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(NETWORKING) Grant Professionals Assn. Forms Native American Interest Group
   The Grant Professionals Association (GPA), the nation's largest association of grantseekers and consultants with over 44 chapters nationwide, is reaching out to Native American grantwriters with the formation of a new Special Interest Group for tribal grant professionals, says Debby Carlson, grants ...
posted 9/14/11 2:52 PM  read complete story

(FUNDING TIPS) Reader Finds Help for Funding Gap in USDA Programs
   CYF readers who are facing significant funding gaps in their human-services programs may want to emulate the work of a South Florida nonprofit which was able to leverage Agriculture Dept. (USDA) commodity donations to bridge an ongoing budget dilemma. Loretta deVries, of the Dialysis Food Foundati...
posted 8/25/11 08:15 AM  read complete story

(NCLB) Reauthorization of ESEA Remains Stalled in the Senate
   Senate leaders have not set firm target dates for hearings on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), even though the House has moved ahead with its own piecemeal rewrite of the law controling federal education spending. Since Congress went on summer recess, Sen. Tom ...
posted 8/24/11 08:36 AM  read complete story

(FUND RAISING) Groups Organize 9/11-Themed Philanthropic Event
   Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, a coalition of philanthropic groups organizes a one-day charitable event to help nonprofits serve attack victims and those who assisted in the rescue and recovery. GuideStar, a provider of nonprofit information, joins with MyGoodDeed , a 9/11 no...
posted 8/19/11 12:23 PM  read complete story

(REGIONAL) Hershey Foundation Grants Provide Education Funding
   (OH) Private Funder: Hershey Foundation; Funding Focus: Education (priority is given to: alternative educational programs for children of all ages; arts, cultural and science programs for children, and early childhood education programs); Geographic Focus: Northeast Ohio; Eligibility: Nonprofits; F...
posted 8/18/11 11:23 AM  read complete story

(BUDGET) Leaders Appoint Members to Congress' Deficit Reduction Panel
   House and Senate leaders announce their choices for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, which is charged with identifying $2.5 trillion in cuts over the next decade. The special congressional funding committee is especially important to the 26 federal grant-making agencies because the...
posted 8/18/11 11:21 AM  read complete story

(NCLB) Montana Wins 1-Year Waiver of NCLB Mandates
   Montana wins a short-term reprieve from financial penalties after federal education officials permit the state to revise strict No Child Left Behind (NCLB) achievement standards, allowing more of the state's K-12 schools to meet yearly accountability mandates. On Monday, State Superintendent Denis...
posted 8/18/11 11:21 AM  read complete story

(EDUCATION) DoEd Offers $1.2M for Disability Demos
   Agency: Education Dept. (Office of Special Education Programs); Program: Technical Assistance & Dissemination to Improve Services & Results for Children with Disabilities: Model Demonstration Projects for English Learners with or at Risk of Having a Disability (CFDA Number: 84.236M); Eligibi...
posted 8/17/11 09:01 AM  read complete story

(TIPS) Foundation Offers Insight on Dropout Prevention Funding
   Grantseekers searching for private dropout prevention funding would do well to emulate the track record of Girls Inc, a national nonprofit that recently received $400,000 in grants to expand their out-of-school mentoring efforts focused on middle-school girls. The New York Life Foundation (NYLF) a...
posted 8/17/11 08:29 AM  read complete story

(DISABILITIES) Alternative Funding Ideas for Canceled Federal Money
   The Education Dept.'s (DoEd) program for disability rehabilitation training demonstrations has been canceled for FY 2011, adding to a growing list of terminated competitions this year. The Special Projects and Demonstrations and Training Programs (CFDA #84.235K-01), distributed by the DoEd Office ...
posted 8/17/11 06:29 AM  read complete story