 |
Vol.5, No.8
|
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: NEW RULE ON TANF COULD MEAN MILLIONS FOR YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES IN YOUR STATE Restrictions were recently lifted on the use of unspent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money, which many states will carry over from year to year. States now have greater freedom to use those dollars to partner with nonprofits and other youth service providers. For more information, go to: http://www.youthtoday.org/talk/comments.cfm?blog_id=150 ADVOCATES PRESS FOR DISBURSEMENT OF MCKINNEY-VENTO FUNDS Advocates are hoping that the government moves quickly and starts offering additional homelessness resources to distressed communities that were approved in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Program reauthorization measure. For more information, go to:http://www.grantsandfunding.net/cyf/index.php CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR EXAMINATION OF WASTE & ABUSE IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), a member of the House Ways and Means committee, said that there is a pressing need "to look at the issues of waste, abuse, and corruption in the nonprofit world," the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. Becerra did not outline any concrete steps he would take on such issues but emphasized that the challenges presented by the recession make it even more important to "find out who the bad apples are in the nonprofit world." For more information, go to:http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/index.php?id=8658 NATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY ANNOUNCES 23,000 NEW AMERICORPS POSITIONS The Corporation for National and Community Service announced the results of its 2009 funding competition today, selecting 259 national and local nonprofits that will engage 23,000 new AmeriCorps members in improving lives and strengthening communities from coast to coast. AmeriCorps members serve with more than 4,100 nonprofit, faith-based, and community groups each year, helping them expand their reach and better meet their mission. Most of the positions will be available starting in the fall. Interested individuals can learn about available opportunities and submit an online application. For more information, go to:http://www.americorps.gov/ MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE: GUIDELINES FOR CHILD WELFARE
For more information, click here. YOUTH AT HIGH RISK OF DISCONNECTION This presentation updates the 2003 report "Connected by 25: Improving the Life Chances of the Country's Most Vulnerable 14-24 Year Olds" with demographic changes in disconnected and at-risk youth — teens who are dropouts, mothers, in foster care, and/or incarcerated. For more information, click here. REPORT FINDS MOST D.C. NONPROFITS ON SHAKY GROUND BEFORE RECESSION HIT This report from the Urban Institute, the first of its kind, examined the operating reserves of more than 2,500 nonprofits in the Greater Washington area and found that 57 percent of D.C.-area nonprofits had reserves equal to fewer than three months of operating expenses, while 28 percent had no reserves at all. For more information, go to:http://www.meyerfoundation.org/reserves FREE VIRGIN MOBILE MUSIC FESTIVAL SOLICITS DONATIONS & VOLUNTEERS FOR HOMELESS YOUTH
For more information, go to: http://www.virginmobilefestival.com. OBAMA LAUNCHES NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE This summer, President Obama is calling on all Americans to participate in our nation’s recovery and renewal by serving in our communities. From June 22 to September 11, United We Serve will begin to engage Americans from coast to coast in addressing community needs in education, health, energy and the environment, and community renewal. For more information, go to: http://www.serve.gov. STUDY ON NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPIC INFRASTRUCTURE This study from the Nonprofit Quarterly examines trends in the nonprofit sector's support network and financing system and their capacity to address the impact of the financial crisis on small and midsize nonprofits, share organizational survival strategies, and connect them to resources. For more information, go to:http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/images/infrastudy.pdf EXTENDING FOSTER CARE TO AGE 21: WEIGHING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS
For more information, go to: http://www.chapinhall.org/sites/default/files/publications/Issue_Brief%2006_23_09.pdf. EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IS LOWER FOR HOMELESS YOUTH AT ALL GRADES According to recent estimates, 1.35 million children in the U. S. experience homelessness each year. Yet very few studies describe these children and their educational experiences, and little is known that can inform the development of effective policies and programs. To begin to close this knowledge gap, Chapin Hall analyzed administrative data from the Chicago Public Schools and from Inner Voice, an agency that supports homeless Chicagoans. For more information, go to: http://www.chapinhall.org/research/inside/educational-achievement-lower-homeless-youth-all-grades. BASIC CENTER PROGRAM The goal of BCP is to provide a positive alternative for youth, ensure their safety, and maximize their potential to take advantage of available shelter and non-shelter opportunities. The central purpose of BCPs is to provide youth with emergency shelter and support services that assist youth in crisis (food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care), reunite youth with their families (as