Facilitators: Nicole Young, Nicole Lezin and Kristal Caballero (consultants to CORE)

Language: English; Spanish interpretation may be available if requested at least 5 business days in advance.

Office Hours are informal, unstructured opportunities to receive additional guidance on how to apply the CORE concepts and tools to their proposals. Each scheduled office hour will focus on a specific CORE Condition. Bring your questions and we’ll work through them together. We will share ideas and resources that we know of and invite other participants to share their wisdom and expertise. Please note that these sessions will not be recorded.

Thriving Families Session

• Time: 2:00 – 2:45 P.M.

Lifelong Learning & Education Session

• Time: 3:00 – 3:45 P.M.

• Healthy Environments Session

• Time: 4:00 – 4:45 P.M.

The County and City of Santa Cruz released the CORE Investments Request for Proposals (RFP) on June 3, 2024, with applications due on August 2, 2024. You can find the CORE RFP and any addenda on the County’s website.

For more information on the CORE Investments RFP, including a timetable of all major dates, training and technical assistance opportunities, and all corresponding documents, please visit the Human Services Department’s (HSD’s) website.

Any questions related to the contents of the RFP or the overall funding process should be sent to HSD at COREFunding@santacruzcountyca.gov.

Please send questions about the trainings and TA sessions to Nicole Young, Optimal Solutions Consulting, at nicole@opti-solutions.com.

Watch recordings of previous events on the CORE Resources page.