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 ====== West Oakland Community Fund Application ======
-CTP is applying to the Rose Foundation's West Oakland Community Fund: **$100,000** for a 12-month project (starting Feb 2027) delivering remote job training, career coaching, and placement support to **40 West Oakland residents with disabilities**. **Deadline: Thu Oct 8, 5pm PT** via the Rose Foundation portal.
+CTP is applying to the Rose Foundation's West Oakland Community Fund: **$100,000** for a 12-month project serving West Oakland residents with disabilities (remote delivery from Berkeley HQ).
+Application due: **Thursday, October 8, 2026, 5:00 PM**.
 ===== Status (Oct 6) =====
-  * Scope-check email sent Oct 6 to [email protected] (subject "West Oakland Fund"). Reply received the same day:
+  * Scope-check email sent Oct 6 to [email protected] (subject "West Oakland Fund"). Reply received the same day.
-    * Berkeley HQ is fine if the application explains how West Oakland residents will be served.
+  * Berkeley HQ is fine if the application explains how West Oakland residents will be served.
-    * Remote delivery explicitly acceptable: the requirement is about serving West Oakland residents, not delivering services physically in West Oakland.
+  * Remote delivery explicitly acceptable: the requirement is about serving West Oakland residents, not having a West Oakland office.
-    * CTP's disability experience counts (no bright-line test), but a competing applicant with stronger West Oakland-specific disability experience could be weighed more favorably.
+  * CTP's disability experience counts (no bright-line test), but a competing applicant with stronger disability experience could be preferred.
   * Board list supplied and added to the application draft.
 ===== Recruitment partner =====
-Lead: **West Oakland Job Resource Center** — [email protected], 510-419-0509, 1801 Adeline St 2nd Fl room 211, Oakland. West Oakland-rooted workforce nonprofit that partners with the Port of Oakland (the origin of this fund's money).
+Lead: **West Oakland Job Resource Center** — [email protected], 510-419-0509, 1801 Adeline St 2nd Fl r (ask how to address). First call: Mon Oct 5.
-Backups: Oakland PIC West Oakland Neighborhood Career Center (510-419-0392, 1801 Adeline St Ste 209); West Oakland Health Council (700 Adeline St).
+Backups: Oakland PIC West Oakland Neighborhood Career Center (510-419-0392, 1801 Adeline St Ste 209) · East Bay Works / America’s Job Center network (mandated partners with EDD access).
-Timeline: first contact Oct 6, signed letter of support (max 2 pages) back by **Wed Oct 7 EOD**, submit **Thu Oct 8, 5pm PT**.
+Timeline: first contact Oct 6, signed letter of support (max 2 pages) back by **Wed Oct 7 EOD**, submit Thu Oct 8 5 PM.
+  * CTP's own Port tie: technical instructor Jose Rivera interned at the Port of Oakland as a CTP student and now teaches at CTP (strong alignment with the Fund's Port-related focus).
 ===== Outreach email (ready to send) =====
-Subject: Partnership request by Thursday — job training and career support for West Oakland residents with disabilities
+> Subject: Partnership request by Thursday: workforce development for West Oakland residents with disabilities
+>
 > Hi [Name],
 >
-> I'm Alex with Computer Technologies Program (CTP), a Berkeley nonprofit that has trained people with disabilities for tech careers since 1974. 71% of our staff are program graduates.
+> I'm Carrie Moncrieffe, Director of Employment Services at Computer Technologies Program (CTP), a Berkeley nonprofit preparing people with disabilities for careers since 1974.
 >
-> We're applying to the Rose Foundation's West Oakland Community Fund (deadline Thursday Oct 8, 5 PM) for a $100,000 project that would deliver our IT employment training to 40 West Oakland residents with disabilities: fully remote, with one-on-one coaching and career planning.
+> We're applying to the Rose Foundation's West Oakland Community Fund (deadline Thursday Oct 8, 5 PM) for a project that would provide free remote workforce development — digital skills, one-on-one coaching, career assessment, and supported job search — to 40 West Oakland residents with disabilities.
 >
-> I'm writing because [Organization] is exactly the kind of trusted West Oakland presence that makes a project like this work. Two asks:
+> I'm writing because [Organization] is exactly the kind of trusted West Oakland presence that makes a project like this work. We'd love your help in two ways:
 >
-> 1. Recruitment partnership — help us reach participants through your channels and community (we'd work around whatever is easiest for your team).
