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To subscribe, submit the form in the left column of this e-newsletter or visit www.nassembly.org. Newsbytes November 18, 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 House Passes Federal Youth Coordination Act On November 15, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Youth Coordination Act by a vote of 353-62. Representative Tom Osborne (R-NE), the bill's sponsor, thanked the National Collaboration for Youth and its member organizations for their grassroots support, which helped propel the legislation. The Act establishes a Federal Youth Development Council that will improve communication among federal agencies serving youth, assess youths' needs, set goals for helping them, and expand effective programs. The next step is to build support for the Act in the Senate. For more information about the Act and to contact your Senators, click here. Federal Government Should Invest in People First An Editorial by National Assembly President Irv Katz Just as parents view expenditures for their children's education and their purchase of a home as investments in the future, the federal government, as agent of the caring American people, needs to recognize its sustained responsibility to invest in people who do not have the choice to invest in education or buy a house, let alone feed their family or pay the rent. The programs on the federal chopping block are those that help keep people on an even keel and allow them and their families the opportunity to move forward. To read the full editorial, click here. For an update on proposed cuts to anti-poverty programs, see Policybytes below. National Assembly Welcomes Two New Members The National Assembly recently welcomed two new members: Afterschool Alliance and National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). These two organizations join the diverse group of existing members. Both also joined the National Collaboration for Youth, an affinity group of the National Assembly. The Afterschool Alliance is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children. NFTE helps young people from low-income communities improve their business, academic and life skills through entrepreneurship education. For more information about Afterschool Alliance, NFTE or any other National Assembly member, click here.
2005 Management Compensation Survey * This survey is sponsored annually by The National Health Council and The
National Human Services Assembly. It represents primarily the national
offices of health, human and youth service organizations that are members of
The National Health Council and The National Human Services Assembly. This year’s report includes individual position summary tables for 78
positions. The tables contain base salary statistics for each position reported
by total respondents, geographical location, organization type, organization budget, total employees and time in position. This report is available in print or by download. To order your copy, click here. *National Assembly member CEOs and HR Directors were each sent a complimentary copy. If you didn't receive your, please contact kathryn@nassembly.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
"Medicare Rx: A National Conversation" Special Report on CNBC On November 19 and 20 at 6:30 PM ET, CNBC will broadcast a special television program entitled "Medicare Rx: A National Conversation". The show, hosted by John Palmer, will include a lively conversation and information on the new prescription drug coverage. To download a flyer in PDF format that can be re-distributed, click here. To check your local listings, click here. Online Hotline for Sexual Assault Victims The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization, will soon launch the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, the nation’s first secure web-based hotline, offering live help 24/7. For the first time, young victims will be able to receive help through the medium they say they prefer: the web. Outreach to community organizations is an integral part of RAINN¹s efforts to generate awareness of the Online Hotline. If you are interested in helping spread the word through newsletter articles, web links, posters or other means, please contact Kelley Bevis at kelleyb@rainn.org. For more information, click here. Nominate Youth Programs for Community Guide to Helping America's Youth The Community Guide to Helping America’s Youth was introduced at the First Lady’s Helping America’s Youth conference on October 27. The online guide helps communities build partnerships, assess their needs and resources, and select from program designs that could be replicated in their community. To nominate a program for inclusion in the database, click here. Navigating the Organizational Lifestyle - A New Resource from BoardSource This new book, recently released by BoardSource, will help nonprofit leaders understand, prepare for, and navigate the lifecycle passages and changes experienced by nonprofits. It also teaches how to assess a nonprofit organization's stage of development in order to align capacities, manage organizational transitions, and anticipate future challenges. Readers will discover strategies for making the case to funders for capacity-building support. For more information about this book, click here. For more information about BourdSource discounts offered to National Assembly members through the Business Partners Program, click here. New Data on Children's Health and Childhood Poverty The National Data Analysis System has