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News from and for...
Program Partners of the Coalition
Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
 NEWS EVENTS &
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Funding Opportunities:
Orleans Technical Institute
Scholarship Deadline Extended for Court Reporting Program
The Orleans Technical Institute is a non-profit, post-secondary school in Northeast Philadelphia that has offered training in Court Reporting for over 25 years and continues to celebrate a near 100% job placement rate for their graduates who enter well-paying, prestigious positions in a growing profession.
The Orleans Techinical Institute extended their May 1, 2013 deadline for the High School Scholarship Award to May 15, 2013. The scholarship will cover half of the tuitiion for the Court Reporting Program.
Click here to learn more about the Court Reporting HIgh School Scholarship Award Progarm.
If you have any questions about the Orleans Technical Institute or the training program in Court Reporting, contact Debbie Bello, Admissions Department Director at 215-728-4700.
Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) Scholarship Foundation
The Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) Scholarship Fund offers scholarship opportunities to any under-served student across the United States.The Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation is unique in that it offers scholarships to: single mothers, children who attend alternative schools, students who have earned a GED, students with grade point averages of 2.0, and students who have previously been incarcerated, etc. but desire a higher educational opportunity. This group is generally not the recipients of college scholarships, and is typically ignored by the Board of Education.
One of the key questions asked by the Foundation when students apply for a scholarship, is: What are your plans to give back to the community?
Qualified applicants must be a high school senior, college student, or between the ages of 18-25 and pursuing studies at either a vocational or trade school. All applicants must also be a U.S.citizen.
Click here for the application. The application deadline is May 31, 2013.
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Homeownership Grant Program
The Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Homeownership Grant Program provides financial resources to local nonprofit housing organizations to create sustainable homeownership opportunities for low-to-moderate-income people.
Homeownership Grant Program Areas of Interest:
*Construction/Rehab
For the development and pre-development of construction or rehab of owner- occupied homes.
*Buyer Education & Counseling
For homebuyer education, pre-and-post-purchase counseling
*Foreclosure Counseling & Prevention
For counseling and prevention activities to avoid foreclosure and may include
modification assistance
For down payment and closing cost subsidies, interest rate buy downs, and other
subsidies that assist homebuyers/homeowners to purchase or retain
their homes
*Home Repairs
For essential home repairs, purchases and modificiations (e.g. repair or replacement of a furnance or to build a ramp for handicap asscessibility)
The deadline is July 31, 2013.
For more information or to complete an online application, visit their website.
Womens' Opportunity Resource Center (WORC)
Accepting Applications for the Impact Business Plan Competition
The Impact Business Plan Competition is meant to benefit women-owned businesses (51% owned and managed by a woman). The awards are made possible by a generous grant from Citi Bank and additional support from Independence Blue Cross. WORC will award $2,500 to the first place business, and $1,000 to the second place business.
The winners will also receive free business services that are valued at $1,500, which will help them get to the next level.
The deadline for entries is Friday, May 3, 2013.
For more information, visit here.
Philadelphia Housing Authority
Unit Based Subsidy/Captial Funding Request for Proposals
Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) wishes to partner with entities to provide new or preserve existing low-income housing through partnerships. To address each of the foregoing, PHA is seeking to diversity its housing inventory through the participation of property owners and developers in PHA's Local Unit-Based Operarting Subsidy Program.
Applications are due October 4, 2013.
More information can be found at their website.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fair Housing Organization Initiative Continuing Development Component
The Fair Housing Organization Initiative Continuing Development General Component will award grants/cooperative agreements under the Fair Housing Organization Initiative to support fair housing enforcement organizations in building their capacity to enforce or investigate violations under the Fair Housing Act. Approximately $1,200,000 in funding is allocated for awards of up to $325,000.
For more information see the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) here.
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Grants Promote Community Organizing for the Disadvantaged
The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) participates in the empowerment of economically poor, oppressed, and disadvantaged people who are seeking to change the structures that perpetuate poverty, oppression and injustice. SDOP currently supports groups in the United States who are oppressed by poverty and social systems, want to take charge of their own lives, are organizing to do something about their own conditions, and have decided that what they are going to do will produce long-term changes in their livews or communities. Supported projects must be presented, owned, and controlled by the groups of people who will directly benefit from them, and must address long-term corrections of the conditions that keep people bound by poverty and oppression. Grants of up to $20,000
Applications may be submitted throughout the year.
Visit the SDOP website to review the grant criteria.
Support for Music, Education, and Grassroots Organizing
Sparkplug Foundation
The Sparkplug Foundation primarily supports nonprofit organizations that are proposing start-up projects in the fields of music, education, and grassroots organizing. In the Music category, the Foundation supports emerging professional musicians or music-development programs. In Education and Teaching, the Foundation funds projects that deal with "the whole student," and with learning as a community activity. Through Grassroots Organizing, the Foundation encourages activist strategies for addressing institutional injustices and for building a reasoned, just society.
