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| Greetings!
Thank you for reading Rebuilding Indiana Monthly.
I will keep this month's introductory letter short and to the point. If you are not connecting with IACED via Facebook and LinkedIn, you are missing valuable supplementary content to this newsletter. New content is posted several times a week.
Are you interested in funding opportunities, public policy debates, news clippings impacting community economic development, or connecting with your colleagues across the state? Do you want to know about the success of agencies like yours? Do you have a great story to tell? All this content and more is available using social media.
In the coming weeks, IACED will be launching a new web site to supplement these free social media tools. Here is a sneak peak at the new web site.
Tell us what you think. You can see a full size version and comment on IACED's Facebook page. Also, take note 2010 IACED membership renewals will be in the mail shortly. Don't let your membership lapse. Sincerely,  Andy Fraizer
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Training & Event Updates
Reality Check - Confronting Homelessness
Overnight awareness program, spend the night and identify with homelessness.
When: Friday, November 13th Where: Scatterfield Rd (Adjacent to Aaron's) in Anderson Cost: $10 Cardboard Home Kit or $25 Tent Space For more information: www.alternativesdv.org
Indiana Cooperative Summit
When: Tuesday, November 10th, 9am-4pm
Indiana Collaborative Conference on Aging
When: Tuesday, Nov. 10th and Wednesday, Nov. 11th,
Where: Indianapolis Marriott East Hotel & Conference Center For more information click here.
Save the date for a discussion about Elkhart County's future When: Wednesday, November 11th 7:30am-2:30pm Where: Bread & Chocolate Conference Center For more information click here.
Neighborhoods: Inspiring Place, Improving Health
When: Thursday, November 12th, 6:30pm - 9pm
Where: Indiana State Museum
See the event flyer here.
Indiana Main Street Awards Ceremony
When: Friday, November 13th, 2pm
Where: Indiana Statehouse
For more information click here.
Executive Director Training Series - Leading with Strengths
When: December 3-4, 2009
Where: Leadership Ventures, 303 N. Alabama St. Ste. 230 Indianapolis
Cost: $25 for IACED Members, $50 for all others
**This is a duplicate training to the November class, due to the overwhelming response we are offering this same class again.
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Fundraising: Principles & Techniques
By: Lindsey Knight, Member Services Associate, IACED
During the month of October, I completed a one week course offered by The Fund Raising School at IUPUI entitled Principles & Techniques of Fundraising. This training was not only a great educational experience, but was also a wonderful opportunity to meet others and learn about non-profit organizations from around the world.
The core of this training rests on six principles:
1. Institutional Readiness
2. Management
3. Vehicles
4. Human Resources
5. Markets
6. Dynamic Functions
Each of these principles plays a crucial role in the ability of an organization to build and maintain an effective fundraising program. Beginning in January, this section will feature information from these six principles that you can use in your organization to help build and grow your fundraising program.
Please stayed tuned for more information. In the meantime, feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you have regarding fundraising. Lindsey Knight, Member Services Associate, IACED. LKnight@iaced.org or 317-920-2300 ext.10.
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Indianapolis Design Charrette to Develop Model for Sustainable Neighborhood Revitalization
The biggest public design charrette to come to Indianapolis since the White River State Park design charrette will be held October 28-30 and will focus on the area around the intersection of 22nd and the Monon Trail. The conveners of the charrette (including IACED members Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning, King Park Area Development Corporation, City of Indianapolis, Citizens Energy Group, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and Martindale Brightwood CDC) are inviting volunteer professionals to participate.
Complete information about how you can help, including workshop schedule, participation oportunities, and more are availalbe on the project website at www.smartgrowthindy.org.
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Indiana Coalition for Human Services Recommendations for Indiana's Public Assistance Benefits Eligibility Determination Process
IACED has been actively involved with the Indiana Coaliton for Human Services (ICHS) Subcommittee on FSSA Modernization. The subcommittee recently met to discuss modernization efforts in other states, the positive and negative impacts and best practices in transitions and improvements mid-stream. Based on prior policy statements and the two meetings of the subcommittee, they developed a set of Recommendations for Indiana's Public Assistance Benefits Determination Process.