posted new data on child well-being, including the most recent children's health data and an issue brief on childhood poverty. The updated children's health information contains data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Updates include information on the 2003 teen birth rate, 2004 vaccination coverage, and 2003 and 2004 SCHIP Enrollment. For more information, click here. [Source: Child Welfare League of America] The Alliance for Healthy Homes recently published a Guide for organizations and agencies that are working with people affected by recent hurricanes—including community development corporations, tenant groups, and other advocates for decent and affordable housing; environmental organizations and environmental justice advocates; public interest lawyers; health advocates; health care and social services providers; other helping organizations; and civic watchdog groups—as well as for policy makers trying to ensure that recovery benefits everyone, not just a privileged few. For more information and to download the guide, click here. News from the Next Generation Youth Work Coalition The Next Generation Youth Work Coalition is an outgrowth of a national Wingspread meeting last fall focused on workforce issues in the youth development and out-of-school time fields. For more information or to receive updates as the coalition develops, email pam@nassembly.org. A part of this work, funded by Cornerstones for Kids,and led by the National Collaboration for Youth, is gathering and sharing the promising practices in the Recruitment and Retention of Frontline Youth Workers. If you have a promising practice, please send your materials or questions to pam@nassembly.org. The Forum for Youth Investment is looking for program or organization-level information about youth worker demographics, compensation, entry into the field, retention/turnover rates, etc., in the form of raw data or reports. Send materials or questions to virginia@forumforyouthinvestment.org. Another Cornerstone for Kids-funded project is being led by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time, which is collecting information on existing credentials in youth development or out-of-school time with ties to higher education. Gleaning lessons, candid opinions and implications from those who have administered and earned a credential will contribute to what has been largely absent or fragmented data about the impact of credentialing on the workforce. Please send materials or inquiries to egannett@wellesley.edu House Passes Budget Bill Cutting Anti-Poverty Programs; Rejects Spending Bill with More Cuts On November 18, the House of Representatives passed a five-year budget measure by a vote of 217-215 that would cut about 220,000 people off food stamps, allow states to impose new costs on Medicaid beneficiaries and scale back coverage, increase student loan interest rates and fees paid by borrowers, and cut aid to state child-support enforcement programs. Hours earlier, the House rejected by a vote of 224-209 a House-Senate compromise spending bill that would provide less funding for education, health and human service, and job training programs. For more information, click here. Bill Introduced to Extend Background Checks Pilot Program Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on November 4 introduced S. 1961 to extend and support the SafetyNET background checks pilot program. Through SafetyNET, MENTOR makes nationwide FBI fingerprint searches accessible to youth-serving organizations at a reasonable price and with a quick turnaround time. The bill will extend the pilot until June 2008 and expand eligibility to additional kinds of youth-serving organizations. For more information, click here. (Source: MENTOR) Mental Health Parity Legislation Gains Majority Support in House For the third consecutive year, a majority of House members are cosponsoring the Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, which would end insurance discrimination against individuals with mental illness by ensuring health plans cover mental health treatments and services as they do other medical care. The Coalition for Fairness in Mental Illness Coverage, of which the National Mental Health Association is a partner, urges House leadership to bring this important legislation to a vote. For more information, click here. (Source: National Mental Health Association) Senate Finance Committee Approves Charitable Incentives and Reforms The Senate Finance Committee on November 15 approved a tax bill that contains several charitable giving incentives as well as a number of significant charitable reforms. Among the charitable giving incentives are a provision to allow charitable deductions for donors who do not itemize, and an IRA rollover provision that would allow tax-free distributions from IRAs directly to charitable organizations. The charitable reform provisions include penalties for involvement in tax shelter transactions, increased penalties for self-dealing and excess benefit transactions, and a number of far-reaching reforms for donor advised funds and supporting organizations. For more information, click here. (Source: Independent Sector)
Nonprofits No Longer Have to Check Watch Lists to Participate in CFC The federal Office of Personnel Management withdrew a regulation that required nonprofits participating in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the federal government's workplace charitable giving program, to screen employees and donation recipients for possible terrorist ties. The new final rule, which applies to 2006 CFC applicants, instead requires participating charities to certify that they are in compliance with existing anti-terrorist financing laws. Thirteen organizations sued the Office of Personnel Management to drop the requirement. For more information, click here. (Source: OMB Watch)
