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Grandpa Does More Than Babysit

Check out this article from the New York Times about family dynamics.

Southern Poverty Law Center Report

Climate of Fear Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y. A Special Report from the Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, Alabama SEPTEMBER 2009 splc_suffolk_report_lores_(2).pdf

Witness For Peace

Port Washington, N.Y. -- This January, a delegation of 15 Long Islanders traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, to explore the roots of migration from Mexico to the United States, meeting with Mexican migration experts, interviewing migrants, and visiting communities affected by migration. Witness_For_Peace.pdfWitness_For_Peace.pdf

LONG ISLAND 2010 Census Initiative

Count Me In "Ten for‘10"

Is a collaborative funding initiative of Long Island-based foundations to support a coordinated nationwide campaign to increase participation in the 2010 census in communities that are at significant risk of being undercounted. Specifically, the initiative seeks to increase the response rate in what the Census Bureau has determined are Long Island’s hard-to-count communities, which include people of color, children, immigrants, residents of multi-family dwellings, renters, and many other undercounted populations. The foundations invite proposals from nonprofit organizations for activities such as public education, outreach, communications, special events and community mobilizing specifically aimed at increasing mail response rates in designated communities. LI_2010_Census_Initiative_RFP.pdf

Important Dates:

• •September 15, 10am-12pm Information Session at The Hagedorn Video Conference Centers with Census professionals and speakers from NALEO, Latino Justice PRLDEF, and others to provide potential grantees with information that will aid in the proposal writing process.
• •September 30th by 5:00pm PROPOSALS ARE DUE (see page 4 of RFP for where to send proposals).

Home Is Where the Start Is

Every family with a newborn baby deserves comprehensive supports from the prenatal period to preschool. While the birth of a baby should be a joyous event and the first few years of a child’s life should be filled with hope and promise, parents usually find childbirth and child-rearing to be challenging experiences. They are not experiences that any family should go through alone. This paper describes a system of services that supports new families by providing three components: universal prenatal care, postpartum screening, and comprehensive home visiting. Click on the following link to view the document: Home_Visitation_White_Paper_4-09.pdf