These were recommendations were developed prior to the announcement of contract cancellation; the language has been refined to reflect the current situation and principles for the new system. ICHS believe that the statement reflects a consensus position that all ICHS members can embrace-even if individual members offer more specificity in their own advocacy. The message is that they "want a system that works." This statement was approved by the ICHS Board.
Click here to read the statement.
The IACED Board of Directors will meet on November 20 to consider these recommendations and vote on the adoption of these recommendations as IACED's policy position.
On Tuesday, October 27, a representative group of the ICHS Subcommittee on Modernization met with FSSA Secretary Anne Murphy and her Modernization Team to discuss the hybrid model and next steps.
It is clear that many more decisions need to be made on next steps for the Hybrid Model and it is clear from the meeting that this state is being thoughtful in the planning. They are working through the disengagement with IBM and are taking all conversations with advocates seriously as they look for solutions.
Those representing ICHS were: Kim Dodson (Arc of Indiana), Lucinda Nord (IAUW), Josephine Hughes (NASW), Clara Anderson (Children's Bureau, Inc.) and Paul Chase (AARP). Those attending for the State were: FSSA Secretary Anne Murphy; Doug Elwell; Cathy Boggs and Adrienne Shields.
ICHS is confident that the team Secretary Murphy has put together to head up this project is determined to improve this system as quickly as possible and with every intention of making sure that those Hoosiers that need these critical services has access to them.
In the meeting, the elements and ideas from the work of the ICHS Subcommittee on Modernization were presented. The ICHS team conveyed to the state ICHS's willingness to work together and offer solutions where appropriate. Secretary Murphy stated she is open to further conversations.
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Alliance Publishes New Brief on the Geography of Specific Homeless Populations
Courtesy of National Alliance to End Homelessness
The Homelessness Research Institute (HRI) at the Alliance has released the third in a series of briefs on the Geography of Homelessness.
In Part 2, HRI examined the prevalence of homelessness in urban and rural areas. It showed that rates of homelessness are highest in urban areas, but also revealed that a number of rural Continuums of Care have very high rates of homelessness. The first two parts in the series examined homelessness as a whole.
Part 3 looks at the geography of subpopulations within the homeless population including persons in families with children, chronically homeless individuals, and non-chronically homeless individuals. The study finds that individual homeless persons are more likely to concentrated in urban areas than homeless families are; however, while non-urban areas are more likely to have homeless families. The study also found that there are likely to be high rates of unsheltered populations among the chronically-homeless in both rural and urban areas. Finally, there are a number of unique findings pertaining to the "mostly rural" geographic category.
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CEPR Releases Paper on Relationship between Disability and Poverty
Courtesy of National Alliance to End Homelessness
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) recently released a paper entitled Half in Ten: Why Taking Disability into Account is Essential to Reducing Income Poverty and Expanding Economic Inclusion. The report finds that almost half of working-age adults who experience income poverty for at least a 12-month period have one or more disabilities. The paper also conlcudes that people with disabilities are more likely to face food insecurity, fail to receive needed medical or dental care, and experience an inability to pay rent, mortgage, and utility bills than people without disabilities. These findings remained true after controlling for income and other characteristics. The paper argues that individuals with disabilities must be taken into account in anti-poverty policies.
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New Policy Briefs
Housing and Transportation Policy
Affordable, Compact and Well-located Housing is Critical to Achieving the Nation's Transportation Policy Objectives.
This policy brief, released jointly by the National Housing Conference, Reconnecting America, and Center for Housing Policy, explains that importance of focusing on how and where housing is built as part of the larger effort to reform federal transportation policy.
Residential Energy Efficiency
Financing Residential Energy-Efficiency: Assessing Opportunities and Coverage Gaps in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
This policy brief from the National Housing Conference and Center for Housing Policy analyzes the provisions in the Economic Recovery that seek to improve the energy-efficient of exisiting homes and makes recommendations for additional policy measures to address the energy-efficiency needs of households that may not be adequately covered by the legislation.
Shared Equity / Appreciation Homeownership
What's in a Name? Clarifying the Different Forms and Polic Objects of "Shared Equity" and "Shared Appreciation" Homeownership Programs.
This brief, from the Center for Housing Policy, describes and contrasts the different types of shared equity and shared appreciation homeownership models, including community land trusts, shared appreciation mortgages and others.
