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Note, you must click on the headline of each article to get the full article.

To subscribe to this newsletter, email Liz Shriver at eshriver@phennd.org.

There are some exciting developments here concerning The Benefit Bank (TBB) of Pennsylvania!  Both long term and potential new partners will find fresh opportunities for engaging those you serve by connecting them to available benefits and tax credits.  Come join Campaign for Working Families and Solutions for Progress on November 3rd to learn more about the changes and how your organization can engage more deeply with the community using TBB of PA!

In partnership with The Campaign for Working Families and the Internal Revenue Service, TBB is part of a project called VITA FSA which provides the opportunity for community partners to have their tax return preparation recognized by the IRS VITA program.

Speaking of The Campaign for Working Families, they are our new lead partner in Pennsylvania!  You may be familiar with the Campaign for Work Families through their efforts to increase financial stability and asset accumulation by connecting Philadelphians to valuable tax credits, quality financial services, savings options, wealth building resources and public benefits.  Over the past 9 years, the Campaign has prepared 102,820 tax returns, bringing $168.7 million in state & federal refunds to working families and assisted in completing over 600 applications for public benefits such as SNAP and LIHEAP!

The Campaign will bring their proven outreach strategies to The Benefit Bank. In this new role, they will assist in recruiting TBB Sites, training TBB Counselors and publicizing outreach and access utilizing The Benefit Bank in the greater Southeastern Pennsylvania area.  Come out and meet the Campaign for Working Families and learn more about their plans for outreach as we move toward the upcoming tax season.

This information session will also focus on The Benefit Bank online service updates and resource development. Whether you are an existing TBB site or an organization new to the network this is a great way to connect, share ideas, and learn from each other’s experience.

We are excited about this partnership and look forward to working with the Campaign for Working Families in expanding The Benefit Bank Network

Date:     Thursday November 3rd
Time:    9:30 to 11:00 AM.
Place:    Urban Affairs Coalition
1207 Chestnut St, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Please RSVP with your name and organization to email John Lyons at jlyons@uac.org

http://www.communityschools.org/ScalingUp/

The guide includes a collaborative leadership framework and a six-stage process for building a community school system that communities can use regardless of where they start. The guide is interactive with video features, stories from initiatives that have successfully scaled up, and a LinkedIn forum for community school leaders to discuss and share ideas and stories.

Below is a schedule of webinars on how to navigate and use the Scaling Up Guide. (You must click on each to register for that session):

In-Depth Learning Series

Nov. 2: Session 1 – A school, an intermediary, a community: What does a scaled up system of community schools look like? (Register here)

https://iel.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/register.pl?activity_id=myrvwhx&user_id=

Nov. 16: Session 2 – Getting going: Deciding to scale up (Register here)

https://iel.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/register.pl?activity_id=pppxjtz&user_id=

Nov. 30: Session 3 – Develop an operating framework and planning for scale up (Register here)

https://iel.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/register.pl?activity_id=fmcfrwx&user_id=

Dec. 14: Session 4 – Scale up for sustainability and implementation (Register here)

https://iel.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/register.pl?activity_id=kxkpztz&user_id=

(All series sessions start at 12 pm EST)

For more information about the webinars, contact Ryan Fox – foxr@iel.org, (202) 822-8405.

“Don’t Let a Bad Resume Prevent You from Getting Job Interviews!”

All participants in the Resume Writing Workshop will receive information regarding a major job fair scheduled in Philadelphia the next day!

IMPORTANT NOTE
YOU MUST CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT AT THIS WORKSHOP:

Michael Robinson, M.S.
Community Outreach/Human Resources
Temple University
Office: 215-204-0677

To view employment opportunities at Temple, go to http://www.temple.edu/hr and click on the link for jobs@temple.

Penn State Extension Philadelphia, the non-profit, community based arm of Penn State University, is accepting nominations for its Advisory Board. Penn State Extension reaches out to city youth and their families using the tools of hands-on science and education to improve quality of life. Our Nutrition, Urban Agriculture and 4-H programs, in collaboration with area partners, enable youth and their families to develop life skills and build community.

