The City of Fayetteville's Economic and Community Development Department, in collaboration with the Office of Community Safety, awarded 20 grants totaling $84,500 for programs focusing on crime reduction through the Empowering Community Safety Micro-Grant Program.
The programs and activities funded by the micro-grants, ranging from youth mentorship to emotional development workshops, are aimed to inspire and boost community crime reduction activities by supporting efforts to prevent crime and violence in Fayetteville.
This cycle’s grant recipients include:
The recipients who received funding focused on the following categories: Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Community Crime Prevention, Opportunities for Youth, Parents and Families, Family Stability, Addressing Upward Mobility, and Implicit Bias and Diversity.
Micro-grants are low-barrier grants intended to allow community members to apply and access grant funding.
As part of this program, the city offers support and capacity-building training and workshops to ensure that the efforts seeded by these grants may be sustained into the future.
The upcoming classes being offered will cover essential topics such as nonprofit formation, management, fundraising and financial reporting.
The first workshop scheduled for Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. focuses on establishing and operating a nonprofit organization. The second workshop set for Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. will provide attendees with information on recruiting, onboarding and managing board members, volunteers and donors. The last workshop will be on Oct. 8 at 6:30 p.m. will teach attendees on how to generate sustainable income through grants, sponsorships and fundraising campaigns.
Spaces are limited and registration is required. Locations to workshops will be given once registered.
These workshops are open to the public.
Those interested can fill out the interest form under the What’s Happening? Tab at FayettevilleNC.gov/ECD.
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