West Texas Rehab : Abilene, San Angelo, Ozona

Concho Valley RSVP Receives $25,000 Grant

Concho Valley RSVP has been selected as one of 40 recipients of Renewing Our Communities Account (ROCA) nonprofit capacity building grants. They will receive up to $25,000 from this grant to build their capacity and strengthen their collaborative partnerships.

Through a competitive grant process, OneStar Foundation: Texas Center for Social Impact—in partnership with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)—selected 40 small-and medium-sized faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) for ROCA grants. Concho Valley RSVP will use their grant funds to focus on capacity-building activities that develop their organizational capacity, contributing to their long-term sustainability and ability to fulfill their mission.

Concho Valley RSVP will also use these funds to forge more effective collaborations with designated community partners, including Texas Hunger Initiative San Angelo, Adult Enrichment Center, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for the Concho Valley, Concho Valley Rape Crisis Center, Inc., Rebuilding Together, Community CARES Coalition and others. The designated partners will work with Concho Valley RSVP to address gaps identified in their social service delivery systems and resources.
By building their capacity together, Concho Valley RSVP and its collaborators will have the opportunity to improve their partnerships and to better serve the citizens of Texas.

"The strength of the nonprofit sector in Texas is found at the local level where faith-based and community organizations work to help their neighbors," said Elizabeth M. Darling, President and CEO of OneStar Foundation. "The ROCA nonprofit capacity building grants will facilitate stronger partnerships between these groups and their collaborators. OneStar is proud to support Concho Valley RSVP as they achieve greater social impact."

About Concho Valley RSVP: Concho Valley RSVP has the dual purpose of engaging persons 55 and older in volunteer service to meet critical community needs and providing a high quality experience that will enrich the lives of the volunteers and those they serve. A Corporation for National and Community Service Program, sponsored locally by the West Texas Rehab Center, Concho Valley RSVP is using strengths as a community leader to move toward organizational development and capacity building activities not only for RSVP, but for partners and volunteers with whom they collaborate.

About OneStar: Texas has thousands of nonprofits, each with a different mission, but all working toward the goal of helping improve the lives of Texans. OneStar supports the nonprofit sector and its stakeholders through initiatives that increase civic engagement, research, rigorous evaluation and nonprofit organizational excellence. OneStar's goal is to achieve sustainable social impact throughout the larger nonprofit infrastructure. The nonprofit sector is comprised of many groups, together they are stronger, more dynamic and more effective in achieving positive impact on the social challenges of Texas communities.

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