New Reports on Rebuilding New Orleans and Addressing Concentrated Poverty Two new reports from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program offer ways in which the federal government can best invest in the recovery of the New Orleans region and also address the concentrated poverty found all too often in other cities around the country. The reports offer a federal agenda for rebuilding the region and recommend that federal leaders embrace an array of existing policy tools to restore economic choice and opportunities for families living in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty. For more information, click here. Older Volunteers Enrich America Awards Sponsored by the MetLife Foundation and administered by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), this program, now in its fourth year, honors and builds awareness of the outstanding contributions of older volunteers (ages 50 and older) and encourages other older adults to contribute their skills and time to enrich society through volunteerism. Seeking Applications for Progressive Leadership and Advocacy Network (PLAN) Request for Proposals: Research on Civic Education for High School Age Youth The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) is seeking research that will help educators and policymakers to improve civic outcomes for US students of high-school age (roughly 14-18). CIRCLE is interested in research on interventions and reforms that may enhance civic outcomes, including after-school or community-based programs, insofar as these have the potential to reach large numbers of adolescents or to change mainstream education. Deadline for letters of inquiry is December 15, 2005. Youth Leaders for Literacy Program to Award Grants for Student-Led Projects Grant applications should highlight youth leadership in developing and implementing a literacy project to begin on NEA's Read Across America Day, March 2, 2006, and that concludes during Youth Service America's National Youth Service Day, April 21-23. Deadline: November 21, 2005 United States Golf Association Offers Fellowship in Leadership and Service The fellowship, a two-year, post-graduate professional commitment, is aimed at developing recent college graduates’ professional skills (e.g., leadership and organizational efficiency), educating them in the role of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, and offering them experience in the golf world, specifically, with the USGA, the governing body of golf. Disney Minnie Grants UPCOMING PEER NETWORK MEETINGS Family Strengthening Peer Network Meeting NCY Washington Group Meeting NOVN Monthly Conference Call NCY Program Group Meeting January 6, 2006 - Tucson, AZ. For more information, please contact pam@nassembly.org NCY Research 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 National Family Volunteer Day Volunteering as a family strengthens the family and allows them to make significant contributions to their community. Family volunteering benefits organizations by increasing the number of volunteers for the organization, increasing community awareness of the organization's mission and providing closer ties to the community the organization serves. Celebrating Philanthropy Month November is Celebrating Philanthropy Month. The Foundation Center is recognizing the month by offering an array of educational opportunities, special events, and Web resources throughout November. For more, click here. National Family Week At /www.nationalfamilyweek.org, you can learn more about National Family Week and obtain helpful hints for making Connections Count. Friends of National Service Reception Sponsored by Voices for National Service February 7, 2006 Washington, DC CONFERENCES 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 Housing and Child Welfare - The Vital Link National Housing Conference Washington, DC More information, email
dbryant@nhc.org 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 A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base Presented by Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health February 22-24, 2006 National Conference - Child Welfare League of America Securing Brighter Futures February 27 - March 1, 2006 Marriott Wardman Park Washington, DC 2006 National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) Annual Policy Conference and Lobby Day & 24th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception Capital Hilton Washington, DC February 27-28, Detailed conference information and registration materials will be available by December 1 at www.nlihc.org. Nonprofit Excellence: It's a Matter of Education May 22-24, 2006 Notre Dame, IN 11th Annual Family Support America Conference “Unify Now: Never Before Has Family Support Been Needed So Much” March 26-29, 2006 Hilton Chicago Downtown Adolescent Brain Development and Juvenile Justice Presented by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice May 3-7, 2006 Hyatt Regency Bethesda 2006 Juvenile Justice National Symposium Building Successful Alliances to Improve Outcomes May 31-June 2, 2006 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport San Francisco, CA 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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