The purpose of the Board is to:
Provide guidance and support to the operation of the Penn State Extension Philadelphia program; develop relationships with Penn State Alumni located in Philadelphia; advocate for policies to improve Penn State Extension Philadelphia programming efforts; alert Penn State leadership of the needs of staff in Philadelphia; assist with fundraising; develop potential program partnerships.

We are especially interested in the following skills/knowledge:

• Fundraising contacts, experience and skills
• Marketing & publications skills
• Partnership development skills
• Media relationships/skills
• Event coordination skills
• Successful participation on other nonprofit boards

Responsibilities of Penn State Extension Board Member:

• Establish, update and ensure adherence to the organization’s mission and vision
• Be familiar with and ensure compliance with the organization’s bylaws and legal documents
• Attend Board orientation meeting and training.
• Attend a minimum of two-thirds (or 66%) of all scheduled Board meetings

Participate in at least one committee:
o Advocacy
o Partnerships
o Annual Meeting & Events
o Fundraising
o Marketing & Publications
o Alumni Relations

The initial term of a Board member shall be two (2) years and the terms will be staggered as to termination date so that positions on the Extension Board are elected and appointed annually. Board members may serve for an unlimited number of renewable terms, provided that the Board member remains in an “active” status by attending a minimum of two-thirds of all Board meetings.

How to Nominate:
Please submit names via email to Theresa Lorentson (tdl11@psu.edu), by December 1.

Nominees must accept the nomination before they will be considered. Nominations should include contact info for the nominee, a bio for the nominee, a statement about why they are being nominated. Nominees do NOT need to be alumni of Penn State University to eligible.

PennSERVE: The Governor’s Office of Citizen Service announces the availability of AmeriCorps State funding for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 for the operation of AmeriCorps national service programs. AmeriCorps grants support the efforts of organizations to recruit and deploy AmeriCorps members and the volunteers with whom they work to address unmet community needs.

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennserve/10382

The deadline for submission is December 5, 2011, by 5p.m.

We hope that you will consider joining us on the 25th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Philadelphia Senior Center.  The event will include a series of interactive workshops and feature the release of a landscape assessment of the major volunteer supported home delivered meals programs in Philadelphia conducted by AmeriCorps VISTA, Margaret Ernst.

Please feel free to share the invitation below with members of your personal and professional networks who might be interest.  To help us in planning, please be sure to RSVP your attendance by Friday, October 21st at http://tinyurl.com/6gq9lfa.

EducationWorks is non-profit organization whose mission is to enrich the lives of children, youth and families by providing educational programs and services confronting barriers to high rates of poverty and other barriers to educational achievement.

The Post Secondary Specialist will be responsible for working as part of the Student Success Center team to increase the enrollment rate of students in post secondary educational institutions.  In this capacity, the Post Secondary Specialist will provide college preparation activities in conjunction with school guidance personnel, university partner(s) and other organizations providing services to cohorts of students in the school.  The position is based at Bartram High School in Southwest Philadelphia, PA.

Essential Functions:

•  Design and implement a comprehensive plan with identified strategies and timelines that are grade-level specific to increase the number of students planning and preparing to attend college and other post-secondary educational options.
•  Develop and implement programmatic activities including, but not limited to, the following components: college exploration and advising, college tours (local, regional, and national), ACT/SAT preparation and participation, the college application/admission process, and financial aid/assistance (including scholarships).
•  Utilize a variety of instructional activities, materials, and strategies related to college awareness and access for use with individual students, small groups, classes, and large groups in assembly, classroom, conference, seminar, summer program, workshop, and other appropriate settings.
•  Work with school-based staff and other service providers to ensure that each Student Success Center is equipped with sufficient materials, personnel, technology, and other resources available/accessible to students.
•  Provide Case Management Service to a caseload of 25-35 students with Early Warning Indicators i.e. low PSSA score, repeat 9th graders, under credited, and potential HS drop-outs.
•  Deliver a wide range of direct parent activities and services including, but not limited to, training, and workshop sessions related to college awareness and access topics, e.g., college applications/admissions, financial aid, and career/college/life choices.
•  Maintain accurate data, records, and files to track the activities, achievement, participation, progress, and status of individual students.
•  Submit accurate, complete, and timely data and performance reports on a weekly, quarterly, semester, and/or annual basis as required.

