Newsbytes: April 28, 2006

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April 28, 2006

Newsbytes is the biweekly E-newsletter of the National Human Services Assembly that contains information for and about the nonprofit health and human services sector.

New Website to Help Develop High Quality After-School Programs

Communities In Schools recently announced the launch of a new website, funded by MetLife Foundation, that will provide resources for professionals in the education sector who wish to run sustainable, high quality after-school programs. On this site, users can access the information they need to build an after-school program that is designed to produce measurable outcomes in student achievement. Users can also identify the core components recommended for success in specialized math and reading enrichment programs and learn about model programs. For more information, click here.

Search Institute Launches New Campaign for Parents

Search Institute recently launched MVParents, a campaign that provides parents with tools, encouragement, and information to support them in being the most valuable players in their children's lives. The campaign will include both a national television spot featuring Hall of Fame NFL players and a Web site. For more information, visit www.mvparents.com.

Financially Active Teens Unaware of the Implications of Their Spending Habits
One of the key findings of the annual Charles Schwab Foundation survey Teens & Money is that teens are growing increasingly more active as financial consumers and have strong fundamental values about money, but are in urgent need of learning more of the ABCs of money management to temper their new forays into the world of credit and debt. For more information and to see the results of this survey, click here. [Source: Boys and Girls Clubs of America]

Report on "Learning Foundations"
Learning for Community Change: Core Components of Foundations That Learn, a report prepared by the Chapin Hall Center for Children with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, explores how foundations that invest in community change can learn from their efforts and improve organizational performance. For more information, click here.

Child Care Subsidies and TANF

The Urban Institute recently synthesized three reports examining the connections between the child care and welfare systems, including identifying strategies that can minimize administrative duplication and client burdens, and suggestions for policymakers and others to design more effective systems to help transitioning families with child care needs. To view the full article and the reports, click here.

Chart Summarizes Collaborative Efforts to Improve Child Welfare

Home at Last has created an online tool, Pursuing Foster Care Reform—State Court Commissions and Task Forces, that examines efforts under way in 15 states and the District of Columbia to ensure the courts and child welfare agencies responsible for children in foster care work together to improve the lives of and outcomes for these children. Home at Last is a national, nonpartisan education and outreach project that seeks to encourage action on the recommendations of the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care.

Supplemental Report on Nonprofits Released

The Panel of the Nonprofit Sector released a supplement to the Final Report it issued last year. The Supplemental Report focuses on nine areas, including international grantmaking and charitable solicitation, with recommendations incorporated from across the realm of the charitable community. The new report can be downloaded from www.NonprofitPanel.org.

Convention on the Rights of the Child

The Campaign for Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will hold its first national summit in the United States, May 18-20, at American University in Washington, DC. The purpose of the summit is to educate and mobilize support for the ratification of the CRC by the United States. To learn more or register for the event, click here.

$1,000 "Bee" the Change Community Service Grant Available to Increase Literacy

Youth Service America and Lionsgate recently announced the "Bee" the Change Community Service Grant for literacy. This grant opportunity offers $1,000 to one young person between the ages of 5-25 to implement a sustainable community service project that increases literacy in their community and uses the movie, Akeelah and the Bee, in theatres April 28th, as inspiration. Projects should be youth-led and created, and must have a portion of their project take place on National and Global Youth Service Day (April 20-22, 2007). Deadline is June 9, 2006. For more information and to download the application, visit: www.ysa.org/awards

Grantmakers In Aging Accepting Proposals for Hurricane Fund for the Elderly
Up to $100,000 is available to nonprofit organizations for projects to re-establish the older adult service system in areas affected by the 2005 hurricanes. This grant has a rolling deadline.

Avon Foundation Offers Support for Local and Regional Domestic Violence Organizations
Up to $25,000 will be awarded to community-based nonprofits providing essential services to domestic violence victims in specific geographic areas of the United States. Deadline: August 1, 2006

In-Kind Services Grant for Cause Marketing Campaign
The Bemporad Baranowski Marketing Group will donate in-kind services worth $100,000 to a U.S. nonprofit and its corporate partner for creation and launch of a cause marketing campaign. Deadline: July 31, 2006

Grants for Programs Serving At-Risk Youth
The Louis R. Cappelli Foundation will provide grants of up to $25,000 to organizations whose programs for at-risk youth focus on education, health and fitness, or arts education. Deadline: June 30, 2006

Member Events Prompt Observations by NHSA President

The I Had A Dream Foundation and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship both hosted celebrations in New York City this week. After attending these celebrations, Irv Katz, President and CEO of the Assembly was inspired to write a mini-editorial entitled "The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of". To read the editorial, click here.

Save the Date - 2nd Annual Technology Summit
Technology Summit Log The 2nd Annual Technology Summit hosted by the National Assembly and sponsored by Insight Public Sector will take place on October 26, 2006 in Washington, DC. Nominations are now being accepted for the Excellence in Technology Leadership Awards which are given out at the Summit. For more information about this years' Technology Summit or the Technology Awards, click here.