The deadline for final applications is May 15, 2013.
Visit the Foundation's website to review the funding guidelines and online application instructions.
The Home Depot Community Impact Grants Program
The Home Depot Community Impact Grants Program provides support to nonprofit organizations, public schools, and public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their communities. Proposals for the following community improvement activities will be considered: repairs, refurbishments, and modifications to low-income and/or transitional veteran's housing or community facilities (schools, community centers, senior centers, etc.); weatherizing or increasing energy efficiency of low-income and/or transitional veteran's housing or community facilities; and planting trees or community gardens and/or landscaping community facilities that serve veterans.
Priority is given to projects for veterans that include housing repairs, modifications, and weatherization work. Grants of up to $5,000 are made in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services.
Requests are being accepted now up to August 13, 2013.
Visit the Home Depot website for more information and to apply online here.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Targeted Capacity Expansion: Substance Abuse Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Women at High Risk for HIV/AIDS (TCE-HIV: Minority Women)
http://www.grants.gov/search
Summary of purpose
The purpose of this program is to expand substance abuse treatment and HIV services for African American, Hispanic/Latina and other racial/ethnic minority women (ages 18 years and older), including heterosexual, lesbian, bisexual, previously incarcerated women, and their significant others, who have substance use or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders and are living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS.
The goals of this program are to: (1) reduce HIV infection and transmission rates among African American, Hispanic/Latina and other racial/ethnic minority women, including reducing alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and injecting drug use (IDU); (2) address the impact of violence and trauma on women's increased risk of substance abuse and HIV infection; (3) increase access to culturally appropriate, women and family centered, trauma-informed substance abuse/co-occurring mental health treatment and HIV/viral hepatitis services, including HIV and hepatitis B and C testing; (4) educate and empower African American, Hispanic/Latina and other racial/ethnic minority women to increase their awareness of safer sex practices (e.g., condom use) and make decisions about their behavioral health, including trauma-related HIV risk-behaviors; and (5) implement evidence-based interventions.
Deadline
5/14/13
Bidder's conference date
No pre-proposal conference listed
Amount of award/contract
Expected number of awards: 35
Estimated total program funding: $18,195,000
Award ceiling: $520,000
Award floor: $0
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities. Grantees currently implementing a SAMHSA/CSAT TCE-HIV grant that will extend past 9/29/2013
Application contact
Eileen Bermudez
1 Choke Cherry Road , Room 7-1091
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(240) 276-1412
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
BJA FY 13 Smart Probation: Reducing Prison Populations, Saving Money, and Creating Safer Communities
Summary of purpose
The FY 2013 Smart Probation Program (SPP) seeks to improve probation success rates, which would in turn improve public safety, reduce admissions to prisons and jails, and save taxpayer dollars. Funds can be used to implement evidence-based supervision strategies and to innovate new strategies to improve outcomes for probationers.
This program is funded under the Second Chance Act appropriation, which authorizes federal grants to government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support, and other services that can help reduce recidivism.
Deadline
5/19/13
Bidder's conference date
No pre-proposal conference listed
Amount of award/contract
Award ceiling: $750,000
Award floor: $0
Eligibility
Applicants are limited to states, units of local government, and federally organized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). BJA may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.
Application contact
For assistance with requirements of this solicitation, contact the BJA Justice Information Center at 1-877-927-5657, via e-mail toJIC@telesishq.com or by live web chat at www.justiceinformationcenter.us
Program from the Department of Health and Human Services: Financial Education and Ethnic Community Grants Available
The Assets for Independence Demonstration Program provides support for community-based organizations to offer Individual Development Accounts, financial education, and related services to low-income individuals and families in order for them to accumulate savings and invest in appreciating assets such as a first home, small business, or higher education or training.
More information can be found here
The application deadline is May 24, 2013.
Neighborhood Economic Development Grants
The Department of Commerce is requesting proposals from Philadelphia neighborhood-based organizations to fund development costs related to the construction of commercial development and the commercial portions of mixed-use development.
Neighborhood Economic Development grants in the amounts of
$100,000 to $300,000 will be awarded to provide gap financing in support of neighborhoood-based economic development ventures. The grants will support neighborhood-based organizations undertaking economic development projects designed to enhance employment opportunities the majority of which will be available to low and moderate income residents of the targeted neighborhood and to create a suitable living environment by increasing the availability of goods and services in the community.
