Professional__SDM-TAP_GrantVantage_Questions_(2).pdf

SCDD Supported Decision Making-Technical Assistance Program (SDM-TAP) Grant Application Questions

This document is designed to be a checklist/guide for the GrantVantage platform application. It provides the questions and basic requirements for the application process. This document is not to be submitted as an application. The actual application may be found at: https://cascdd.gvgrantcloud.com/ Category 1: Project Data Sheet (5 questions)

1. Professional Implementation Area (Professional Implementation Flyer)

Please indicate the project’s focus area(s):

Education Services I/DD Services Medical Services Legal Services Financial Services

2. Project Period

The funded project period start and end dates are September 1, 2024-December 31, 2025. If you anticipate a different project duration, please indicate below. If you intend to extend the project beyond December 31, 2025, please indicate how you will fund the project beyond that date.

Project Start Date Project End Date

3. Main Project Contact

Please identify the main point of contact for this project.

4. Signature Authority

Identify the Director (CEO or equivalent) with the legal authority to enter into a contractual agreement on behalf of the Applicant organization.

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Category 2: Project Narrative (30 Questions)

1. Organization's Qualifications (Character Limit: 7000)

Scoring: This question is worth 10 points

Describe your organization's qualifications to design, implement, and successfully complete the proposed project. Include experience in working collaboratively with professionals, underserved populations, their families, and those enterprise and/or community-based entities that provide supports and services. These supports and services must be accessible to people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) along with mental health concerns and aging needs. Please describe your organization’s subject matter expertise for this project and existing qualifications. Also include experience managing large funding sources and completing required deliverables.

Letters of support

a. Please upload your 1st letter of support

b. Please upload your 2nd letter of support

c. Please upload your 3rd letter of support

Uploads Required

2. Good Standing

Is the applicant in good standing with the CA Secretary of State? If yes, please upload confirmation letter(s) or proof of good standing.

Yes, upload(s) required:

No

Upload(s) Required

3. Grant/Project Defaults (Character Limit: 500)

Has your agency ever defaulted on a grant or contract? If so, please explain.

Yes, explanation required below:

No

4. Previous Grants/Awards

Please list all grants/awards received from any entities during the past two years related to your proposed implementation area. Include the name of the project, the funding source, a contact person and their telephone number for that funding source, and the full amount of the grant/award:

Project Name Award Date

Funding Source/Entity

Funding Source:

Contact Name & Phone #

Award/Grant Amount

8. Collaborative Partners: Roles and Responsibilities

Scoring: This question is worth 5 pts.

Collaboration is not required, but up to 5 points may be added for applicants creating or building on collaborative partnerships between one lead applicant and sub-contractors/sub-recipients. If not applicable, put N/A.

Please identify those individuals and/or organization(s) that will be collaborating with the Applicant on the proposed project. Provide a brief description of each respective role and responsibilities and upload supporting documentation and how your collaborative partners will be funded through this SDM- TAP grant.

Name of Organization/Individual

Role of Organization/

Individual Responsibilities

Upload(s) if Applicable

9. Collaborative Partners: Letters of Support

The applicant shall submit collaborators’ letters of support with signature(s) from all intended collaborators, whether entities or individuals, including their project roles and responsibilities, expected funding from the SDM-TAP grant, and funds coming through matching or other sources.

Upload(s) if Applicable

10. Collaboration MOU

Should the success of a proposed project involve a formal agreement (a Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] or a Letter of Commitment), a copy of that agreement signed by all parties having signatory authority must also be submitted with the proposal. Please upload your MOU here, if applicable.

Upload if Applicable

11. Project Description (Character Limit: 7000)

Scoring: this question is worth 15 points

Please explain in detail how this project will address the identified need, as described in the professional implementation flyer (see instructions in RFP for further information):

13. New/Innovative Project (Character Limit: 5000)

Scoring: this question is worth 5 points

Training and other resources regarding SDM have already been developed according to evidence-based practices. Evidence based practice refers to quality care based on the most up-to-date research and knowledge rather than unverified methods, advice from colleagues, or personal beliefs. How does the proposer distinguish themselves in using these materials in ways that are both innovative and promising, as well as in alignment with and able to enhance best practices?

14. Project Design (Character Limit: 5000)

Scoring: this question is worth 10 points

Explain the design of the proposed project, including outreach campaigns, timeline, trainings, etc.

Additionally, please describe how your project could be replicated after the grant period.

15. Implementation Plan (Character Limit: 7000)

Scoring: this question is worth 15 points

Provide a description of specific activities planned to support SDM implementation during the proposed project as applicable based on professional focus area(s) identified on grant application.

This includes complying with HIPAA or other industry-related requirements, creating/honoring SDM agreements, providing training and coaching support for implementing SDM in the service system, and maintaining accessibility standards as set by California law. Due to the limited timeline for this project, proposers must demonstrate their ability to implement within 30 days of grant agreement start date.

