| Notable NOYS
A Weekly Publication of
National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS)
August 4, 2009
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National Youth Traffic Month
survey stat featured on
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50 Best Awards Announced
Youth teams from across the
country joined in making NOYS about youth traffic safety during May. With
prom, graduation, and summer being among the deadliest times on the road for
teens, these youth took action in their communities to remind their peers to
drive and ride safe. They used their youth creativity to develop and
implement projects that impacted their local communities. To see who won and find more
information about their projects please visit www.noys.org.
The 50 Best teams won $1,000 for their youth traffic safety
projects. Please join us in congratulating them and join them in 2010 by
developing your own local youth traffic safety project. The National Youth Traffic Safety Month 2009 50 Best Contest was made possible through the generous support of The Allstate Foundation.
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Funding Resources
Wal-Mart Foundation - Wal-Mart Store and Sam's Club
Giving Program
The Wal-Mart Foundation supports programs
and initiatives
addressing education,
workforce development, economic
sustainability, and
health and wellness.
For health and wellness in particular,
the Foundation
looks to improve access
to healthcare, promote healthy lifestyles
and
behaviors, and reduce disparities.
Grant awards range from $1,000 to $5,000.
Eligible
applicants include organizations with
tax-exempt status under Section
501(c)(3),
recognized government entities, volunteer
Fire Departments, K-12
Public Schools/Districts, Charter Schools, Colleges, Universities, Private Schools
with tax-exempt status, and faith-based organizations.
Deadline: Rolling
Please contact the Wal-Mart
Foundation for more specific
grant information and to apply HERE
Wachovia Foundation - Wachovia
Community Needs Grants The Wachovia Foundation provides Community Needs Grants
to support organizations working to improve
communities with low- to
moderate-
income. In particular, the Foundation
strives to improve education,
community
development, and environmental health,
ensure access to health and
human services,
and to bolster civic engagement.
Award amounts may vary. Eligible applicants
include
tax-exempt organizations under
Section 501(c)(3), have broad community
support,
and can demonstrate fiscal and
administrative stability.
Deadline: Rolling
Please contact the Wachovia Foundation
for more specific
grant information and
to apply for this funding opportunity HERE
The Prudential Foundation - Prudential Foundation
Revitalizing Communities Grants
The Prudential Foundation promotes sustainable
communities by focusing its grant making on education, economic development and
civic infrastructure. Examples of funded projects are helping to improve
schools, promoting neighborhood activities, and preserving parks and
playgrounds.
Award amounts vary. Eligible applicants include
tax-exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) or agencies that are members
of the Federal, or any State, County or local Municipal government.
Deadline: Rolling
Please contact The Prudential Foundation for more
specific grant information and to apply HERE
National Children's Center for Rural and
Agricultural Health and Safety Special Project and Pilot Study Funds: Year
2009-2010
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to support small-scale projects and pilot
studies that address prevention of
childhood agricultural disease and injury. Funds are
allocated to support projects that: a) test innovative strategies, b)
strengthen partnerships between safety professionals, agricultural
organizations, and the media, and c) translate research findings into practical
applications.
Eligibility
Individuals affiliated with community-based organizations, public or private
institutions, units of local or state government, or tribal government
throughout the United States
are eligible to apply for funds
Questions regarding the
application process:
Marcy Fitz-Randolph, 1-800-662-6900 or fitz-randolph.marcy@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
Programmatic
questions (priority topics, fundable ideas, potential collaborators):
Barbara Marlenga, PhD, 1-800-662-6900 or marlenga.barbara@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
Call for proposals
can be viewed HERE
Application
Deadline: August 20, 2009
EarthProtect.com
Connects Users to a Growing List of Environmental Nonprofits
A hub for the planet, EarthProtect.com has added seven new environmental
nonprofit partners, including Roots and Shoots: A Program of the Jane Goodall
Institute, Youth Service America, and The World Trust Foundation. This
expanding list positions EarthProtect.com as a valuable resource that furthers
users eco-knowledge and encourages them to get involved with organizations that
make a major impact in creating sustainable life on earth. Through the site,
users can connect to others that share the same environmental concerns and
easily participate with these nonprofits through volunteering, joining individual
programs or making a donation. Users can start making a difference today!
More information HERE
National Children's Center
for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
Special Project and Pilot Study Funds: Year 2009-2010
The purpose of this program is to support small-scale
projects and pilot studies that address prevention
of childhood
agricultural disease and injury. Funds
are allocated to support
projects that: a) test
innovative strategies, b) strengthen
partnerships
between safety professionals, agricultural
organizations,
and the media, and c) translate
research findings into practical
applications.
Eligibility
Individuals affiliated with
community-based
organizations, public or private institutions,
units of
local or state government, or tribal
government throughout the United
States
are eligible to apply for funds
Questions regarding the application process:
Marcy Fitz-Randolph, 1-800-662-6900
Call for proposals can be viewed HERE:
Deadline: August 20, 2009
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Trends & Tudes Issue reports on activities of online youth
Commissioned by Symantec,
Harris Interactive conducted an international survey aimed at generating
conversation and awareness centering on the activities of online youth.Learn more about this issue and the other July
2009 features.
Link to July issue HERE
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Youth Drug Use Starting to Rise Again;
More Prevention Efforts Needed
According
to a new report, the general decline in youth drug use has bottomed out, and
the use of certain types of drugs are on the rise, possibly due to a lack of
prevention efforts in recent years.
