Mid-Capacity Assistance Program
For Current Grantees
The National Forest Foundation (NFF) is committed to building and supporting community engagement in natural resource management. The NFF provides resources to Forest Service personnel, community members and groups to help them navigate the collaborative process, formalize engagement through contracts and agreements, engage in project design and implementation, access the most current science to inform decision-making, and much more.
We have collected a variety of resources for grantees of the Mid-Capacity Assistance Program to help them through the collaborative process:
- NFF-USFS Partnership Guide
- Partnership Resource Center
- Outcome-based Monitoring Tool
- The Five Life Stages of Nonprofit Organizations
Award Documents
Below is a list of documents related to the execution of Mid-Capacity awards:- Mid-Capacity Report Guidelines
- Mid-Capacity Financial Report Form
- Mid-Capacity Assistance Program Application Cover Sheet
- Mid-Capacity Cash Request Form
Additional Resources
- The Collaboration Cloverleaf: Four Stages of Development: Collaborative groups that bring together people representing varied—and often conflicting—interests, go through their own stages of development. Despite the many different models of collaboratives, most share common experiences.
- The Collaboration Cloverleaf: Four Stages of Development (11” X 17”): This document is a short-hand version of the Collaboration Cloverleaf.
- Factors Infulencing Successful Collaboration: It's important to periodically “take the temperature” of your collaborative effort. Use this form to get feedback from members of the collaborative, then discuss the results as a group and decide whether adjustments in process need to be made.
Learning Network
The NFF has developed the Western Collaboration Assistance Network (WestCAN) to provide the tools necessary for engaging in collaborative, community-based stewardship on our National Forests and Grasslands. WestCAN is designed according to the NFF’s peer learning philosophy of creating opportunities for on-the-ground practitioners to share their successes and challenges and to learn from the experiences of others. WestCAN hosts peer learning teleconferences, offers mentoring, access to coaches, a resource library, best practices on rotating topics of interest, and more.
We encourage partners to visit the WestCAN, Learning Network, and Resource Center pages to access best practices, tools and other links to valuable resources related to public-lands stewardship.
Questions about your current grant? Contact Chelsea Pennick McIver
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