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First 5 Sacramento approves $4.1 million in community-driven 'Equity & Action' grants
Summary
The First 5 Sacramento Commission voted Jan. 12 to approve participatory grant awards from the Equity & Action initiative after a community-led scoring process that drew more than 400 letters of interest and 62 applications for roughly $4.1–4.2 million in available funding.
The First 5 Sacramento Commission on Jan. 12 approved funding recommendations for its new Equity & Action initiative, a participatory grant program designed to center community voice in distributing limited early-childhood dollars.
Staff said the process began with more than 400 letters of interest that totaled about $62,000,000 in requests. From those, the commission and its Equity & Action committee invited roughly 70 organizations to apply; 62 submitted full applications. The committee of 15 community members entered thousands of individual scores and met repeatedly to develop recommendations for award tiers and capacity…
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