Education, Experience & Skills Required:

•  Bachelor’s Degree (required) and Master’s Degree (preferred) in school counseling, education, or a related field.
•  Minimum of three (3) three years experience working in the field of college awareness/access and/or a related field preferred.
•  Minimum of one (1) year experience working in a school-based or a college/university setting.
•  Experience working with at-risk urban minority youth in grades 9-12 strongly recommended and preferred.
•  Experience providing instruction in a public school classroom setting recommended, an urban public school classroom setting preferred.

Other Qualifications:  The successful candidate will demonstrate possession of the following:

•  Strong technology skills.
•  Knowledge about Philadelphia, the Philadelphia School District, and the target population.
•  Strong written and oral communication skills, including public speaking skills and listening skills.
•  Strong interpersonal and human relations skills.
•  Successful completion of a criminal and child abuse clearance.

Qualified candidates should submit resumes to Kim Alexander, Human Resources Director via email at kalexander@educationworks.org or via fax at 609-392-6211.

Solutions to the Dropout Crisis
October 25, 2011
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time

The 15 Effective Strategies for Dropout Prevention

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the National Dropout Prevention Center

Hosted by the Solutions Team
Sam Drew, Terry Cash, and Marty Duckenfield

Discover new research-based strategies that can support your efforts in dropout prevention.

Learn how the 15 Effective Strategies implemented collectively work together to enable all students attain school success.

As we celebrate 25 years of the National Dropout Prevention Center, we will look at the 15 Effective Strategies that form a framework not only for good dropout prevention, but also for our Solutions programs. Over the years, the NDPC has identified 15 Strategies that research and best practice have shown to have impact on dropout prevention. When planning school improvement, a knowledge of the Effective Strategies can guide schools and districts to  successful dropout prevention. In this special program, you will hear from Network members from across the country with expertise with specific strategies.

Network guests will be Deb Dillon, Mary Caputo, Rob Shumer, and Pat O’Connor.

http://www.dropoutprevention.org/webcast/34-15-effective-strategies-dropout-prevention

Participation in this radio webcast is free and no registration is required.
The program will be archived in its entirety on the Web site.

Supplementary materials and all necessary information about participating fully in this professional
development opportunity are found on our Web site at http://www.dropoutprevention.org/webcast. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact the National Dropout Prevention Center at ndpc@clemson.edu or 864-656-2580.

This Webcast is produced in partnership with Clemson Radio Productions and with support from Penn Foster and Catapult Learning.

Urban Affairs Coalition
Community and Economic Development (CED) Department
1207 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA  19107

October 19, 2011

POSITION:    Program management position with the Community and Economic Development (CED) Department of the Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC). This department builds bridges between low- and moderate-income people and mainstream financial institutions through financial education, asset-building programs, special loan programs for home improvements, foreclosure prevention information and development of loan programs for small businesses in the Philadelphia region.

GOALS:  Manage and expand the Financial Education Program. The program includes Financial Advancement Network (FAN) Clubs, workshops, conferences, roundtable discussions, collaborative projects with allied agencies, website, publications and coordination of the Financial Education Subcommittee of the CED Committee.

RESPONSIBILITIES and TASKS:

•    Manage the organization’s signature financial education program – Financial Advancement Network (FAN) Clubs:  FAN Clubs combine traditional financial training with peer group support for meeting personal financial goals. This includes recruiting host agencies, recruiting and training trainers, developing additional tracks, vetting curricula, conducting the first session for each club, coordinating the graduation ceremony for each club, surveying and evaluating results, maintaining data base, publishing the FAN Club newsletter and generally marketing the program.

