My 4th year offering FREE Fitness classes in the Community. Come join the FUN !
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Mark your Calendars! FREE 2018 Zumba® Kids/Kids Jr. classes are back for the 4th year ;)
Join our team of licensed Zumba® Kids Instructors ready to party with your precious little ones to age-appropriate music and moves. Parents/guardians are encouraged to participate.
No registration needed. Classes held EVERY Tuesday on the scheduled Month. (view flyer). Feel free to share. Thank you.
Hannah E. Gray was an African American seamstress in the mid-19th century who was active in in her church and in the abolitionist movement. Upon her death in 1861, she bequeathed her home on Dixwell Ave. to be used as housing for indigent elderly women of color.
While Gray’s original house no longer stands, her vision endures. The present Hannah Gray House at 235 Dixwell Avenue, accommodates more residents than the original structure and continues in operation in accordance with its founder's goals. The home offers 24-hour supervised care and supportive services for 20 poor elderly residents in the Dixwell and Greater New Haven communities. Continue reading
Source: NPQ Wed. Feb.14 2018
When nonprofit and charitable organizations advocate, for whom are they actually speaking? When organizations claim to represent a specific constituency, must there be a process that includes that group in setting their advocacy agenda? When a group styles itself as a grassroots organization, must there actually be a grassroots structure? The evolution of the century-old American Jewish Congress illustrates why these questions are of critical importance in this age of high-volume political strife...
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/02/14/nonprofits-need-truth-advocacy-policy/
Job Summary
United Way of Greater New Haven (UWGNH) brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Income, and Health. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone.
We are seeking a full-time person to support the mission of the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network Task Force members, public and private partners, and United Way team to develop, implement, and measure homeless services that end veteran and chronic homelessness for individuals, youth, families and all other populations.
The ideal candidate will be experienced in working with housing resources, homelessness services, and passionate about helping people in need.
Reporting Structure: Reports to Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network Manager.
Essential Job Functions:
- Maintain and improve the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network housing and exit systems though the referral process, relationship building, consistent communication, meeting facilitation, data coordination/reporting, coaching and training.
- Support the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network entry systems through 211 scheduled CAN assessments and coordination meetings.
- Generate and respond to frequent phone and email communications timely.
- Work with the Communications Team to develop a timeline and process for Coordinated Access Network story development.
- Be present and visible in the community and with partners (donors, volunteers) representing UWGNH at a wide range of community events and campaigns.
- Collaborate effectively within the organization, working cross-functionally with all departments.
- Establish effective and efficient processes that align priorities with greater organization goals, strategy, and mission.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in applicable field required.
- 2-3 years of experience in related field preferred.
- Experience with group facilitation and training.
- Ability to balance a variety of perspectives within a politically sensitive environment
- Ability to inspire a collaborative work environment.
- Ability to speak and write clearly and concisely for a broad audience.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance and prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Knowledge and understanding of the challenges/barriers homeless people face.
- Proficient with MS Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Strong commitment to maintaining integrity and confidentiality of client information.
- Result-oriented, problem solver, willing to learn, and able to manage an aggressive workload.
- Local and Statewide travel is required; candidates must have a valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
- Must be able to lift 25-50 lbs.
Personal Characteristics
Ideally, the successful candidate will be:
- Personally committed to advancing UWGNH’s values, mission, goals and programs.
- Personally committed to helping change the lives of others.
- Proactive and strategic thinker with the ability to work both individually and collaboratively.
- A flexible, reliable, creative, outgoing and energetic person who can handle and prioritize multiple activities and responsibilities; a self-starter and finisher.
- A superior communicator who shares information readily and concisely, and listens as well as gives advice.
- A team player who inspires collaboration and functions decisively.
- Emotionally mature and self-confident, with a sense of humor in order to maintain balance and perspective.
Application Procedure
Interested candidates should submit a detailed letter of interest, resume, and contact information for three references to employment@uwgnh.org. No phone calls, please.
All applications are treated confidentially. The position will remain open until filled.
**United Way of Greater New Haven is an equal opportunity employee.**
- Applications due: May 1, 2018
- We offer up to $20,000 (up to $5000 per year for four years)
This scholarship is not a traditional scholarship focused on rewarding academic achievement and financial need. Its specific goal is to reward and encourage innovative and creative problem solving. The scholarship aims to honor students who excel as creative problem-solvers and to help make their higher education goals more accessible.
The scholarship is open to exceptionally Innovative and Creative High School Juniors, Seniors and College Freshmen who are:
- Graduating from a high school in Connecticut/New York City Metropolitan area (and plan to attend or are attending college anywhere in the U.S.)
OR - Graduating from a high school anywhere in the U.S. and plan to attend (or are attending) college in CT or NYC
Apply for this scholarship if you are . . .
- a student who has solved an artistic, scientific, or technical problem in a new or unusual way
- a student who has come up with a distinctive solution to problems faced by your school, community or family
The Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity is administered by The Arts Council of Greater New Haven and the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Questions please email Milton Fisher Scholarship
State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey
Nonprofit leaders: It's time to Raise Your Voices
Tell us how the world looks to you today.
The Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) Survey is the largest national sampling of our sector, gathering and publishing crucial data about the health and challenges of US nonprofits.
Local participation in this survey will result in better data on our region. Please take the time to complete.
The survey is a powerful platform that raises the voices of nonprofits large and small, urban and rural, across sub-sectors and geographies. It’s a real-time dataset widely used and cited by nonprofit leaders and boards, funders, advocates, policy advisors, media, researchers and many others.
In 2015 we learned that, despite the US economic recovery, vulnerable communities were going without because nonprofits couldn’t meet increasing demand. Leaders reported persistent worries about succession planning, workforce retention and financial sustainability. One said: “Our greatest challenge is the uncertainty and constancy of operating on such a knife edge.” For many today, that knife edge feels even thinner. Now more than ever, the country needs to know what's at stake.
The Survey only takes about 25 minutes and you don’t have to do it all at once – just remember to finish the questions and hit “submit” before Feb. 21, so your voice is included! Your responses will remain anonymous unless you choose to identify yourself.
Questions? Email survey@nff.org.
The Pro Bono Partnership provides free, direct legal services to Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey nonprofits that serve the disadvantaged. In 2016, the partnership worked for 34 nonprofits in Greater New Haven, donating more than 1,000 hours of legal services valued at more than $400,000. Annually, it works with about 700 nonprofit clients in the three states.
“Smaller institutions often do not have a budget for legal fees without impacting their services,” says Pro Bono Partnership Director of Marketing Mindi Lund. “The Pro Bono Partnership has about 1300 volunteers in the tri-state area. These are attorneys that bill at hundreds of dollars per hour. The nonprofits get that for free.” Read more about the work of the ProBono Partnership.
