Applications are Open! Deadline: January 15th, 2025
The Community Leadership Training Program is an opportunity for new, grassroots, or emerging nonprofits or community organizations to receive capacity-building support and tailored resources and assistance to enhance their ability to identify and address the needs in the communities they serve. After participation in this program, our goal is to build the skills needed to secure additional resources to continue and grow the work, ensuring that knowledge and connections are firmly entrenched within the communities we serve. The Qualifications for the CLT program are as follows:
- Be an emerging, new or small nonprofit organization or community group in the state of Florida
- Have an annual budget of $1M or less
- Have a project idea to support your community in one of these areas:
- Healthcare Systems Navigation
- Equal Access to Healthcare
- Economic Justice
- Engaged in related work in the community for two years or more
- Never received capacity-building support
- Have the ability to devote at least 10 hours a month to the CLT program from
February – October 2025
The CLT Application can be found here:
CLT Application in English: https://forms.gle/BNsh9PmQVfSvhUcVA
CLT Application en Español: https://forms.gle/oMuQKSgU6hE7ZS9Y6
Please contact Thriving@jax.ufl.edu for additional information.
Equity Action Labs – Congratulations Thrive Awardees!
Celebrating Excellence!
Join us in congratulating our 2024 Thrive Awardees, honored at this year’s Gathering for their incredible contributions and unwavering support of the Equity Action Lab projects. 
Chosen by our EAL Awardees, these champions embody the spirit of collaboration and dedication that fuels our mission to build thriving, socially connected communities. 
Together, we’re paving the way for empowerment, equity, and well-being for all. Let’s keep making an impact, together. 
Center for Thriving Communities’ Learning Journey Webinar Series in partnership with Build Healthy Places Network, Shift Health Accelerator & 904WARD!
🔍 Each session will equip you with tools and insights to drive community-led well-being efforts across Florida, fostering collaboration and sustainability in local capacity building. From co-designing community health goals to measuring impact and resourcing initiatives, we’ve got you covered!
💼 Don’t miss out on these invaluable sessions! Share this opportunity with your network and join us as we empower communities to thrive together. All are welcome!
🎥 View previously recorded sessions here.
Questions? Email thriving@jax.ufl.edu
Are you looking for more information on the Equity Action Labs model? Please view the resources below:
Equity Action Labs Implementation Guide
Vision
A Florida where everyone has the opportunity to prosper and thrive.
Mission
To collaborate with communities in the creation of enduring and impactful resources that support all Floridians in achieving the highest levels of health and well-being.
Guiding Principles
- Cultural Humility: Centering, embracing, and integrating lived experiences.
- Enduring: Cultivating relationships and committing to long-term sustainable change.
- Collaborative: Establishing trusting partnerships, shared goals and aspirations to help communities thrive.
- Opportunity for all: Working together to improve access to resources.
- Practical: Implementing solutions that are accessible, impactful, and replicable.
- Transparency: Openly sharing findings, strategies and approaches.
Pillar
Community Engagement
Listening, learning, and understanding by engaging diverse voices to inform its priorities and action agenda.
PILLAR
Equity Action Labs
Bringing together diverse teams to work on testing ideas and solutions to improve health and social conditions impacting communities’ health and well-being.
PILLAR
Training
Offering educational resources and training opportunities while meeting the learning needs of diverse populations.
PILLAR
Follow Up & Sustainability
Providing post-training support and continued engagement, including publishing outcomes and lessons learned through various communication platforms, reports and community forums.
Read our 2023 Community Engagement Report here
Meet the Collaborative
Creating racial healing and equity
Advocating for access to healthcare
Taking Hispanic causes to heart
to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover
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