Read
the full article HERE
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Early SEL Leads to Better Academic
Achievement, Better Health in Adulthood
Social
and emotional learning programs are good for more than just developing young
children's social skills -- they enhance academic achievement and improve
students' health well into adulthood. Those are the most recent findings from a
longitudinal study of children's educational progress from the Institute of Child
Development at the University
of Minnesota.
Read
the full article HERE
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Upcoming Meetings:
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids will be conducting several farm safety and health workshops in 2009 in various US
locations. The workshops are funded by the USDA RMA (Risk Management
Agency). The workshops are free of charge plus resource and mileage incentives
will be given out at the meetings. Call FS4JK at 1-800-423-5437 for more
information.
Date Location
August
19 Ardmore, Oklahoma
August 21 Los Lunas, New Mexico
August 25 Centreville,Maryland
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Teen Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy Rate,
Moving Backwards in Last Half Decade
A troubling new study finds that rates stopped improving and may even have gotten worse between 2003 and
2007.
Read
the full article HERE
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Relaxed Parental Attitudes Toward Teen
Drinking May Lead to Trouble
Study found that
teens who drink with their parents' blessing are more likely to binge drink
when they get to college -- and that a zero-tolerance policy is the best form
of prevention.
Read
the full article HERE
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CDC
Report Shows Obesity Among Low-Income, Preschool-Aged Children has Stabilized
The obesity rate among low-income preschoolers may be
stabilizing, according to a July 24, 2009 report by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance
Summary "Obesity Prevalence Among Low-Income, Preschool-Aged Children ---
United States, 1998-2008" indicates that obesity prevalence among this group
increased steadily from 12.4% in 1998 to 14.5% in 2003, but remained
essentially the same with a 14.6% prevalence in 2008.
Read more HERE
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NEW SAMHSA RESOURCE FOR DECISION-MAKERS:
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently announced a new resource to help
communities develop individualized, comprehensive prevention strategies. The
resource, Substance
Abuse Prevention Dollars and Cents: A Cost Benefits Analysis, is
designed to help policymakers and other stakeholders use the results of
cost-benefit analysis as an information tool for decision making and for
selecting the substance abuse prevention programs.
Read more HERE
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The
Challenge newsletter focused on bullying and cyber bullying
The U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools dedicated its most recent edition of The
Challenge newsletter to bullying and cyber bullying, including the
following topic areas:
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The School Bully in
Cyberspace
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Dr.Susan Limber Discusses Bullying in
The Digital Age
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What Can Schools Do
About Cyber Bullying?
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Empowering Students to Speak Up About
Cyber Bullying
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Lawmakers Help Educators Take Aim at
Cyber Bullying
Please share this helpful resource with
partners and colleagues. The newsletter is found online and is available for
download HERE
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National Director of Secondary Education
Based
at YouthBuild USA's Somerville, Massachusetts
headquarters, the Director of Secondary Education will be expected to provide
ongoing leadership, vision, and project management for the YouthBuild education
program nationally and the diploma granting work specifically. The Director of
Secondary Education will work with the Director of Higher Education Achievement
and with the Senior VP for Education to design, implement and oversee the work
of the NSI and to establish deep coordination with the work of the PSE initiative.
Together, the two Directors will also represent the larger vision for education
work with external stakeholders and the YouthBuild field.
This
position will also work with YouthBuild USA management and staff, with the
field of YouthBuild schools and programs, with funders and policymakers, and
with national partner organizations to implement a vision for student success
that effectively promotes postsecondary and career success for out of school
youth.
www.youthbuild.org
National Education Manager, GED to Post Secondary
Transitions
Working from YouthBuild USA's Somerville, MA
headquarters, reporting to the Director of Secondary Education and
collaborating closely with the Director of Higher Education Achievement, the
Education Manager will work with a team of colleagues to help create and
implement the department's education agenda.
The PSE and NSI work represents a considerable
scope of work with major implications for education practice and policy across
the YouthBuild GED field as well as for the wider field of alternative
education. In this role, the Education Manager will be responsible for
collaborating with and providing educational leadership to the field of local
YouthBuild programs, as well as codifying and sharing the knowledge that is
developed as part of the education department's work.
Working closely with both Directors, the
Education Manager will create the print and web resources that will help to
document what we are learning in both funded initiatives and to create a
strategy for the most effective dissemination of this material with the goals
of improving practice across the YouthBuild field and significantly increasing
the number of YouthBuild students graduating ready for success in postsecondary
education and careers.
Do you have job openings in the youth health and safety field? Send the position description and contact to info@noys.org.
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Conferences & Presentations
2009 Schedule
of Presentations
NOYS Youth; Sandy Spavone, NOYS Executive Director; and other NOYS representatives will be presenting at numerous conferences and/or exhibiting at events this year, addressing audiences with topics such as "Youth Traffic Safety," "Youth Leadership Styles," "Project Planning," "Community Mapping," and "Youth and Adult Program Partnerships." Here is a partial listing of upcoming presentations
and trainings (contact us or the
sponsor for details):
- American Legion National Meeting August 21-25, Louisville, KY
- GHSA August 30 - September 2, Savannah, GA
- International Bullying Prevention Association November 16 - 18, Pittsburgh, PA
If you are interested in having a NOYS
trainer present at an upcoming conference, symposium, seminar, or summit in your
area, contact us to
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NOYS Mission
The mission of the NOYS coalition is to promote youth empowerment and leadership, and build partnerships that save lives, prevent injuries and enhance safe and healthy lifestyles among all youth. |
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National Organizations for Youth Safety
7371 Atlas Walk Way #109
Gainesville, VA 20155
Phone: 703-981-0264
Fax: 703-754-8262
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