Infant Mortality Reduction InitiativeCollaborative GrantsPre-Application WebinarJuly 20, 2015

Where We Work

The Foundation serves 84 Missouri counties and the city of St. Louis.

Strategy

TargetedInitiatives

Healthy Schools Healthy CommunitiesExpanding CoverageInfant Mortality ReductionOral Health

ResponsiveApproaches

Opportunity OrientedStrengthening the Health Field

PolicyApproaches

Research and EducationBuilding the Field of AdvocatesCommunity Government and Outreach

Current strategy began in 2013.

Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative• Goal: Achieve infant vitality by reducing infant deaths by at least 15% over a 10 year period

• Geographic focus: Bootheel and St. Louis

• Community-driven

• Collaborative

• Collective impact

St. Louis Effort

Vision: Achieve a substantial and sustained reduction in infant mortality throughout the community

Collaborative Grants

• Purpose– Support alignment with FLOURISH St. Louis by

promoting organizational and systems-level work to advance infant mortality reduction efforts in the region

•Who can apply?– Organizations meeting eligibility criteria who

serve women, infants and families in St. Louis

Levels of Change for Infant Mortality

Planning Template

• Applicants may decide to target one or more levels of change. While both levels of change may be addressed, applicants are expected to focus most of their attention and resources on one level.This table is meant to serve only as an example. Do not enter any information into this table.

Award Information

• $1.5 million across St. Louis and the Bootheel

• Priority given to proposals that:– Reach underserved populations– Articulate a clear need for the intended

outcome(s)– Align with the mission of your organization– Describe reasonable activities that accomplish

the intended outcome(s)– Reflect an interest in engaging in collaborative

work– Present a budget that aligns with activities and

intended outcome(s)

Application Narrative

• Abstract– Summarize the request; these will go on the

website if funded

• Need– Use data

• Organization– How does the proposed project align with your

mission?

Application Narrative

• Target population– What are the needs of the target population as

it relates to infant mortality?

• Rationale for 2-year request

• Statement of success– What does success look like at the end of the

project?

Other Required Documents

• Planning template

• Partnership table

• Letter(s) of commitment from all partners listed in the table

• Signed commitment to engage

• Financial documents:– Budget worksheet and narrative– Required documents as outlined in the RFA• Fiscal agents must also submit these

documents

Evaluation Plan

• State up to three evaluation questions

• Identify data you will collect to answer the questions

• Questions should be tied to the intended outcome(s) stated in the planning template

•What do you hope to learn in the course of this project?

Sharing Learning with the Collective• IMRI Learning Community– Purpose: Provide opportunities for learning,

relationship building and reflection with peers to advance our collective work.

• Budget for:– One half-day in-person meeting (early

December)– One overnight convening that may require

hotel and travel costs

• Two year proposals should build in costs for each year of the grant

Review Process

1. Internal Review Process

2. Community Reviewers

3. MFH Program & Grants Committee

4. MFH Board Approval

5. Awards Announced

Timeline

Application Deadline

August 19, 2015 by 4:00 p.m. Central

Notification of Award

Late November 2015

Project Start Date December 1, 2015

In-person meeting Early December 2015

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

-African proverb

Contact

Kathleen HolmesProgram Director(314) 345-5572 | kholmes@mffh.org

Melissa LogsdonProgram Officer(314) 345-5506 | mlogsdon@mffh.org