+> 1. Recruitment partnership: help us reach participants through your channels and community (we'd want 40 West Oakland residents with disabilities enrolled).
-> 2. A 2-page letter of support for the application, which I'd need back by Wednesday Oct 7 (end of day) to file on time. I've attached a draft you can review and sign — you wouldn't be starting from a blank page.
+> 2. A 2-page letter of support for the application, which I'd need back by Wednesday Oct 7 (end of day). I can send you a template — it would just need your signature.
 >
-> Your community gets free, proven training: 95% of participants in our most recent evaluation rated it helpful, and 89% left with clearer career goals.
+> Your community gets free, proven support: 95% of participants in our most recent evaluation rated their training helpful, and 89% left with clearer career goals. Our staff are mostly program graduates with disabilities themselves — we're peer-led.
 >
-> Would you have 20 minutes today or tomorrow to talk it through? A quick call is the fastest path — I'm at [phone].
+> Would you have 20 minutes today or tomorrow to talk it through? A quick call is the fastest path.
 >
 > Thank you,
-> Alex
+>
-> [Title], Computer Technologies Program
+> Carrie Moncrieffe
-> [phone] · ctpberk.org
+> Director of Employment Services, Computer Technologies Program
+> [email protected], 510-849-2911
+===== Letter of support template (for the partner to sign) =====
+Give the partner this draft on their letterhead. Everything in [brackets] needs filling.
+> [Partner organization letterhead]
+>
+> [Date: October 7, 2026]
+>
+> Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
+> West Oakland Community Fund
+> [Grant program mailing address]
+>
+> Re: Letter of Support for Computer Technologies Program's application to the West Oakland Community Fund
+>
+> Dear West Oakland Community Fund Review Committee:
+>
+> [Organization name] is a [501(c)(3) nonprofit / community organization] serving West Oakland since [year]. Our mission is [mission], and we currently reach approximately [number] West Oakland residents each year through [programs/services]. We are writing to express our strong support for the Computer Technologies Program's (CTP) application for $100,000 in West Oakland Community Fund support.
+>
+> We have known CTP since [year / describe relationship, e.g., "as a fellow disability-serving organization in the East Bay," or "through our shared work connecting Oakland residents to employment"]. CTP is a Berkeley-based nonprofit founded in 1974 to prepare people with disabilities for competitive careers. Seventy-one percent of CTP's staff are program graduates with disabilities themselves. They are a peer-led organization with five decades of experience, and their most recent program evaluation found that 95% of participants rated their training helpful, with 89% gaining clearer career goals. We trust them to deliver on what they promise.
+>
+> If funded, CTP's project will provide remote workforce development to 40 West Oakland residents with disabilities over 12 months, beginning February 2027: digital skills training, one-on-one coaching, career assessment, and supported job search. As CTP's West Oakland recruitment partner, [Organization name] commits to the following:
+>
+> - Participant recruitment and referral: We will actively identify and refer eligible participants from among the [clients/members/residents] we serve, with a goal of helping CTP enroll 40 West Oakland residents with disabilities.
+> - Community outreach: We will promote the program through our channels: [e.g., our client mailing list, community bulletin boards, social media, and in-person announcements at our site(s)], and host at least [one/two] program information session(s) for interested residents.
+> - Ongoing coordination: We will designate [name/title or "a staff contact"] as CTP's point of contact for recruitment coordination and will meet [monthly/as needed] during the enrollment period to keep referrals on track.
+>
+> This partnership matters because West Oakland residents with disabilities face compounded barriers to employment: statewide data from the CA Department of Developmental Services show only 15% of working-age Californians with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by regional centers earned wages in 2023–24, and the disability community is a named priority population for this fund. Free, accessible workforce development delivered by a disability-led organization, with a trusted local partner connecting residents to it, is exactly the kind of investment that moves that number.
+>
+> We are enthusiastic about this collaboration and confident in CTP's capacity to carry it out. Please do not hesitate to contact me at [phone] or [email] if we can provide any further information.
+>
+> Sincerely,
+>
+> [Signature]
+> [Name]
+> [Title]
+> [Organization name]
+> [Phone] · [Email]
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