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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
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 -
August 22 -
September 10 - 1:00 to
5:00 – Writing a Fund Development Plan –
September 11 – 3:00 to
5:00 – Building Relationships –
September 16 –
September 16 –
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
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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