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May 30, 2011 Volume 6, Issue 2
In This Issue
Federal Funding Sources
HAC News
Volunteer Opportunities
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In the Loop
Workshops Page 3
Connecting to communities online since 2003
Arts and Culture Page 3
Special Events Page 3 Please Forward…
Job Announcements Page 4
Technology Page 4
Federal Funding Sources
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Description
OJJDP seeks to establish a national training and technical assistance
center that will advance the understanding and application of
promising and evidence-based truancy prevention and intervention
strategies and programs.
Link to Full Announcement
Full Announcement
Economic Development Administration
Welcome!
Description
Welcome to In the Loop, an assortment Regions across the nation can compete for complementary Federal
of e-mails that I have received during the
resources that will be targeted to address the gaps and
past week, or articles that I may stumble
upon. From time to time, you will find opportunities specific to their self-identified, high-potential
announcements of events, grant industry clusters. The Jobs Accelerator leverages existing financial
opportunities, job postings, links to and technical resources from 16 Federal agencies and bureaus to
websites and articles of interest or notes support the development of approximately 20 high-growth
of encouragement. I hope that you, or industry clusters selected through a competitive inter-agency grant
someone you know, would find the process. Funds awarded to the winning applicants can be used to
information to be of use. If you would
achieve measurable outcomes such as commercialization, business
like to unsubscribe, submit material, or
make general comments, you may formation, expansion of existing businesses, job creation, and
contact me at valeriefleonard@msn.com. exports.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Link to Full Announcement
Valerie F. Leonard, Editor
http://www.eda.gov/PDF/JobsAccelerator_FFO.pdf
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Description
The Defending Childhood Technical Assistance project will
Housing Assistance support an organization and/or a consortium of organizations
to provide technical assistance to grantees and others during
Council (HAC )News Phase II of the Attorney General’s Defending Childhood
Initiative. The project will offer education and training, expert
The following excerpts are from HAC
News May 11 ,2011 and consultations, peer-to-peer networking opportunities,
May 25, 2011 to review the full resources, and other tailored assistance to effectively respond
newsletters visit to diverse communities addressing children’s exposure to
http://www.ruralhome.org/ violence. The project will assist communities to develop and
implement collaborative cross-agency policy, practice, and
HUD offers FY11 funds for lead procedures and will assist communities in identifying evidence-
hazard programs, asthma based practices that address children’s exposure to violence
interventions, HOPWA, Section throughout the developmental age spectrum of 0 through 17.
811. Visit
http://www.hud.gov/offices/ad Link to Full Announcement
m/grants/fundsavail.cfm or Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov.
Office of Public Health and Science
HOME program under scrutiny.
Description
Washington Post articles criticizing The Office on Women's Health (OWH) was established in 1991
HOME for incomplete projects and
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
unused funding are online
(HHS). Its vision is to ensure that all women and girls are
at http://www.washingtonpost.com
/2010/07/08/AFxelh3G_page.html. healthier and have a better sense of well-being. Staff in OWH
HUD’s response was posted May 19 achieves the offices mission and vision through the
athttp://blog.hud.gov/. The House development of innovative programs, by educating health
Financial Services Committee will professionals, and by motivating behavior change in
hold an oversight hearing May 31, consumers through the dissemination of health information.
and the Senate Banking Committee
is expected to schedule a hearing. Link to Full Announcement
FY11 Faith Advocates for Health Relationships Training and
ONLINE RESOURCES EXPLAIN Technical Assistance Project
RULES FOR ADVOCACY BY
NONPROFITS.
Register With Grants.gov
Information about IRS rules and
guidelines, what is permissible, and In order to apply for a federal grant, you and/or your organization
available training and technical must complete the Grants.gov registration process. The
assistance resources is provided by registration process for an Organization or an Individual can take
the Alliance for Justice at between three to five business days or as long as four weeks if all
http://www.afj.org/for-nonprofits- steps are not completed in a timely manner. So please register
foundations/ and by Independent early! http://grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp lack History
Sector Month 2012. Please send me contact information of people you know
at http://www.independentsector.o who have made quilts, who can help other community members
rg/advocacy. assemble the quilt on a voluntary basis. Your help would be greatly
appreciated.
