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The State Division of Behavioral Health is soliciting letters of interest from agencies to assume the team
support duties from the Fairbanks Public Health Center, the current grantee,
for the Fairbanks FASD Diagnostic Team starting in FY2005. The team provides assessment and diagnostic
services to individuals in the Fairbanks area with a fetal alcohol syndrome
disorder. The deadline is June 24. For more information, contact Jenny Huntley
at 907-465-5424 or visit www.hss.state.ak.us.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration is accepting applications for SAMHSA
Conference Grants. The purpose of
the grants is to disseminate knowledge about practices within the mental health
services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields, and to integrate
that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible. Grants will provide up to 75 percent of the
total direct costs of planned meetings and conferences. Grant awards range from $25,000 to a maximum
of $50,000 for a 12-month project period.
The deadline is September 10. For
more information, call David Morrissette at 301-443-3653 or visit www.samhsa.gov.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is accepting proposals for its Substance Abuse Policy Research
Program. The program is intended to
identify and assess policies that can reduce the harm caused by substance
abuse; to analyze the development, feasibility, effectiveness and likely
consequences of these policies; and to help ensure that the understanding
gained through these analyses will be used by decision-makers in the public and
private sectors. The deadline is August
27. For more information, contact Tracy
Enright Patterson at 336-286-4418 or visit www.saprp.org.
The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and
Depression is accepting applications for its
2005 NARSAD Young Investigator Award.
The award, which provides $30,000 a year for up to two years, supports
promising young scientists conducting neuro-biological research. The deadline is July 26. For more information, call 800-829-8289 or
visit www.narsad.org.
Marathon Oil Company Foundation provides both direct capital and operating grants to health and human
service organizations. There is no
deadline. For more information, contact
Jennifer Evans at 713-296-4105 or visit www.marathon.com/values.
Health
Conversion Foundations is a
publication that describes grant-making organizations formed from the
conversion of nonprofit health-care groups to for-profit companies. The author discusses some concerns about such
foundations, including that often the estimated value of the organizations is
too low, and that greater government oversight and increased public scrutiny is
needed. The publication is free and can
be downloaded from the website. For more
information, call 202-687-0500 or visit http://cpnl.georgetown.edu
The Foraker Group is dedicated to assisting nonprofits
strengthen their organizations in a variety of ways, including board and staff
trainings. Foraker is offering the
following workshops:
July 13 – 9:00-11:00 – Board Roles and Responsibilities –
July 21 – 9:00-11:00 – Board Roles and Responsibilities –
July 21 – 1:00-3:00 – High Performing Boards – Fairbanks
July 22 – 9:00-11:00 – Nonprofit Financial Reporting – Kenai
July 22 – 12:00-2:00 – Nonprofit Financial Health – Kenai
July 22 – 3:00-5:00 – Planning for Endowments, Wills and
Estates – Kenai
July 27 – 8:30-5:30 – Business Planning –
For more information or to register, contact Karma Tomlinson
at 907-743-1205 or visit www.forakergroup.org.
The beneficiaries of the
The Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority's Small Projects Funding program is designed to create new services of
direct benefit to Trust beneficiaries.
These services are not normally funded by another part of government.
They can be
innovative, new program
ideas, or substantially improve and supplement existing activities. They can also significantly increase the
quality of ongoing projects. Each small
project is limited to a maximum of $10,000. The intent is to spend
half of the Small
Projects Fund ($250,000 yearly) on high quality rural projects.
The deadlines are
February 1, June 1 and October 1. For
more information,
call 907-269-7960 or
visit www.mhtrust.org.
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority funds The
Foraker Group to offer free technical assistance to those organizations
that provide services for Trust beneficiaries in rural areas. For more information, contact Thea Agnew at
907-222-5424 or thea@agnewbeck.com.
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