Creating Sustainable Funding in Challenging Economic Times
Presenter(s): Terry Axelrod, Benevon
Description: Learn a tested system to identify and cultivate
donors who love your mission—donors who will give for operations, capital,
and endowment—even during challenging financial times. Learn how to engage
your community in your organization's mission and to inspire giving, even
in a lagging economy. The workshop is designed for board members, executive
directors, CEOs, and fund development professionals, this entry-level
seminar will give you the fundamentals to embark on the path to sustainability
and grow your major gifts programs year after year.
Learning objectives: (1) An overview of the Benevon
Model, an organic system for building sustainable funding for the mission
of your organization from multiple-year individual donors; (2) How to
implement mission-focused, permission-based fundraising; (3) How to make
your organization more visible in your community; and (4) How to identify
and personally cultivate individual donors who are passionate about your
mission
How the Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee
on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) Agencies Support Communities
in Preventing Underage Drinking
Presenter(s): Steve Wing, Moderator; Robert D. Brewer, MD, MSPH, Alcohol Program Leader, Captain, U.S. Public Health Service, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Sharon Cantelon, Social Science Program Specialist, Demonstration Programs Division, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice; Amalia G. Cuervo, M.Ed., LPC, Education Program Specialist, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education; Cheryl Neverman, Senior Program Manager, Impaired Driving Division, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; Patricia Powell, Ph.D., Chief, Science Policy Branch, Office of Science Policy and Communications, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Description: The ICCPUD is composed of 14 Federal agencies that have been charged by the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act with “guiding policy and program development across the Federal Government with respect to underage drinking.” This workshop will present a brief overview of ICCPUD agency activities and support for underage drinking prevention at the community level.
Learning objectives: (1) Participants will understand ICCPUD’s role in addressing underage drinking in the United States and (2) Participants will become aware of how the ICCPUD agencies support community efforts to prevent underage drinking
Knowing How to Score: Grant Writing Secrets
Your Mother Never Told You About
Presenter(s): Ken Walker, The Partnership
Description: This one-hour workshop
will provide critical, yet often overlooked grant writing techniques and grant
assessment methods for coalitions interested in expanding their services by
winning high-scoring grant awards.
Learning objectives: (1) Understand how grants
are scored by Independent Review Groups; (2) Learn how to craft content that
improves scores in each section of a grant, including the Needs,Approach, Evaluation,
Organizational Description and Budget Sections; (3) Learn how to analyze procurement
notices from multiple funding sources to determine if they should respond to
an RFP or not
Level: ALL Levels
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010
Grant Opportunities in FY 2010: Office of Safe
and Drug Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education
Presenter(s): Norris Dickard & Bryan Williams, U.S.
Dept. of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
Description: This workshop is designed to provide coalitions with an overview of the OSDFS
grant programs and funding opportunities in FY 2010.
Learning objectives: (1) Learn the ED grant application
process; (2) Learn the new grant initiative on school climate; (3) Understand
how to use the grants.gov website to learn about grant opportunities
Level: All Levels
Juvenile Drug Courts: Building the Model
Presenter(s): Gwen Williams, MSW, Program Manager, Demonstration
Programs Division/OJJDP, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of
Justice
Description: Provide the audience with information on OJJDP’s Juvenile Drug Court program with emphasis on the growing partnership with the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The presenter(s) will describe the juvenile drug court, its history, and challenges. The presenter will briefly describe the sixteen (16) strategies that are used in developing and maintaining juvenile drug courts. Presenter will briefly describe OJJDP’s current performance measures for success. However, the focus of the workshop will be on how OJJDP is providing support (monetary and training and TA) to jurisdictions across the country to enhance the capacity of juvenile drug court programs. The theme of the presentation will be “recognizing strengths and weaknesses, and building partnerships.”
The presenter will discuss how OJJDP is building the juvenile drug court program model through its partnerships with the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment HHS/SAMHSA) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (which supports the Reclaiming Futures National Program). This public/private partnership is addressing the many challenges of the juvenile drug court, i.e., adequate screening and assessments, best treatment practices, need for systems change, team building, etc. New initiatives are currently being developed to address the need for support services, i.e. mentoring, etc.
