[CTCVISTA] FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES from CTCNet - lots o afterschool stuff

Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:12:11 -0500
From: "CTCNet Funding Digest" <
funddigest@ctcnet.org>
Subject: [ctcnet] Funding & Events Digest (Dec 06)


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are a small number of modest stipends available for eligible applicants to
attend an Institute (contact Jenn Raley Miller (
<mailto:

jrmiller@ctcnet.org> jrmiller@ctcnet.org) for details!)


*****************GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS*********************


1) Verizon Tech Savvy Awards
2)  Ameriquest Create Your Legacy Grant Program (AZ/CA/IL)
3) President's Council on the Humanities Coming Up Taller Awards
4)  PeyBack Foundation Grants for Programs Assisting Disadvantaged Youth

(IN/TN/LA)
5) Social Venture Partners of Seattle Out-of-School Time Grant (WA)
6) Herb Block Foundation Pathways Out of Poverty Program (DC/MD/VA)
7) Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grants

8) CTCNet: C4All Accessibility Grants
9) California Council for the Humanities Youth Digital Filmmakers Program
(CA)


********************WORKSHOPS & EVENTS*********************

10) C4All Accessiblity Institutes: Last Five Institutes are in January!

11) Beyond School Hours National Conference  (NC)
12) National AfterSchool Association Conference (AZ)


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GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1) Verizon Tech Savvy Awards


Deadline: January 12, 2007

The 2007 Verizon Tech Savvy Awards honor U.S. programs that improve parent's
and children's understanding and use  of technology.  The Awards were
established by the National Center for Family Literacy, the Verizon

Foundation and the First Lady of Iowa, Christie Vilsack..  Four regional
awards of $5,000 each and one national award of  $25,000 will be presented
annually. In addition, award winners  will receive a scholarship to attend

NCFL's annual conference,  the National Conference on Family Literacy, and
to participate  in the awards presentation at the conference. Successful
programs should create innovative ways to employ technology as an important

component in family literacy that  are easily replicated at other sites
across the United States. Organizations should apply within one of the
regions (East, Midwest, Mountain/Southwest, or West/Northwest) specified on

the program map.

Link:
<http://www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.2180327/k.5E33/Verizon_Tech_Savv

y_Awards.htm>
http://www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.2180327/k.5E33/Verizon_Tech_Savvy

_Awards.htm


2)  Ameriquest Create Your Legacy Grant Program (AZ/CA/IL)

 Deadline: January 15, 2007

The Create Your Legacy grant program awards up to seventy-five grants of
$15,000 each to nonprofit after-school programs  to help fund projects to

improve their programs and their neighborhoods.  The grant program
encourages youth to learn about community  service and teamwork while
participating in the development of  two Legacy Projects: a $10,000 project

to improve their after-school program, services, or facility; and a $5,000
project to  improve or beautify their neighborhood.  Eligible after-school
programs should offer youth services that emphasize leadership training,

mentoring, community service, academic enrichment, or the arts.

Link:
<

http://www.ameriquestcares.org/1SignaturePrograms/CreateYourLegacy.shtml>

http://www.ameriquestcares.org/1SignaturePrograms/CreateYourLegacy.shtml


3) President's Council on the Humanities Coming Up Taller Awards

Deadline: January 31, 2007

Each year the Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and reward excellence in

after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs for underserved
children and youth. Award recipients receive$10,000 each, an individualized
plaque, and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership

Enhancement Conference. In its tenth year, the Coming Up Taller Awards
support after-school and out-of-school programs that are tangible examples
of the power of the arts and the humanities to encourage young people's

creativity and to provide them with learning opportunities, chances to
contribute to their community, and ways to take responsibility for their own
futures.

Link:  <

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11898>

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11898


4)  PeyBack Foundation Grants for Programs Assisting Disadvantaged Youth
(IN/TN/LA)

Deadline: February 1, 2007

PeyBack Foundation grant requests should not exceed $20,000 and will be

awarded to programs that provide leadership and growth opportunities for
children at risk.

Link:   <

http://www.peytonmanning.com/Peyback/GrantGuidelines.html>
http://www.peytonmanning.com/Peyback/GrantGuidelines.html



5) Social Venture Partners of Seattle Out-of-School Time Grant (WA)

Deadline: February 2, 2007 (Letters of Inquiry)

The Out-of-School Time Grant Committee expects to award two  grants of

approximately $35,000 each. SVP makes initial single-year grants with the

intent of establishing longer-term partnerships with its investees.   The
Out-of-School Time Grants are aimed at creating partnerships with nonprofit
organizations that offer programs to engage youth in safe and constructive

activities during out-of-school time, including before and after-school
hours, evenings, and weekends, including quality time with caring adults;
activities designed to develop social, life, and leadership skills; academic

enrichment; and opportunities to contribute to their communities.

