The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority

August 15, 2003

 

 

Welcome to this List Serv sponsored by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority’s Rural Funding Coordination Project.  These messages provide information about current government and private grants, conference and training opportunities, publications, and potential funding sources, with an emphasis on rural Alaska.

 

The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) has funding available for its Special Needs Housing Grant Program.  The goal of the program is to award both capital and operating funds to develop supportive housing for mental health trust beneficiaries and other special needs populations.   The emphasis is on high-risk adults with severe mental illness and co-occuring disorders.  The deadline is November 1.  For more information, contact Mark Romick at 907-330-8274 or 800-478-2432 or visit www.ahfc.state.ak.us.

 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is soliciting applications for its Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program.  This program provides one year of funding to rural communities that want to develop a formal integrated health care network, and that do not have a significant history of collaboration.  The deadline is September 10.  For more information, contact Michele Pray-Gibson at 301-443-0835 or visit www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/networkplanning.htm.

 

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking proposals to support studies on behaviors associated with cigarette smoking among women.  The goal of the foundation is to reduce rates of smoking within families by developing interventions that help women quit smoking before, during, and after pregnancy.  The deadline is August 26.  For more information, contact Trinta Hall Ashford at 205-975-8951 or visit www.rwjf.org/cfp/smokefreefamilies.

 

The Mary Byron Foundation is accepting nominations for its Celebrating Solutions Awards.  Awards of up to $10,000 are available for community-based programs designed to prevent domestic violence.  Preference will be given to programs that can be duplicated successfully.  The deadline is September 12.  For more information, call 502-992-3444 or visit www.marybyronfoundation.org.

 

 The William Randolph Hearst Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that provide access and opportunity to underrepresented, low-income and minority populations.  They give in the areas of health, social services and culture.  There are no deadlines.  For more information, contact Catherine Pyke at 415-348-0887 or visit http://hearstfdn.org.

 

Waste Management provides funding to nonprofit organizations in the areas of education, community impact and the environment.  They provide services through local providers all across the state. The deadline is October 15.  To contact the regional office, call 480-624-8400.  To contact a local Waste Management location in Alaska, visit www.wm.com.

 

The Tools & Techniques of Charitable Planning is a resource guide for those who arrange planned gifts or other donations with significant tax or income benefits.  It includes a detailed analysis of each subject covered, step-by-step instructions, sample forms, charts, and information laid out in a question and answer format.  Subjects include planned giving techniques, laws, and trends.  The cost is $49.95.  For more information, call 800-543-0874 or visit www.nationalunderwriter.com.

 

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:

 

August 20 - 9:00 to 11:00Wills, Estates and Major Gifts – Anchorage

August 22 - 1:30 to 4:30 – High Performing Teams – Kenai

September 10 - 1:00 to 5:00 – Writing a Fund Development Plan – Anchorage

September 11 – 3:00 to 5:00 – Building Relationships – Anchorage

September 16 – 9:00 to 11:00 – Nonprofit Finance – Fairbanks

September 16 – 1:30 to 3:30 – How to Review a Financial Statement - Fairbanks

 

For more information or to register, contact Karma Tomlinson at 907-263-2092 or visit www.forakergroup.org.

 

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 good rural projects.

The deadlines are February 1, June 1 and October 1.  For more information,

call 907-269-7960 or visit www.mhtrust.org. If you are a rural program and

would like technical assistance, please contact Thea Agnew at 907-222-5424.

 

The beneficiaries of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority include those Alaskans experiencing mental illness; developmental disabilities; chronic alcoholism; or Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.  You can learn more about the Trust at 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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