appropriate), strengthen family relationships, and help youth transition to safe and appropriate alternative living arrangements where they can become independent, self-sufficient, contributing members of society. Application Deadline: July 13, 2009 For more information, go to:http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-CY-0023.html SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR RURAL HOMELESS YOUTH: A COLLABORATIVE STATE AND LOCAL DEMONSTRATION The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting applications for a five-year Demonstration project targeted to young people ages 16-21, in rural areas (including Tribal lands and other rural Native communities) who are approaching independence and young adulthood, but have few or no connections to a supportive, family structure or community. For purposes of this announcement, "rural" is defined as any geographical area that: (a) has a population under 20,000; and (b) is located outside a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. This collaborative Demonstration project, funding States to work with local community-based organizations, is intended to influence policies, programs and practices that affect the design and delivery of services to runaway and homeless youth in Transitional Living Programs (TLP), as well as to homeless youth aging out of State child welfare systems and into Independent Living Programs (ILP). Application Deadline: August 3, 2009 For more information, go to: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-CX-0081.html GANNETT FOUNDATION COMMUNITY ACTION GRANTS Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to improve their communities in locations where Gannett owns a newspaper or broadcast station. Application Deadline: August 17, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.gannettfoundation.org/ WEED AND SEED GRANTS The Weed and Seed strategy aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, and gang activity. The Weed and Seed strategy is a community-based, comprehensive multi-agency approach. Four elements make up the two-pronged Weed and Seed Strategy: Law Enforcement; Community Policing; Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment; and Neighborhood Restoration. Application Deadline: November 10, 2009. For more information, go to: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ccdo/funding/appl_kit.html SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC MINOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING The overall purpose of this demonstration project is to identify promising practices in the delivery of a wide array of services to domestic minors who have been subjected to sex or labor trafficking. specifically, the goals of this demonstration project are to (1.) provide a comprehensive array of timely and high-quality services to victims of sex and labor trafficking who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents under the age of 18; (2.) develop, enhance, or expand the community response to domestic minor victims of all forms of human trafficking; and (3.) produce a final report about the implementation of the project, including a discussion of successes, challenges, and lessons learned, that may be disseminated through OVC to the victims’ field. Application Deadline: July 13, 2009 For more information, go to: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/pdftxt/FY09_Services_Domestic_Minor_Victims.pdf FAMILY CONNECTIONS DISCRETIONARY GRANTS The purpose of this funding 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. Application Deadline: July 6, 2009 For more information, go to:http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-CF-0078.html VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OVC will support fellowships in four categories:
Application Deadline: July 9, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/pdftxt/FY09_Professional_Fellowship.pdf SWETT FOUNDATION POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GRANTS The Ralph and Eileen Swett Foundation's mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals. The foundation has identified the following as special areas of interest:
Application Deadline: Rolling. For more information, go to: http://www.swettfoundation.org/index.htm RUDDIE MEMORIAL YOUTH FOUNDATION GRANTS The Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation aims to identify and disseminate innovative and effective programs for helping underprivileged youth reach their full potential. Grants of up to $25,000 each will be awarded to nonprofits across the country working to provide youth from birth to age 25 with resources for obtaining improved health, personal growth, and success. Application Deadline: July 31, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.rmyf.org 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. FUND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) has an opening for the position of Fund Development Director. This position will work with the Executive Director, the Management Team and the Board of Directors in implementing a long and short range plan. The Fund Development Director should work to stabilize and diversify funding resources by planning, organizing, and coordinating all ongoing and special funding events and activities for the organization. For more information, click here. Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth & Family Services
(MANY) |
This report outlines best practice guidelines for child welfare agencies in mental health screening and assessment, psychosocial interventions, psychopharmacological interventions, and support and empowerment for parents and youth.