Past Events

In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:

• Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
• Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
• Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders

Session 7 focused on grant writing basics. Learning objectives were:

• Learn techniques essential for obtaining grants
• Review examples of funded grants and consider areas for improvement
• Describe the requirements for submitting a federal grant application using a checklist approach such as SAMS or DUNS approvals, and other submission requirements
• Review a SAMHSA RFA and understand the essential information presented
• Draft a proposal outline for the SAMHSA RFA for your organization
• Discuss challenges and solutions to writing a federal grant and the capacity and resources necessary

Recordings, slides, and handouts below:

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Slides & Handouts

In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:

• Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
• Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
• Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders

Session 7 focused on grant writing basics. Learning objectives were:

• Learn techniques essential for obtaining grants
• Review examples of funded grants and consider areas for improvement
• Describe the requirements for submitting a federal grant application using a checklist approach such as SAMS or DUNS approvals, and other submission requirements
• Review a SAMHSA RFA and understand the essential information presented
• Draft a proposal outline for the SAMHSA RFA for your organization
• Discuss challenges and solutions to writing a federal grant and the capacity and resources necessary

Recordings, slides, and handouts below:

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Slides & Handouts

This session is designed to help folks see how to: consume peer-reviewed literature for program purposes, recognize different research designs used in health promotion research, understand what the “evidence” is in “evidence-based practices,” weed through really bad or not great research, and contextualize “qualitative” data.

In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:

• Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
• Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
• Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the importance of effective budgeting
• Discuss various ways nonprofits cover administrative expenses
• Explore tips in budgeting quickly and easily
• Apply learning in creating a sample budget

Recordings, slides, and handouts below:

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Slides & Handouts

In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:

• Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
• Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
• Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the importance of effective budgeting
• Discuss various ways nonprofits cover administrative expenses
• Explore tips in budgeting quickly and easily
• Apply learning in creating a sample budget

Recordings, slides, and handouts below:

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Slides & Handouts

In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:

• Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
• Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
• Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders

Learning Objectives:

• Discover the importance of operating a nonprofit with a financial focus
• Understand how to read balance sheets and make decisions
• Recognize how nonprofit professionals utilize financial operations to promote sustainability
• Understand the importance of data in building capacity for peer run organizations

Recordings, slides, and handouts below:

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Slides & Handouts

In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:

• Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
• Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
• Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders

Learning Objectives:

• Discover the importance of operating a nonprofit with a financial focus
• Understand how to read balance sheets and make decisions
• Recognize how nonprofit professionals utilize financial operations to promote sustainability
• Understand the importance of data in building capacity for peer run organizations

Recordings, slides, and handouts below:

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Slides & Handouts

In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:

• Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
• Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
• Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders

Session 4 focused on data management. Learning objectives were:

• Understand how to use data inventories to select the right sized data management system
• Review current data management systems strengths and deficiencies
• Select a data management system that will facilitate better reporting and decision-making with accurate and accessible data
• Describe how to utilize data for sharing, governance, and sustainability

Recordings, slides, and handouts below:

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Slides & Handouts

In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:

• Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
• Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
• Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders

Session 4 focused on data management. Learning objectives were:

• Understand how to use data inventories to select the right sized data management system
• Review current data management systems strengths and deficiencies
• Select a data management system that will facilitate better reporting and decision-making with accurate and accessible data
• Describe how to utilize data for sharing, governance, and sustainability

Recordings, slides, and handouts below:

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Slides & Handouts