Thousands of Bhutanese refugees are currently being resettled in the U.S.  To learn more about this new refugee population, see Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (BRYCS) new List of Highlighted Resources on the Bhutanese.  This list of resources may be useful to social workers, resettlement case managers, teachers, child welfare workers, and other service providers who will interact with Bhutanese children and their families. see more at http://www.brycs.org/#WN6 [posted on BRYCS Monthly Alert]

TechSoup Stock and GrantStation are pleased to present a special offer for nonprofit organizations and public libraries to help you become a successful grant seeker. Connect to thousands of funding opportunities with a specially discounted membership to GrantStation.

During this limited-time offer — happening September 24 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific time (10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern time) — specially discounted one-year GrantStation memberships will be available to eligible nonprofits and public libraries for only $99, a savings of $300 over TechSoup Stock’s regular administrative fee. (The regular retail price is $399.) Organizations may renew their existing memberships with this special offer. http://www.techsoup.org/stock/promo/default.html?cg=npa&sg=sep1 [posted on new products @ techsoup]

http://www.healthliteracyinstitute.net/summerinstitute.html
The 16th Institute year: The foremost opportunity for diverse organizations to learn a spectrum of plain language skills to create vibrant print communications. Applications to eHealth and verbal communication will also be discussed.

Fall Institute
Sunday, October 26 (1 pm start) through
Wednesday, October 29 (11:30 am close)

Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Freeport, Maine
Sponsor/Trainer:
Health Literacy Institute
Center for Health Policy, Planning & Research
University of New England, Portland, Maine.
Sue Stableford, MPH, MSB, Director and Trainer

[posted on [HealthLiteracy 2300]

The Paul and Daisy Soros New Americans fellowships are designed to support graduate study in the United States. A fellow may pursue a graduate degree in any professional field (e.g., engineering, medicine, law, social work, etc.) or a scholarly discipline in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The fine and performing arts are also included. For purposes of the fellowship, a “New American” is an individual who is: 1) a resident alien (i.e., holds a Green Card); or 2) has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen; or 3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens. The program is open to individuals who retain loyalty and a sense of commitment to their country of origin as well as to the United States, but is intended to support individuals who will continue to regard the U.S. as their principal residence and focus of national identity. For complete information visit: http://www.pdsoros.org/.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Domestic Hunger Program
Deadline: October 1, 2008
The Domestic Hunger Program provides relief and development assistance to organizations that focus on those suffering from hunger and injustices related to hunger in the United States. Interested organizations may submit only one application per year and can be funded up to three consecutive years. Priority will be given to people with the least resources for meeting their basic needs, as well as women and children living in poverty. For details: http://archive.elca.org/grantinghope/.

Staples Foundation for Learning: Supporting Job Skills and Education Programs
Deadline: October 24, 2008
The Staples Foundation for Learning mission is to provide funding to programs that support employment, job skills, or education for all people — with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth. To be eligible for funding, applicant organizations must: have a nonprofit tax-exempt classification under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; align with the Staples Foundation for Learning’s mission; and give focus on job skills and education. For details visit: http://www.staplesfoundation.org/foundapplication.html.

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy: 2009 National Grant Competition
Deadline: September 5, 2008
The foundation’s grant making program seeks to develop or expand projects designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary caregivers and their children. Approximately $650,000 will be awarded but no grant request should exceed $65,000. To be considered, an organization must meet the following criteria: Must have current nonprofit or public status and have been in existence for two or more years as of the date of the application; must have maintained fiscal accountability; must operate an instructional literacy program that has been in existence for at least two years and includes one or more of the following components: literacy for adults, parent education, pre-literacy or literacy instruction for children in grades pre-k to three, and intergenerational literacy activities (Parent and Child Together time or P.A.C.T. time). For complete eligibility guidelines visit: http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/nga.html.

[posted in [NS_Education] Digest Number 635

A WebJunction Webinar
9/25/2008
Start Time: 1:00 PM Central
End Time: 2:00 PM Central

This webinar will provide an overview of the redesigned (new) naturalization test, which will replace the current test on October 1, 2008. Join Dr. Michael Jones, Senior Advisor Immigrant Education, and Carlos Muñoz-Acevedo, Outreach Specialist, of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as they cover the necessary skills and instructional methods needed by those who are preparing students to take the redesigned (new) naturalization test. http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1529

Liberty Hill Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for Queer Youth Fund
Deadline: October 7, 2008 (Letters of Intent)
The Liberty Hill Foundation’s ( http://www.libertyhill.org/ ) Queer Youth Fund makes multiyear grants to grassroots, local, state, or national nonprofit organizations located anywhere in the United States working to improve the quality of life among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (GLBTQQ) youth. The Queer Youth Fund awards grants to innovative and effective leadership development programs or organizing projects that empower GLBTQQ youth to improve societal conditions affecting them and that make a long-term difference to their movement. Youth are defined as 24 years old or younger. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15015002/libertyhill

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Available for Global Youth Service Day Projects
Deadline: October 15, 2008
With support from the State Farm Companies Foundation ( http://www.statefarm.com/about/part_spos/grants/foundati.asp ), Youth Service America ( http://www.ysa.org/ ) is offering the annual State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth- led community improvement projects across the United States and Canada (Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick provinces only). The program offers one hundred grants of up to $1,000 each to teachers and service-learning coordinators who engage youth (ages 5 to 25) in implementing service-learning projects on Global Youth Service Day ( http://www.gysd.net/home/index.html?width=1280 ), April 24-26, 2009. The program encourages semester-long projects that are launched on Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 2009, and extend through Global Youth Service Day. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15015003/servenet

