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NAPC
Member Information Exchange
This page was launched after the 2009 conference as an additional way for NAPC
members to exchange information about the federal budget, stimulus package and key developments,
opportunities and resources (as well as other issues identified
by the membership) during this time of rapid change.
(Inclusion in this page does not represent official endorsement
of specific policy positions or organizations by NAPC as a
whole.)
Current contents:
#1 New report, "No
Small Change, The Stimulus Package and its Impact" from Patton
Boggs (sent by Ben Warner 3/6/09)
#2
National Council of Nonprofits, resources on the stimulus
package and economic recovery (sent by Martha Blaine 3/12/09)
#3
Opportunity to join a campaign for a federal budget that
supports meeting human needs (sent by the Coalition on Human
Needs 3/18/09)
#4 "The Forward Together Declaration--Empowering
America's Citizen Sector for the Change We Need" (being
discussed by the NAPC Board)
#5
March 24th videoconference, "Surviving the Economic Downturn"
(sent by Browning Spence)
#6 The
"Calling for 2-1-1" Act (sent by Jim Lyall, 3/19/09)
#7 Resources for tracking the stimulus developments,
nationally and in Texas (sent by Vanessa Sarria, 3/25/09;
updates by Chantel Bottoms, 4/2/09)
#8 National League of Cities provides
these links to
economic recovery information (sent by Chantel Bottoms,
4/16/09)
http://caction.org/stimulus.htm
On 3/6/09, Ben Warner (Jacksonville, FL)
wrote, "This may be helpful for NAPC members to explore where
they might tap into the stimulus package."
NO SMALL CHANGE
THE STIMULUS PACKAGE AND ITS IMPACT
Patton Boggs Analysis of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
From the website,
www.pattonboggs.com:
In its final form,
the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(H.R. 1) bill passed February 13 is the largest combined
spending and tax bill in American history, with a total of $787
billion in spending and tax cuts. The bill will impact a wide
range of businesses and industries from healthcare to energy to
education and transportation.
Click
here to download
Patton Boggs Economic Stimulus Analysis
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
UPDATED: MARCH 17, 2009
WEBINAR: No Small Change:
The Stimulus Package and Its Impact
Patton Boggs presents a series of webinars to
break down the stimulus package and explore who will benefit and
how the money will be spent. What are the opportunities for your
business?
Click here for instructions to access the archived Webinar.
To provide a sense
of the package's overall funding levels, Patton Boggs has
prepared a general overview of the bill by subject area (please
note we are not reporting on every aspect of the bill).
For
our funding overview,
click here
Please click on the specific
areas below to find a general overview of the funding levels and
for contact information should you want a more detailed analysis
of a specific area or the process for securing these federal
dollars.
Business, Construction
/ Infrastructure Improvements,
Energy,
Environmental,
Food
and Drug,
Health
Care,
Homeland
Security,
Litigation,
Native American Affairs,
Tax,
Technology,
Transportation
Recommended by Martha
Blaine (Dallas, Texas) on
3/12/09:
Excerpted from an email NAPC received...
The
National Council of Nonprofits offers these special reports on
economic stimulus & recovery
The National
Council of Nonprofits is proud to openly share this evolving
series of Special Reports about our nation’s economic recovery,
including analysis of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
of 2009 (commonly referred to as the economic stimulus bill)
that President Obama signed into law on February 17, 2009.
Rather than send this information only to our members, we made a
conscious decision to share this information broadly. With
individuals and communities suffering, Americans in all three
sectors – business, government, and nonprofit – need to come
together and share information. By working together, we can
collectively develop better solutions for the common good.
These Special Reports will be revised on a periodic basis to
provide the best information possible, so check back frequently
and please feel free to
e-mail us any information (with confirming citation) for
updates.
Subscribe
to the
economic recovery reports feed to be notified of any new
items
Nonprofit Grant Opportunities
- Special Report #1
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(February 23, 2009)
This core report analyzes the $787 billion economic stimulus
legislation, summarizing the major spending and tax cut
provisions and identifying potential grant opportunities for
nonprofits.
View this document
Stimulus Grant Tips and Thoughts
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Special Report #2
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(February 24, 2009)
This report offers grant information, tips, and considerations -
including that the stimulus package offers some grant
opportunities, but is not a universal remedy for everyone.
View this document
Whether and How States Are Accepting & Distributing Federal
Stimulus Funds
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Special Report #3
–
(February 25, 2009; updated March 2)
This report reviews how various Governors have indicated they
will handle the federal funds.
View this document
Sources of Information Regarding Stimulus Funds
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Special Report #4
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(March 3, 2009)
This report identifies national and state sources of information
about the federal stimulus funds, including official recovery
websites that states have established.
View this document
Information about the Proposed Changes in Charitable Deductions
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Special Report #5
(March
9, 2009)
This report examines the proposed changes for charitable
deductions in President Obama's proposed budget for 2010.
