Kansas Enrichment Network E-Newsletter
November 2005
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Contents
1. Lights On Afterschool Minigrants
Applications for the LOA mini-grants are in and the awards announcement will come shortly. Hundreds of children and youth in 122 Kansas sites officially celebrated Lights On Afterschool on October 20, 2005. Stories and pictures will be posted at www.kansasenrichment.net.
2. Grants and Scholarships
Service-Learning Funding Opportunities
"The Corporation for National and Community Service announced its 2006
Learn and Serve America grant competition to support high quality service-
learning projects that engage students in community service projects linked
to academic studies. Approximately $40 million in grant funds will be
available, subject to congressional appropriation, to support service-learning
projects in a variety of settings. The grant funds will be divided between
school-based, community-based, higher education, and tribal and
territory programs." Technical assistance calls for prospective applicants
are scheduled starting this week. See the website for more information.
URL: http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp
Referred by: Promising Practices in Afterschool
CIP Workshop
The Kansas Enrichment Network is hosting a workshop on the Continuous Improvement Process Rubric for Afterschool Programs. Communities and/or organizations that have an afterschool program, just starting an afterschool program and those that would like to develop a program are all welcome to attend.
Afterschool programs of all types (school, community and faith-based) will learn what the continuous improvement process is, how to use the CIP self-assessment tool, and what direct evidence is needed when developing a high-quality program.
When: Thursday, January 12th, 2006, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Where: Topeka, KS
Cost: $15.00/person w/o KSCEA membership (P.O.’s and checks only), $12.00/person if KSCEA member
Registration Deadline: January 6th, 2006- Registration Form or find out more on www.kansasenrichment.net.
Kansas Reads to Preschoolers November 14-20
This One Book, One State project is out-of-the-gate and running with Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Honorary Chair! The Kansas Reads project highlights the importance of reading to preschoolers. We define preschoolers as children birth to age five. The goal is that all preschoolers will be read to the week of November 14-20, 2005, which coincidently is National Children’s Book Week! To read to all preschoolers, all 226,453—-we will need your help!
To get involved or for more information, please call Vikki Jo at 620/331-8218; e-mail vikkijo@kslib.info.
To find out more, visit http://www.kansasreads.org or visit http://www.kansasenrichment.net.
Interactive Program Map
K.E.N. is pleased to announce a new website development. We have created an interactive map which we
hope to use to catalogue all out-of-school time programs in Kansas. You can see the map here:
http://www.ku.edu/~ken/State/programs/ksprograms.html.
We also encourage you to submit your program to be included on the map. To make this easier, we have
constructed a handy online form for your use, available here: http://www.ku.edu/~ken/State/programs/programform.html
6. Legislative News
H.R. 856
By an overwhelming vote
of 353 to 62, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Youth
Coordination Act (H.R. 856). This vote was strongly bipartisan, with a
significant majority of both Republicans (163-62) and Democrats (189-0)
voting for the legislation. Thank your
representatives yourself by taking action on the Youth Policy Action
Center: http://capwiz.com/mobilize/go/FYCA_Thanks
The Federal Youth Coordination Bill will create a Federal Youth
Development Council bringing senior officials from all departments
together with state and local officials, foundations, researchers,
faith- and community-based organizations, and, most importantly, young
people themselves to bring new focus and attention to developing an
overarching, coherent and effective approach to youth policy.
For more information, please see http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/index.cfm