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Monday, September 30, 2013
Webinar on enhancing employment programs for homeless
Friday, September 27, 2013
21st Century Conservation Service Corps Partnership Opportunity
| Nonprofit Organizations... Does your program serve disadvantaged young people ages 15–25 and/or military veterans up to age 35? Does your program prepare participants to be successful in the 21st century workforce? Do your projects include significant outdoor activity and/or include ''hands-on'' direct impact that connect youth to America's Great Outdoors? The 21CSC will provide service, training, education, and employment opportunities for thousands of young Americans and veterans, while protecting, restoring, and enhancing public and tribal lands and waters as well as natural, cultural, and historical resources and treasures. Review the Federal Register Notice available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-07-01/pdf/2013-15644.pdf to see if your organization is in alignment with the 21CSC Principles and find out how to submit a letter of interest to become a 21CSC member organization. Letters of Interest can be submitted at any time through June 30, 2014. Contact Sara Hastings at hastings.sara@dol.gov for questions.
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Sunday, September 22, 2013
CHARITY LOAN INVESTMENT
charity_loan2013@qq.com
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
KCKCC Digital Storytelling Forum
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Kansas unveils initiative for disabled job seekers
United Healthcare gives 5 grants, $264K to community-based groups
OVERLAND PARK — Gov. Sam Brownback and United Healthcare launched a three-year, $1.5 million initiative Friday that's aimed at helping disabled Kansas residents find good jobs...
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Veterans: CHALENG Survey
The CHALENG Process
In 1994, the VA launched Project CHALENG (Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups) for Veterans, an innovative program designed to enhance the continuum of care for homeless Veterans provided by the local VA and its surrounding community service agencies. The guiding principle behind Project CHALENG is that no single agency can provide the full spectrum of services required to help homeless Veterans become productive members of society. Project CHALENG enhances coordinated services by bringing the VA together with community agencies and other federal, state, and local governments who provide services to the homeless to raise awareness of homeless Veterans' needs and to plan to meet those needs.
The legislation guiding this initiative is contained in Public Laws 102-405, 103-446 and 105-114. The specific legislative requirements relating to Project CHALENG are that local medical center and regional office directors:
· Assess the needs of homeless Veterans living in the area
· Make the assessment in coordination with representatives from state and local governments, appropriate federal departments and agencies and non-governmental community organizations that serve the homeless population
· Identify the needs of homeless Veterans with a focus on health care, education and training, employment, shelter, counseling, and outreach
· Assess the extent to which homeless Veterans' needs are being met
· Develop a list of all homeless services in the local area
· Encourage the development of coordinated services
· Take action to meet the needs of homeless Veterans
· Inform homeless Veterans of non-VA resources that are available in the community to meet their needs
Four years ago, CHALENG introduced a Veteran-specific survey, for homeless and formally homeless Veterans to complete. This addition empowered Veterans to become active participants in the design and delivery of homeless services. Project CHALENG represents the only national effort to catalog the needs of homeless Veterans by using Veterans input.
VA medical centers and regional offices designate CHALENG Points of Contact (POCs) who are responsible for overseeing the annual CHALENG Process. These CHALENG POCs - usually local VA homeless center/project coordinators - work with local agencies throughout the year to coordinate services for homeless Veterans.
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1285923/2013-CHALENG-Survey-June-19-2013
Heather R. Davis, LSCSW, LCAC
Healthcare for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Program Coordinator
Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center
2200 SW Gage Blvd
Topeka, KS 66622
F: 785-350-4471
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Topeka Funding Opportunity
United Way of Greater Topeka announces an upcoming release of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for 2014 Basic Needs funding.
The RFP process is open to eligible charitable organizations as designated by IRS code 170 that provide services in Shawnee and Jefferson counties (contact United Way for specific details).space
Basic Needs Funding Opportunities
Basic Needs assistance addresses people in crisis and includes the following funding categories:
- Food
- Shelter
- Rent & Utilities Assistance
- Access to Health Care
- Prescription Assistance
- Safety from Domestic Violence.
For more information about our work in Basic Needs, please click here: https://www.unitedwaytopeka.org/ci/basic/
Information Meetings
The Information Meeting will be held on Monday, September 23, 2013. from 2:00 to 3:00pm at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 Southwest 10th Avenue, Topeka, in the Marvin Auditorium. The meeting will detail the RFP specifics and offer applicants the opportunity to ask questions and learn about the online application process called e-C Impact. Please RSVP to attend the information meeting to Mary Howell at mary.howell@unitedwaytopeka.org.