•    Provide leadership to the multi-state expansion of the FAN Club program through the introduction of a chapter system. This includes keeping the FAN Club Operations Manual current, expanding the menu of vetted curricula, recruiting and training trainers, recruiting and supporting chapter institutions, developing and maintaining the FAN Club website, writing content for website and other publications and cultivating contacts and relationships with potential partners.

•    Schedule financial literacy workshops: UAC organizes 30-60 single topic workshops per year by connecting host agencies with qualified speakers. Host agencies include nonprofit organizations for their clients and/or employees, for-profit employers, social service agencies, workforce training programs and churches in low- and moderate-income areas of the City of Philadelphia and four suburban counties in Pennsylvania. Financial Education Program Manager will identify requests, arrange for trainers to conduct the workshops, provide participant materials to workshop sponsors, maintain database and evaluate results.  (Note: Occasionally, interns are available to assist with this function.)

•    Coordinate the newly-formed Financial Education Subcommittee: The subcommittee was formed to help coordinate financial education initiatives in the region, promote best practices and support UAC/CED’s Financial Education programs. Manager will convene meetings, develop agendas in consultation with the subcommittee’s co-chairpersons, coordinate subcommittee projects and expand membership.

•    Manage and expand the Financial Education Speakers’ Bureau: UAC/CED recruits, trains, assigns and sometimes contracts with professionals to serve as speakers for the FAN Clubs and workshops.

•    Develop new financial education initiatives and relationships.

•    Conduct financial literacy workshops, FAN Club training sessions, serve as panelist, speaker or workshop leader at conferences.

•    Document activities and outcomes, evaluate results and maintain a database.

•    Provide reports to the department director as needed for the CED Committee, funders and management.

SKILLS REQUIRED:  The Financial Education Program Manager must have expert knowledge in both the content and art of personal financial education and should be respected as a leader in the field. A degree in finance or certification as a financial planner or accredited financial counselor is desirable. The Manager must have people, communication and organizational skills and be good at outreach and networking. He/she  must be able to work with Microsoft Office Suite software programs. Knowledge of Efforts-to-Outcomes (ETO) software is desirable.

LOCATION OF WORK:  CED Department of UAC located on the 5th floor of 1207 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA  19107.  Manager must have his/her own automobile transportation for field work.

HOURS:  The person is expected to work at least 35 hours per week plus some evening and weekend events as well.

COMPENSATION:  This is a salaried position with full benefits. Salary $35,000-$45,000.

SUPERVISOR:  Financial Education Program Manager will report to Donald Kelly, Director of the Department of Community and Economic Development.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:  Contact: Donald Kelly, Director of CED, 1207 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA  19107, telephone 215-851-1738, e-mail: dkelly@uac.org

In partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), Bartram’s Garden, and the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation, the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI) will host this event to celebrate the creation of CFFRC and its potential to contribute to the lives, well-being and health of the community.

The 3.5-acre site of the CFFRC is located in the southwest quadrant of Bartram’s Garden, a public garden and National Historic Landmark. It includes an annual vegetable farm, community garden, orchard, greenhouse, and eventual education/kitchen space.  With the goal of increasing access to local, organic, affordable, nutritious, and culturally relevant food, and providing a space for all to develop a relationship with the land, UNI will expand their youth development program by hiring twelve Bartram High School students to plant, grow, harvest and sell the produce.  PHS will be able to provide seedlings, resources and supplies to urban growers, and Bartram’s Garden will enhance its youth programming component and implement the orchard project, which is part of the long-term Master Plan at Bartram’s. These programs will engage interested Southwest Philadelphia residents in healthy cooking and gardening.

The event will start 4:00 pm at Bartram’s Garden, located at 54th and Lindbergh Boulevard, followed by a reception with locally sourced refreshments, youth-led farm tours, garlic planting, and community garden sign-up.

