Balance of State ESG Information
The ESG application cycle occurs on an annual basis. The application is administered by the State and is overseen by Michael Leach in the DHHS Division of Aging and Adult Services.
The ESG application includes two parts: a community application completed by the Regional Committee and a project application completed by each agency that is seeking funding.
This page is for Balance of State-specific information. General information about the ESG application can be found here.
Current ESG Application
The 2016 ESG application was released by the State ESG Office on September 23, 2016. Contract certifications must be submitted via email by Friday, October 7. Applications must be delivered or postmarked by Friday, October 21.
NCCEH staff will post resources for BoS application in the coming days. The application forms and instructions are posted on our main ESG webpage.
Designing a Local Funding Process
In order to assist Regional Committees as they design and implement a local funding process, BoS staff have assembled some general resources about designing effective competitions. While these resources are written for foundations to use, many of the same strategies may be employed by communities to help create a local ESG funding competition.
| Topic Covered | Resource |
| How to design and implement grant competitions to further program goals | Link to Online Resource |
| Questons to ask when researching a nonprofit's organization and operations | Link to Online Resource |
| Sample tool to use to assist in researching nonprofit capacity | Link to Online Resource |
| How to create and communicate grant guidelines for funding competitions | |
| Explanation of why grant guidelines are helpful in a funding competition | |
| Overview of grant making basics |
Previous ESG Applications
Balance of State materials from previous ESG applications have been archived for reference.