Produce for Kids and PBS Kids Partner for School-Based Healthy Eating Campaign
Deadline: November 1, 2008
Produce for Kids ( http://www.produceforkids.org/index.html ), an organization that promotes the benefits of healthy eating for children, and PBS Kids ( http://pbskids.org/produce/ ), which provides content, resources, and tools that support the positive development of children, are partnering for a second year to raise awareness among kids, parents, and teachers of the role fresh fruits and vegetables play in a healthy diet. As a central part of the campaign, Produce for Kids and PBS Kids have announced a contest for teachers that will seek to identify and reward original, innovative, and creative classroom projects that encourage kids to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15015006/produceforkids

Mary Byron Foundation to Present Celebrating Solutions Awards in Honor of Innovative Domestic Violence Programs
Deadline: October 17, 2008
The Mary Byron Foundation ( http://marybyronfoundation.org/ ) created the Celebrating Solutions Awards to showcase and applaud local innovations that demonstrate promise in breaking the cycle of domestic violence. The foundation seeks programs that can serve as models for other programs and offers $10,000 cash awards in recognition of their pioneering efforts. These are awards for accomplishments, not grants for future projects. The foundation typically chooses four winners each year. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15015010/marybyronfdn

Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Offers Mini-Fellowships for Reporting on Global Health Issues
Deadline: October 23, 2008
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s ( http://www.kff.org/ ) Kaiser Media Fellowships Program awards mini-fellowships to print, radio, television, and online journalists (including freelancers) to research and report on global health issues, with a particular focus on issues related to HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria. The prog- ram’s purpose is to encourage in-depth reporting on the health, social, economic, political, and cultural implications of major public health issues as well as the response to these challenges.
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15015012/kfforg

Knight Foundation Invites Entries of Digital Media Experiments for Worldwide Contest
Deadline: November 1, 2008
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation ( http://knightfoundation.org/ ) has launched the third year of the Knight News Challenge, a worldwide contest for innovative ideas using digital experiments to transform community news and information exchange. The program will provide a total of approx- imately $5 million in 2009 for the development and distribution of neighborhood and community-focused projects, services, and programs. The contest invites entries designed to improve local online news, deepen community engagement, bring Web 2.0 tools to local neighborhoods, develop publishing platforms and standards to support local conversations, and/or innovate how we visualize, experience, or interact with information. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15015013/newschallenge

Copyright (c) 2000-2008, the Foundation Center. All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy, and/or distribute this document in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes without fee is hereby granted provided that this notice and appropriate credit to the Foundation Center is included in all copies. RFP Bulletin (September 12, 2008)

“Eating Well, Living Well” http://www.sdcoe.net/eatingwell/ has sought to integrate nutrition education into adult ESL classrooms. A new online, stand-alone student nutrition lesson “Fast Food: Healthy Choices” is ready for ESL students http://www.lessonsforlivingwell.org/ It is a student-accessed, stand-alone interactive lesson with health information, vocabulary review, life skills reading and listening practice in a fun yet challenging context. It is best for ESL learners intermediate level and above. The basic reading level is around 4.0 on the Flesch-Kincaid scale. For more ideas and information and for a link to the lesson, go to Hot Topics http://www.sdcoe.net/eatingwell/hot.asp [posted on HealthLiteracy 2300]

Non Profits can apply to get free “Flip Video Spotlight kits”.  Flip Video camcorders are easy-to-use and affordable devices with on-board software to enable editing, organizing, and video publishing through AOL, YouTube, MySpace, and other popular video sharing sites. The company is committed to giving away one million Fip Video camcorders over a five year period http://flipvideospotlight.com/ [posted on 501 Tech Club Denver]

CLINIC is pleased to announce the new, 5th edition of  Citizenship for Us: A Handbook on Naturalization and Citizenship.  The new edition is available for the first time as a free resource that can be printed from our website in pdf format.  Professionally printed, spiral-bound copies may be ordered for $25/each, plus shipping.

Citizenship for Us is a comprehensive guide to the naturalization process that includes 13 study units on the U.S. history/civics test with historic photos, timelines, and maps.  The new edition has been updated to reflect the new citizenship test that will take effect o n October 1, 2008.  It also includes updated legal and policy information and a new chapter on civic participation.

Citizenship for Us is available on the CLINIC website at:
http://www.clinic.kintera.org/citzforus [posted on REFORMANET listserv]

The Maternal and Child Health Library has released three new resource briefs that provide information on electronic resources for public health professionals, health care providers, and families.

Genetics: Resource Brief is a guide to current resources on genetics and genomics, genetic testing, genetic counseling, genetic disorders, and newborn screening. This brief is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/guides/genetics.html

Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and Families: Resource Brief focuses on psychological and social impacts of ART on children conceived via ART and on their families, as well as ethical and legal issues associated with ART.  It is available at a http://www.mchlibrary.info/guides/ART.html

Environmental Health: Resource Brief focuses on environmental issues that affect the health of pregnant women and children. This brief is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/guides/environmentalhealth.html

Maternal and Child Health Library resources on other maternal and child health topics are available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/guides.html