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Virtual Resource Center
Youth Network Council supports community-based organizations serving youth and families throughout Illinois and on a national level by providing capacity building resources and opportunities. The Virtual Resource Center is designed to contain up-to-date information and alerts in the areas of funding, state and federal policy and legislation alerts, upcoming conferences and events and helpful links relevant to youth serving community-based organizations.
Job Opportunities
There are no job opportunities at this time.
RFP Release Alerts- Illinois
Youth Network Council seeks to support the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Strengthening Communities Fund initiative through YSCEP, which is designed to build capacity and strengthen faith- and community-based organizations serving at-risk youth in Chicago.
Through this 2-year program, YNC will select up to 20 organizations in each of 3 cohorts to receive training, technical assistance, and financial assistance.
Find out more by participating in one of three application workshops:
Monday, September 13 @ 10:00AM http://youthnetworkcouncil.org/events-details.asp?id=77
Centers for New Horizons
4150 S. King Drive
Chicago, IL 60653
Tuesday, September 14 @ 10:00AM http://youthnetworkcouncil.org/events-details.asp?id=78
American Indian Center
1630 W. Wilson
Chicago, IL 60640
Thursday, September 16 @ 10:00AM http://youthnetworkcouncil.org/events-details.asp?id=79
Circle Urban Ministries
118 N. Central Avenue
Chicago, IL 60644
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
RFP available for download: https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=UFVyaXRPZ2o4aU5FQlE9PQ
This Bulletin contains all procurement announcements, including solicitations and awards, published to meet the requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code. [30 ILCS 500]. This includes procurements of supplies and services by executive branch agencies under the jurisdiction of the Department of Central Management Services as Chief Procurement Officer. You must register on the Bulletin in order to take full advantage of all of its features.
Illinois Department of Human Services Grant Alerts System (GAS)
A High Octane Site for Funding Opportunities in the Illinois Department of Human Services
RFP Release Alerts- National
This is a central storehouse for federal grant information on over 1,000 grant programs and provides access to approximately $400 billion in annual awards.
Foundations- Illinois
Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations
A list of Community Foundations in Illinois. Community foundations are the fastest growing philanthropic organizations in America. They provide opportunities to pool individual gifts into permanent local endowment funds for the benefit of the community. They provide maximum tax benefits, flexibility and efficiency for donors. They also provide donors with unparalleled local understanding of needs and knowledgeable decisions on grant making based on established criteria.
Donors Forum is the premier resource for networking and education, information and knowledge, and leadership on behalf of philanthropy in Illinois. As a nonprofit membership association of grantmakers, individual donors, and advisors, Donors Forum advances philanthropy by serving its members and by promoting an effective and informed nonprofit sector.
Foundations- National
The Foundation Center is the most authoritative source of information on private philanthropy in the United States. It helps grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public better understand the field of philanthropy. The Foundation Center provides fundraisers and grantseekers with access to searchable online databases of grantmakers (private and corporate), grants, and 990s, as well as proposal writing resources, workshops and free webinars
Grant Opportunities with Ongoing Deadlines
Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (R03)
This purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to encourage Research Project Small (R03) Grant applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to enhance our understanding of effective positive youth development programs and the mechanisms responsible for positive health and developmental outcomes.
Deadlines: February 16, June 16, October 16 (Open until September 8, 2011)
Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (R01)
This purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to encourage Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to enhance our understanding of effective positive youth development programs and the mechanisms responsible for positive health and developmental outcomes. This will be accomplished through the development, implementation, and evaluation of new or improved positive youth development programs, the evaluation of existing successful programs, or the evaluation of effective, evidence-based, gender-inclusive programs that are adapted, translated, or disseminated for new populations of youth and adolescents.
Due Date for Applications: February 5, June 5, October 5 (Open until September 8, 2011.)
Taproot Foundation Service Grants
The Taproot Foundation makes grants of high-quality, professional consulting services. The Taproot Foundation provides nonprofit organizations with the tools and services necessary to maximize the impact of their critical work in the community. A team of professionals will deliver high-quality services, customized to meet the specific objectives of your organization.
Deadline: Quarterly; September 15th, December 1st, March 1st, June 1st
Health, Education and Welfare of Children
The Office Depot Community Relations program provides funding and in-kind donations to programs that impact the health, education, and welfare of children offered by Office Depot.
Deadline: Ongoing
Hunger Prevention and Youth Activities
The Kroger Foundation funds a variety of youth programs including hunger prevention, youth activities and local education efforts.
Deadline: Ongoing
Mix It Up grants are $500 grants to support youth-directed programs and projects that address social boundaries in schools or communities. Youth must serve as decision-makers in the project, and create and implement them. Grants are sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Study Circles Resource Center.
Deadline: Ongoing
Sponsorships for Literary-Based Organization
Literary-based sponsorships and partners with organizations that focus their core businesses on higher learning, literacy and the arts are eligible for grants from the Barnes & Noble Corporate Contributions Program.
Deadline: Ongoing
Upcoming Events/Employment Opportunities - Illinois
Upcoming Events/Employment Opportunities- National
What’s New!
OJJDP Promotes Internet Safety
June is National Internet Safety Month. The purpose of this observance is to raise awareness of the dangers to which children may be exposed on the Internet and ways in which they can be protected from them.
Online safety is everyone's responsibility. Parents need to be vigilant about their children's use of the computer and cell phone. Teachers need to promote responsible Internet usage by students. Internet safety organizations need to help youth develop the decision-making skills needed to use the Web safely. Only through such coordinated efforts can we maximize the benefits of the Internet, while minimizing its dangers.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) supports a number of programs and activities designed to raise awareness about the importance of online safety and to help protect children and youth from online exploitation and victimization.
