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Resource Development
Association of Fundraising Professionals
4300 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22203
Website: www.afpnet.org
Phone: 703-684-0410
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents thousands of members in hundreds of chapters in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education, and certification programs. For more information and membership fees visit their website.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Website: www.cfda.gov
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance website gives you access to a database of all federal programs available to state and local governments; federally recognized Indian tribal governments; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. You can search this database to find assistance programs meeting your requirements and for which you are eligible. You can then contact the office that administers the programs and find out how to apply. Also available on this site are several aids to guide you in the writing of a proposal to apply for assistance.
Chronicle of Philanthropy
1255 23rd Street NW
Suite 700
Washington D.C. 20037
Website: www.philanthropy.com
Phone: 202-466-1200
E-mail: help@philanthropy.com
A bimonthly publication for charity leaders, fundraisers, grant makers and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise. You can subscribe to either a print or online edition.
Directory of Low-Income Assistance
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
820 First St NE
Suite 510
Washington D.C. 20002
Website: www.cbpp.org/1-14-04tanf.htm
Phone: 202-408-1080
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has put together a state-by-state directory of state-administered low-income benefit programs for convenient web access. Among the programs included are Food Stamps, Medicaid, SCHIP, Child Care, and TANF. The directory includes links to official state websites, which may offer descriptions of each program, application forms, eligibility screening tools, and policy and procedure manuals used by state agency caseworkers.
Federal Surplus Properties for Homeless Programs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
451 7th Street SW
Washington D.C.
Website: www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/programs/t5/index.cfm
Contact Person: Kathy Ezzell
Phone: 202-708-1234
E-mail: kathy.ezzell@hud.gov
Nonprofit organizations, units of local government and States are eligible to submit applications to use surplus federal properties to provide housing and supportive services to homeless people, including, but not limited to, emergency shelters, transitional housing (with occupancy limited to 24 months), food banks, job training, storage facilities and administrative space. All programs and activities must be operated in a manner that is consistent with federal civil rights and non-discrimination laws.
Each Friday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publishes a list in the Federal Register and briefly describes properties determined to be suitable and available. These weekly issues can be accessed by either contacting your local HUD office or the national office at 1-800-927-7588, or visiting the Federal Register online at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. Choose "browse" and then "back issues," and then select the most recent Friday issue. You can also view these property lists on the NCHV website under the “Support for Service Providers” tab on the left of the screen.
Grantsmanship Center
1125 W 6th Street, 5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Website: www.tgci.com
Phone: 213-482-9860
The Grantsmanship Center offers grantsmanship training and low-cost publications to nonprofit organizations and government agencies conducting workshops in grantsmanship and proposal writing. In TGCI's Library of Winning Grant Proposals collects the best of funded federal grant proposals annually and makes them available on CD-ROM. The TGCI proposal writing guide (PP&PW) has more than a million copies in print.
Grant and Proposal Writing
Management Concepts
8230 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182
Website: www.managementconcepts.com
Phone: 703-750-9595
Management Concepts offers courses in federal grant writing and cooperative agreements, developing effective grant application narratives, developing budgets and budget narratives for grant applications, and in other subjects. They also produce an extensive list of publications helpful in the proposal process, particularly as it pertains to the federal government. One publication is Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation. Visit their website to view their course offerings and publications.
Grassroots Fundraising Journal
1904 Franklin Street
Suite 705
Oakland, CA 94612
Website: www.grassrootsfundraising.org/index.html
Phone: 888-458-8588
This bi-monthly magazine will help you raise money from community-based sources. Learn how to increase your income and diversify your sources of funding using proven, practical strategies, including special events, direct mail, major donor programs, membership campaigns and more.
Guide to Find and Win Federal Grants
Website: www.federalgrantguide.com
Completely updated, this is the only guide that spells out exactly how to find, apply for and win federal grants. You'll learn the entire federal funding process step by step, including where to find the information on federal grant programs, quick (and free!) ways to keep up with the latest funding opportunities, how to fill out grant application forms, the most common mistakes applicants make, tips for faith-based and community organizations, the legal and financial obligations of grant recipients, and much more.
Overcoming Community Opposition
Website: www.knowledgeplex.org/showdoc.html?id=68549
Civil rights lawyers Michael Allen and Sara Pratt have announced the availability of a new toolkit and training program to help organizations and developers overcome community resistance to developing affordable and supportive housing. The print resource, "Addressing Community Opposition to Affordable Housing Development: A Fair Housing Toolkit," provides practical tips and information on:
- Confronting common NIMBY concerns
- Launching a successful community campaign
- Advancing fair housing while protecting free speech
- When local government is not on your side
- Opposition to housing for people with disabilities
It also provides information on cases pursued under the Fair Housing Act and a list of resources for developers and advocates. In conjunction with the toolkit, Allen and Pratt have also designed and offer trainings in the form of half-day or full-day workshops on managing local opposition to housing development, as well as technical assistance consultations.
Report from Freedom Commission on Mental Health
The Subcommittee on Housing and Homelessness of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health recently released its background paper, laying out key issues facing people with mental illness who are at risk of homelessness as well as various policy options that might be used to address them. The main issues the subcommittee identified include: housing affordability; the correlation between mental illness and homelessness; the increase in housing demand after the Olmstead decision; stigma, discrimination, and NIMBY attitudes; the response from the affordable housing system; and the response from the mental health system.
A copy of the housing and homelessness subcommittee’s background paper is available at www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/papers/Homeless_ADA_Compliant.pdf. The final recommendations of the full commission are available at www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/reports/reports.htm.
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