More information is available here. |
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Community Economic Development
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IACED's Microenterprise Affinity Group
Many of IACED's members have begun to venture into the field of microenterprise and/or micro lending to get small businesses off the ground. As a result, IACED convenes an affinity group that meets quarterly and focuses on microenterprise programs, how to finance these programs, and best practices. Participation in the Microenterprise affinity group is open to any organization, bank, or other entity in the state with an interest in microenterprise and/or micro lending.
The third quarter meeting contained discussions with the following:
If you would like to join IACED's Microenterprise Affinity Group please contact John Marron, Program Manager, 317-920-2300 ext. 21. |
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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) New Claim Voucher
Please find a new claim voucher for all CDBG projects here. Effective immediately, this is the required claim form. Outdated versions of this form will not be accepted.
This form is also available from OCRA's website, www.ocra.in.gov, under Community Development Block Grants, then click on on "Grant Administration Forms". |
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Organizational Development
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Leadership Development
By: Lisa Archey, Senior Program Manager, IACED
This month I wanted to share with you an excellent training and some capacity-building tools for "Leadership Development". I was introduced to the training more than ten years ago and have administered it in every Leadership Academy for five years straight!
I believe we all have the power to bring about enormous personal change. We truly are the masters of our fate, free to choose and control our own throughts and emotions. Therefore, it is our choices and responses, not the situtations or circumstances that determine our effectiveness in our lives or our organizations. I believe and hope I model, "The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership" from The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. I would like to share and challenge each of you to use these practices in your life and work.
The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership focuses on the core belief that change starts from the inside-out; it is the leader who must first change from within by:
- developing, and living by, a personal set of values;
- developing a vision for the future;
- managing emotional responses; and
- building collaborative relationships
Click here to read the entire article. |
Preparedness Recommendations for the 2009-2010 Influenza Season
Courtesy of NCADV
Has your program been impacted by the spring and summer outbreaks of the flu and the H1N1 (Swine) flu virus? Get ready, because the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as well as other health agencies are predicting that the fall and winter outbreak of the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus may be more severe than previously anticipated. NCADV has created this document to help you and your program prepare for any outbreaks and mitigate the impact on your employees, your programs and those whom you serve.
While there is no definitive way to predict just how impactful and severe any outbreak of the H1N1 Influenza virus will be on your program or community, there are several
things you can do to help off-set its potential impact and the curb the spread of the virus.
As busy as you are, it is critical that you have a plan that not only takes into consideration the impact it may have on your employees but the effect it may have on your programs and daily operations as well. According to the CDC, people with flu-like illnesses need to stay home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever (100º F [37.8º C] or greater) without the aid of fever-reducing medications. In most cases, this means staying home for at least 3 to 5 days.
Regardless of the size of your program, you should plan to be flexible with allowing and encouraging employees to stay home should they become sick, need to care for sick family members or watch their children if schools or childcare facilities close. Employees should not fear punitive actions if they must alter their schedules due to an illness or illness-related impact.
If you offer shelter services and find that shelter residents become sick, designate a separate area for the ill person or persons that is as far from the rest of your shelter residents and employees as possible. Encourage everyone to wash hands and common surfaces frequently or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, to cover their mouths when coughing or sneezing, to keep their distance from others if sick, to avoid touching their nose, mouth and eyes and to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Be flexible with work options and time off and cross-train multiple employees on essential jobs.
IN SHORT, HAVE A PLAN!
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IACED TA: HOME & CDBG Applications
IACED will offer members one (1) hour of free technical assistance in reviewing HOME & CDBG applications for 2009. Any assistance needed above one hour can be contracted/billed at the discounted member rate. For more information or questions, please contact David Fredricks at dfredricks@iaced.org or 317-920-2300, Ext 13. |
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Welcome New IACED Members!
IACED is pleased to welcome the following new member to our association:
REACH, Inc.- Voting Member
Thank you for joining! We are looking forward to getting to know you and helping you serve Indiana communities and families. |
Send us Your Stories!
IACED knows IACED members are doing great work - we'd like to spread the word! If you've had a successful project or remarkable experience, send your story to Lindsey Knight lknight@iaced.org or call 317-920-2300 ext. 10.
Don't have time to send the whole story now? Just send an email expressing interest, and an IACED staff member will follow up with you. | |
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