The Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority
August 15,
2005
Welcome to
this List Serv sponsored by the Alaska Mental Health
Trust Authority, 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
Department of Health and Social Services is
accepting proposals for its Resource Family
Training and Support Services program. Resource
Families are those who are relative placements,
foster parents, adoptive parents and/or guardianship
parents. The deadline is September 2. For more
information, contact Chris Carson at 907-465-3469 or
visit
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/PNByDeptActive?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=7.2#7.2
The U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services is
accepting applications for its Healthy Tomorrows
Partnership for Children Program. The purpose
is to stimulate innovative community-based programs
that employ preventive strategies to promote access
to health care for children and their families
nationwide. The funding is for direct service
projects. Approximately $450,000 will be available
for an estimated nine awards. The deadline is
September 12. For more information, contact Jose
Belardo at 301-443-0757 or visit
http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview/default.htm.
The Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation is accepting
applications for its Information Links
program. The goal of the program is connect state
and local public health agencies with health
information exchanges. The deadline is September
7. For more information, Tim Crowley at
888-635-7433 or visit
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/program/cfp.jsp?ID=19420.
The
National Children's Alliance is seeking
applications to establish Children's Advocacy
Centers. The goal is to help prevent child
abuse. One-year grants, ranging from $5,000 to
$50,000 will be awarded in the areas of abuse
prevention, member-program development, program
support, research, and training. The deadline is
September 13. For more information, call
800-239-9950 or visit
www.nca-online.org.
The Mary
Byron Foundation is accepting nominations for
its Celebrating Solutions Awards. Up to four
awards of $10,000 each 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 16. For more information,
call Marcia Roth at 502-992-3444
or
visit
www.marybyronfoundation.org.
The
Starbucks Foundation supports organizations that
enrich the lives of youth in underserved
communities. The next deadline is October 1. For
more information, contact Lauren Moore at
206-447-1575 or visit
http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/csr.asp.
The John A.
Hartford Foundation provides support to
nonprofit organizations to increase their capacity
to provide effective and affordable care to the
elderly population. A focus area for the Foundation
is to integrate and improve health-related
services. The Foundation supports a limited number
of projects that offer considerable potential for
national impact in demonstrating integrated
financing and care delivery for comprehensive
geriatric services. There is no deadline. For more
information, contact James O'Sullivan at
212-832-7788 or visit
www.jhartfound.org.
The
Rasmuson Foundation is accepting applications
for its 2006 Sabbatical Program. The program
is designed to provide time away from the office for
professional growth and personal renewal for
Executive Directors and Chief Executive Officers of
health and human service agencies in Alaska. Grants
of up to $30,000 each will be awarded. The
sabbatical may run from two to six continuous
months. The deadline is October 1. For more
information, call 877-366-2700 or visit
http://www.rasmuson.org/index.php?switch=viewpage&pageid=112.
The U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development is
offering a Grant Writing Workshop on
September 27 and 28 in Anchorage. The workshop will
cover the steps for a successful grant application.
It will show you how to become more competitive for
federal grants, and will also discuss corporate and
foundation funding sources. The workshop is free.
For more information or to register, contact Gail
West at 907-677-9831 or toll-free at 877-302-9800.
How Are
We Doing? A 1-Hour Guide to Evaluating Your
Performance as a Nonprofit Board describes
34 questions that board members should ask
themselves to evaluate how well they are serving
their communities, managing the organization's
resources, and working together. The cost is
$24.95. For more information, call 508-359-0019 or
visit
http://www.contributionsmagazine.com/board_development.html#doing.
The Foraker
Group is dedicated to assisting nonprofits
strengthen their organizations in a variety of ways,
including board and staff trainings. Below is a
list of the upcoming trainings:
September 6 -
12:00 to 2:00, Board Roles and Responsibilities,
Fairbanks
September 7 -
12:00 to 2:00, Board Roles and Responsibilities,
Anchorage
September 8 -
6:00 to 8:00, Recruiting Nonprofit Executives,
Anchorage
September 9 -
10:00 to 12:00, Board Roles and Responsibilities,
Homer
September 9 -
12:30 to 2:30, High Performing Boards, Homer
September 9 -
3:00 to 5:00, Effective Board Leadership, Homer
September 12 -
9:00 to 1:00, Nonprofit Business Planning, Anchorage
September 12 -
2:30 to 4:30, High Performing Boards, Anchorage
September 13 -
11:00 to 1:00, Basics of Raising Money, Anchorage
September 13 -
4:00 to 6:00, Board Financial Oversight, Anchorage
September 16 -
8:30 to 5:00, Proposal Writing, Anchorage
In addition to
community trainings, Foraker offers specialized
trainings to organizations. For more information,
contact Laurie Wolf at 907-743-1206 or visit
www.forakergroup.org.
The beneficiaries of the Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority include those Alaskans experiencing mental
illness; developmental disabilities; chronic
alcoholism; Alzheimer's disease or related
disorders. You can learn more about the Trust at
www.mhtrust.org.
The Alaska
Mental Health Trust Authority is accepting
proposals for its Small Projects Funding
program. The 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 one-half
of the Small Projects Fund ($250,000 yearly) on
projects that serve beneficiaries in rural areas.
The deadlines are June 1, October 1, and February
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.
