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OCPSC Community Outreach and Enrollment Grant 2025

Grantor:
Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications
Departmental Grant ID:
OCPSC25-01
Portal ID:
146226
Status:
Closed
Open Date:
9/4/25 00:00
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
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Categories:

Details

Purpose:

OCPSC is partnering with community-based organizations across California to support outreach and enrollment assistance into public service programs to address and reduce social and health inequities in the most impacted communities. These organizations bring deep community knowledge and reflect the language, culture and lived experiences of the population they serve - enabling meaningful engagement and connection.

 

Description:

Under this RFA, grantees will be responsible for conducting outreach and assisting individuals with enrollment into public service programs, including but not limited to CalKIDS and other programs featured within the California Community Resource Guide. To be eligible for reimbursement, enrollment assistance must involve direct, staff supported actions that result in a confirmed application submission and must go beyond simply sharing information. Priority initiatives may shift over time based on emerging statewide needs. OCPSC retains discretion to assign and shift programs throughout the grant term in response to those needs. Grantees must be prepared to quickly pivot between programs in response to emerging statewide needs and should have systems in place to rapidly scale outreach and assisted enrollment efforts as priorities shift.

Expected tactics to conduct outreach and enrollment assistance include, but are not limited to: one-on-one in office support to complete applications; In person trainings, workshops, and enrollment events that result in direct enrollment assistance; engagement at public events or high traffic areas with the goal of enrolling individuals on site; Phone banking, including outbound and inbound calls; And door-to-door canvassing that leads to direct enrollment assistance. Assisted enrollments involve documentation collection, interpretation, and coordination with relevant administering agencies. Grantee performance will be evaluated based on the number of individuals successfully assisted with enrollments.

In addition to direct outreach and enrollment assistance, grantees will be expected to conduct promotional outreach, such as posting information on social media, engaging with ethnic media, working with the news media, including messaging in communications tools, and distributing materials to further engage communities on OCPSC’s priority programs.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Nonprofit

Please refer to page 6-7 of the Request for Application (RFA).

Eligible Geographies:

Statewide

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
TBD
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
11/17/2025-6/1/2026

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$7,500,000
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
50
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
$150,000
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State
The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Advance(s)

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Marcy Kaplan, 1-916-322-2318, OCPSC.Procurement@opr.ca.gov

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