National Collaboration for Youth
New Version of Youth Policy Action Center
On April 18, the National Collaboration for Youth joined more than 80 of the country's leading national, state, and local advocacy organizations to launch the redesigned Youth Policy Action Center, a website that helps youth and adults contact their elected officials about child and youth issues. The new version of the site features state pages, policy tools, and an information portal so visitors can learn about the issues and the policy making process before taking action. For more information, visit www.youthpolicyactioncenter.org.

Family Strengthening Policy Center
Model Programs and Tips to Increase Parental Involvement in Education
Educators know that students do better when their parents are involved in their school, but engaging parents can be challenging. After a select review of key literature, this Edutopia article identifies model programs and practical tips to involve parents in schools. For more information, click here. Note: This article is from the April 2006 issue of Family Strengthening News. To see the complete newsletter, click here. To see the Family Strengthening Policy Center’s brief on Parental Involvement in Education, click here.

F.I.L.M. - Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies
Hoot Activity Guide and Service Supplement Now Available
F.I.L.M. (Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies) is pleased to offer two new resources as part of the latest program around the book and upcoming movie, Hoot. The three steps of completion for the Hoot program include reading the book and seeing the movie, participating in activities from the activity guide, and completing a related service project. The youth development activity guide, entitled Hoot: Speak Up and Give Back is now available for free download on the F.I.L.M. website. Designed for youth ages 9 -15, this guide pulls out positive themes from Hoot, such as environmental activism, standing up for oneself and others against bullying, and learning how to advocate for issues of importance. To download the guide, click here. A new service-learning supplement is also now available to assist youth and facilitators in the planning and implementation of their service projects. Although the guide was geared for use on National & Global Youth Service Day 2006 (April 21-23), it can be used throughout the year for any service-related event. To download the free supplement, simply click here. Remember, Hoot opens in theaters nationwide on Friday May 5, 2006. To learn more about the Hoot program, please click here.

NYDLN - National Youth Development Learning Network
Recognition and Rewards - Youth Development Workers Survey
An important way to retain high-quality staff who work directly with youth is to acknowledge their value and provide recognition and rewards that sends a message that they are appreciated. NYDLN wants to find out how frontline youth workers are recognized and rewarded. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Findings will be shared in a Professional Development Series e-newsletter specifically on recognition and rewards. Please respond by May 15, 2006. Click here to compete the survey.

MENTOR/ National Mentoring Partnership

www.mentoring.org

For more than a decade, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership has been working to expand the world of quality mentoring. MENTOR believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child can discover how to unlock and achieve his or her potential. MENTOR works with a strong network of State and Local Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and provide the support and tools that mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people in their communities.

For more information about MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership visit www.mentoring.org

The Business Partners Program is a service for members of the National Assembly and their affiliates that leverages their combined purchasing power to reduce costs. Click here to see the complete list of National Assembly Business Services and Discounts. The Business Partners Program is made possible through the generous support of The UPS Foundation.

Did You Know?
That the savings offered through many of the Business Partner suppliers are based on billions of dollars of purchasing?

And that you get this same discount whether you buy one or one hundred?

UPCOMING PEER NETWORK MEETINGS

National Organizations National Network (NOVN)
Face to Face Meeting, May 16, 2006, 10-4 at AARP at 601 E St NW, Washington, DC. For more information, please contact sara@nassembly.org.

CFO Peer Group Meeting
May 17, 2006, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. For more information, please contact irv@nassembly.org.

NCY Program Group Meeting
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Chicago, IL. For more information, contact pam@nassembly.org.

CFO Peer Group Meeting
October 18, 2006, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. For more information, please contact irv@nassembly.org.

For more information the National Assembly Member Peer Networks, click here.

TRAININGS & EVENTS

National Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families.

National Foster Care Month
May is National Foster Care Month. This year's theme is Change a Lifetime: Share Your Heart, Open Your Home, Offer Your Help and will focus on how to get involved in the lives of young people in foster care. Visit www.fostercaremonth.org for more information.

CONFERENCES

Adolescent Brain Development and Juvenile Justice
Presented by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice
May 3-7, 2006
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
Washington, DC

2006 National Association of Planning Councils Conference
"Community Planning and Diversity...Partnerships for Inclusiveness, Social Justice and Community Well-Being."
May 4-7, 2006
Toronto, Canada

The Parent-Child Home Program 2006 Annual Conference

May 8-9, 2006

Garden City, NY

Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference

May 25-26, 2006

Chicago, IL

2006 Juvenile Justice National Symposium
Building Successful Alliances to Improve Outcomes
May 31-June 2, 2006
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
San Francisco, CA

Travelers Aid International 2006 Annual Leadership Conference "Surviving the Storm: Managing in Times of Change"
June 8-10, 2006
Warwick Hotel
Philadelphia, PA

National Conference on Volunteering and Service

"Climbing Mountains, Lifting Lives"

June 18-20, 2006
Seattle, Washington

Score More: Conference on Youth & Community Economic Development

June 21-23, 2006

Atlanta, GA

YouthBuild Transformation Institute

August 1-3, 2006

Cambridge, MA

National Leaders Summit
National Human Services Assembly
September 14, 2006
Washington, DC
For more information, contact sara@nassembly.org

2006 Risk Management and Finance Summit for Nonprofits
September 18-20, 2006
Westin Pasadena
Pasadena, CA

Alliance for Children and Families National Conference
October 18-20, 2006
St. Louis, MO

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