Schedule: 2:00 – 2:30 Basic Needs RFP Specifics
2:30 – 3:30 e-C Impact Training
Online Proposal Process
The Requests for Proposals will be available to organizations via an online community investment management system at the end of the day on Monday, September 23, 2013.
For New Applicants: You will need to sign-up for an account in our online community investment system called e-C Impact. To set up an account, go to https://agency.e-cimpact.com/login.aspx?org=18530F and click on the "Click here to create a new account" green button and follow the steps from there. It is highly recommended that new applicants attend the Information Meeting mentioned above.
For Existing/Previous Applicants:
If you have saved or bookmarked the link to e-C Impact, please note that we launched a new Web site last month and that link will probably no longer work for you. The launch page for e-C Impact on our new Web site is: https://www.unitedwaytopeka.org/work/e-cimpact/. From here you will be able to click on the link for the agency log-in and you can save that new link in your favorites.
Please be sure to check your agency contact information and to update the staff contacts in your profile. As an agency you are responsible for keeping this information up to date. This is the system that we will use to send you notifications about reporting being open, deadlines and anything else relative to our community investment grants. It is a great time to make sure that you have deleted the accounts of any staff who are no longer with your organization and have added accounts for the appropriate staff who need access to the reporting or who may be completing the reporting. Also, make sure you have the right staff person identified as the primary contact and the right contact information for your agency in general.
For questions about the 2014 Basic Needs RFP or application process, please contact:
Abel Frederic
Abel.frederic@unitedwaytopeka.org
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Re: Economic Solutions Summit
- UNCF
- Google
- Kauffman Foundation
- Andreesen Horowitz
- Kapor Center for Social Impact
- Stanford University
- Mitch Kapor (Legendary Silicon Valley investor and founder of Level Playing Field Institute; http://lpfi.org)
- Steve Blank (Legendary prof of entrepreneurship at Stanford University; http://www.steveblank.com)
- John Hennessy (Stanford University President)
- Lesa Mitchell (Vice President, Kauffman Foundation)
- Johnathan Greenblatt (White House Director of Social Innovation and Civic Engagement)
- Todd Park (U.S. Chief Technology Officer appointed by President Obama)
- John Lee (VP, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities)
- Afroze Mohammed & Edmund Pendleton (DC I-Corps; http://www.dcicorps.org)
- Johnathan Holifield (Vice President of Inclusive Competitiveness, Nortech)
- Clarence Wooten (Silicon Valley Serial Entrepreneur; Founder Groupsite)
- Judith Giordan (Chemical Angel Network, Partner at echosVC)
- Me ;-)
- and more ...
From: IBSA <lazoneg@ibsa-inc.org>
To: Robyne Stevenson <RobyneStevenson@gmail.com>
Cc: Zachary Beall <letsservekc@gmail.com>; "visionkc@aol.com" <visionkc@aol.com>; cprice27 <cprice27@aol.com>; Brennan Crawford <bcrawford@kckcc.edu>; Thomas M. Scott <tscott@kckha.org>; Tarence Maddox <tmaddox801@yahoo.com>; LaVita Gassoway <lavitaw34@gmail.com>; Beverly JDarby <bettyjdarby1@yahoo.com>; Pamela McKnight Cyrus K. <pdmck23@hotmail.com>; "Edwards, Mildred [GO]" <Mildred.Edwards@ks.gov>; "april.dohle@hotmail.com" <april.dohle@hotmail.com>; Richard Mabion <rmabion@sbcglobal.net>; "senhaley@aol.com" <senhaley@aol.com>; "rollins@ucmo.edu" <rollins@ucmo.edu>; Doris Williams <dwill918@sbcglobal.net>; "cwiliet@aol.com" <cwilieT@aol.com>; Matthew Gassen <matt@winstonmeriwether.com>; IBSA Grants Blog <lazone.grants@blogger.com>; Trent Howerton <trenth@workforcepartnership.com>; Scott Anglemyer <scotta@workforcepartnership.com>; Christal Watson <cwatson.kbcc@gmail.com>; "christalwatson@kbccinc.com" <christalwatson@kbccinc.com>; Mike Green <amikegreen2@yahoo.com>; terrance gunn <tgunn421@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund - August 2013
Thank you Robyne for your comment, ideas and for the work you are already doing with young people.I concur with you and Mike on points raised. When you have time we can talk to explore how those activities you mentioned may be squeezed into range of the grant guidelines?I already have some thoughts on how we may approach this opportunity.Lazone
Sent from my iPhoneI'm on vacation, but the fun never stops in KC! Thanks for sending this Lazone. I've been in KC long enough to know that Mike Green has a spot on assessment of the situation. It also is apparent that the most innovative non profit in the area - Connecting For Good - will be quite limited in what they can do with the funds, but would be able to pay staff and support volunteers that do the digital literacy part of their program. The one opportunity I see in this grant is that one of the eligible activities is
