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To subscribe, submit the form in the left column of this e-newsletter or visit www.nassembly.org. Newsbytes June 10, 2005 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 . ASSEMBLY FEATURES DEADLINE APPROACHING - Call for Nominations - Essence of Leadership Awards The National Human Services Assembly invites your nominations for awards recognizing leaders in the sector. Who is the national nonprofit health and human service executive you most admire--the one who has accomplished the most and worked well in collaboration with others? Name the national board leader who has accomplished incredible things and has done so bridging organizations and sectors. Who in the media has not just reported well on health and human service issues but has made a difference with his or her reporting? And what public figure has bridged the chasms of politics and other divisions to effect change that improved lives by improving the effectiveness of human service policies and programs? Deadline for nominations is June 17, 2005. For a complete list of the award nomination criteria as well as instructions on how to submit a nomination, please download the Award Criteria Form . First Annual Technology Summit
Nominations for the Excellence in Technology Leadership and Innovation Awards Now Being Accepted The National Assembly is honored to add, Technology Leadership and Technology Innovation to our prestigious Essence of Leadership Award series. An awards banquet will be held the evening of July 25th at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center to recognize the award recipients. Help us recognize the best by nominating a leader and/or innovator and by attending this exciting event. For more information on this award, including nomination information, please click here. Policy Forum: Connecting Grassroots and Grasstops Policy Efforts The National Human Services Assembly and Alliance for Children and Families are hosting a Policy Forum on how national organizations and their state and local affiliates collaborate on legislative issues. The forum will be held on September 9, 2005, at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Topics include how national organizations work with their state and local affiliates on national policy issues; how state and local organizations address policy issues and relate to national strategies; a case study of a national/local effort on a hot policy issue; engaging clients in advocacy; and tools and techniques for collaboration on advocacy. For more information, click here. 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 on the logo 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. FEATURED BUSINESS PARTNER
Joint Agencies' Trust - Trust members save money in a secure environment, supported by a team of experts focused exclusively on helping our nonprofit members control unemployment costs and save valuable staff time. Your organization may be able to save on unemployment taxes. Talk with the experts at Joint Agencies Trust. Visit www.jointtrust.org.
2005 Generations United/ MetLife Intergenerational Photography Contest The contest is for the best intergenerational photo taken by a younger or older person, of younger and older people together and should demonstrate the importance of intergenerational connections. The purpose of the contest is to capture the power and beauty of intergenerational relationships and to convey the important roles that younger and older people play in each other's lives. Entries for the contest must be postmarked to Generations United no later than July 31, 2005. The contest is open to children and youth up to 21 years of age, and adults over the age of 50. Only amateur photographs will be considered. For more information, click here. Column Explores Connections Between Teaching and Youth Work Inspired by the compelling story of the 2005 National Teacher of the Year award recipient, The Forum for Youth Investment executive director Karen Pittman, in a column in Youth Today, explores the unmistakable connections between good teaching and good youth work. She suggests that more can and should be done to blur the lines between these two equally challenging, yet important fields. “(Young people's) futures depend on having a human chain of adults—including family and neighbors—with linked arms ready to help them with real problems, remind them of their real potential and connect them to real pathways and possibilities,” says Pittman. “They need teachers who do youth work, youth workers who do teaching, family members who are advocates, advocates who dine with their families, peers who have hope and hope for their peers.” For more,click here. Handbook Promotes Online Safety for Children The National PTA, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and Girl Scouts of the USA have launched a technology and digital media education program for families nationwide. The new program--the Digital Living Project--includes an introductory, downloadable handbook about the importance of digital safety and ethics for children. The guide includes topics for family discussion about various technologies used by kids, and how to create a plan to protect and keep children safe from inappropriate online material. According to the guide, the time kids spend on video games and computers has doubled since 1999, and 9 out of 10 children ages 8-16 have viewed pornography on the Internet. Also, according to the Girl Scout Research Institute, 30% of girls ages 13-18 report having been sexually harassed in a chat room. For more information, click here. Delinquent Youth Die at Rates Four Times Greater Than General Population A study released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in June, "Early Violent Death in Delinquent Youth," is the most comprehensive effort in more than 60 years to provide a detailed analysis of death rates among juvenile delinquents, and the first study of its kind to examine girls and Hispanic youth. According to the study, much has changed in the last six decades. Racial and ethnic minorities now represent two-thirds of juvenile detainees and females account for 28 percent of juvenile arrests. For more information and to download the report, click here. (Source: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) New
Report on Child Hunger and Food Insecurity Resource: LIberty: Thriving and Civic Engagement Among America's Youth Liberty: Thriving and Civic
Engagement Among America's Youth written by Richard M. Lerner examines
what it means to develop as an exemplary young person, a young person
who is thriving within the community and on the rise to a hopeful future.
