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UWSEPA
funding deadline is December 15th
The deadline for the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania Investing
in Results 2012-2014 Funding Opportunity is December
15th. The current application process began accepting
applications on October 22nd and will remain open until 5pm on December
15th.
All agencies interested in being considered for
funding must complete the online
application. In addition, the deadline for completing
Regional Registry of Social Services information has been extended to
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM. More information about R2S2 can be
found here.
United Way’s investment process is driven by the
goals outlined in our Investing
in Results 2012-14 Executive Summary and is an open and
competitive model that places a strong emphasis on outcomes and
accountability. This year’s application process features an
easy-to-use prescreening tool to help agencies evaluate their alignment
with United Way's investment priorities and possible likelihood of
qualifying for funding prior to completing the full application.
Respondents are encouraged to carefully read
through all of the information online, including all updates to the FY
2012-2014 Funding Cycle Frequently Asked Questions prior to
initiating the funding application. Additional questions can be
directed via email to applications@uwsepa.org
or to United Way’s Funding Application Message Line at
215-665-2542. United Way’s goal is to respond to inquiries
within two business days, although during peak times additional time
may be needed to respond. United Way will make every effort to answer
all inquiries but cannot guarantee a response to inquiries placed after
5:00 pm on December 13th.
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Survey targets professional
child/youth workers
The Philadelphia
Out-of-School Time Professional Development Project and Pennsylvania Statewide
Afterschool/Youth Development Network have created a survey
aimed at better understanding the professional needs of child/youth
workers in Pennsylvania.
The groups say that the information gathe red
through the survey will assist them in making the case for increased
funding and in developing career pathways.
A raffle drawing for an Apple I-Pad will be held
among those completing the survey. Individuals working in
direct services to children in grades K-12 can fill out the survey here.
For more information, email Dr. Cheryl Oakman
or call 215-665-2559.
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City recreation department seeks
Pepsi Refresh grant
The Philadelphia
Department of Parks & Recreation has applied for a
grant through the Pepsi
Refresh Project to promote outdoor recreation in the city.
With the grant, the city intends to build 3 new
neighborhood skate parks and conduct skateboard competitions, conduct a
6 week outdoor adventure experience for 250 youth during summer 2011,
conduct a series of youth races (running, triathlon, etc.) in
various sections of Fairmount Park, and purchase a van to transport
youth to outdoor events.
The proposal has been accepted and now the
Department needs supporters to vote. The $250,000 grant
proposal is part of a strategy to get city kids outside, having fun,
exploring parks, and challenging themselves physically.
The city is asking supporters to vote every day in
December for the Outdoor Recreation proposal. To vote, go here.
Supporters can vote once a day.
For more information, email Jean Hunt or
call 215-683-3605.
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Back On My Feet needs donations
of new sneakers
This
holiday season, Back
on My Feet is asking the Philadelphia community to rally
around BOMF and support its unique approach to combating homelessness.
BOMF promotes the self-sufficiency of homeless
people by engaging them in running as a means to build confidence,
strength and self-esteem. Its e fforts
have proven successful by moving over 220 members forward to
educational opportunities, jobs and housing in 2010.
BOMF is working to increase its membership and is
asking for donations of new sneakers to be sent or dropped off at their
office located at 1520 Locust St Suite 804 Philadelphia PA 19102. Thos
who cannot donate sneakers can make a donation
online for it to purchase the sneakers at $35 per pair.
For more information, visit here.
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Forum discusses issues in OST
professional development
The
monthly peer networking meeting of the Out of School Time
Resource Center will feature a discussion on Issues in Professional
Development on Monday, December 13th from 9:30 to 11:30am
at United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1709 Ben Franklin Parkway,
in Philadelphia.
To register, go here.
To participate as a panelist, email John Price or
call 215-898-0793.
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VITA campaigns gearing up for new
tax season
Area
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance programs are actively recruiting
volunteers to help low-income families maximize their benefits from
their 2010 tax returns.
The Campaign
for Working Families is holding volunteer trainings every
Saturday in January for people to help from January 14th through April
18th at 11 flexible volunteer locations across the city. For
more
information, call 215-851-1759 or email here.
To volunteer in Montgomery County to volunteer at
one of its 11 sites, visit the website of the Montgomery County Tax
Coalition here.
The Delaware
County Asset Development Group will offer services at 10
sites in Chester, Sharon Hill, Holmes, Darby and Media plus mobile
sites throughout the county. For more information and to
volunteer, email Georgia
Julius.
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Black journalists hold media
access workshop for nonprofits, small businesses
Hear
from real, working journalists from the region’s newsrooms as they
share insider advice and best practices on getting stories and press
releases covered in a workshop sponsored by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists
on Saturday, January 29th.
The discussion will cover everything from
television, to newspapers, to social media including Facebook.
The event is free to community, non-profit leaders
and small business owners.
The event will be held at the NBC Philadelphia
Studios, City Line Ave. and Monument Rd.
Pre-registration required by January 14th by
emailing here.
