ENGAGE
As the needs of our community change, the Foundation is shifting our grant processes to encourage more cooperation and less competition, more focus on outcomes and not outputs, and opportunities for listening, sharing, and moving forward together. The Foundation will build human capital by bringing together knowledge, experience, and expertise in cooperative efforts to support people and places. The Foundation will serve as a champion for collaboration focused on helping meet basic human needs through real-issue, systemic root-cause outcomes, rather than short-term symptoms.
GOALS
The Engage pillar focuses on our most underserved populations in the 10-parish Capital Area with these specific goals:
- Decrease percentage of families who are liquid-asset poor
- Increase healthcare utilization by families below the ALICE threshold
- Decrease recidivism rate
2024 Applications
Applications are currently closed. The Foundation will open Engage applications in August 2025. Stay tuned for more information on the 2025 application process to come in Summer 2025.
2025 COHORT
The following organizations are working toward Engage goals.
| Baton Rouge Health District | BRHireD: Strengthening Regional Health Workforce Development and Retention Ecosystem | Financial Stability |
| Christian Outreach Center Of Baton Rouge Inc | Capacity and Stability Building | Financial Stability |
| Gardere Initiative | Project SOAR | Financial Stability |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge | Habitat for Humanity Homeownership Program Capacity Building | Financial Stability |
| HOPE Ministries of Baton Rouge | The $TEP UP Project | Financial Stability |
| Louisiana Budget Project | Building Support for Refundable Tax Credits | Financial Stability |
| Mid City Redevelopment Alliance | Financial Literacy & Education Program (FLEP) | Financial Stability |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation | Increasing Financial Stability for Returning Citizens | Financial Stability |
| Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation | UREC’s Lock and Key Homebuyer’s Club | Financial Stability |
| Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge | Breaking Down Barriers to Access Cancer Care Equity | Healthcare Utilization |
| Family Service of Greater Baton Rouge | Behavioral Health and Primary Care | Healthcare Utilization |
| Launch | Launch Links-Year 2 | Healthcare Utilization |
| Louisiana Mental Health Association | LAMHA Advocacy Program | Healthcare Utilization |
| Louisiana Partnership For Children And Families | Universally Available Home Visiting in Louisiana | Healthcare Utilization |
| Policy Institute for Children | Geaux Far Louisiana Implementation – Year 2 | Healthcare Utilization |
| Start Corporation | Start Community Health Center – Baton Rouge | Healthcare Utilization |
| The Emerge Center | Emerge Behavioral Health Program | Healthcare Utilization |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge | Joseph Homes, Inc. | Recidivism Reduction |
| Church United for Community Development | Life House | Recidivism Reduction |
| Criminal Justice Coordinating Council | EBR Community Reentry Coordinator | Recidivism Reduction |
| Criminal Justice Coordinating Council | Rapid Case Assessment Team (RCAT) | Recidivism Reduction |
| Louisiana Center For Children’s Rights | East Baton Rouge Advanced Advocacy Project | Recidivism Reduction |
| Louisiana Parole Project | Second Chances Initiative | Recidivism Reduction |
| One Touch Ministry Inc | OTM Reentry Housing | Recidivism Reduction |
| Right on Crime | Improving and Innovating Re-Entry in Louisiana | Recidivism Reduction |
| Youth Oasis | Juvenile Re-entry Continuum of Care | Recidivism Reduction |
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