsborough community
• how non-profits will be able to solve this problem
• how non-profits will be able to solve this problem with $5000

1.This request for proposals is open only to 501(c) (3) nonprofit organizations operating in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties.
The Spring 2010 USF St. Petersburg Student Philanthropy Board # 4 (USFSP SPB) requests proposals that will improve an existing educational development program that will increase the level of independence and academic confidence for economically and environmentally at-risk children, ages three to thirteen.
The grant provided by the USFSP SPB is Federal funds and it carries all Federal restrictions. See Appendix I (Prohibited Program Activities)

2.In 1965, United States Office of Economic Opportunity introduced Project Head Start as part of the „War on Poverty‟, which reified the belief in education as the solution to poverty. According to the Head Start website, “Head Start was designed to help break the "cycle of poverty" by providing preschool children of low income families with a comprehensive program to meet
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their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs.”1 According to Aaron Pallas, a professor of sociology and education at Teacher‟s College, Colombia University, “young people are at-risk, or educationally disadvantaged, if they have been exposed to inadequate or inappropriate educational experiences in the family, school or community.” According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 28.2% of children from ages three to thirteen have personal and family risk factors.2 USFSP SPB #4 believes that if we enhance an existing program that targets this age group and uses the government funded Head Start program as a model, at risk children will have a better foundation for success. Existing programs should encourage, reinforce and foster the skills necessary to learn, develop and succeed in school. Within these programs, supplies such as computers and books should be implemented to provide at risk children with the opportunities their families are unable to provide for them. We request proposals that focus on enhancing positive community modeling for children ages three to thirteen. Successful applications will augment existing academic success programs for at risk children.

3.We request proposals that focus on enhancing positive community modeling for children ages three to thirteen. Successful applications will augment existing academic success programs for at risk children.

4.The USFSP SPB #4 will provide one awardee funds up to the $5000 maximum as allocated by the Lead Learn Serve Grant to fund a sustainable enhancement to an existing program targeting at risk children ages three to thirteen. The grant funds provided by the USFSP SPB #4cannot be used for any other purpose or project other than that outlined in the response to the Request for Proposals.