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The Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative is an evaluation capacity building program that was developed by Judi’s House/JAG Institute in partnership with the New York Life Foundation to support agencies in understanding and using data to strengthen services for bereaved children and families.
The Childhood Bereavement Changemaker (CBC) initiative allows participating organizations access to a unique, sequenced, evaluation training model. The model includes interactive workshops, expert consultation, program evaluation resources and templates, and peer networking. After fully engaging in this learning process, organizations will be equipped with data to inform planning, influence change, increase funding, and enhance overall impact—ultimately ensuring bereaved children in their community have the care they need.

Selected Childhood Bereavement Changemakers (Changemakers) will participate in a series of four two-hour workshops in preparation for completing capacity building activities and templates. Between workshops, Changemakers will participate in group and individual technical assistance sessions with the Judi’s House/JAG team to support these activities. A Readiness Assessment will estimate each interested applicant’s current evaluation capacity. Changemakers will become part of our extended alumni network. This network of partners and collaborators supports organizations tackling similar obstacles to create a broad learning community dedicated to elevating evaluation practice and data utilization in the field. Offered at no cost to participants, the initiative provides selected Changemakers unparalleled support and continuing education credits where applicable.
In addition to the CBC Initiative, Judi’s House/JAG Institute offers a series of free evaluation trainings in partnership with the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG). These trainings are an alternative resource for organizations who cannot dedicate sufficient time to the year-long CBC initiative. The evaluation training series is a great way to begin building evaluation capacity.

IMPORTANT: This RFP is for the March 2025 – February 2026 Childhood Bereavement Changemaker cohort. Organizations committed to growing their evaluation capacity to elevate childhood bereavement with the necessary time and resources to dedicate to the CBC process should review the entire RFP and submit a completed application online† no later than 5:00 pm MST on Monday, December 16, 2024.

*Only Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Applications submitted online will be considered.
 
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