HomeMy WebLinkAboutRVAP FY24 A2A ResponsesOctober 7, 2022
FY24 Legacy Aid to Agencies
HCDC Question and Answer (Q&A) Session
Instructions
The Q&A session provides an opportunity for commissioners to ask clarifying questions about
the applications submitted through United Way. Please provide written responses to the
questions attached. Written responses must be received by City staff no later than October 13,
2022 to be included in the October HCDC packet.
Written responses can be directed to Brianna Thul at bthul@iowa-city.org or dropped off at City
Hall (410 E Washington Street). Responses may also be mailed but must be received by the
deadline to be included.
Agencies are encouraged to attend the October 20, 2022 HCDC meeting, but should be aware
that the purpose of the meeting is for HCDC to discuss the written answers submitted in
advance. Agencies will not be asked to present their application. This adjustment is intended to
gather the information required to accurately score submissions, while also promoting the
effective use of time and resources for both agencies, and commissioners.
Tentative Timeline
September 15, 2022 Applications are due to United Way by 5pm.
September 16, 2022 Staff will share the submissions with HCDC as soon as they are
available from United Way – likely September 16, 2022.
September 30, 2022 Staff will provide HCDC summary sheets with suggestions for
questions (provides staff about 2 weeks to prepare).
October 6, 2022 Written questions due to staff (provides HCDC about 3 weeks to
review submissions). Questions should be relevant to the scoring
criteria established in advance.
October 7, 2022 Staff to compile and send questions from HCDC with written answers
due October 13, 2022 (provides about 1 week for agencies to respond
in writing). If HCDC does not have questions for an applicant, staff will
inform the agency.
October 14, 2022 HCDC packet posted with written responses from agencies (provides
about 1 week for HCDC to review responses).
October 20, 2022 HCDC Q&A Discussion Session. HCDC will discuss questions and
answers for each agency.
October 7, 2022
Agency: RVAP
Questions:
1. Does RVAP have a plan to increase revenue and/or decrease expenses – perhaps
through a strategic plan?
Yes, with the continued cuts in funding from our state and federal governments each year, RVAP is
working to diversify our funding streams. The vast majority of our budget supports staffing, so our focus
is and will continue to be on people – the amazing people who dedicate their lives to advance RVAP’s
mission, and on the people we are privileged to know and support along their healing journeys. The
continued financial support from local municipalities through Aid to Agencies funding is critical to our
sustainability as we strive to provide our critical services throughout the community. Additionally, this
financial investment demonstrates through meaningful action that our community leaders recognize
sexual violence as an issue that needs and deserves attention, support, and financial resources.
With the goal of establishing a sustainable strategy for diversifying our funding stream, prioritizing our
programming, and increasing access to services we began the steps of developing a new five-year
strategic plan this past Spring as we invited four experts from throughout the country to assess our
program and provide guidance to our team. This departmental program review process is empowering
RVAP to critically evaluate our organizational structure, programming, financial sustainability, and
ultimately our impact and effectiveness in the communities we serve through a lens of continuous
improvement. The four reviewers were:
(1) Dr. Erin Stresow (Assistant Director, UI Diversity Resources)
(2) Rosa Beltré (Executive Director of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence)
(3) Tana Fedewa (Director of the Michigan State University Center for Survivors)
(4) Sue Prochaszca (former director of Tristate Coalition, the agency that provided SA & DV
services to victims/survivors in Southeast Iowa prior to 2014)
In May of this year these leaders met with all RVAP staff and many stakeholders and collaborative
partners to familiarize themselves with our work. In July this committee presented our team with a
report that clearly evaluates the strengths and weaknesses they recognized, and our team is spending
time this fall to integrate this guidance into a five-year strategic plan for future action and improvement.
2. Why did RVAP report only two years of demographic data?
I apologize as this was an administrative oversight on my part. We have new staff supporting these
reports, and I did not make sure they recognized that FY23 demographics were to be added as a
projection rather than actual data as we reported for FY21 and FY22. Thank you for pointing this
out. Here are our projections for FY23:
October 7, 2022
Gender *FY23
Male 725
Female 1100
Non-binary 175
Race
Asian 75
Black or African American 375
American Indian or Alaska native 5
Multiple Races 145
White 950
Other 450
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0
Ethnicity
Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin 250
Not of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin 1750
Age
0-5 10
6-17 1500
18-29 225
30-61 250
62-75 15
75+ Years 0
Area Median Income
<30% AMI 0
<50% AMI 0
<80% AMI 0
>80% AMI 0
October 7, 2022
Geographic Location
Johnson County (Combined, unduplicated) 2000
Iowa City 1100
Coralville 400
North Liberty 400
*projected data