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MANY (The Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth & Family Services) designs its bi-weekly electronic newsletters to bring together those organizations and individuals who are interested in the development of innovative alternatives for youth and families, and in exploring new ways to provide high quality services. MANY (MANY) is a regional network designed to strengthen and coordinate resources and services for youth and families in high-risk situations. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your colleagues. Let us know if this newsletter is useful to you and how it might be improved to better serve your needs. If you do not wish to receive this eNewsletter in the future, please reply with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the header. In This Issue: PENNSYLVANIA HIGH COURT TO RULE WHETHER NONPROFITS ARE SUBJECT TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAWS The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has heard a case that could determine whether nonprofit entities are subject to conflict-of-interest provisions in the state's ethics law, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. In the past, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has taken the position that extending conflict-of-interest provisions to nonprofits would make public officials less likely to volunteer their time. For more information, go to: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/44824357.html BLUE SKY BAKERY AND CAFÉ EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM Looking for a model employment program? The Blue Sky Bakery and Café provides homeless and at risk youth with employment and valuable skills including cooking, baking, customer service, and cash-handling. For more information, go to:http://blueskyinn.org/employment.html FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS
For more information, go to:http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_06.htm NATIONAL CAMPAIGN YOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM CURRENTLY SEEKING OUTSTANDING TEENS The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is currently seeking outstanding teens to join their 2009-2010 Youth Leadership Team (YLT). The YLT is a select group of eight to twelve 14- to 17-year-olds from across the nation who work with The National Campaign to:
For more information, go to:http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/about-us/ylt.aspx STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM The purpose of the SOP is to enable programs to assist young people in relocating from the streets to stable housing situations and in making other healthy personal choices regarding where they live and how they behave. To that end, the Street Program seeks to promote grantee efforts to build relationships between street outreach staff and runaway, homeless, and street youth. These relationship-building efforts are conducive to providing effective, supportive services that will assist youth in moving and adjusting to safe and appropriate alternative living arrangements and in becoming independent, self-sufficient, contributing members of society. Application Deadline: June 8, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-YO-0024.html IMPROVING COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN The purpose of this program is to support selected communities in combating the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), including youth under 18, by improving training and coordination activities within the community. OJJDP will also assist participating communities in developing policies and procedures to identify CSEC victims, adopting best practices for addressing CSEC, and completing a needs assessment to identify and fill gaps in local service provision to victims, such as mental and physical health services and temporary shelter. Application Deadline: June 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2009/ImprovingCommunityResponseCSEC.pdf US AIRWAYS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM The US Airways Education Foundation will award grants of $4,000 each to nonprofit organizations located in the airline's hub and focus cities of Boston, Charlotte, Las Vegas, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. Eligible programs include educational programs that respond to the needs of disadvantaged or disabled children, teach or enhance social responsibility, and/or enhance academic achievement for children age 18 or younger. Application Deadline: July 1, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.usairways.com/awa/content/aboutus/corporategiving/default.aspx FAMILY CONNECTION DISCRETEIONARY GRANTS The purpose of this funding announcement is to help children who are in or are at-risk of entering into foster care reconnect with family members by developing and implementing grant programs in the areas of kinship navigator programs; programs utilizing intensive family-finding efforts to locate biological family and reestablish relationships; programs utilizing family group decision-making meetings; or residential family treatment programs. As demonstration projects, grantees will develop these programs as identifiable sites that other States/locales seeking to implement family connection services for this population can look to for guidance, insight, and possible replication. Application Deadline: June 6, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-CF-0078.html AMERICAN LEGION CHILD WELFARE FOUNDATION GRANTS The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which meet one of the Foundation’s two basic purposes: To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society. For more information, go to: http://www.legion.org/cwf/grantseekers/overview SECOND CHANCE ACT YOUTH OFFENDER REENTRY The Second Chance Act supports a comprehensive response to the increasing number of people who are released from prison, jail, and juvenile facilities each year and are returning to their communities. The Second Chance Act will help juvenile participants released from residential confinement to successfully transition back into society. Application Deadline: June 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2009/SecondChanceReentry.pdf MENTORING INITIATIVE FOR FOSTER CARE YOUTH The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will assist communities in establishing or expanding mentoring and support services for youth in foster care and foster care youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Application Deadline: June 8, 2009. For more information, go to: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/funding/FundingDetail.asp?fi=139 STRATEGIC ENHANCEMENT TO MENTORING PROGRAMS This solicitation invites eligible applicants to propose research and evidence-based enhancements to mentoring programs based on three strategies: (1) involving the parents and family in activities and services, (2) delivering structured activities and programs for the mentoring matches, and (3) developing training and support for mentors. Application Deadline: June 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www07.