News and Events from the Centers for Faith-Based and
Neighborhood Partnerships
Report
Released from the
President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships
The recent report by
the Council addresses the following topics:
- Economic Recovery
and Domestic Poverty,
- Fatherhood and
Healthy Families,
- Environment and
Climate Change,
- Inter-Religious
Cooperation,
- Global Poverty and
Development, and
- Reform of the Office
of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
The Council made
twelve recommendations for reforming the Office of Faith-Based and
Neighborhood
Partnerships.
Access the report President’s Advisory Council on
Faith-Based and
Neighborhood Partnerships: A New Era of Partnerships: Report of
Recommendations
to the President at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ofbnp-council-final-report.pdf.
National Council of
Nonprofits Adds Resources
The National Council
of Nonprofits has added a variety of resources on topics such as:
- Economic
recovery,
- How to start a
nonprofit,
- Risk management
and insurance,
- Special
reports, and
- Volunteers.
Access their
site at http://www.councilofnonprofits.org.
New Inter-Agency Working Group
on Religion and Global Affairs
This
Working Group will be jointly sponsored by the U.S. Agency for
International
Development (USAID), National Security Council at the White House, and
the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
For more
information,
access http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_partnerships/fbci/newsletters/Newsletter03.17.10.pdf.
This is the newsletter of USAID: It will be necessary to scroll down to
find
the article.
Database of Federally Funded Research
and Resources
This
research and resources database incorporates the best
FBCI research funded by Federal agencies as well as the best resources
developed with Federal funding. Visit this web site at: http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/fbci/index.cfm
Amendments
to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the
President's Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships
Access
Executive Order 13199
U.S.
Department of
Health and Human Services
The
HHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
(The Partnership Center), formerly the HHS Center for Faith-based and
Community
Initiatives, is a resource for secular and faith-based nonprofits and
community
organizations seeking to:
- Increase their
impact in their communities.
- Make
the most of what HHS has to offer.
- Understand
federal grant opportunities and
responsibilities.
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Updated Grant Notices and
Grant Databases
For
Hot Topics or
Notes of Interest, check here for infomation between
newsletters.
Recent
Grant Notices
Posted:
Faith-Based Liasons
U.S.
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Research and Evaluation Database Expanded, Youth Grant
Database, Search
Feature for ETA Youth Grants by Geography and Category Now Available.The
Employment and Training Administration's Office of Youth
Services has recently introduced a comprehensive database which permits
a
review of all Formula-Funded
Grants and Discretionary
Grants by state
and/or initiative.
State
Fact Sheets
The
Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets contain
frequently requested data for each State and for the total United
States.
These include
current data on
population, per-capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates,
employment,
unemployment, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm
financial
characteristics, top agricultural commodities, top export commodities,
and the
top counties in agricultural sales. The latest (2007) data on county
and State
poverty and median household income are now available.
See http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts
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