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MANY (The Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth & Family Services) designs its monthly 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: CNCS SEEKS FEEDBACK ON DRAFT SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND NOFA The Corporation for National and Community Services is seeking feedback on a draft Notice of Funding Availability for the Social Innovation Fund. The Social Innovation Fund, a new public-private collaboration created by the 2009 Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, is designed to create new knowledge about how to solve social challenges in the areas of economic opportunity, youth development and school support, and healthy futures, and to improve our nation’s problem-solving infrastructure in low-income communities. For more information, go to: http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/serveamerica/innovation.asp FISCAL CONTROLS FOR THE SMALL NONPROFIT Smaller nonprofits can have a difficult time implementing fiscal control procedures that may require multiple staff members. Segregation of duties, checks & balances can be difficult to implement in the organization that has few staff, or only a few active board members. This article from Blue Avocado outlines five important internal controls to have in place that are achievable for smaller organizations. For more information, go to: http://www.blueavocado.org/content/five-internal-controls-very-small-nonprofit HOMELESS YOUTH AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: RESEARCH AND IMPLICATIONS This issue brief, from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, reviews research regarding the involvement of unaccompanied, homeless youth in various types of sexual exploitation including survival sex and recruitment into the commercial sex industry and will recommend a series of programmatic responses to meet their needs. For more information, go to:http://endhomelessness.org/content/article/detail/2559 JEANS FOR TEENS Teen retailer, Aeropostale is raising awareness about youth homelessness by encouraging teens across to bring their gently-used jeans to stores across the United States and Canada. The jeans will then be donated to local homeless youth shelters within their communities. Last year, over 200,000 pairs of jeans were collected and distributed. For more information, go to:http://www.dosomething.org/teensforjeans/home UNDERSTANDING DONORS' MOTIVATIONS The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University has released the report "Understanding Donor's Motivations" which examines the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for charitable giving, and provides suggestions for how organizations can best utilize this newly aquired knowledge to get the most out of their campaigns. For more information, go to:http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Research/docs/2009CCS_FinalReport.pdf SECOND CHANCE ACT ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER REENTRY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) invite applicants under their joint Second Chance Act Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects solicitation. The Second Chance Act is intended to support the reentry of adult and juvenile offenders from prison, jail, or juvenile residential facilities into their communities. Application Deadline: March 4, 2010. For more information, go to: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2010/SecondChanceMentoring.pdf COMMUNITY-POLICE PARTNERSHIP AWARDS The MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation offer awards ranging from $15,000 to $25,000 to recognize, sustain and share the work of innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization, including through youth safety and gang prevention. Application Deadline: February 26, 2010. For more information, go to: http://www.lisc.org/section/ourwork/national/safety/awards January 2010: January 13 Being at the top can be lonely. This old cliché may really resonate with you if you The CEO Conversations will take place January 13, April 14, & August 18, 2010, January 24-27 National Network for Youth is commemorating 35 years of collective hard work, tremendous successes, and achievements. January 27 Are you ready to move to the next level? Get out of a professional rut? Connect to MEMBER SERVICES ASSOCIATE NYEC is a membership organization dedicated to promoting policies and practices that help young people succeed in becoming lifelong learners, productive workers, and self-sufficient citizens. The Member Services Associate will coordinate all aspects of member retention, new member recruitment, and the provision of services to NYEC’s 250+ members. For more information, go to: http://nyec.org/content/documents/NYECMemberServices.pdf
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