Valerie F. Leonard
Community Development Consultant Page 2
In the Loop
Phone: 773-521-3137
Connecting to communities online since 2003
E-mail:Please
valeriefleonard@msn.com
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Workshops
Home and Building Repair and
Maintenance Class Now Taking Applications
The following announcement was posted on EveryBlock Special Events
Chicago-24th Ward, by Ric Gudell
Sinai Community Institute
Did you want to learn how to fix common problems in your home or Gala 2011
apartment? Learn the basics of home and apartment maintenance and
repair from an expert. Illinois Manufacturing Foundation is now taking
applications for evening Home and Building Repair and Maintenance Save the Date:
classes aimed at the home owner and apartment dweller. Call 773-277- June 18, 2011
2343 or visit Illinois Manufacturing Foundation, 2101 South Kedzie, 2nd
floor, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm to learn more about the classes. Class Join Merri Dee and David Vitale ,
will meet two evenings per week for 6 weeks, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm; cost is General Chairs and Earvin “Magic”
only $560.00. Maximum enrollment is 10 persons. Johnson, Host For a festive and
celebratory evening at the Sheraton
Arts and Culture Hotel and Towers, 301 North Water
Street
Quilters Needed to Help Coordinate
North Lawndale African American Heritage Quilt Tickets $300; $500 for private
reception with Magic Johnson
God willing, I will be working with a network of North Lawndale Sponsorship opportunities available
organizations, schools, churches and associations to complete a For information call 773-257-6070
Lawndale African American Heritage quilt, to be displayed during Black or e-mail jonren@sinai.org
History Month 2012. Please send me contact information of people you
know who have made quilts, who can help other community members
assemble the quilt on a voluntary basis. Your help would be greatly IVI-IPO Independents
appreciated. If you are interested in serving on our “quilting brigade”,
please contact me at 773-521-3137 or valeriefleonard@msn.com
Day Dinner
I thank Dianna Long, of the Urban Art Retreat, for committing the
organization to partner on this project. North Lawndale Friday, June 10, 2011, 6- 9PM
Doubletree Hotel
Award-Winning Documentary -“Grown In Detroit” 300 E Ohio Ave, Chicago
Followed by Interactive Panel Discussion County Board President Toni
I thank Jeanette Forman for providing the following information. Preckwinkle, Keynote Speaker
Grown in Detroit focuses on the urban gardening efforts managed by a There will be a buffet dinner and
public school of 300, mainly African-American, pregnant and parenting cash bar, silent auction, capped by
teenagers. As part of the curriculum, the girls are taught agricultural awards presentations and a keynote
skills on the school's own farm located behind the school building what address by County Board President
used to be the playground. The young mothers, often still children Toni Preckwinkle, giving the the
themselves, are learning by farming to become more independent first ever State of the County
women and knowledgeable about the importance of nutritional foods. Address.
“Back to the roots”, a simple yet effective solution for a city that has to
start all over again and perhaps a lesson to be learned for the rest of the Click onto
world. Panelists include Naomi Davis of Blacks in Green and http://www.iviipo.org/IDD2011inf
Yvette Moyo of Real Men Cook. o.htm to purchase tickets, buy ads
and to get a list of awardees.
Wednesday, June 1, 7:00pm
ICE Theaters Lawndale | Admission: $5.00
3330 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL. | (773) 783-8812
icetheaters.com | blackworldcinema.net In the Loop Page 3
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Technology
Google Earth for Nonprofits(from the Google Earth Website)
Job Announcements You want to change the world. We want to help. Google Earth Outreach
gives public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources they need
Prevention Specialists to visualize their cause and inspire action using Google Earth and Google
Maps.
I thank Sandra Glenn of the
Prevention Force Family Center for Explore, create, and connect on the Google Earth Outreach website.
providing a job description from Explore our gallery of public-benefit maps in the Showcase. Create maps
Bobbby E. Wright Comprehensive with the help of online tutorials and tools. Connect with others in the
Behavioral Health Center, Inc. for Community and apply for software grants in the Google Earth for Non-
two prevention specialists. profits Grant Program. Visit the Google Earth Outreach Site
http://valeriefleonard.com/TheJob http://earth.google.com/outreach/index.html
Exchange/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30
53&p=3111#p3111 Introduction to Google Earth Outreach
Featured Case Study
Executive Director
I thank OS Owen for forwarding a
job posting for Executive Director
of SitStayRead
http://valeriefleonard.com/TheJob
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'Crisis in Darfur' by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; each flame
West Suburban Hospital marks a damaged or destroyed village.
Crisis in Darfur
Director Marketing & Public
Relations - Oak Park, IL U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Crisis in Darfur project makes you a
witness to the genocide in Darfur by bringing together satellite imagery
Director Community Services - with layers of data and multimedia in Google Earth. In Crisis in Darfur, you
Oak Park, IL can read stories, view photographs and videos, and see satellite imagery of
the genocide in Darfur. Read the Case Study
Mgr Plant Operations -
Oak Park, IL
Small Business
Job Seekers Bob’s Decorating Service
A colleague of mine, with
considerable experience in Robert Thornton is a union painter who works with a number of major
journalism is looking to head up commercial projects with such clients as McCormick Place. His specialties
marketing and communications for include interior exterior painting, hanging wallpaper, and installing
a nonprofit organization. If you drywall. For further information, contact him as follows.
have any leads, pleas e-mail me at
valeriefleonard@msn.com and I Free estimates
will put you in contact with him. 773-418-1994
Rthornton57@yahoo.com
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