Recent Honors

New Detroit was recently recognized as a national leader in its work with small nonprofit and faith-based organizations.

Sonia Plata, New Detroit’s director of Community Capacity Building, was one of 11 presenters at a conference conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The summit was cosponsored by the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

Compassion Capital Initiative (CCI) PDF Print E-mail

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ew Detroit’s Compassion Capital Initiative addresses the inequities which have resulted from the impact of racism by providing opportunities for community and faith-based organizations to improve their program and organizational infrastructure. During 2004 New Detroit was one of 45 intermediaries in the country selected to implement a three-year federal grant through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.

Admission into the Compassion Capital Initiative (CCI) requires an organizations participation in a competitive application process. Organizations are required to attend New Detroit’s bidders conference and complete an on-line assessment and application for consideration into the initiative. In addition, organizations are encouraged to attend the application training workshop. Through these events organizations learn skills and knowledge pertaining to CCI as well as information that is useful to their organizational development.

The purpose of CCI is to assist small faith and community-based organizations in strengthening their programmatic and organizational infrastructure. The Compassion Capital Initiative is comprised of two strategies, the Sub Award Strategy and the Technical Assistance Strategy. The Sub Award Strategy focuses on strengthening the infrastructure and efficiency of the organization through a $5,000 to $15,000 award to hire a consultant for capacity building purposes, such as, strategic planning, fund development or board development. The Technical Assistance Strategy provides technical assistance training for emerging organizations through 40 consultant hours and a series of workshops including, logic model, program planning I & II, program evaluation.

To be eligible organizations must:

  • Be community or faith-based organization currently implementing non-religious program(s).
  • Have an organizational budget under $700,000.
  • Offer programs in at least one of the following areas: at-risk youth, seniors in need, the homeless, families and individuals in transition from welfare to work, prevention of at-risk behavior, re-entry programs for ex-offenders and strong family’s initiatives.
  • Serve populations in at least one of the following counties: Wayne, Oakland, or Macomb.
  • Have not received direct federal funding in the past.

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