Please contact Tyler Holmberg by phone at (518) 304-3402 or by email at Tyholmberg@gmail.com by October 24th for any questions regarding the event or project.

We hope you can help us kick off this amazing project, recognize the value of these partnerships, and the important role a Farm and Food Resource Center can play in developing a healthier community.

We look forward to seeing you on October 27th at 4:00 pm.

FROM:  Pennsylvania State Office of the Corporation for National and Community Service

SUBJECT:  Request for Concept Papers (RFCP) for New AmeriCorps VISTA Project in Pennsylvania

Concept Papers Due: December 1, 2011

INTRODUCTION
The Pennsylvania State Office of the Corporation for National and Community Service announces an opportunity, subject to availability of resources, to develop new AmeriCorps VISTA projects in Pennsylvania. This Request for Concept Papers is open to organizations that are NOT current VISTA sponsors.  Please share this notice with your networks, and contact the CNCS Pennsylvania State Office at PAOutreach@cns.gov, with any questions.

AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) is a full-time, national service program for individuals interested in developing lasting solutions to the problems of poverty in the United States.  AmeriCorps VISTA members serve in community and faith-based non-profit organizations, Indian Tribes, and with local governments to develop and expand services and programs that help bring low-income individuals out of poverty.

Public organizations such as state and local government, Indian Tribes, and non-profit private organizations can apply to be VISTA sponsors. Please note that eligible non-profit private organizations are not limited to those with IRS 501(c) (3) status, but rather all organizations with IRS 501(c) status that focus on anti-poverty community development; organizations that focus solely on advocacy and lobbying are not eligible.

The Pennsylvania State Office is accepting Concept Papers that propose to address the following focus areas from the Corporation’s 2011-2015 Strategic Plan:

Economic Opportunity: Safe and affordable housing for vulnerable families and employment access and training

Education: Increasing graduation rates in low-income communities, improving grade level performance, and Turnaround School activities

Disaster Services: Post-disaster community development
Healthy Futures:  Reducing obesity rates, increasing health and wellness for all Americans, access to food and nutrition, access to health care

Environmental Stewardship: Decrease energy and water consumption, green jobs, and youth development through conservation activities

Veterans and Military Families:  Engaging veterans in service, service to veterans and military families

The Pennsylvania State Office will give priority to projects of at least three VISTA members. If your agency cannot program or administratively support this number of full-time members, collaborative partnerships that have similar programmatic focus will be considered.

Scope of Project

Subject to availability of resources, AmeriCorps*VISTA positions will be awarded on a full-time basis for one year of service to new VISTA sponsoring organizations. The Corporation will make an award covering a period not to exceed one year with the potential for continuation. VISTA members will likely begin service during the summer of 2012.

Programming should be primarily based on addressing local needs, and the Corporation Field Office will be guided by locally-driven programming that addresses the following “Key Principles.”

Key Principles
Each VISTA project must be developed in accordance with the parameters defined by law, federal regulations, and the key VISTA principles: Anti-Poverty Focus, Capacity Building, Sustainable Solutions, and Community Empowerment.

Anti-Poverty Focus
As previously noted, by law, the purpose of VISTA is to support efforts to fight poverty.  The goal of every project must be to help individuals and communities out of poverty, not to simply make poverty more tolerable.  The project should focus on long-term solutions rather than short-term services.

Community Empowerment
All VISTA project sponsors must ensure that their project engages residents of the low-income community in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating the project. The project must be responsive and relevant to the lives of the community residents, and should tap into inherent community assets, strengths and resources.

Capacity Building
One way to achieve sustainable solutions is to strengthen the ability of local organizations to fight poverty. Through activities such as fundraising, establishment of volunteer recruitment and management systems, community outreach, and partnership development, VISTAs help sponsors to achieve lasting solutions to poverty.  However, projects should focus their performance measures on achieving outcomes and impact on the community and/or beneficiary population, and not outcomes on capacity building for the sponsoring organization or its partners, affiliates, or intermediary organizations.

