Syracuse Anti-Poverty Group Seeks to Fund Partners

Syracuse, NY – The Greater Syracuse H.O.P.E. Initiative will hold a press conference to announce their request for proposals from community partners on Monday, December 4 at 1:30 pm at the Gifford Room of United Way offices located at 518 James Street, Syracuse, NY 13203.

Greater Syracuse H.O.P.E. (Healing Opportunity, Prosperity, and Empowerment) is a part of the Governor’s Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI). H.O.P.E. is looking for partners to assist in developing and implementing strategies that can effectively address poverty in Syracuse. H.O.P.E. seeks to develop partnerships that will pilot and evaluate innovative programs that can be replicated and scaled; promote innovation in the public sector; and/or promote “smart” public policies at the local and state level that achieve H.O.P.E.’s goals. The Request for Community Partnerships (RFCP) is a call to community organizations, public entities and other partners to develop proposals that meet these criteria.
Responses to this RFCP can include submissions from public and private industries.

“We understand that poverty is a community-wide issue. Its effects are not limited to one specific industry. We see the importance of including strategies from businesses and potential private sector partners as well as nonprofits and grassroots groups,” says Ocesa Keaton, Executive Director.

H.O.P.E’s website states that it brings people together to help existing agencies, businesses, and individuals identify common goals and purpose. At this time, that common purpose is to find ways to reduce poverty which is in the interest of both the public and private sector.

Greater Syracuse H.O.P.E will host a pre-proposal meeting on December 4, 2017 at 518 James Street in the Rosamond Gifford Room starting at 11:30AM. People interested in learning more about partnership opportunities will have an opportunity to ask questions. Written questions need to be emailed to greatersyracusehope@gmail.com by 11:59pm Sunday, December 3 2017.

The following dates are important dates for interested partners:

RFCP Release- November 20 2017

Pre - Proposal meeting- December 4 2017 at 11:30 am

Last Day to Submit Questions-December 8 2017 by 12:00 pm

Last Day to Submit Proposal-January 4 2018

Identify Partners for Submission to NYS -January 12 2018

About Greater Syracuse H.O.P.E
Greater Syracuse H.O.P.E. was created to bring diverse residents and stakeholders together to impact systems and create effective pathways of opportunity, resulting in a community with an inclusive future. The City of Syracuse was selected as one of 16 communities statewide to participate in the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI). For more information on Greater Syracuse H.O.P.E, contact Ocesa Keaton at greatersyracusehope@gmail.com or visit greatersyracusehope.org.

About Empire State Poverty-Reduction Initiative
Governor Cuomo announced the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative in the 2016 State of the State to combat poverty in 16 localities across New York. Each of the ESPRI areas will support new or existing Poverty Reduction Task Forces, modeling the successful task force in Rochester. The task forces will join representatives from state and local government, local school districts, social services districts, the businesses community, not-for-profit and community-based organizations, and community residents who have lived or now live in poverty. For more information on Empire State Poverty-Reduction Initiative, visit on.ny.gov/WhatIsESPRI.