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Parent Child Home Program to take part in 2011 Conference in Scaling Impact

Featured at the Social Impact Exchange’s 2011 Conference, Scaling in Action will include presentations of six of the nation's leading nonprofits selected from a pool of candidates nominated by intermediaries or engaged funders. Reviewed by a team of industry leaders and experts, each organization demonstrates strong evidence of outcomes, impact and readiness to scale. During this engaging session, CEOs in education, youth development, health and poverty alleviation will present their growth plans and take questions from the audience. For more information: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/290509/016d5367bb/1232018637/61948da6ec/

Hagedorn Video Conference Centers

The Hagedorn Video Conference Centers are centrally located on Long Island in Bayshore at the Family Service League -1444 5th Ave, Bay Shore, NY, Riverhead at the Family Service League - 208 Roanoke Ave, Riverhead, NY, and Hempstead at the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island - 1 Helen Keller Way #401, Hempstead, NY. To schedule a Video Conference click here: http://fsl-li.org/home/index.php

Every Child Matters on Long Island

http://www.everychildmatters.org/state-campaigns/long-island

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

Strengthening Long Island: The Economic Contributions of Immigrants

The Adelphi Report for 2007-2008 is now available. Click the link above to read or download a copy.

The Economic Impact of The Hispanic Population on Long Island, NY

Long Island's Hispanic population has grown dramatically in recent years, led by new immigration from Latin America. Indeed, Hispanics have emerged as the major source of demographic growth for the region - excluding new Hispanic residents, Long Island would have lost, rather than gained, people since 1980. The new Hispanic presence is visible both in cities and villages with established Hispanic populations and in smaller and more remote communities, especially in Suffolk County.