White House Regional Conferences on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Posted by on October 27, 2006

[posted from National Service-Learning listserv]

The next event in the series of White House Regional Conferences on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives will be held next month in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Thursday, November 16, 2006
8:00am – 5:00pm

The Blake Hotel
555 South McDowell Street
Charlotte, NC 28204

On Thursday, November 16, 2006, the White House and the Departments of Justice, Commerce, Agriculture, Labor, Veterans Affairs, Health & Human Services, Housing & Urban Development, Education, and Homeland Security, the Agency for International Development, and the Small Business Administration will host a conference in Charlotte to help social service organizations learn more about President Bush’s Faith-Based and Community Initiative. These conferences are geared towards faith-based and community organizations that have no history of applying for government grants, as well as those that have applied but have not yet been successful.

The conference is part of a series of regional events that are being held around the country. The conferences provide participants with a general overview of the Faith-Based and Community Initiative, information about the government grants process and available funding opportunities, and an overview of the legal responsibilities that come with the receipt of Federal funds. The events also offer grant writing tutorials for select Federal grant programs.

Registration

The conference is free, but pre-registration is required. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Visit http://www.dtiassociates.com/fbci/ to register online. We strongly encourage you to register online. If you are unable to register online, please call 202-456-6708 to have a form faxed to you, print the registration form and fax it to 703-299-4589.

Please register by Friday, November 10. If you must cancel your registration, please send an email to [email protected] or a fax to the number listed above so we may accommodate as many people as possible.

For more information, please call 202-456-6708, send an email to [email protected], or visit http://www.fbci.gov.

We hope that you will be able to join us in Charlotte.