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Decentralization
Registration deadline: March 3 Eligibility Criteria Applicants in the Decentralization category must meet the following requirements. Have a full-time paid executive director Have a qualified staff person designated "DEC Coordinator" Serve organizations and artists across the arts disciplines Have sufficient organizational resources to provide professional outreach, technical, and developmental services For programs in multi-county sites, have a representative advisory committee to make recommendations on program policy and priorities Additional Evaluative Criteria In addition to the seven Council-wide evaluative criteria, applicants in this category will be evaluated according to the following additional criteria. Extent and effectiveness of efforts to reach and serve the full diversity of constituents in the DEC service area Effectiveness and professionalism of communications with local artists, arts groups, and community residents Quality and consistency of the grants management process, including guidelines development, panel process, and grants awards and auditing processes Quality and consistency of efforts to provide technical and developmental assistance to community-based organizations and local artists Maintenance of a current local procedures manual describing the operational details of the local DEC program Extent of organization's commitment to provide adequate resources (beyond NYSCA) to operate an effective DEC Program Adherence to statewide program guidelines as outlines in the DEC Procedures Manual. The Community Cultural Regranting Plan The regrant funds portion of the request should express your community's cultural needs as outlined in your community cultural plan. A cultural plan should describe those needs over a 2-3 year period. These needs may include ongoing support for cultural programs and activities that are customarily supported, as well as individual artist grants, organizational development opportunities, among others. A local grants program for individual artists (i.e. creative, not interpretive, artists) must incorporate the creation of new work in a community context. Such programs should include a structured, ongoing program of technical/developmental services for artists. Your cultural plan should demonstrate a need for support of artist-initiated activity and should highlight the role of artists as important members of the community. NYSCA recommends a minimum of $2000 be awarded for an artist grant. Applicants incorporating individual artist grants in their regranting programs must provide effective guidelines and a grants process for evaluating the work of individual artists, including a clear statement of requirements for artists' work samples. Cultural plans may include grants to organizations to support short-term administrative/developmental needs such as staff development, audience building activities, or other specific organizational issues. Applicants must demonstrate a need for this kind of support in their service area and provide a plan to monitor grantees and assess their developmental progress as funded. Applicants offering organizational development grants as part of their regranting programs must offer a structured, ongoing schedule of technical/developmental services for local arts organizations. Your cultural plan may include a need for other types of targeted grants and services. Use the examples above in structuring your request. Decentralization Site Administration The Council provides for Decentralization site administration funds that generally range between 15% and 25% of the total local regranted funds. The DEC site administration portion of the request details expenses incurred in administering the local DEC program, including salaries, clerical support, advertising, printing, travel, etc. as shown on the project budget form. The Council recognizes that the administrative support it can provide generally does not meet the full administrative expenses of the regrant program. Application Instructions The on-line application form includes the following questions, and a project budget. Required support materials are listed below Application Narrative Questions 1. Program Overview 2. DEC Site Profile 3. Challenges 4. Cultural Regranting Plan Components 5. Outreach 6. DEC Coordinator Position 7. Panels 8. Technical/Developmental Assistance 9. DEC Site Budget 10. Program Context Support Materials (2 copies each, except where indicated) Support materials must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the program by the application deadline. If you want support materials returned, provide a self-addressed stamped envelope. Your local/regional cultural plan, if available Bio/resumé of the current DEC Coordinator Representative sample of printed materials relevant to this request Local draft guidelines and application forms for all DEC activities A list of panelists and their affiliations from your most recent DEC cycle For multi-county sites: list of advisory committee members and their affiliations, plus a copy of their latest report or policy recommendations |
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