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SFTS October 2002 News
Mark your calendars for the Orange County Department of Education's Early Childhood Exposure to Violence and it's Effects on Learning and School Readiness Symposium on November 14, 2002, in Garden Grove. This symposium will feature a presentation by Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and a session on the impact of early childhood exposure to violence on learning from pre-school to 12th grade. If you are interested in attending or learning more about the event, contact (714) 327-1073.
Mark your calendars for the Butte County/Native American Safe from the Start forum to be held on October 9, 2002 in Oroville. This local forum will feature a presentation by Dr. Linda Chamberlain, Director of the Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project, and will include a local strategies panel featuring law enforcement, children's services, Native American services, and behavioral health. It is not too late to register for this forum. For more information on the Oroville event, contact the Feather River Tribal Health Family Resource Center at (530) 534-5394, ext. 243.
RESOURCES
The Prevention Institute is a national non-profit organization established to advocate for prevention. The Institute develops methodology and strategies to strengthen and expand primary prevention practice. Check out their latest report at http://www.preventioninstitute.org.
This resource guide for municipal agencies and community organizations, published by the National Council on the Prevention of Crime, offers reference work on successful community strategies to prevent crime. It contains strategies that local government, civic groups, and community members can use to prevent and reduce crime. Topics include violence prevention, community mobilization, drug prevention, and child safety. For more information, or to order a copy, contact (800) 627-2911.
The SourceBook is intended to serve as a tool and library of ideas for schools, local agencies, and community members who are searching for strategies to help their young people live physically and emotionally healthy and safe lives. This resource book includes brief summaries of a wide variety of promising and effective programs that are available for adaptation.
The Funder's Checklist walks grantseekers through the proposal evaluation process used by foundation and corporate funders. For more information about this resource, check out
http://www.funderschecklist.com.
Boys are swamped with influences outside of the home, friends, neighborhood, television, Internet, music, movies... everything they see around them. They hear all kinds of messages about what it means to "be a man". There are numerous conflicting and sometimes harmful messages. Sometimes the only messages boys get are the wrong ones. To learn more about coaching boys into men, check out
http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=9916.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Approximately $1 million will be available for 2-3 grants to support cooperative agreements to increase the capacity of cities, counties, and tribal governments to provide prevention and early intervention services in mental health and other settings that serve children and adolescents. Grants will range from $300,000 - $400,000 for up to 3 years. For more information, check out http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grants.html.
The federal Office for Victims of Crime is accepting applications for $5,000 grants to victim-services organizations. The fund is aimed at community-based organizations to expand the reach of their services, and is available for use in victim outreach efforts, as well as training volunteers, purchasing materials, and other support techniques. For more information about this funding opportunity, check out
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/welcome.html.
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