Resources:
To obtain further information about OJJDP supported initiatives to promote Internet safety, visit:
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program
Project Safe Childhood National Public Awareness Campaign
NetSmartz
Enough Is Enough
i-SAFE
WebWiseKids
IKeepSafe Internet Safety Coalition
New Alliance for a Healthier Generation Resource: empowerME@school: Mobilizing students to lead
New from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, empowerME@school is a free student leadership toolkit for middle and high school students to successfully improve the nutritional quality of the snacks and drinks in their schools. Many schools are making positive changes in the drinks and snacks sold to students, but it can be a struggle. Because students are most affected by these changes, engaging them is especially important. In fact, schools that report the most success in making changes to their snack and drink offerings identify student engagement as critical. Thus, the Alliance developed empowerME@school to equip students with tools to mobilize for change.
By participating in empowerME@school, students learn advocacy skills including surveying their peers, developing action plans, public speaking, working with adults and mentors, evaluating group efforts and celebrating victories.
Students who complete empowerME@school are encouraged to upload their success stories with the program along with photos, and videos at empowerme2b.org.
Interested youth and adult allies may download empowerME@school and a facilitator’s guide at empowerme2b.org
For additional information, contact empowerme@healthiergeneration.org
"Legal Rights and Resources for Youth Without Housing"
Developed by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Law Project
This manual contains information about rights and responsibilities that homeless youth have related to education, health care, public benefits, employment as well as a information regarding resources to serve homeless youth.
“A Sensible Model for Juvenile Justice”
This research brief from Chapin Hall Center for Children recommends a positive youth development approach to juvenile justice.
Teens’ Latest Self-Injury Fad: Self-Embedding
At a recent medical conference in Chicago, a team of radiologists from Nationwide Children's Hospital presented intriguing X-ray evidence of a psychological phenomenon — what they believed was a new form of self-injury among teens and adolescents.
GIVEN HALF A CHANCE: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males
The 2008 edition, Given Half a Chance: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males, details the drastic range of outcomes for Black males, especially the tragic results in many of the nation’s biggest cities. Given Half a Chance also deliberately highlights the resource disparities that exist in schools attended by Black males and their White, non-Hispanic counterparts. The 2008 Schott report documents that states and most districts with large Black enrollments educate their White, non-Hispanic children, but do not similarly educate the majority of their Black male students.
Annual Events at the National Level
Helpful Resource Links
Runaway Prevention Curriculum from the National Runaway Switchboard
Let's Talk, a runaway prevention curriculum, is an interactive, 14-module curriculum intended to build life skills; increase knowledge about runaway resources and prevention; educate about alternatives to running away; and encourage youth to access and seek help from trusted community members. The curriculum is intended for grades 6-12 but can be adapted for broader use.
BoardSource is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by strengthening their boards of directors. Its highly acclaimed consulting, tools, resources, workshops and events mobilize boards so that organizations fulfill their missions, achieve their goals, increase their impact, and extend their influence.
The Free Management Library provides easy-to-access, comprehensive resources regarding the leadership and management of yourself, other individuals, groups, and organizations. There are approximately 650 topics in the Library, spanning 5,000 links. Topics include the most important practices to start, develop, operate, evaluate and resolve problems in for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
National Youth Development Information Center
National Youth Development Information Center is a one-stop website for youth workers with interest in any and all of the following areas: funding, programming, research, policy, job and training opportunities. NYDIC also provides current news to the youth development field and has one of the largest online libraries, providing practice-related information at low-cost or no cost. NYDIC provides constant opportunities for practitioners to share knowledge and experience, enabling them to build the best practice in the field of youth development. NYDIC is an initiative of the National Collaboration for Youth.
National Collaboration for Youth
The National Collaboration for Youth (NCY) is a coalition of the National Assembly member organizations that have a significant interest in youth development. Members of the National Collaboration for Youth include more than fifty national, non-profit, youth development organizations. The mission of NCY is to provide a united voice as advocates for youth to improve the conditions of young people in America, and to help young people reach their full potential.
At Do Something.org, they believe young people have the power to make a difference. It is their aim to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of do-ers: people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action. Their website is a community where young people learn, listen, speak, vote, volunteer, ask, and take action to make the world a better place. Currently, only 23% of this generation actively volunteers. Our hope is to create a do something generation: a world where more than 51% of young people are involved with community action.
Safe Place is the first step to help for any youth in crisis or at risk. This community collaboration program, operated by youth shelters or youth serving agencies make it possible for any youth to access help at locations including fast food restaurants, convenience stores, fire stations, libraries and city buses which display the Safe Place sign. Youth can easily find help at Safe Place sites in their own neighborhood whenever they need it. Safe Place connects youth to immediate help and safety and offers supportive services to both youth and their families.
Runway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Centers (RHYTTAC)
Training and technical assistance services are directed at assisting Runaway and Homeless Youth grantees (Basic Center, Transitional Living, Maternity Group Homes, and Street Outreach) to engage in continuous quality improvement of their services and to build their capacity to effectively serve our nation's runaway and homeless youth.
FindYouthInfo.gov is the U.S. government Web site that helps you create, maintain, and strengthen effective youth programs. Included are youth facts, funding information, and tools to help you assess community assets, generate maps of local and federal resources, search for evidence-based youth programs, and keep up-to-date on the latest, youth-related news.
Know of information that should be added? Email Jacki Van Hall at jvanhall@youthnetworkcouncil.org, subject line: Virtual Resource Center.
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