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The
Ms. Foundation for Women is pleased to announce an Open Request for
Proposals for Economic Justice
and ARRA Implementation. Read more and apply, or pass
along to organizations you know.
The
passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in 2009 made
hundreds of billions of dollars available for economic stimulus in the
areas of infrastructure investment, job training and creation, and funds
for extending unemployment and emergency benefits, just to name a few.
Since then, states and municipalities have exercised wide discretion in
choosing which reforms to implement and which funds to accept, and a lack
of transparency and accountability has prevented dollars from reaching
communities most in need.
The Ms. Foundation’s priority is to ensure that
women, particularly low-income women and women of color, who have been
disproportionately impacted by the economic recession, benefit to the
greatest degree possible from ARRA implementation.
In this Request for Proposals, the Ms.
Foundation seeks to complement our overall grantmaking in economic
justice by supporting two
specific areas of ARRA implementation, both with significant
long-term impact on the meaningful participation of low-income women and
women of color in the economy:
- Expanding the availability of affordable child care and improving the
quality of child care jobs.
- Securing training and job set-asides for women in emerging green sectors.
The
deadline for all applications is Monday
29 March 2010, 2:00 p.m. EDT.
More details (including a Sara Gould blog post on the
recent ARRA anniversary) and a full application packet.
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