Proposals are due on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
To download the RFP and obtain briefing and submission information:
1. Go to www.phila.gov/contracts
2. Click "eContract Philly"
3. Click "New Contract Opportunities"
4. Search Departments: "Commerce"
5. Click on Opportunity "21130214193553" for the Neighborhood Economic Development (NED) Grant.
LEEWAY FOUNDATION
Applications are now available for the 2013 funding cycles of the Art and Change Grant and Leeway Transformation Award! Leeway Foundation's grantmaking programs honor women and trans artists in the Delaware Valley region for their ability to create social change through their artistic and cultural work.
The Arts and Change Grant provides project-based grants up to $2,500 to women and trans artists to fund art for social change projects. Deadline: August 1, 2013.
The Leeway Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of
$15,000 to women and trans artists who create art for social change, and have done so for the past five years or more.
Stage 1 Deadline: May 15, 2013.
Seybert Foundation
Grants generally range between $2,000 and $5,000, and are made in the form of General Operating Support to those organizations whose mission align with that of the Foundation.
The Seybert Foundation directs its giving primarily to community-based organizations in Philadelphia with an annual operating budget of less than $1.5 million.
Due date:September 15, 2013.
Click here to apply. |
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Program Announcements:
Summer WorkReady
Summer Youth Employment
UAC received 600 additional Summer WorkReady jobs for youth ages 14-21, totaling approximately 1,000 UAC paid jobs and internships this summer! Applicants must reside in the City of Philadelphia. The Coalition's recruitment and selection process takes place Mondays-Fridays from 9:30am - 4:00pm.
For more information, call UAC's Summer WorkReady hotline at 215-851-1800. UAC is also seeking businesses in both the public and private sector to serve as worksite partners for these jobs. These additional jobs are funded by the Department of Labor and the Department of Human Services.
Mighty Writers
Two High School Writing Workshops & Workshop on Trauma-Informed Care
They Made My Story into a Movie! (Ages 14+)
When: May 2-23,
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: 1501 Christian Street
Philadelphia, PA
Have an idea you'd like to see on the screen?
Take the first step with writer/director Anthony Giunta, whose new film "Contest" will be coming out this spring. We will show you how a screenplay works, including concept, characters, structure, outline, dialog and much more. We will share our stories and talk about what it would take to turn them into real movies.
To sign up for any of our FREE classes
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You're Hired! Job Prep Workshop
When: May 5
Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Place: 1501Christian Street
Philadelphia, PA
This six-session workshop is facilitated by Kenyetta Overton of Overton Professional Services & founder of The Murals of the Mind (M.O.M.) Project. The workshop will cover the following: resume and cover letter writing, working papers, email/phone etiquette, interview and wardrobe preparation, and job search.
Act now to make sure the best summer jobs are yours for the taking. Available to all high school students eligible to work, ages 14+. Each participant will come away with a custom resume and cover letter.
To sign up for any of our FREE classes
Cick here and fill out the form on this page |
Town Watch Integrated Services
Philly Police for Peace Day Event
Come ride with Town Watch at the Philly Police for Peace Day Event in the Southwest Division.
When: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Time: 9:00am
Place: Cobbs Creek Parkway & Whitby Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
For more information contact Tara E. Smith at 215-685-4522 or email
GALAEI
4th Annual DARLA Ceremony
Join GALAEI in honoring Gloria Casarez, Office of LGBT Affairs for the City of Philadelphia, and Former Executive Director of GALAEI.
When: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Place: City Hall, City Council Caucus Room, Room 401
Philadelphia, PA
State Senator Shirley M. Kitchen
8th Annual Senior Healthy Living Expo
State Senator Shirley Kitchen welcomes older Philadelphians to her 8th Annual Senior Healthy Living Expo for an informative and fun-filled day. The Expo will present a variety of exhibitors, seminars, speakers, health screenings, door prizes, giveaways, fitness demonstrations and entertainment. The Mistress of Ceremonies will be Dr. Lucille W. Ijoy.
Attendees will learn about nutrition for seniors, health care access, available resources for grandparents raising grandchildren, dementia and Alzheimer's disease and more.
Wills Eye Institute will conduct free eye screenings. Registration is required to receive the exam. For more information, call Wills Eye Institute at 215-825-4798.
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Explorers Sans Fronti่res
ESF's 5th Annual Spring into Health Community Day
When: May 4, 2013
Time: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Place: Saunders Park across from the Emergency Department at
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
38-39th and Powelton Avneue, near Lancaster Avenue
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MLK365/Global Citizen
Community Leadership Workshop
Please join Global Citizen and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey for an MLK365 and Neighbors in Action Community Leadership Workshop in Chester County.
The workshop will help participants identify ways to organizer service projects, and other activities in their communities to address needs.