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=zrspKdJKnWn3MSBvJb4c3Kkk2w4xv1lnxq3HLHk1gr48XybvB1rd!-1908586553 SECOND CHANCE JUVENILE MENTORING PROGRAM OJJDP will provide grants to support mentoring and other transitional services essential to reintegrating juvenile offenders into the community. The grants will be used for mentoring juvenile offenders during confinement, through transition back to the community, and post-release; transitional services to assist the reintegration of youth offenders into the community; and training in offender and victims issues. Application Deadline: June 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2009/SecondChanceMentoring.pdf GANG PREVENTION YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM OJJDP seeks applicants to establish mentoring programs that offer a mixture of core services and engage youth with activities that enable them to practice healthy behaviors within a positive pro-social peer group. The target population should be youth at risk of gang activity, delinquency, and youth violence. This program should develop and strengthen protective factors against gang involvement and other problem behaviors. Application Deadline: June 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47105 WAL-MART STATE GIVING PROGRAM Through the State Giving Program, the Wal-Mart Foundation seeks to support organizations with programs that align with their mission to create opportunities so people can live better. The State Giving Program strives to award grants that have a long-lasting, positive impact. Application Deadline: September 18, 2009. For more information, go to: http://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/8168.aspx?p=8979 June 2009: June 2-3 For more information, contact Susan Harmon at National Safe Place: 1-888-290-7233 or sharmon@nationalsafeplace.org. June 3-5 For more information, go to: http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/np09.html. June 10 Do you need to write a federal grant this year? This webinar will teach you the skills you need to write a winning federal grant. In addition to teaching the skills you need we will also go over the Basic Center Program RFP section by section and highlight the essential elements to include in your proposal and win funding for your program. For more information, go to: http://www.manynet.org/events/eventcalendar.aspx. June 17 Individual giving accounts for approximately 85% of all charitable contributions in the United States. How can your nonprofit follow the path that will lead to landing the big gifts? Major gifts are defined differently by each organization, but every organization needs to know the 95/5 Rule and how to implement it to assure a diverse, stable funding stream. In this webinar we will discuss ways to identify, cultivate and solicit major donors. The role of the board, staff and volunteers in this process will be discussed. For more information, go to: http://www.manynet.org/events/eventcalendar.aspx. June 8-30 MANY invites you and your staff to attend a member meeting to hear the results of our member webcast and survey. With your input we learned of new or refined services MANY could offer our members to make life a little easer. June 8, 2009: 1pm - 3pm, Morgantown, WV; hosted by Children's Home Society of West Virginia August 2009: August 19 At the heart of any program are the staff. The time and cost invested in recruiting, interviewing, supervising, and evaluating staff is substantial, even though we seldom sit down and figure it out. Once we find good staff, it is essential that we keep them in order to reduce both the budgetary and human costs (the effects on youth and families) of high turnover and the loss of our best performers. This workshop focuses on the practical steps supervisors and managers can take to find and hire the right folks, those who fit with both your mission and your organizational culture and produce results, and the work it takes to keep them. For more information, go to: http://www.manynet.org/events/eventcalendar.aspx. August 26 At the heart of any program are the staff. The time and cost invested in recruiting, interviewing, supervising, and evaluating staff is substantial, even though we seldom sit down and figure it out. Once we find good staff, it is essential that we keep them in order to reduce both the budgetary and human costs (the effects on youth and families) of high turnover and the loss of our best performers. This workshop focuses on the practical steps supervisors and managers can take to find and hire the right folks, those who fit with both your mission and your organizational culture and produce results, and the work it takes to keep them. For more information, go to: http://www.manynet.org/events/eventcalendar.aspx. October 2009: October 19-20 This year the annual conference will take place at the gorgeous Bedford Springs Resort, in the mountains of central Pennsylvania during the height of fall foliage. Bedford Springs is a historic site with wide, sweeping porches with rocking chairs, luxurious dining rooms, cozy nooks to do puzzles or read, enormous spa, and onsite hiking trails, fire pit, and indoor-heated swimming pool. For more information, go to: http://www.manynet.org/knowledgecenter/news.aspx?newsitemid=29. DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Center City Philadelphia nonprofit dedicated to providing mental health services for children/families seeks a dynamic and experienced Development Director to design and implement annual and long-term strategic fundraising and communication initiatives. For more information, contact tasha.womack@cctckids.org. BILINGUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Bilingual Domestic Violence Program Director is responsible for implementing the agency mission in regards to domestic violence programming and participating in the management team of the overall agency. The BDVP Director ensures the provision of quality services, supervision of staff, fulfillment of contractual obligations, maintenance of funding, and adherence to program budget. For more information, contact lbrunson@lutheransettlement.org. Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth & Family Services
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Force Field Analysis is a useful technique for looking at all the forces for and against a decision. In effect, it is a specialized method of weighing pros and cons. By carrying out the analysis you can plan to strengthen the forces supporting a decision, and reduce the impact of opposition to it.