Web site update – United for Women RFP
On page: http://www.unitedwaypittsburgh.org/index.php/agencies
Add to the top of the list:
2013 Request for Proposals – United for Women
Open application process. United Way of Allegheny County is seeking proposals from eligible
nonprofits that provide services to women and their families.
Through funded initiatives, volunteer engagement, and advocacy, United Way of Allegheny
County addresses critical needs in our region’s communities. United Way of Allegheny County
has a long-standing history of investing in the community’s safety net. A recent needs
assessment focused on financially struggling adults and families demonstrated the necessity to
concentrate on the needs of the newly struggling – especially women and their families.
United Way of Allegheny County’s Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) has a tradition of
supporting critical needs in Allegheny County. WLC has more than 1,600 members and raised
$6,772,870 in the past year. This year, WLC is raising additional dollars to create the United for
Women initiative. The intent of this initiative is to support women and their families who are
facing financial hardship due to a significant life event or situation, such as the death of a
spouse, a divorce, loss of employment, a long-term illness, caring for a loved one with intense
needs, rebuilding following military service, or other traumatic events. Services should focus on
the woman.
Click HERE for more info about the RFP process. (hyperlink to new page below)
Create a new page: (suggested url only – see Children & Youth page for guidance)
http://www.unitedwaypittsburgh.org/index.php/agencies/296-2013-request-for-proposals-unitedfor-women
Step 1 Deadline is Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Open application process – United Way of Allegheny County is seeking proposals from eligible
nonprofit health and human service organizations that currently serve financially struggling
women and have the capacity to provide high quality, integrative programs that provide shortterm and modest financial help and other supportive services, to help women overcome an
event-induced barrier to financial stability.
Interested organizations should review the corresponding documents to determine if they should
proceed in registering for a training session and complete on online application.
(each of the following is a hyperlink to the document)
 United for Women RFP Background Document (hyperlink United for Women RFP
Background Document.docx)
 Questions for Step 1 and Step 2 (hyperlink Step 1 and 2 U4W RFP Questions.docx)
 Timeline (hyperlink RFP United for Women Tiimeline.docx)
 Organizational Eligibility Tool (hyperlink United for Women OET 2013.pdf)
 Community Outcomes Logic Model Directions
 Frequently Asked Questions (hyperlink United for Women RFP 2013 FAQs.pdf)
Agency Eligibility
Lead agencies must demonstrate a record of service with the target population. United Way
encourages applications that involve strategic and innovative collaborations with other
organizations, in order to best meet the financial needs and emotional supports of women in or
near crisis.
The applying agency must be a nonprofit with IRS 501(c) (3) tax-exempt status that is located
and providing a health or human service in Allegheny County. (NOTE: arts, cultural, religious,
recreational, political programs, government agencies and institutions providing formal
education are not eligible.)
Proposed projects should involve at least two of the following community outcome strategies:
1) Increase access to relevant and time sensitive services to a woman in need or to her family;
2) Increase the number of formal partnerships among nonprofit and human service agencies,
for improved efficiency and better service delivery;
3) Increase the number of formal partnerships between nonprofit or human service agencies
and the business sector;
4) Engage the business and labor community as volunteers, leaders, and partners in efforts
that improve outcomes for financially struggling women; and
5) Illuminate the issues faced by financially struggling women who have experienced trauma
and identify subgroups with sensitive needs.
If these criteria are met and your agency did not submit a proposal through the
2012 Request for Proposals - Assisting Financially Struggling Adults and Families Achieve Long
Term Self Sufficiency
or the
2013-2016 Request for Proposals – Preparing Children and Youth to Succeed in High School
and Life, then:
Register for the e-C Impact webinar by emailing Angela.Reynolds@uwac.org by Wednesday,
March 6, 2013. The proposal submission will use an on-line application system. Passwords are
needed to access the online system and will be provided following your participation.
Online Application through Web-Based System:
The questions that are attached to the above Background Document will need to be answered
on-line. We use e-CImpact, which allows applicants to copy and paste WORD documents into
the online application. However, the number of characters is limited for each answer. We
suggest use of the word counter on the WORD function if you intend to copy and paste.
Agencies will be able to develop and save their draft documents online in the web-based
system, and then verify and submit when complete by Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
If you have further questions, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions document or
email Angela.Reynolds@uwac.org .
(Frequently Asked Questions hyperlink to United for Women RFP 2013 FAQs.pdf)