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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 provide information and alerts in the areas of job opportunities, funding, upcoming conferences and events and helpful links relevant to youth serving community-based organizations.
Job Opportunities
Technical Assistance Manager
Youth Network Council & the Illinois Collaboration on Youth are seeing a thoughtful self-starter to join our team as a full-time Technical Assistance Manager.
Job responsibilities include: developing and producing training webinars; providing technology and AV support for the organizations; developing (with contracted vendor) and managing organizational websites, including websites for the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission and the Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board; analyzing training evaluations; compiling all required program reports; providing administrative support for the Redeploy Illinois Focused program, including assisting with the development of Requests for Proposals and awarding of funding; facilitating training workshops on youth service and juvenile justice related topics as necessary; supervising graduate interns as appropriate; and representing the organization and youth service providers on external committees. Other duties may be assigned.A preferred candidate will possess the following:
* A bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, human services, public administration, juvenile justice or education; master's degree preferred
* Two to five years of post-college work experience in a non-profit work environment, preferably in a youth service or juvenile justice position
* Experience with technology, including websites and webinars, preferred
* Strong writing and organizational skills
* Proficient with content management systems and Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access
* Ability to work independently and as a part of a team
* Attention to detail and a professional customer service attitude
Youth Network Council and the Illinois Collaboration on Youth are equal opportunity employers, and offer a competitive salary and benefits.
Interested candidates should email their resumes and cover letters to:
Denail Timms
Training & Contracts Coordinator
Youth Network Council/Illinois Collaboration on Youth
111 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 325
Chicago, IL 60601
dtimms@youthnetworkcouncil.org
No phone calls please.
Training Manager
Youth Network Council & the Illinois Collaboration on Youth are seeing a thoughtful self-starter to join our team as a full-time Training Manager.
Job responsibilities include: developing and conducting training needs assessments and evaluations; planning and scheduling training workshops; contracting with external trainers; coordinating the Training Advisory Board; managing subcontracts for the state's CCBYS Information and Referral Line; facilitating training workshops on youth service and juvenile justice related topics such as the state's Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Service program; supervising graduate interns as appropriate; and representing the organization and youth service providers on external committees. Other duties may be assigned.
A preferred candidate will possess the following:
* A bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, human services, public administration, juvenile justice or education; master's degree preferred
* Two to five years of post-college work experience in a non-profit work environment, preferably in a youth service or juvenile justice position
* Experience in conducting training workshops
* Strong writing and organizational skills
* Proficient with content management systems and Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access
* Ability to work independently and as a part of a team
* Attention to detail and a professional customer service attitude
Youth Network Council and the Illinois Collaboration on Youth are equal opportunity employers, and offer a competitive salary and benefits.
Interested candidates should email their resumes and cover letters to:
Denail Timms
Training & Contracts Coordinator
Youth Network Council/Illinois Collaboration on Youth
111 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 325
Chicago, IL 60601
dtimms@youthnetworkcouncil.org
No phone calls please.
RFP Release Alerts- Illinois
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)
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
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 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
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services
Vice President/Chief Program Officer- Highly responsible leadership position with a growing multi-site, multi-program faith-based social service agency. The position requires an individual who can share our vision and values, can respond to multiple competing priorities and assure excellence in all we do. Must have L.C.S.W. or L.C.P.C and at least five years management experience in social services, preferably in child welfare. Experience developing and implementing new programs would be a plus. Submit letter of interest and resume to Director of Humans Services via fax at 618-493-6390 or by email to mtinnel@hoyleton.org EOE
Upcoming Events/Employment Opportunities- National
What’s New!
Attorney General Holder Calls for Improvements to Juvenile Justice System
In remarks to the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference on March 7, 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder discussed his vision for the future of the juvenile justice system. Holder emphasized the Department's priority on improving the effectiveness of the country's juvenile justice system, calling for an approach that combines evidence-based research and comprehensive community partnerships.
He remarked, "I believe that the best—and most targeted—solutions won't be imposed from on high. And they won't be born of a single county-level effort. They will be shared solutions, created together—after rigorous scientific evaluation and innovative resource levering."
Resources:
Read the full speech at http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/ag/speeches/2011/ag-speech-110307.html.
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
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 Laura Fillenwarth at lfillenwarth@youthnetworkcouncil.org, subject line: Virtual Resource Center.
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