The book explores several key characteristics of positive youth development
such as competence, character, confidence, social connections, and compassion
that coalesce to create a young person who is developing successfully
towards an "ideal" adulthood, one marked by contributions to self, others,
and the institutions of civil society. For more information, click
here. Missouri
Juvenile Justice Association Develops Project for Children in Meth Labs
Juvenile Justice Briefings
Highlight Successful Prevention Initiatives Legislation to Support Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) introduced The Kinship Caregiver Support Act on May 10 to help grandparents and other relatives raising children. The Act will link relative caregivers to a broad range of services and supports that they need for their children and themselves. It will also make it possible for grandparents and other relatives to care for children who would otherwise be in foster care. This legislation has been endorsed by Generations United, Child Welfare League of America, AARP, and other organizations. For more information, click here . (Source: Generations United) House Committee Approves New Affordable Housing Fund On May 25, the House Financial Services Committee approved legislation that includes a provision to create new affordable housing funds at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises that are the largest sources of housing finance in the U.S. The bill would require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to set aside 5% of their after-tax profits for the funds, an amount estimated to be $400-$600 million in the first few years and that could reach $1 billion in five to six years. The next step for the legislation is action by the full House, which could come as early as mid-June. The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee is expected to consider a similar measure soon. For more information, click here . (Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition) Bill Introduced to Increase Funding and Data on Reducing Hunger Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Hunger-Free Communities Act on May 25 to increase federal funding available to local organizations working to reduce hunger in communities nationwide. The Act also directs the Census Bureau to collect annual data on food insecurity in the United States and the Department of Agriculture to prepare annual reports on the status of efforts to eliminate domestic hunger and recommendations for reducing hunger. For more information, click here. (Source: America 's Second Harvest) Report Highlights WIC's Achievements The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is 31 years old in 2005. This report from the Food Research and Action Center reviews WIC's achievements, its importance to women, infants and children, and documents the growth in WIC participation nationally and in each state. For more information, click here.
American Legion Child Welfare Foundation Accepting Requests for Applications The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation, Inc. accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which meet one of the foundation's basic purposes: contributing to the welfare of youth and contributing to the welfare of society. Grants, which are awarded for a period of one year, range from $1,500 to $70,000 and average about $22,000. Grants must have the potential to help American children in a large geographic area (more than one state), and are awarded only to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations. For more, click here. Applications Invited for American Society on Aging-MetLife Foundation MindAlert Awards The American Society on Aging-MetLife Foundation MindAlert Awards were established to recognize innovations in mental fitness programming for older adults. Based on research showing that cognitive decline is not inevitable in aging, these awards recognize programs, products, or tools that promote cognitive fitness in later life. Awards will be presented at the 2006 Joint Conference of the National Council on the Aging and the American Society on Aging, to be held in Anaheim, California, March 16-19, 2006. Winners will have the opportunity to present at the conference, and the winning programs will be publicized via press release, articles in ASA's publications, and on the ASA Web site. In addition, the winning programs will each receive a cash award of $1,500. For more, click here. Do Something Invites 2006 Brick Award Applications From Youth Community Leaders Each year, Do Something Brick Awards honors six outstanding leaders age 18 and under and three outstanding leaders between the ages of 19 and 25 who use their talents to take action that strengthens their communities in the areas of community building, health, or the environment. For more, click here. Hadassah Foundation Seeks Letters of Inquiry for U.S. Projects Benefiting Adolescent Girls The Hadassah Foundation has issued a Request for Letters of Inquiry for leadership/self-esteem projects for adolescent girls in the United States Jewish community. The foundation will provide a small number of grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. The typical award will range from $30,000 to $40,000. The grant period is for twelve months, from January 1 to December 31, 2006. The proposed program must establish a replicable model program that enables girls to build self-esteem; learn from their peers and adult mentors; be included in the planning and implementation of projects; and draws on Jewish traditions and values as vehicles for improving self-esteem. National Collaboration
for Youth Washington Group Meeting IT Peer Group - Technology Summit July 25 & 26, 2005 at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center. For more information, please contact sara@nassembly.org National Collaboration for Youth Research Group meeting September 7 at the National Assembly, 1319 F St NW, Suite 402, Washington, DC. For more information please contact pam@nassembly.org.. National Collaboration
for Youth Program/Research Group meeting National Assembly COO Peer Network meeting September 8, 2005, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, YMCAs Washington Office, 1101 17th Street, NW, Suite 705 Washington, DC. For more information, please contact david@nassembly.org . NOVN