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Forum highlights lead poisoning
prevention in homeless families
Last
year’s report on Philadelphia’s children and youth experiencing
homelessness reported that 6.9% of sheltered children tested at high
lead levels. This is twice the rate of high lead levels of all children
tested in Philadelphia. While many children in emergency housing were
screened for lead, a substantial minority remain in need of screening.
Lead
Safe Babies – Families in Transition, a workshop on lead
poisoning prevention education to homeless families with young children
and pregnant women, will be held on Thursday, December 16th from 10am
to 11:30pm at the Wanamaker Building, Room 12C (12th floor), at 100
Penn Square East in Philadelphia.
The workshop will feature Todd Zeigler of Lead
Safe Babies program and Peter Palermo of the Philadelphia Department of
Public Health’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention program.
RSVP by sending an email here
with your name, job title, organization, and email address.
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Disabilities group seeks young
committee members
The Developmental Disabilities
Council is looking for young people with developmental
disabilities to join its committees, which include those on Advocacy,
Quality, Inclusion, and Services and Supports.
Committee members are appointed for one year terms
and form the group from which nominees for full Council membership are normally drawn.
The Council is a 20 person body appointed by the
Governor, authorized by federal law to engage in advocacy, systems
change and capacity building on behalf of people with developmental
disabilities. This is achieved through direct
action and by making grants to nonprofit, advocacy and other bodies to
carry out the requirements of its State Plan.
A nominations form can be downloaded here.
For more information, visit here.
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Culture groups offer access to
visual, hearing impaired
Art-Reach and the Theatre Alliance of
Greater Philadelphia are offering Access
Certificates, gift certificates that can be purchased in $10
increments and redeemed for tickets to an accessible
performance at one of a dozen theaters.
These special performances feature one or more of
the following: open captioning for audiences who are deaf or
hard-of-hearing; audio description for audiences who are blind or low-vision; or
American Sign Language interpretation for audiences who are deaf.
Michael Norris, executive director of Art-Reach,
said the program seeks to provide access to theater and to build
audiences.
The Access Certificates are valid for two years,
but can only be redeemed for a specifically designated accessible
performance. Upcoming offerings include performances at the Amaryllis
Theatre, Wilma Theater, and the People's Light & Theatre
Company.
A complete list of accessible performances through
June 2011, for which the Access Certificates can be used, can be found here.
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Pathways seeks sponsors to ‘Adopt
A Family’
PathWays PA's
Adopt-a-Family program offers the families who receive PathWays PA
services many of the joys of the holiday season they may otherwise be
without.
Thanks to the generosity of local donors, special
memories of holidays past have been created for the families Pathways
serves. Thousands of clien t
families have benefited from this program through the years.
This year, client families will again be partnered
with donors based on their size and the ages of their children. After
being paired up with a client family, a wish list will be sent to the
donors with the receiving family's genders, ages, clothing sizes and
their holiday wishes. The donor family chooses to purchase any or all
of the items on the clients' list, or substitute items that they feel
the client may enjoy. Non-perishable food baskets are also welcomed.
To download a donor form, visit here,
For more information, call Pam Przybylski at 610-543-5022 x234.
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Arts program seeks scripts from
young playwrights
VSA, the
international organization on arts and disability, is inviting middle
and high school students to submit their scripts for the Playwright Discovery
Program.
The program invites students to take a closer look
at the world around them, examine how disabili ty
affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views
through the art of playwriting.
Playwrights may write from their own experience or
about an experience in the life of another person or fictional
character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals. Young
playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a
script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a
collaboration by a group or class of students.
The winning play will be professionally produced
or staged at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The
winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington, DC, to
view his or her work on stage.
For more information, visit here.
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Job seekers welcome to employment
search workshop
The Metropolitan
Career Center has joined with State Sen. Anthony Hardy
Williams to offer an Employment
Search 101 Workshop on Wednesday, December 8th from 6 to
8pm at Kingsessing Recreation Center in the auditorium on the second
floor, 4901 Kingsessing Ave. in Southwest Philadelphia.
At the event, job seekers can learn about or brush
up on the latest nuances of today’s employment search, such as soft
skills (appearance/attitude), resume writing techniques, interview
preparation, Internet job searching and more.
For more details, call 215-492-2980.
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Deadline for property tax/rent
rebate program is Dec. 31
The
deadline for senior citizens and other residents to apply for a state
rebate on rent or property taxes paid in 2009 is December
31st.
The Property
Tax/Rent Rebate Program provides a rebate of up to $650 to
income-eligible senior citizens and other residents. The program is
open to Pennsylvania residents who are 65 or older, 50 or older and
widowed, or 18 or older with a permanent disability. To qualify,
household income must be $35,000 or less for homeowners, or $15,000 or
less for renters.
Homeowners and renters only have to count half of
their Social Security, Supplemental Security Income or federal railroad
Tier 1 retirement benefits when applying.
More information about program is available here.
