Our grant writing workshop offers you key, proven strategies to develop winning proposals. Here is what you will learn to make your next proposal competitive and successful:
•Writing persuasive proposals
•Identifying relevant government, foundation, and corporate funding sources
•Establishing an efficient pre-proposal planning process
•Developing and organizing results-oriented proposal ideas
•Preparing and writing content to effectively meet proposal guidelines
•Managing and streamlining submission procedures and follow-up

Strategic Proposal Writing – You will learn why a successfully written proposal requires an organized, systematic approach to conveying your story.
Strategic Grant Research – This course will introduce you to new tools and techniques that will help identify and cultivate government, foundation, and corporate grant makers.
Strategic Program Planning – You will gain a sound overview on how to ensure your proposals are clear, significant and compelling.
Tuition for our Two-Day Grant Writing Workshop is $498 per person, with a $25 off discount for early sign-ups (10 business days or more before the workshop). Each participant will receive the following items:

* ISFD Certificate of Completion accredited by CFRE with 15 Continuation Education Units (CEU)

* Strategic Grant Writing Development Proposal Workbook and Bonus Materials, Fundraising & Research CD
* On-Going Consulting Services with ISFD Instructors & Staff

Registration:
1) Online
2) Phone – Call us at (877) 414-8991. An ISFD consultant will assist you with your registration and answer any questions.
3) Email – Send an email to info@isfdonline.com with your basic contact information and a seat will be reserved.

Space is limited to 100 people, we encourage anyone interested in learning more about this topic to attend. No previous mental health knowledge needed. Last day to RSVP is July 25th.

This training is an evidence-informed modular approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism. Psychological First Aid is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping.

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Capacity Building, Community Mapping & Coalition Building

This seminar is devoted to the role of the community – what can your organization do before, during, and after a disaster? Find out how to develop your organizational capacity and to identify resources within your community.

Session are FREE of charge to the Staten Island community. Refreshments will be serviced. Registration is required. Space is limited at each session and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. For more info or to register contact Laura Del Prete-Conde at:
Ldelprete@sinfpa.org or (718) 355-6229

For LTRG Board Members and Committee Chairs.

The Individual and Community Preparedness Workshop, which will take place from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM at 290 Broadway, will present best practices and innovative techniques for preparing the whole community, including presentations on the Public and Private Sectors, Access and Functional Needs, Faith-Based Organizations, Voluntary Organizations, and Youth programs. This whole community approach ensures that through collaboration, individuals and communities will be better prepared and more resilient. If you have questions, please contact: Claire Thomas, Community Preparedness Officer, FEMA Region II at (212) 680-8641 or via email to claire.thomas@fema.dhs.gov.

Bringing It Home
This seminar will tie together the previous sessions to present a tool kit for individuals and agencies for times of disaster. Understand the key ideas developed throughout the series and how to continue the conversation.

Session are FREE of charge to the Staten Island community. Refreshments will be serviced. Registration is required. Space is limited at each session and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. For more info or to register contact Laura Del Prete-Conde at:
Ldelprete@sinfpa.org or (718) 355-6229

Every Tuesday from 1 pm to 5 pm, a representative from Queens Legal Services will be in Councilman Donavan Richards address 1931 Mott AvE, Far Rockaway Office to aid anyone dealing with housing issues. Queens Legal Services provides free high quality legal help in civil matters to low-income people throughout New York City. Please call (347) 592-2200 or 718-471-7014 to RSVP or for more information.

Church World Service’s next disaster recovery webinar will be on “Children in Disaster,” and will be live 2 to 3:15 p.m. (U.S. Eastern) Tuesday, August 12, 2014.

Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) of the Church of the Brethren, in partnership with others, has been caring for children following disasters since 1980. In this presentation, Associate Director Kathleen Fry-Miller will share an overview and some background on the work of CDS, as well as information on emerging partnerships, the latest responses, and new directions for the program. Learn how you can support this important work with our most vulnerable and also resilient little ones.

Also presenting will be Nancy Beer. Nancy will introduce Camp Noah to the audience. Camp Noah is a week-long Vacation Bible School-type experience for children who have been affected by a disaster. The curriculum of the day camp was designed to help children experience God’s love and recover from traumatic events.

Click here to register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/440588202

And visit http://www.cwsglobal.org/ltrwebinars to view videorecordings and/or PowerPoints of past webinars.

This training is being presented by New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) and is intended to teach New York City DCM Supervisors and DCMs how to present cases to the NYC Sandy Unmet Needs Roundtable. The Roundtable is a source of cash assistance, loans and discounted/tax-free appliances and building supplies – for those impacted by Sandy and regardless of immigration status. This training is open to any disaster case manager from any agency. This training is required before a DCM can apply to the Roundtable on behalf of their client’s unmet needs.

Register at: https://nydis.wufoo.com/forms/nyc-sandy-unr-training-day-81314/

Every Tuesday from 1 pm to 5 pm, a representative from Queens Legal Services will be in Councilman Donavan Richards address 1931 Mott AvE, Far Rockaway Office to aid anyone dealing with housing issues. Queens Legal Services provides free high quality legal help in civil matters to low-income people throughout New York City. Please call (347) 592-2200 or 718-471-7014 to RSVP or for more information.

Every Tuesday from 1 pm to 5 pm, a representative from Queens Legal Services will be in Councilman Donavan Richards address 1931 Mott AvE, Far Rockaway Office to aid anyone dealing with housing issues. Queens Legal Services provides free high quality legal help in civil matters to low-income people throughout New York City. Please call (347) 592-2200 or 718-471-7014 to RSVP or for more information.