areas with high unemployment, with emphasis on Internet-related career skills and job huntingThat provides an opportunity for actually supporting business development that includes tech infusion and job hunting could mean finding a client base for those new businesses. But I am quite doubtful that the granting fund envisions or would entertain something that strays away from the highly privileged viewpoint from which this grant notice is written. I am really tired of the "lets help poor people and then we're done" mentality - as if the digital divide is simply dumb poor people who have never used a computer. The fastest growing penetration of smart phones is in black and latino urban communities. The lines for computers at urban branch libraries is crushing. Urban students do their homework, research, and write papers on their smart phones. Cloud based computing enables great mobility and portability of your work regardless of what device you use. Today digital literacy is about being able to take advantage of the phenomenal growth in online apps and programs that are available and useful in developing and operating a business, building a product and market, and collaboration. Most successful entrepreneurs are those that are working in a collaborative environment where others are working on similar projects. I continue to believe that such space is lacking in urban communities where poverty and joblessness are high yet where there are entrepreneurs are in place. Digital skills start at basic access, but the real impact is in going well beyond that and building economic opportunity. I'll be back in KC in time to attend the first session and I have my reservation. I have been working with another nonprofit in the midtown area that has interest in the collaborative space idea. If anyone else is interested in that approach - please feel free to contact me directly - Robyne Stevenson robyne@viablethird.com. I own a business, not a nonprofit, so I am not eligible to be the grantee. However, I am open and willing to partner with nonprofits.Thanks, Lazone for putting together this email list as a forum of interested people.RobyneRobyne Stevenson816-217-8532On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Lazone Grays <lazoneg@ibsa-inc.org> wrote:FYI#####
Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund, unveiled at a Wednesday luncheon, has been created with $1 million in corporate and foundation gifts. The fund will allow area nonprofit organizations to apply for grants to provide computer access or teach residents about using computers and the Internet.
Kansas City Digital Inclusion FundGreater Kansas City Community Foundation
- The challenge: Recent data show that 25 percent of Kansas Citians don;t have broadband at home, and 17 percent don't use the Internet at all. When asked why they aren't online, non-users cite two main reasons: lack of relevance and lack of access.
- The opportunity: The Digital Inclusion Fund will support local projects that provide computer access; make it easy to get online; help make the Internet relevant, exciting, and beneficial for new users; and increase people's digital skills.
- The grant application for the Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund can be found here: Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund Grant Application
Eligible projects will target one or more of the following focus areas:
- people who don't use the Internet but are interested in learning how to get online and need help
- people who don't use the Internet and who lack a computer or perceive high costs to Internet access
- areas with high unemployment, with emphasis on Internet-related career skills and job hunting
- seniors who don't use the Internet, with emphasis on access to health information
- school children in homes without Internet access
Eligible expenses and activities to be supported may include, but are not limited to:
- Program costs including reasonable staff time associated with the implementation of the program / project
- Training and support for volunteers who assist in program / project implementation
- Hardware, software and Internet connectivity to be used to provide digital skills training for target population members (e.g. devices + portable hotspots for mobile computer labs)*
Contact person:Matthew Fuller, fuller@gkccf.org or 816.627.3420
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Annual Economic & Workforce Summit - Regional Kansas City
Hope to see you there?
8 a.m.–noon, Oct. 25
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
Please join the Mid-America Regional Council for the 2013 Economic and Workforce Development Summit on Oct. 25 at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center.
MARC will present an annual economic report on the Kansas City region's top industries and occupations. We also discuss workforce and economic development priorities with Kansas City leaders.
Highlights of the summit include:
• KC Economic Forecast and State of Workforce Report from Frank Lenk, MARC's director of research.
• Ignite presentations from area industry leaders in manufacturing followed by discussion with participants.
• An update on the region's information technology industry from Ryan Weber, president of KCNext.
• A panel discussion on Kansas City entrepreneurship with key players from Kansas City Start-Up Village, including Local Ruckus, Leap2, Handprint and SportsPhotos.com.
The $30 registration fee includes breakfast. Register online or call 816/701-8234.
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