Sustainable Solutions
As originally designated in the Domestic Volunteer Service Act and reinforced in the Serve America Act, VISTA members represent a short-term resource and work to build the long-term sustainability of anti-poverty programs.  All VISTA projects should be developed with a goal of an eventual phase-out of the need for VISTA members and the ability of the project to continue without them.

Unless it is an Intermediary style program (see Guide to Sponsorship), VISTA projects typically last three-to-five years. From the beginning of the project planning process, the sponsor and community must think about how to use the VISTA project to phase-in other resources and systems to replace the VISTA resource.

Attached documents are as follows:
•    A Guide to Becoming an AmeriCorps VISTA Project Sponsor;
•    AmeriCorps VISTA Concept Paper Instructions; and
•    AmeriCorps VISTA FY 2011 Program Guidance.

CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL
Criteria for approval are based on whether the proposed project does the following:
•    Fits with one or more of the Corporation’s 2011-2015 strategic initiative focus areas, VISTA programming priorities, or priority areas listed in the introduction section of this document.  This must be clearly documented in the Concept Paper
•    Addresses the needs of low-income communities
•    Leads to building organizational capacity so that the project can continue once VISTA resources are withdrawn
•    Involves beneficiaries of the service and the low-income community in project development and implementation. This is required and must be noted in the Concept Paper.  If the organizations board of directors does not consist of at least 51% of the low-income beneficiary community, the sponsor must create an Advisory Council with a composition of at least 51% of its members from the low-income community. The board or advisory council must review and provide written comments concerning the project application prior to submission.  A copy of these comments will be a required attachment of any full application submitted
•    Is designed to generate public and/or private-sector resources
•    Promotes local volunteer service
•    Complies with the provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended; 2009 Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, VISTA regulations; and VISTA policies.

Further criteria for determining approval are based on whether the applicant meets the following:
•    Is a local or state government agency, Tribe, or a private organization designated as a non-profit by the Internal Revenue Service.
•    Has resources available for VISTAs to perform their activities, such as space, supplies, and on-the-job transportation, and is able to provide emergency cash advances when needed.
•    Has the management capacity and commitment to recruit, train, supervise, and otherwise support VISTAs recruited locally and nationally.
•    Understands and is committed to promoting national and community service.
•    Has the capacity to build community partnerships and collaborative efforts to achieve project self-sufficiency.

VISTA projects have an average lifecycle of three-to-five years unless the applicant is serving as an intermediary agency. New project development occurs annually and is always subject to availability of resources. The Pennsylvania State Office strives to ensure that the portfolio of VISTA projects is diverse, both in terms of programmatic areas as well as geography. An additional factor we consider is the type of sponsor: from small grassroots organizations to large intermediary organizations.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Any interested organization or individual with additional questions not addressed by this RFCP may contact:  PAOutreach@cns.gov

TIMELINE
November 10, 2011: Interested applicants email letter of intent to apply to PAOutreach@cns.gov

November 17, 2011: Conference Call for interested applicants

December 1, 2011: Deadline for submitting concept papers

Hundreds of internship opportunities will be ripe for the picking, all you need to do is log on and apply.

http://careers.campusphilly.org/

Campus Philly is a nonprofit organization that fuels economic growth by encouraging college students to study, explore, live and work in the Greater Philadelphia tri-state region.

November 6th – 8th in Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Education for All Coalition

Inclusive Practices.  It’s more than just access.