Link:   <

http://www.svpseattle.org/grant_guidelines/out_of_school_time.htm>

http://www.svpseattle.org/grant_guidelines/out_of_school_time.htm


6) Herb Block Foundation Pathways Out of Poverty Program (DC/MD/VA)

Deadline: February 7, 2007 (Letters of Inquiry)

The Pathways Out of Poverty program focuses on helping needy young people

and adults gain a quality education.  The foundation seeks proposals for 1)
youth programs that focus on improving student achievement and healthy
development of young people of middle school age and above, including

in-school and community-based educational programs, after-school activities,
and mentoring programs; and adult-serving programs that provide literacy
education and GED preparation, and offer vocational training and job

placement.  Grants in the range of $5,000 to $25,000 will be considered

 Link:
<

http://www.herbblockfoundation.org/HerbBlockFoundation/content.aspx?page=47
78624>

http://www.herbblockfoundation.org/HerbBlockFoundation/content.aspx?page=477
8624


7) Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grants

Deadline: March 1, 2007

National Leadership Grants enable libraries and museums to help people gain

the knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors, and resources that enhance
their engagement in community, work, family, and society. Projects should
enable libraries and museums to address current problems in creative ways,

develop and test innovative solutions, and expand the boundaries within
which cultural heritage institutions operate. Successful proposals will show
evidence that they will have national impact and generate results-new tools,

research, models, services, practices, or alliances-that can be widely
adapted or replicated to extend the benefit of federal support. Projects
will provide creative solutions to issues of national importance and provide

leadership for other organizations.

Link:  <http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nationalLeadership.shtm
>
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nationalLeadership.shtm




8) CTCNet: C4All Accessibility Grants

Deadline: March 2007, RFP to open February 2007

CTCNet's new Connections for All (C4All) program offers a variety of
opportunities for community technology centers (CTCs) to enhance your

capacity to serve people with a broad range of abilities.  Following a
competitive grant application process in early spring 2007, CTCNet will
award 14 organizations with $20,000 Accessibility Grants.  Funding can be

used to address issues in the areas of assistive technology, staff training
and development, community outreach, program enhancement, and facilities
improvements.  Also included is 30 hours of technical assistance from the

Alliance for Technology Access (ATA).   To be eligible, you must attend a
C4All Accessibility Institute.  These trainings are a valuable way to learn
how to assess, plan for, and implement strategies to make your CTC more

accessible, and they are an important step in preparing for the grant
application process.  For information on upcoming Accessibility Institutes,
visit  <

http://www.ctcnet.org/what/initiatives/C4All/>
http://www.ctcnet.org/what/initiatives/C4All/


Link:  <http://www.ctcnet.org/what/initiatives/C4All/>

http://www.ctcnet.org/what/initiatives/C4All/


9) California Council for the Humanities Youth Digital Filmmakers Program
(CA)

Deadline: April 2, 2007

The California Council for the Youth Digital Filmmakers program will support

projects that engage California youth in creating short films about how they
see California. Each project will involve a local filmmaker, a humanities
scholar, and a community-based organization in an effort to create

humanities-based media that will be used for community screenings and wider
distribution.  CCH will grant up to $30,000 per project. Each grant request
must be matched by at least an equivalent amount of cash or in-kind

contributions from non-federal sources.

Link:  <http://www.calhum.org/guidelines/guidelines_ydf.htm
>
http://www.calhum.org/guidelines/guidelines_ydf.htm


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WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
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10) C4All Accessiblity Institutes: Last Five Institutes are in January!

Date: Various
Location: Los Angeles, Oakland, Nashville, Baltimore, Boston

Link:  <http://www.ctcnet.org/what/initiatives/C4All/>

http://www.ctcnet.org/what/initiatives/C4All/

C4All Accessiblity Institutes are a valuable way to learn how to assess,
plan for, and implement strategies to make your CTC more accessible, and
they are an important step in preparing for the grant application process.

Attendance at an Accessiblity Institute is required in order to be eligible
for the Accessibility Grants (RFP expected in Feburary 2007). There are five
Institutes remaining:

. Los Angeles, CA - January 9-10, 2007

. Baltimore, MD - January 11, 2007
. Oakland, CA - January 18-19, 2007
. Nashville, TN - January 23, 2007
. Boston, MA - January 30, 2007


11) Beyond School Hours National Conference  (NC)

Date: February 7-10, 2007

Location: Greensboro, NC
Link:
<http://www.foundationsinc.org/events/conference/beyond10/default.asp
>
http://www.foundationsinc.org/events/conference/beyond10/default.asp


Beyond School Hours 10: Celebrating a Decade of Sharing is "the most popular
event in the afterschool industry", planned in partnership with the U.S.
Dept of Education's 21st Century Learning Centers programs.  The conference

offers four "Strands" that address the diverse issues that effect
afterschool programming. Choose from over 50 sessions to customize your
conference experience. Strands include: Linking School and Afterschool;

Program Design Development; Research, Evaluation, and Continuous
Improvement; and Strategies For Success.


12) National AfterSchool Association Conference (AZ)

Date: March 21-23, 2007
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Link:  <http://www.naaconference.org/>

http://www.naaconference.org/

The National AfterSchool Association's 19th Annual Conference will be held
in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, March 21 - Friday, March 23 in 2007 with
PreConference events on Tuesday, March 20. The NAA Conference is the premier

education and networking gathering of the afterschool professional
community.

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Danielle Martin
VISTA, CTC VISTA Project (UMass Boston) & massIMPACT
http://www.ctcvista.org/blog/4
617-287-7340 or 617-854-1765