Co-founder of 9/11 Day of Observance, David Paine, talking to the National Collaboration for Youth.
NCY Members' Commitment to Support Tomorrow Together
David Paine, President & Co-Founder of 9/11 Day of Observance, presented the concept of Tomorrow Together, a five-year global initiative building on the upcoming 15th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedies, to the National Collaboration for Youth (NCY) in Washington DC last week. The NCY voted to participate in the initiative, encouraging youth involved with its diverse member organizations to undertake service projects, interact with youth different from themselves, and promote humanity in general. NCY and the 9/11 group will plan a roll-out to youth-serving organizations in the coming months.
Reframing Human Services Training in Denver - Open Call for the Colorado Area
The Human Services Network of Colorado is hosting a Reframing Human Services Workshop in Denver on May 4, led by NHSA's Ilsa Flanagan. All human services executives, communications, fundraising, and policy staff in Colorado and surrounding states are welcome and encouraged to be a part of this dynamic and interactive session to learn more about how you can use the new frame (and free tools!) for human services. Please forward to your members and affiliates in the Colorado area. Register here.
A Call for Action: Strengthening the Human Services Sector
This report, published in 2015, is the product of a symposium held by The Kresge Foundation in 2014 with leaders of national networks and human services nonprofits to identify major challenges and issues affecting the capacity of organizations and networks to deliver services, share knowledge and expertise, and develop recommendations to transform the human-services sector.
Opportunities and resources
General
Issues of Diversity in the Nonprofit Workplace A national survey on Nonprofits, Leadership and Race conducted by the Building Movement Project Take the survey
Supportive Services in Job Training and Education: A Research Review presents findings from a review and analysis of literature on the importance, effectiveness, and availability of support services for participants in job training programs from the Institute for Women's Policy ResearchLearn more
House Passed Older Americans Act this week garnering positive support from National Council on Aging Learn more
Nonprofit Capacity Building: The Allstate Foundation Greater Good Nonprofit Leaders Program is accepting applications Deadline: March 31Learn more
Communications & Marketing Internship from the National Human Services Assembly Learn more
Events
Ready by 21 National Meeting is March 29-31 from the Forum for Youth Investment Learn more
NHSA National Collaboration for Families Annual Meeting* focusing on Two-Generation policy is April 18 Learn more
Coming Together - Lutheran Services in America National Conference April 25-28Learn more
When using the new frame for human services, the Construction Metaphor provides a complete and easily understood definition of how human services promote both individual and community well-being. The metaphor can also help to explain the role of human services when conditions disrupt or impede well-being.