When: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Time: 1:00pm
Place: YWCACC
4 E. 7th Street
Chester, PA 19103
Wells Fargo
Free Workshop on Introduction to Neighborhood Planning
The Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is hosting a FREE workshop entitled "Introduction to Neighborhood Planning." The workshop is open to the public, and will cover such topics as: what to do before you plan, choosing the right consultants, key elements to the planning process, and getting from planning to implementation.
Have you been trying to organize residents towards one common vision for your neighborhood? Is your neighborhood considering creating a neighborhood revitalization plan? Are you considering applying for a Wells Fargo Regional Foundation Planning grant?
When: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Place: Philadelphia, PA
If you or someone you know is interested in attending, please contact Denise Motley at Denise.motley@wellsfargo.com to be placed on the registration list and receive exact location details. Space is limited.
X-Offenders for Community Empowerment
May 2013 Primary Candidates Forum
X-Offenders for Community Empowerment invite you to attend the May 2013 Primary Candidates Forum. This exciting Forum is very important for everyone in the community, especially all formerly incarcerated and convicted people.
When: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: African American United Fund
2231 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
For more information, contact Wayne Jacobs at (215) 668-8477 or (267) 325-0335.
Second Police District Advisory Council
9th Annual Community Day
The Second Police District present their 9th Annual Community Day sponsored by Senator Christine Tartaglione, and the 2nd Annual Ken Hyers Memorial Bike Ride "To Stop the Violence."
When: Saturday, May 18, 2013
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Place: Target
7400 Bustelton Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19152
Note: Kickoff for the Memorial Bike Ride is at 9:00am
For more information, please contact Senator Tartaglione's office at 215-533-0440.
2013 Wall Ball
SAVE THE DATE!
Celebrate the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program's ninth annual WALL BALL fundraiser, featuring live entertainment, silent and live auctions, and art-making, with special guest Julius "Dr. J" Erving!
Honoring:
City Council President Darrell L. Clarke
The Philadelphia 76ers
Tony Goldman, in Memoriam
When: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 5:30p.m. - 9:30p.m.
Place: Vie
600 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
Opportunities-PA
Don't miss this very special Jazz Brunch Fundraiser hosted by WRTI-FM Jazz's Jeff Duperon, and featuring fantastic song stylist Ms. Suzanne Burgess.
All proceeds will benefit Opportunities-PA www.opportunitiespa.org "Helping Homeless Young Adults Become Self-Sufficient."
When: Sunday, June 23, 2013
Time: Seating begins at 11:30am
Place: International House
3701 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Click here to donate for admission. Advance window ends Monday, May 20, 2013.
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Announcements
Mayor Michael A. Nutter's Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service
Accepting Applications for the 2013-2014 SERVE Philadelphia VISTA Team!
Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter's Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service is accepting applications for twelve (12) full-time SERVE Philadelphia 2013-2014 AmeriCorps VISTA members beginning in August 2013, to serve for a period of one year on projects designed to impart financial empowerment, youth engagement, community revitalization, and support for veterans and military families.
Click here to download the application.
United States Senate Youth Program
The United States Senate Youth Program is open to high school juniors and seniors who are interested in a career in public service. Candidates chosen will spend a week in Washington, D.C. for an educational program, and may choose any college to attend.
The purpose of the program is to educate students regarding the federal government and the U.S. Senate. During the week-long program in Washington, D.C., selected applicants will:experience government in action, meet Senators, cabinet members, officials from the Departments of State and Defense and other federal agencies, and participate in U.S. Supreme Court meetings.
The week-long program is an all expense paid opportunity, and part of the scholarship package. Scholarship recipients are encouraged to major in history or political science.
The deadline for this scholarship varies each year, and the award amount is usually $5,000.
For more information, click here
Philadelphia Works
New Website for Job Seekers in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Works is proud to announce an enhanced website that provides access to information about programs and services for job seekers.
*Calendar of job search workshops at the four PA CareerLink Philadelphia centers.
*Online resume builder tool.
*Materials to help Philadelphians prepare for their first visit to a PA CareerLink center.
*Access to job seeker services for teens and young adults through the Philadelphia
Youth Network.
GreatPhillySchools
In light of recent news regarding Philadelphia school closings, it is extremely important that we provide youth and families with vital information needed to make informed decisions about school choice!
You can access the GreatPhillySchools directory at ww.greatphillyschools.org. We encourage you to stay informed and advocate. |
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Employment Opportunities
To find out about jobs within the Coaliton and other resources for employment, go to UAC's Job Opportunities page http://www.uac.org/job-opportunities
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Program Partner News, Events and Activities is a publication of the Urban Affairs Coalition. To submit news for us to share with our partners please email Karen Harvey kharvey@uac.org or call 215-851-1882. |
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