Community Compensation
The Washington Department of Commerce is soliciting proposals from entities interested in coordinating an equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist community stipend and reimbursement payment process for eligible individuals who are low income and/or have lived experience, in order to support their participation in Commerce-led activities that are classified as class one groups managed by the Housing Division.
Objectives:
- Provide prompt payment to eligible individuals who are low income and/or have lived experience of the subject matter being addressed by the class one workgroups managed by the Housing Division.
- Provide direct payments for ground transportation, hotel and child or adult care expense.
- Provide logistic support for workgroup events and participant attendance.
- Establish and abide by a standardized process, procedure, documentation and records for stipend and reimbursement payments to eligible individuals as well as direct payments, in accordance with Washington State Office of Equity’s Community Compensation Guidelines.
- Provide excellent customer service and prompt communication to eligible individuals receiving stipends and reimbursements.
The RFP can be located at https://www.commerce.wa.gov/contracting-with-commerce/request-for-proposals-community-compensation/