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Online community helps parents
create safe environments for kids
To help
parents foster safe and healthy environments for their kids, Safe Kids USA
created Safe Kids
and You, a new online community that connects parents, health
professionals and safety advocates in an open forum to share
information about unintentional injury prevention.
The online community includes a Moms
of Safe Kids
Blog, regular surveys to ensure the website meets parent
needs, advice on sports safety, the option to share stories, and many
more resources. An extensive safety tips
section provides safety basics in four age group areas:
babies 0-12 months, little kids 1-4 years, big kids 5-9 years, and
pre-teens 10-14 years. The safety resources are also categorized by
risk area, special needs, seasonal injury prevention, and overall
basics.
To visit the site, go here .
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Study focuses on media images of
young black males
MEE Productions
is working with the William
Penn Foundation to conduct a series of focus groups about
media images and portrayals of young black males.
MEE is recruiting black men between the ages of 19
to 30 years old and service providers/employers for focus groups during
the week of December 13th.
During these focus groups participants will be
discussing how media images impact and
influence the perceptions of various sectors of society.
All groups will be held at 340 N. 12th Stree t,
Suite #200 in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, December 14th from 6-8pm for
black males ages 25-30, on Wednesday, December 15th from 6-8pm for
service providers and employers who educate, train, mentor, supervise
or hire black males, and on Thursday, December 16th from 6-8pm for
black males ages 19 – 22.
All focus group participants will receive $50 cash
as compensation for completing the focus groups.
If interested in participating, call Christina
Upsher at 877-MEE-PROD.
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Power 99 sponsors online town
meeting on youth violence
On
Monday December 6th, Power
99 FM, in partnership with State Representative Kenyatta
Johnson’s Peace
Not Guns – Project Succeed campaign, will host an online
town meeting with youth to help raise awareness and work together to
end street violence.
Moderated by Power99.com personality Tazz Daddy
the webcast will stream from 4-5pm and will feature recording artists
Freeway, Young Chris and youth dedicated to ending violence.
To view the webcast and for more details, visit here.
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Union training program offers
GED, college program
The District 1199C Training
and Upgrading Fund is offering a free, one year program that
helps participants earn a GED and transition into college.
The program operates 20 hours a week, Monday
through Friday, from 9am to 1pm. Ince ntives and transportation are
included. It is open to Philadelphia residents who meet
income guidelines and are between the ages of 17 and 24.
Information sessions will be held on Tuesday,
December 7th, 14th, and 21st at 9am and 1:30pm, on
Wednesdays, December 8th and 15th, , 2010 at 10am, and on
Thursdays, December 9th and 16th at 9am and 1:30pm. Advance
registration is required.
For more information, call Nia Eubanks-Dixon at
215-568-2220 ext. 5107 or email her here.
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PUP holds celebration for those
who have avoided foreclosure
The Philadelphia Unemployment
Project’s Foreclosure Crisis Committee is holding a In My Home for the Holidays
celebratory meeting Tuesday, December 7th at 6pm at 112 N. Broad St.
11th Floor.
The event celebrates the successful efforts of its
members to save their homes.
For more information, call Tim Styer at
215-557-0822 ext. 103 or email him here.
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Women’s Way holds public form on
well-being of women, families
Raising Women's
Voices of Southeastern PA, a project of Women's Way, will
sponsor “a critical dialogue” with elected officials on women's health
care needs as the health care reform law is implemented in Pennsylvania.
The forum will be held on Wednesday, December 15th
from 5:30 to 8pm at WHYY, 150 N. 6th Street, in Philadelphia.
To RSVP, go here.
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Doctors needed for Haitian relief
efforts
As the
cholera epidemic extends its reach in Haiti, the need for physicians to
meet the increasing demand for care has grown apace.
There is a special need for internal medicine
specialists, pediatricians, and emergency medicine
specialists. Experienced nurse practitioners may also be
considered. Because of cultural and linguistic challenges, the ability
to speak French would be a great advantage.
Interested clinicians should email Dr. Ernst or
call 412.260.9480.
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Training day set for college
access professionals
The Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency and the Pennsylvania
Association of Student Financial Administrators will provide
a full day professional development for college access professionals on
December 7th Community College of Philadelphia, Winnet Building, Room
S2-3, 1700 Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia.
The training will resemble their financial aid
training for beginning financial aid administrators. It will
be a full scale training inclusive of understanding financial
aid (federal, state and institutional), professional judgment,
verification, and other financial aid dynamics helping a professional
understand the financial office side of the desk. The training
is recommended for anyone that will provide hands on guidance of
applicants applying for financial aid.
For more information, go here. To
RSVP, go here,
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Workshop provides updates on
federal homeless policies
Representatives of the federal Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
and the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans will provide an
update on the latest policy developments in Washington at a workshop on
Thursday, December 9th from 3-5pm at the Wanamaker Building, Room 12C
(12th floor), at 100 Penn Square East in Philadelphia.
Topics will include the Homeless Emergency
Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act and the
McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Program.
The event is sponsored by the Public Private Task
Force on Homelessness. RSVP by sending an email here
with name, job title, organization, and email address.
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