Office of Social Ministry at 601 S. Jefferson Ave., Springfield, MO 65806-3143 US - Guidelines for Local CCHD Grants

Please submit application to the:

Office of Social Ministry
601 S Jefferson Avenue
Springfield MO 65806-3143

Guidelines for CCHD Funding:

• Completed application must reach the Social Ministry Office
  by 4:00 pm on March 31, 2010.
• Applications must be submitted on white paper and are limited to
  the two pages of the application form.
• Projects must benefit a poverty group, with at least 50% of those
  benefitting from the project coming from the low-income community.
• Members of the poverty group must have the dominant voice in
  any self-help project.  As a norm, 50% of those involved in the
  planning, implementing and policy making (e.g., Board of Directors,
  etc.) of a project should be persons who are involuntarily in the
  poverty group.
  
        For self-help projects which do not presently meet the above
        criteria, applicants should document:

                  a)  Why members of the poverty group do not
                       have the dominant role in planning and implementing.
                  b)  How members of the poverty group were involved in 
                       determining their need for the project.
                  c)  What time schedule is planned for assisting the poverty
                       group in assuming leadership and control of this project.

• The project activity for which funding is requested must conform
  to the moral teachings of the Catholic Church.
• The project needs to benefit at least some individuals and/or
  groups within the geographical area of the Diocese of Springfield-
  Cape Girardeau.
• The organization requesting funds must be a not-for-profit
  organization.
• Projects should innovatively address the basic causes of poverty
  and effect institutional change.

Application forms may be requested from the Director of Social Ministry at any time.  Requests are considered and funds are allocated once a year at the Spring meeting of the Peace and Justice Commission.

CCHD 2010 Grant Application Form

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