November 2008 Convening

Program (PDF)

Plenary Session documents

• Overview of Legislative Process
• 2008 Foster Care Legislation (DOC)

Workshop A – Grant writing

• Contacts – Tom Lidot & Margaret Orrantia
• Budget Worksheet (DOC)

• Juvenile Justice Grantwriting Handbook 2006 (PDF)
• Logic Model Exercise (DOC)
• 101 Ways to Win (PDF)
• www.GrantWritingStrategies.com

Workshop B – How to Build your Organization

• Contact – Lynn Coulston (760-943-0874; & Non-Profit Management Solutions
• Deciding whether or not to form a Nonprofit Organization – An Overview (DOC)

Convening Resources

• 100 Free things to do with your grandchildren (PDF) /101 things to do in your city
• Black Grandparents As Parents (Paperback) by Dr. Lenora Poe Madison (Author)
  Grandparents as Parents: A Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family (Paperback) by Sylvie de Toledo (Author), Deborah Edler Brown (Author)
• Resource Links:
  • www.Grandparents.com
  • Grand Rally Information
  • Generations United

Work Group Sessions

Engagement and Growth of the Network

• Engagement Workgroup Report (DOC)

Organizational Development/Data

• Proposed Org Structure (DOC)
• Org Dev Work Group (DOC)
  

Training and Technical Assistance

• Training and Tech Support Workgroup Plan (DOC)

Policy/Legislation

• Policy and Legislation (DOC)

Photos from the Convening

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