(National Organizations' Volunteer Network) Meeting National Assembly HR Council Meeting September 9 at Volunteers of America, 1660 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. For more information, contact ellen@nassembly.org. National Collaboration for Youth Program Group Meeting September 9 at the National Assembly, 1319 F St NW, Suite 402, Washington, DC. For more information, please contact pam@nassembly.org. NEW - Communications Peer Network Webpage Visit the Communications Peer Network Webpage . Here you will find meeting notes as well as meeting schedules and other useful information about this group. CONFERENCE, TRAININGS & EVENTS TRAININGS & EVENTS Audio Conferences Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention June 23, 2005 - Campaign Matters: Using Media To Maximize Success July 21, 2005 - The Value of Youth Involvement: Successful Strategies and Approaches August 9, 2005 - Leveraging Underage Drinking Resources Videoconference - Communities Respond to Youth Gangs in America August 11, 2005 Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention September 11, 2005 Hold a gathering in your neighborhood to meet and welcome new neighbors and rekindle old friendships. CONFERENCES 2nd National School-Based Mentoring Conference June 14-16, 2005 Fairmont Hotel Sponsored by Youth Friends
June 29, 2005 Hilton Cleveland South Cleveland, OH Presented by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence and the Cleveland Foundation Building Capacity for Impact Presented jointly by the Alliance for Nonprofit Management & The Council on Nonprofit Associations July 14-17, 2005 Chicago, IL School of the 21st Century National Conference Partners for Success; Linking Communities, Families and Schools July 18-20, 2005 Yale University New Haven, CT National Assembly Technology Summit Free to National Assembly Members and their Affiliates Presented by the National Assembly in partnership with Insight Public Sector July 25 & 26, 2005 Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Washington, DC The
2005 National Youth Summit Points of Light Youth Leadership Institute: Train-the-Trainer August 1-3, 2005 Grand Hyatt Washington, DC 2005 National Conference on Volunteering and Service Presented by the Points of Light Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service August 4-6, 2005 Washington, DC Hand in Hand with Children: Guiding and Protecting Presented by the Center for Missing and Exploited Children August 10-13, 2005 Washington, DC Women in Philanthropy: Gaining Momentum August 25-26, 2005 Presented by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University University Place Conference Center and Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana This event will be a discussion-oriented conference focusing on in-depth issues including the leadership, advocacy, inspiration and motivation of women in philanthropy from past to present as well as their role as change makers for the future Registration will be available online in May by visiting www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/ . For more information email wpi@iupui.edu Presented by the National Assembly Keynote Speaker: Lester Salamon, Johns Hopkins University September 8, 2005 Reagan International Trade Center Washington, DC National Assembly-Alliance for Children & Families Policy Forum Connecting Grassroots and Grasstops Policy Efforts September 9, 2005 Ronald Reagan International Trade Center Washington, DC Generations United 13th International Conference The Intergenerational Current: Across the Life Span and Around the Globe September 13-17, 2005 Washington Marriott Washington, DC 2005 National Summit on Your City's Families Institute for Youth, Education, and Families National League of Cities September 25-28, 2005 San Antonio , TX This exciting event focuses participants'
attention on what local government can do, both independently and in partnership
with others, to improve education and afterschool programs, engage young
people in community decision making, and create supports for low-income
working families. YouthBuild Conference & Transformation Institute The YouthBuild Academy for Transformation will hold two Transformation Institutes (April 11-13 in Los Angeles and October 24-26 in Washington, D.C.) for directors, staff, teachers, counselors, policy-makers, and funders from the youth development, youth leadership, youth employment, after-school, and education arenas. Washington, DC - October 24-26, 2005 2005 Healthy Communities-Healthy Youth Conference "The Asset-Building Get-Together: Creating Intergenerational Community" November 3-5, 2005 Dallas, TX InterContinental Hotel Sponsored by The Search Institute Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF) "Crossing the Great Divide: Creating Communities for All Ages" September 26-28, 2005 Denver, CO Executive Leadership Institute Presented by the National Assembly in cooperation with the Leader to Leader Institute November 10-12, 2005 Tampa, FL Wyndham Harbor Island Hotel The Roles of Leaders in Learning Organizations/Knowledge Management For Top Executives and Board Leaders of National Assembly Member Organizations Partnership for After School Education Shaping our Future - A National Agenda for Afterschool November 20-22, 2005 The Ritz Carlton - Battery Park New York City, NY CLICK HERE to post your organization's conference dates on the National Assembly's website; click on “Add Your Own Event,” and follow the instructions. Got News? Please e-mail sara@nassembly.org
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National Human Services Assembly in partnership with Insight Public Sector
will host the First Annual Technology Summit for the National Assembly
IT Peer Group members on July 25 & 26. The goal of the Summit is to
expose and educate nonprofit IT professionals about the latest technology
affecting national nonprofits and to give them the opportunity to network
with peers and experts. The Technology Summit is the ideal and neutral
event for members to casually network and learn from each other, National
Assembly Business Partners and Vendors as well as experts in the technology
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