RFP: Strategic Design and Implementation

ENTF is excited to work with a local partner to embark on our next process for strategic design and implementation to explore our role in bringing about a more equitable future state of Kent County.

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What is ENTF?

Since 1982, Kent County Essential Needs Task Force (ENTF) has been committed to aligning systems through partnership and collaboration to ensure all residents of Kent County have access to resources to meet their basic needs.

Unemployment Disparities

A report paid for by the Kellogg Foundation, and completed by the Community Research Institute at Grand Valley State University demonstrates that the low overall unemployment rate for Kent county does not apply to all of it's residents.

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Who Has Access?

Through a partnership with Feeding America West Michigan the ENTF is creating maps to study where gaps in access to fresh fruits and vegetables exist throughout Kent County.

Ending Homelessness, A Community Plan

The Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness has put together a three year strategic plan to outline the steps they will take towards ending homelessness in our community.

Working together to address our citizens’ basic needs

The Kent County Essential Needs Task Force (ENTF) was formed in 1982 as a response to the struggles facing Kent County residents in meeting their basic needs. The ENTF focuses on system change with an emphasis on collective impact and the interconnectedness of all systems. The committees of the ENTF are an evolving reflection of those basic needs that the community has deemed essential to the success of its citizens. Those committees, as they exist today, are: Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness, Energy Efficiency, Food and Nutrition Coalition, Economic and Workforce Development, and Transportation. Each of these committees works to ensure that the vision, mission, and goals of the ENTF are being carried out through their efforts.