Pennsylvania’s Education for All Coalition, Inc. (PEAC) is a community of parents, educators, and individuals with disabilities who believe that children of all backgrounds and abilities should be successfully educated together in their neighborhood schools within the general education curriculum. In short, PEAC believes in inclusive education. PEAC also believes that collaboration between parents and educators is the best way to create successful inclusive experiences for students with disabilities, so we support the education and empowerment of parents as well as teachers.

http://www.paedforall.org/conference.html

Some great news to share! The Intergenerational Center at Temple University is the first recipient of the prestigious  Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence. The Eisner Foundation established this annual $100,000 cash award to honor the individual or non-profit organization doing exemplary work to help senior citizens and young people help each other. Temple’s program, founded by Dr. Nancy Henkin, thirty-two years ago, offers a variety of programs from its base in Philadelphia to 23 communities throughout the country.

http://templeigc.org/news/intergenerational-center-receives-eisner-prize

Friday, October 28, 2011
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Free & Open to the Public

University of Pennsylvania
Irvine Auditorium
3401 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Link to Green City Teachers web page: http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/phlgreen/green-teacher.html

The Food Trust, founded in 1992, is a non-profit organization working to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food.  The Food Trust works to educate the public about good nutrition and to increase the availability of fresh food in neighborhoods throughout the region and the state.  The Food Trust works with school districts, supermarket operators, corner store owners, public and private partners, and farmers to make fresh food and nutrition education available to everyone.  More information about The Food Trust is available at http://www.TheFoodTrust.org

The Food Trust’s Research and Evaluation Department is in need of a Data Management Intern to maintain, analyze and further develop Trust databases to capture program process data.  The position will manage data from the following programs and departments; Research and Evaluation, Healthy Corner Store Initiative, Farmers’ Market and School Wellness.  This position will be supervised by the Director of Research and Evaluation.

Responsibilities include
•    With direction from the Director of Research and Evaluation, work with project managers to customize data collection and ACCESS database construction according to the unique needs of each program.
•    Monitor staff data collection to ensure that it is complete, accurate and timely.  Work with staff to resolve discrepancies.
•    Assist staff with database navigation to generate data for day-to-day program activities.
•    Design and adapt project databases as needed, based on program needs and data growth.
•    Generate data reports and support efforts to report findings to partners and funders in an attractive and illustrative manner.

Qualifications:
•    Advanced level of proficiency in Access is required.
•    Undergraduate degree preferred.
•    Strong organizational and communication skills.
•    Ability or analyze problems and develop solutions.

The ability to work with others in a collegial environment to implement the agency’s vision.  Team building skills and the ability to encourage innovative thinking about problems, opportunities, and situations. Strong written and verbal communication skills. The ideal candidate will have the following personal characteristics: unquestioned integrity; personal stature; a passion for excellence; a high energy level; a sense of urgency; excellent listening skills; persuasive communications skills; an entrepreneurial spirit; a sense of humor; an open mind; a candid manner; a commitment to The Food Trust’s mission.

Open Date and Hours: Approx. 20 hours per week through March with possibility to extend for one year.
Salary: $5,000 stipend.

To apply: E-mail your résumé and cover letter to contact@thefoodtrust.org.  Please reference “Data Management Intern, Research and Evaluation” in the subject line. Please do not call.

The Food Trust adheres to the policy of providing equal employment opportunities to all job applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability or sexual orientation.

Come relax with your colleagues and make new friends while supporting a great cause!
Specially priced items:
– 50% off appetizers
– $2.00 off any cocktail

Proceeds benefit the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Technology.
Questions? Contact Molet Alexander, malexander@foundationsinc.org or call 267-297-6231

Philadelphia Center for Arts and Technology is a high-tech, state-of-the-art learning center, where youth receive academic instruction and hands-on experience in the high-growth fields of the arts, science & technology.

Health inequities are more than disparities or differences in health and safety outcomes. Inequity describes unfairness and the systematic nature of disparities. The Health Equity and Prevention Primer (HEPP) serves as a web-based training series for public health practitioners and advocates interested in policy advocacy, community change, and multi-sector engagement to achieve health equity. The Primer helps practitioners integrate a health equity lens into their initiatives in pursuit of overall health and safety.

http://www.preventioninstitute.org/tools/focus-area-tools/health-equity-toolkit.html