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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides training for FBCOs addressing drug and alcohol addiction and related issues. Workshops span a range of organizational development topics from board development and coalition building to grant writing. To date, 261 trainings have been held in 47 States, reaching more than 9,000 FBCO leaders. |
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Through an expansive range of training events, the Faith-Based and Community Initiative (FBCI) has delivered in-person instruction to more than 100,000 social entrepreneurs. Skills learned at these events range from effective outcome tracking and volunteer engagement to grant writing and other capabilities that help organizations maximize impact for the people they serve. While most conferences train in skills important for all nonprofit organizations, some also emphasize capabilities and best practices for engagement of particular needs—from addiction or the needs of disabled veterans to maternal health.
Trainings provided to nonprofit organizations through programs within 11 Federal agencies achieve multiple FBCI goals, often simultaneously, including
View the video of the keynote addresses from the Innovation in Effective Compassion Conference as well as a list of new resources that were released at the conference.
| Conference | Description |
| White House Conferences on the Faith-Based and Community Initiatives | TThe most visible of the FBCI’s training efforts are its national and regional White House Conferences on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. To date, 37 conferences have trained approximately 30,000 nonprofit leaders from every state in the union, including two conferences in Africa. Learn more... |
| Helping America’s Youth | Helping America’s Youth (HAY) is a Presidential Initiative, led by Mrs. Laura Bush, to raise awareness of the challenges facing youth, particularly at-risk boys, and to motivate caring adults to connect with youth through family, school, and community. In the fall 2005, Mrs. Bush convened The White House Conference on Helping America’s Youth, which wasattended by more than 500 parents, civic leaders, faith-based and community-based service providers, foundations, educators, researchers and experts in child development to discuss the challenges facing America’s youth and to share best practices shown to be successful in overcoming those challenges. Learn more... |
| U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Art and Science of Grant Writing Training | In 2004, the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI) at the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives launched its first training, entitled The Art and Science of Grant Writing Training. Since then, over 30,000 nonprofit leaders have been trained at 304 HUD events. Learn More... |
| U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Regional Conferences and Workshops | In addition to its “Art and Science of Grant Writing” training, the HUD CFBCI and its field liaisons hold conferences and workshops throughout the country to provide FBCOs addressing homelessness, affordable housing, and other housing-related issues with information and resources pertaining to Federal Equal Treatment Regulations, opportunities for funding, capacity building and organizational development. The CFBCI held more than 250 conferences/workshops in 2006 and 2007, reaching an estimated 54,000 individuals. |
| Department of Labor Results Technology Project | Recognizing a need for small nonprofit organizations to learn effective methods for measuring results, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) launched a year-long pilot program in summer 2007 for eight FBCOs. Learn More... |
| Corporation for National and Community Service Training and Assistance to FBCOs | The resource guide developed by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) entitled National Service: A Resource for Faith-Based and Community Groups offers a framework for how CNCS encourages faith-based and other community organizations to accomplish their goals Learn More... |
| USAID Conferences for Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) | The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hosts annual conferences for Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) to provide an orientation on available resources and capacity training through USAID. Learn More... |
| U.S Department of Education Technical Assistance Workshops | These workshops primarily focus on ways FBCOs can provide tutoring services through the No Child Left Behind Act’s Supplemental Educational Services (SES) provisions. Since 2001, the U.S. Department of Education’s CFBCI has trained approximately 9,000 individuals from education-related FBCOs through 89 intensive workshops in 34 States. Learn More... |
| Family-Strengthening Conferences | In 2007, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services collaborated with the Corporation for National and Community Service to host a national conference series on strengthening family. Attended by 1,471 community leaders, key themes of the conferences included family asset development, healthy marriages, gang resistance, prisoner reentry, grant opportunities, principles of the FBCI, and mentoring children of prisoners. At each conference, local faith and community consortia cosponsored or supported the events and featured local political, justice, faith, and community leaders. |
| Department of Veterans Affairs Homeless Veterans Celebration and Training Conference | The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hosts an annual conference to facilitate opportunities for collaboration with the VA. The conference provides educational sessions on issues of importance to homeless veterans programs, including homelessness prevention, collaboration and partnerships, outreach to veterans, program evaluation and best practices. The 2007 VA conference drew roughly 500 participants. |
| Small Business Administration SCORE Advisors | The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has extensive expertise in training entrepreneurs for business development, and the SBA CFBCI leverages many of those resources for social entrepreneurs. In collaboration with SCORE, nonprofit organizations are coached on business models to make their organization more effective, competitive, and sustainable. SCORE has published and distributed over 10,000 workbooks entitled Business Planning Tools for Non-Profit Organizations and has developed a workshop in conjunction with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Executive Coaches of Orange County, CA, to aid nonprofit organizations in furthering their financial resources and sustainability. |
| U.S. Small Business Administration Workshops for Nonprofits | The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 68 district offices hold meetings and workshops with faith-based and community-based nonprofit organizations to provide information on a range of topics, including small business loans and training sessions with SCORE volunteers to build sound business plans. In total, from FY 2005 to FY 2007, 8,927 conferences and meetings for nonprofit organizations reached a total of more than 600,000 individuals. |
| Department of Veterans Affairs Chaplain Service Veterans Community Outreach Initiative | Local Veterans Affairs (VA) chaplains conduct half-day training events throughout the country to provide education and resources for clergy members regarding physical, mental, and spiritual health issues experienced by some returning war veterans and their families. This training is provided to pastors, priests, rabbis, imams, retired chaplains, Veterans Service Organizations’ chaplains, veteran patients and their families, and anyone else who wants to assist veterans who have recently returned from deployment. In FY 2007, VA chaplains conducted 21 training events attended by 1,330 participants. |
| U.S. Agency for International Development Trainings | The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provides a variety of conferences, technology-based training events, and other informational tools for nongovernmental organizations (NGO) on specific development, health, and other vital issues. For example, USAID holds a series of skill-building workshops and technical updates for nonprofits in the United States and abroad delivering maternal child health care and child nutrition services through the USAID Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP). |
