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To subscribe, submit the form in the left column of this e-newsletter or visit www.nassembly.org. Newsbytes August 19, 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 Time
is Running Out to Register for the National Leaders Summit The 2005 National Leaders Summit will take place on September 8, 2005 at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center located at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, DC. Dr. Lester Salamon, Founding Director and Principal Research Scientist of the Institute for Policy Studies, Director of the Center for Civil Society Studies and Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, will deliver our keynote address. Don't miss the opportunity to network with and learn from your colleagues! Click here for more information. Coming
Soon to a Theater Near You… Truly Moving Pictures The National Collaboration for
Youth (NCY) is excited to announce that through our partnership with the
Heartland Film Festival we will be continuing our book-film
initiative. President and CEO Irv Katz recently represented NCY at a press
conference announcing a major Lilly Endowment grant to the Heartland Film
Festival in Indianapolis, IN. Heartland Film Festival and NCY will continue
the collaboration on its Truly
Moving Pictures partnership with help from this endowment. This
initiative will provide many great opportunities for NCY member
agencies and their affiliates. In fact, we have already begun efforts
on the next film, a DreamWorks Picture entitled, " Dreamer,
" which stars Dakota Fanning and Kurt Russell. For information about
our previous film project, "Because of Winn Dixie,"click
here. Pictured
from left to right: Jeff Smulyan, CEO, Emmis Communications; Greg Paul,
CEO, Castle Rock Entertainment; Ava Memmen, Chair, Heartland Film Festival;
Keira Amstutz, Deputy Mayor, City of Indianapolis; Jeff Sparks, CEO,
Heartland Film Festival; Clay Robbins, President, Lilly Endowment, Inc.;
and Irv Katz, President & CEO, National Assembly. Thirteen National Assembly Member CEO's Named to The Nonprofit Times Power and Influence Top 50 Thirteen National Assembly member CEO's, including our own Irv Katz,
were named to the Nonprofit Times Power and Influence Top 50,
which appears in the August 2005 edition. The National Assembly would
like to congratulate and recognize the following CEO's for their outstanding
contribution to our field; W. Todd Bassett, The Salvation Army; Shay Bilchik,
Child Welfare League of America; Ami Dar, Action Without Borders/Idealist.org;
Brian Gallagher, United Way of America; Kenneth Gladish, YMCA of the USA;
Robert Goodwin, Points of Light Foundation; Charles Gould, Volunteers
of America; Irv Katz, National Human Services Assembly; Mark Morial, National
Urban League; William Novelli, AARP; Roxanne Spillett, Boys & Girls
Clubs of America; Jill Schuman, Lutheran Services in America; and Roy
Williams, Boy Scouts of America. For more information, click
here.
Policy Forum Will Explore National/Local Collaboration on Legislative Issues The National Assembly/Alliance for Children and Families policy forum on September 9 will explore how national organizations, including the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, YMCA of the USA, and Families USA, work with their state and local affiliates on national policy issues. The forum, Connecting Grassroots and Grasstops Policy Efforts, will also feature “the view from the grassroots” with state and local organizations such as the Human Services Coalition of Dade County and the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa. The featured lunch speaker is Sheila Crowley, President of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, who will discuss engaging clients in advocacy. For more information and to register, click here . Weekly Conference Calls about Federal Youth Coordination Act The National Collaboration for Youth is holding weekly conference calls about the Federal Youth Coordination Act for local organizations and others interested in learning more about the bill and how they can support it. The calls will be held on Fridays at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern). To participate in the call, contact david@nassembly.org by Thursday at noon prior to the Friday call. He will send you the call-in information. For more information about the Federal Youth Coordination Act, visit www.youthcoordinationact.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. FEATURED BUSINESS PARTNER
New Report Describes the Impact of Children's Severe Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties A new report from the Division of Health Interview Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics describes the socio-demographic characteristics, mental health service use, and impact of emotional and behavioral difficulties on children. The findings use data from the 2001, 2002, and 2003 National Health Interview Surveys and are based on parent reports. For more, click here. Brief Emphasizes Need for Recognition of Engagement in Volunteering Among Older Adults This brief by the Urban Institute examines the types and intensity of engagement among adults age 55 and older using data from the 2002 Health and Retirement Study. The results show high levels of engagement, with 80 percent of older adults participating in formal or informal volunteer work, paid work, or caregiving. While engagement varies by age group, activity, and personal characteristics, older engaged Americans contribute an average of 1,300 hours annually to the above activities. The authors conclude with a discussion of the implications of the findings and recommendations for different initiatives that could further increase engagement. For more, click here. Nonprofits Face Difficulty Filling Top Posts Even as the number of nonprofit organizations in the United States continues to grow, the supply of nonprofit executives qualified to fill top leadership and development jobs at those organizations is getting tighter, the Wall Street Journal recently reported. According to Independent Sector about 278,000 nonprofit groups were formed between 1997 and 2003. But a wave of retirements at the executive level, a trend likely to continue as more and more baby boomers reach retirement age, and increased pressure on acting executives from boards of directors made wary by media and congressional scrutiny of the sector are resulting in high turnover rates. For more, click here. Advertising of Physical Activity Makes Children Exercise More An article in the August 2005 edition of Pediatrics, describes how advertising of physical activity makes children exercise more. Started in 2002 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, VERB used commercial marketing methods to portray physical activity as cool and fun, with television advertising on cable channels (e.g., Nickelodeon and Disney) as the primary vehicle. The campaign chose the word VERB as the brand, because it is associated with action. Seventy-four percent of surveyed children were aware of the messages at the end of the campaign. Based on parents' reports, the average 9 to 10 year old child who was aware of the campaign was engaged in 34 percent more