16. Target Population (Character Limit: 5000)

Scoring: this question is worth 5 points

Clearly identify the population(s) that will be reached and/or impacted by the proposed project and explain your organization’s history and experience with these specific group(s):

17. Identify Underserved Communities

Unserved/underserved communities may be identified by geographic (e.g., urban, rural, frontier, etc.), economic, cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and/or age-related factors, among others.

Select the unserved/underserved population(s)/group(s) served by or expected to benefit from this project and/or its outcomes (Select all that apply):

African-American

Asian

Hispanic/Latinx Native/Tribal-American/Alaskan

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

LGBTQ+

Elder

Homeless/Unhoused Individuals

High Poverty Regions (formally designated as “disadvantaged communities”)

People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

People with Mental Illness

People with Cross-Disabilities

Institutionalized Individuals (carceral system or state hospital)

Rural/Frontier

Undocumented/Immigrant Individuals

Veteran

Other (please specify)

18. Diversity/Disparities (Character Limit: 5000)

Scoring: this question is worth 15 points

Describe how the proposed project will benefit individuals from unserved/underserved communities and support opportunities for use of SDM within the chosen professional focus area(s):

19. Region/Counties (Character Limit: 2000)

Scoring: this question is worth 5 points

Please list the counties this project will serve/reach and explain your decision to focus on those counties:

DaRosa, Ken@SCDD While potentially redundant should we also include a reference to people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities?

20. Work Plan and Timeline (Character Limit: 7000)

Scoring: this question is worth 10 points

Provide a work plan with intended activities and timeline(s) for the proposed project, including estimated completion dates and delivery of final product(s). Include details below or upload work plan document.

Upload Required

21. Deliverables/Output(s) (Character Limit: 5000) Scoring: this question is worth 10 points

List and provide a description of the products to be adapted, modified, used, developed, and/or provided to the Council (e.g., curricula, trainings, manuals, video content, resources, etc.). If links are available, please include those. If you intend to use existing materials developed outside of your organization, please confirm your plan for obtaining permission to use:

22. Projected Number of People to be Reached

Scoring: this question is worth 5 points

Specify the number of people expected to participate in or be served by this project:

# People

Number of Professionals within the indicated focus area(s):

Number of Individuals with I/DD, mental health, and/or aging concerns:

Number of Family Members of Individuals with I/DD, mental health, and/or aging concerns:

24. Outcomes (Character Limit: 5000)

Scoring: this question is worth 15 points

Outcomes are the tangible results achieved through the work of the Council and/or its grantees, whether intended or unintended. Describe the major and/or expected outcomes of the proposed project with a focus on systemic change, including how to increase awareness and implementation of SDM throughout California, especially in underserved communities.

25. Impact (Character Limit: 5000)

Scoring: this question is worth 10 points

Describe how the successful completion of the proposed project is likely to impact professionals within the chosen focus area(s) and underserved populations (especially people with I/DD along with mental health concerns and aging needs), their families and/or the systems serving them when implementing SDM:

26. Project Continuation (Character Limit: 2000)

If this project is likely to continue after the grant has concluded, please provide information (below), including details about continuation funding, project expansion, etc.

27. Evaluation & Reporting (Character Limit: 7000)

Scoring: this question is worth 10 points

Describe how the proposed project and its outcomes will be evaluated, including details about data collection, analysis, and/or every other month and final reporting efforts:

28. Organizational Chart

Provide an organizational chart highlighting individuals participating in the proposed project, including sub-contractors, where applicable:

Upload Required

29. Personnel Information (Character Limit: 5000)

Scoring: this question is worth 5 points

For each staff person employed by the project, including those identified in the Budget Report, provide a Curricula Vitae/resume and any applicable and current licenses, certifications and/or credentials. If staff has not yet been identified and/or hired, provide position descriptions:

Upload(s) Required

30. Governing Board Approval

Should a proposal require formal approval by the Applicant's “Governing Board” or equivalent body, proof of such approval must be submitted with this proposal:

Upload if Applicable

Category 3: Declarations (4 Questions)

1. Financial Assurance

Please provide authorizing initials to confirm that the Applicant is financially capable of supporting the project until billing invoices and required bimonthly reporting have been submitted to the Council and reimbursement has been received:

2. Budget Confirmation

Please enter authorizing initials to confirm that the Budget Report has been completed:

3. Final Declaration

Please read the following statement:

We have read and understand all the provisions within this RFP and electronic application and agree to be bound by them. Furthermore, we have fully read and reviewed the Terms and Conditions, as stated in the State Contracting Requirements, which is included in the SDM-TAP Grant Guidelines. Finally, by submitting a project proposal, we understand that the proposal document represents an agreement that we will be expected to execute if successfully awarded a SDM-TAP grant from the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities:

Enter authorizing initials to confirm acknowledgment:

4. Final Confirmation

Please enter authorizing initials to confirm that all required components of this application have been completed, including the Budget Report and all required documents have been uploaded into this platform.