1. Women Living Leadership (WiLL), United Way of Jackson County
Application Form
WiLL Mission: To improve women and children’s lives by mobilizing the caring power of women.
WiLL Vision: To help women and girls in our community Stand Strong by Age 30. The vision is
set around education, income, health and transportation– United Way’s building blocks for a
good life.
Education: high school diploma or equivalency and access to job skills training
Income: financially stable and have money left over at the end of the month
Health: Possess skills and know resources to support positive physical, emotional and mental,
and oral health outcomes for themselves and their families, including prevention, access to care,
healthy relationships, healthy eating, the ability to deal with chronic conditions, and stress
reduction
Transportation: access to reliable, affordable transportation
Access to Services: have identification, record expungement, access to housing, and the ability
to remove other barriers
WiLL Values: Create, change, connect, commit, collaborate and celebrate.
Grant Parameters: WiLL is soliciting proposals to target one or all of the five building blocks,
shown above, to helping women and girls Stand Strong by Age 30. WiLL council members will
conduct application review, site visits and make funding recommendations to the WiLL Council
and United Way of Jackson County Board of Directors. The scoring sheet is attached (do not
complete this, it is for your information only).
 Use only the space provided (2 pages total) and 12 point font.
 It is not the intent of WiLL to fund any single program more than five years.
 WiLL grants are not for capital expenditures.
 Grant awards will not exceed $5,000. WiLL grants are paid out quarterly based on
receipts and could be reduced due to pledge loss.
 Funded programs will be required to provide an evaluation.
Timeline:
 Grant applications are due by midnight on Friday, December 11th
, 2015 via email only to:

2. office@unitedwayofjacksoncounty.org. No late proposals will be accepted. The email
MUST be sent by the agency CEO/Executive Director.
 Staff pre-screening of applications will be December 14th
– 17th
, 2015.
 Site reviews will be conducted January 11th
-15th
, 2016.
 WiLL Council decision making will be January 21st
, 2016
 Awards announced by February 1st
, 2016.
Required Attachments:
_____ 501(c)(3) letter
_____ WiLL Program budget
_____ Agency budget for corresponding WiLL program period
_____ Logic model
_____ Copy of audit and management letter, financial review or 990

3. Women Living Leadership (WiLL), United Way of Jackson County
Application Form
Date: December 11, 2015
Organization Name: The Rose Circle Mentoring Network (RCMN)
Address: 295 East Main Street Suite #6
Ashland, OR 97520
Contact: Belinda Brown, Program Administrator
Name of Program: Young Mother’s Mentoring Program (YMMP)
Email: belinda@therosecircle.org Amount Requested (per year): $2,500.
Phone: 541-646-1252 # of years funding is requested: 2
1. Description of your organization and its purpose. The RCMN is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit
organization that provides Quality Based Mentoring in the Rogue Valley. The vision of the
RCMN is to support, engage and empower youth and families through comprehensive mentoring
programs.
2. Description of project for which funds are requested. RCMN facilitates the YMMP for
young mothers and will provide 3 circles of 8-10 women throughout the WiLL Grant period.
Childcare, healthy snacks, project coordination, training, monitoring and evaluation of these
mentoring circles will be delivered.
3. Specifically, how will the grant funds be used? The WiLL funds will be used to purchase
quality childcare providers and healthy snacks for the circles. They will also assist in sustaining
a RCMN Project Coordinator to implement and monitor this program and provide program
evaluation.
4. Number of paid staff on project: .25 Number of project volunteers: 8
5. How was the need for the project determined and how will the project respond? Over 250
teenage women give birth each year in Jackson County (Kids Count Data Book 2010). An
average of 700 young women in our community, aged 20-24, also become mothers each year.
The RCMN has been receiving an increase of referrals for the YMMP. This project will assist
and support these young mothers by providing three mentoring circles throughout the WiLL
Grant period. These YMMP Circles will be based upon the One Circle Girls Curriculum and the
Parents as Teachers Program Materials along with the infant/toddlers 40 ASSETS information.
(Evidence Based, Best Practice Programming).
6. Who are your collaborators on this project and what are their roles? Kid Time provides the
space for holding the YMMP Circles and pays for one childcare coordinator. The Worksource
Oregon and Jackson County Mental Health provide referrals. The Children’s Advocacy Center
also provides referrals and provides space for training new mentors. Trinity Episcopal Church,
(Ashland), provides childcare monies and the Ashland Food Co-op provides a food gift

4. certificate.
7. How will your work help women and girls stand strong by age 30? Include how your
work will address one of the five building blocks. The YMMP Project addresses the Health
Building Block for young women who have children. The YMMP increases their understanding
of development stages of their children and increases their parenting and coping skills. It also
provides them with peer support and respite and increases their knowledge of community
resources and access to resources that will support their parenting skills and increase their
confidence to provide quality parenting. The YMMP Circles will provide the teen and young
mothers a natural peer support group that will assist these parents in developing a strong,
nurturing environment where they can share and learn from each other as they participate in
parenting efforts and responsibilities.
8. What are your organization’s special qualifications to address these objectives? RCMN is
a Quality Based Mentoring Network that implements the One Circle Girls Curriculum, 40
ASSETS for infants/toddlers and components of the Parents as Teachers Curriculum. RCMN
has facilitated the YMMP since 2012 and is positioned to increase services and build the capacity
to serve more young mothers and eventually fathers, in the Rogue Valley.
9. How does this project fit into the overall plans of your organization and your partners? The
YMMP provides comprehensive screening, training, monitoring and evaluation of the mentors
and mentees. YMMP is a selective prevention program. (Institute of Medicine Model)
10. Who else is doing this work or something very similar? To the best of our knowledge, the
Magdalene House and Family Nurturing Center is also providing young parents mentoring.
11. Is this a one-time effort or how do you see making it sustainable? The YMMP began in
2012 and has increased since that time to include more agency referrals and increased need for
implementing evidence based best practices. The YMMP is seeking sustainable funding as
evidence based program that incorporates the Parents as Teachers Curriculum and Training along
with the 40 Developmental ASSETS for infants and toddlers. RCMN has utilized and
implemented the Institute of Medicine Model (IOM) and is involved with the Jackson County
Prevention Coalition with universal, selective and indicated prevention programming models that
will position the RCMN to leverage more funding sources from the local, state and federal
sources. The schools and agencies are recognizing this effort as a “safety net” service for the
high risk teens and young mothers who need this support and knowledge base to become better
parents. RCMN is being included in school and agency budgets.

5. 12. How will you evaluate your learning and success? RCMN currently partners with
Southern Oregon University to assist in an extensive external evaluation process that includes
compilation of attendance, surveys and narratives from the participants. Pre and post tests will
be conducted and the attached logic model will be utilized for measureable outcomes.

6. 12. How will you evaluate your learning and success? RCMN currently partners with
Southern Oregon University to assist in an extensive external evaluation process that includes
compilation of attendance, surveys and narratives from the participants. Pre and post tests will
be conducted and the attached logic model will be utilized for measureable outcomes.