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Announcing 9 COO Place-Based and Cultural Community Partnership awardees!  
Announcing 9 COO Place-Based and Cultural Community Partnership awardees!  

Each of the nine Place-Based and Cultural Community (PBCC) Partnerships selected through a 2022 open request for proposals (RFP) process have shared ideas and priorities, a shared understanding of their collective work, vision, and set of actions that will focus on the root causes of inequities. With this shared strategy and analysis each partnership will work to implement a collaborative project that supports community power building and contributes to better community health, safe and affordable housing, economic opportunity, and strong community connections. 

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BloginfoCOO funding, blog, place-based
Tesfa Program’s Ethiopian Outreach Guide Toolkit for Providers
Tesfa Program’s Ethiopian Outreach Guide Toolkit for Providers

The Tesfa Program developed this web-based toolkit to increase the capacity of providers, organizations, and decision-makers to better connect and serve local Ethiopian communities. Check out the toolkit, accompanying podcast and ways to get involved here!

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Blog, Impact, Systems & Policies, Learning Communityinfoblog, covid19, SCOOP, storytelling, health, public health, community connection, partner news, resources
Fiscal Sponsorship workshop
Fiscal Sponsorship workshop

This workshop focuses on basic fundamentals of what fiscal sponsorship is - including a particular focus on exploring how to best support youth-led groups who are interested in being fiscally sponsored and working with youth-driven projects.This panel included, youth and community leaders who have had successful experiences as a fiscal sponsor and/or as a fiscally sponsored group and what contributed to a healthy relationship.

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Blog, Impact, Learning Communityinforesources, capacity building, learning, SCOOP, organizational operations
Equitable Contracting at Communities of Opportunity
Equitable Contracting at Communities of Opportunity

To support continuous improvement and learning for equitable contracting work COO sought to document where and how COO has been successful in creating more equitable procurement processes, particularly in the area of contracting, and what gaps continue to exist. The Equitable Contracting Report here, summarized a review of King County COO Community Service Agreements and Consultant Contract processes, best practices from the field, and themes from key informant interviews with COO community partners.

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Learning Community, Systems & Policies, Impact, BlogWhitney Johnsonlearning, COO news, blog, tools, policy and systems
Native Neighborhood Survey
Native Neighborhood Survey

Share your thoughts for a Native Neighborhood! The Indigenous Seattle Working Group and Na'ah Illahee Fund have been collaborating on a community survey that is made by and for Native and Indigenous Peoples who live, work, visit, or get services in Seattle. This survey is the first step toward building a Native Neighborhood that can be anything from a single building to multiple blocks.

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2021 Community Development Lunch & Learn series
2021 Community Development Lunch & Learn series

2021 Community Development Lunch & Learns series’ recordings are now viewable. These alternating deep dives on specific topics and issues of equitable community development, offered opportunities for participants to ask questions and discuss their projects with peers and community development experts.

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Blog, Resources, Learning CommunityWhitney JohnsonCOO news, community development, learning, blog, SCOOP, resources, economic opportunity
Communities of Opportunity Info Session Recording and Updates - November 2021
Communities of Opportunity Info Session Recording and Updates - November 2021

Best Starts for Kids and COO is in the midst of planning for our work in 2022 and beyond — currently our 2022 budget and the implementation plan guiding our work in the next phase of the Best Starts levy is within the King County council process - want to understand more about what we’re doing and how this impacts you as a community partner? Watch our November 5th informational session for partners here!

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BlogWhitney JohnsonCOO news, SCOOP, blog, partner news