free-time physical activity sessions per week than those who were unaware of the campaign. For more, click here. Local Organizations Can Now Apply to Join Youth Policy Action Center The National Collaboration for Youth, along with over 30 other national organizations, helped create and launch the Youth Policy Action Center, which has dramatically increased the number of messages constituents send to Congress about youth issues. In the past six weeks alone the website has received over 375,000 hits from over 30,000 visitors, who sent thousands of messages to Members of Congress! Having demonstrated its value to national organizations, the Youth Policy Action Center is now opening up its membership to state and local organizations. Applications are due September 15, 2005. For more information, click here. NMHA Urges Advocates to Promote Medicaid & Other Mental Health Funding During August Recess The National Mental Health Association encouraged advocates to meet with Members of Congress during the August recess to emphasize the importance of Medicaid to people with mental illness and to urge Members to oppose any changes that will harm those who need support from this vital program. Mental health advocates are also calling on Congress to pass mental health parity legislation; reject Association Health Plan legislation pending in the Senate; provide initial funding to implement a new law to de-criminalize mental illness; and maintain and, if possible, increase federal funding for needed programs and services for people with or at risk of mental illness. For more information, click here. House Minority Lawmakers Call for Protection of Food Stamp Program On August 1, the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the board of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus urged House Agriculture Committee leaders to protect the Food Stamp Program in this year's budget reconciliation process. The Agriculture Committee needs to make $3 billion in overall cuts and the signers of the letter favor limiting cuts to the Food Stamp Program to 7% if it must be cut at all. However, some agriculture groups favor making 60% of the overall cuts from food stamp and other nutrition programs. For more information, click here. (Source: Food Research and Action Center ) Coalition Urges Senate to Save the Estate Tax Americans for a Fair Estate Tax, a coalition of more than 160 national and state organizations, sent a letter to all U.S. Senators on July 26 to urge them to reject any "compromise" that would gut the estate tax and strip the essential revenue and incentives to charitable giving it provides. The letter points out the costs of estate tax repeal both to the federal government and the charitable sector, which are estimated at as much as $1 trillion in lost federal revenue over 10 years and $25 billion per year in lost donations to charities and nonprofits. For more information, click here. (Source: OMB Watch) GAO
Report on Federal Disability Assistance
Students in grades 5-12 who have demonstrated exemplary community service can apply for the Prudential Spirit of Community Award program. The 2006 application is now available online at: www.prudential.com/spirit. Deadline is October 21, 2005 Foundation Seeks Young Scholars to Study Immigrant Children The Foundation for Child Development
is looking for young scholars to contribute to basic and policy-relevant
research focused on the early education, health, and well-being of immigrant
children in the United States, particularly those living in low-income
families. The Foundation's Young Scholar Program provides approximately
four fellowships for up to three years to study issues affecting the development
of young U.S. immigrant children. The deadline to apply is November 1,
2005 Support for Youth-Led Projects YouthActionNet awards small grants to youth leaders (age 18 to 29) and their emerging projects that promote social change and connect youth with local communities throughout the world. These youth-led projects should have clearly defined goals and have potential for growth or further replication. Individuals applying must have a leadership role in a youth-led initiative that works to create positive change in their community. Award recipients will receive $500 and are eligible to participate in an international capacity-building workshop. Applications are reviewed two times per year. The next application deadline is October 1, 2005 The William T. Grant Foundation recently announced a grants competition: a pilot test of a Fellowship program for mid-career influential policymakers, practitioners, and researchers.The goal of the Program is to increase the supply of, demand for, and use of high-quality research in policy and practice efforts to improve youth outcomes.In this pilot test, they are accepting applications only from policymakers and practitioners. Deadline is November 3, 2005 UPCOMING PEER NETWORK MEETINGS 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 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. National Collaboration
for Youth Washington Group Meeting PEER NETWORK RESOURCES Communications Peer Network Webpage Chief Operating Officers Peer Network Webpage National Organizations Volunteer Network (NOVN) Webpage CONFERENCE, TRAININGS & EVENTS TRAININGS & EVENTS September 11, 2005 Hold a gathering in your neighborhood to meet and welcome new neighbors and rekindle old friendships. CONFERENCES 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 National Audio Conference on Poverty Presented by The Center for Law and Social Policy September 16, 2005 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET 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 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. 20th Annual Conference: Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families "Crossing the Great Divide: Creating Communities for All Ages" September 26-28, 2005 Denver, CO Evidence
Based Programs: Successful Implementation and Lessons Learned September 29-October 1, 2005 Williamsburg Hospitality House
2005
Alliance for Children and Families National Conference October 19-21, 2005 Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate Orlando , Florida 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 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 Equal Justice for Youth: Innovating for the Future Presented by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice November 10-13, 2005 Fairmont Olympic Hotel 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 Presented by the Alliance for Children and Families December 9, 2005 New York City, NY Building on Success: Providing Today's Youth With Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow Presented by the Federal Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention January 9-13, 2006 Washington, DC National Conference - Child Welfare League of America Securing Brighter Futures February 27 - March 1, 2006 Marriott Wardman Park Washington, DC Adolescent Brain Development and Juvenile Justice Presented by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice May 3-7, 2006 Hyatt Regency Bethesda 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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