Farmers Feeding Families RFP
We seek to identify community programs and services that increase access to food and combat food insecurity in Shelby County. Our goal is to ensure that individuals are able to live healthy lives free from hunger and its associated health issues and move more freely toward self-sufficiency with this barrier removed.
EDUCATION, ECONOMIC MOBILITY & HEALTHY LIVES |
| Increase access to affordable, high-quality early childhood education programs through strategies, including increasing resources and eligibility for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and public preschool; investing in vital supports for the early childhood education workforce; developing child care accessible zoning regulations; and establishing public-private partnerships and incentives. |
| Ensure as many families as possible have access to evidence-based home visiting and parent support programs such as HANDS. |
| Improve and expand quality out-of-school-time programing as well as dropout prevention and recovery. |
| Support greater availability of safe, affordable housing opportunities inclusive of all aspects of housing costs. |
| Improve access to reliable, quality healthcare programs and services. |
| Reduce barriers to vital short-term supports such as SNAP and TANF as well as important economic mobility drivers like tax credits and programs like VITA. |
| Align public benefits with accessible application and renewal processes and gradual benefits phase outs instead of eligibility cliffs to encourage movement toward self-sufficiency. |
| Expand access to paid family and medical leave programs that support our community’s children, families, workforce, and economy. |
| Strengthen and expand access to the United Community information and referral platform as well as the 211 network. Promote data systems that encourage accountability and reduce duplication amongst providers for desired individual outcomes. |
| Implement equitable, common-sense justice reforms that reduce financial conditions of bail, increase pretrial services, and promote successful reentry from the judicial system while strengthening public safety, family outcomes, and individual opportunities. |
| Support reforms that connect justice-involved children to family-focused services and prevent youth from entering and persisting in the justice system. |
| Allow voters the choice to empower local governments to invest in regional needs and opportunities by modernizing Kentucky’s Constitution. |
SECTOR ISSUES |
| Preserve and protect the tax-exempt status of nonprofits. Promote tax policy that empowers community solutions through nonprofits and encourages philanthropic giving through state and federal tax codes. |
| Protect nonprofits’ right to advocate for their missions and civic participation on a non-partisan basis. |