View this document
Also offered on
the home page of
the National Council website are these additional
information resources:
Nonprofit Policy News, a free
monthly e-newsletter
National Council Submits Recommendations to
Presidential Transition Team
Working
in close collaboration with its state association
members across the country, on December 22, 2008,
the National Council of Nonprofits submitted its
recommendations to the Obama Administration
regarding ways the federal government can work
better with nonprofits. View our
press release for an outline of key
recommendations or the
full report
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New
Resource to Help Nonprofits Cope with the Economy
Small and midsize
nonprofits, the lifeblood of America’s communities,
are showing their tenacity during the economic
decline, making the most of shrinking resources as
they strive to meet the growing demands for their
services. To give these nonprofits another lifeline,
the National Council of Nonprofits launched a new,
free resource available to nonprofits, policymakers,
and the public. The
Nonprofit Economic Vitality Center
assembles key
information from across the country and packages it
in four sections. The first section presents
information about the economy and the nonprofit
sector. The next section analyzes how the economic
downturn is hurting nonprofits in different
geographic regions, as well as different types of
nonprofits, such as the arts and health care. The
third section identifies various action steps that
nonprofits can take and illustrates some of those
options with examples of proven programs. The final
section pays tribute to grantmakers making extra
contributions to help nonprofits meet their
missions.
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Sent to NAPC by the Coalition on Human Needs (Washington, DC) on
3/18/09, with a request that we inform our members about it:
State
and local advocates - we need your help to Rebuild and Renew
America Now!
Please urge your organization to sign a statement
supporting a budget that prioritizes human needs.
We must show that the public interest can win over special
interests. Deadline extended to: Thursday, March 19 at
close of business.
The Coalition on Human Needs is a non-partisan,
independent organization. We have always been ready to press
for needed resources and services so that low-income people have
a chance to share in and contribute to America's prosperity and
promise. If proposals do not go far enough, or are negative in
their impact, we never hesitate to say so, whoever introduces
them. It is because President Obama's budget offers such a bold
shift in priorities that we are urging you to join us in
supporting and building upon the President's
budget.
It
provides health care, education, jobs, and other investments
that our nation needs, paying for these essential steps through
equitable and sensible revenues and responsible reductions in
wasteful spending in the military and elsewhere.
But we know we face a tough battle ahead. Already vested
interests, who do not want to give up any tax breaks or padded
contracts, have mobilized against the budget. Yesterday, a
coalition of more than 1,000 trade associations and corporations
sent a letter to Congress voicing their "profound disappointment
in and unequivocal opposition" to the President's budget. Unless
we speak out, they will succeed.
Help us demonstrate that there is ample support
for the budget priorities President Obama outlined - that the
public interest far outweighs special interests. Urge your
organization and your state/local partners to sign
the statement at:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/125/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1863.
Over 90 national organizations have already endorsed. See the
current list:
http://www.chn.org/pdf/2009/RRANStatement.pdf.
Rebuild and Renew America Now!
brings together leading progressive organizations from the human
needs, civil rights, economic justice, environmental, labor, and
various other communities in a non-partisan effort towards
realizing and building upon the promises of progress in
President Obama's groundbreaking budget. Jointly we will fight
back the opposition and advance the priorities we all care
about: human needs investments, health care reform, renewable
energy and much more. We will keep you informed of new
developments and ways that you can participate. To learn more
about the campaign visit:
www.rebuildandrenew.org/.
For more information about key issues in the budget, check the
Coalition on Human Needs' Budget
webpage - it's
regularly updated (http://www.chn.org/issues/budget/).
The Forward Together Declaration:
Empowering America's Citizen Sector for the Change We
Need
(John
Hopkins University, Listening Post Project, Center for Civil
Society Studies, Institute for Policy Studies)
MORE
As concerned leaders in the
nonprofit, or citizen, sector, we have come together in this
time of national crisis to renew our commitment to serve as
partners in public service in addressing the challenges our
nation faces.
This renewal process will involve work for all of us:
For citizens,
it will require
greater commitment to service and community, to giving and
volunteering.
For government
at all levels, it
will require flexibility and new approaches, investment in
nonprofit capacity, a nonprofit seat at the policy table,
heightened responsiveness to citizen sector innovations, and
greater protection of the distinctive functions such as advocacy
that make the citizen sector so vital.
For business,
it will require
strengthened partnerships with citizen sector organizations and
continued integration of socially responsible objectives into
central business operations.
For organized philanthropy,
it will require
greater commitment to leveraging, as opposed to preserving,
assets, to fostering innovation, and to taking risks.
For nonprofit
leaders,
it will require
effective management, continuous innovation, recommitment to
mission, broadened engagement of citizens, and attention to
measurable results.
For everyone,
it will require a
recognition that no one set of institutions has all of the
answers or all of the resources needed to address the problems
we face, and that cooperative action by all of our
institutions—government, business, and nonprofit—holds the real
key to the progress we need.
Browning Spence
(Pinellas Park, FL) has provided information about this
videoconference opportunity:
Surviving the Economic Downturn:
The Legal Issues Involved When Operating
in Hard Times
March 24, 2009
Location:
Pfizer
Conference Center, 150 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
With
videoconference sites in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore,
Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San
Francisco, Tampa, & Washington, DC.
FLYER and
registration information
Jim Lyall (Tulsa, OK) sent this alert
3/18/09 about the "Calling for 2-1-1" Act.
Several NAPC member organizations sponsor or partner with 2-1-1
in their communities and/or their states, and 2-1-1 has been a
NAPC priority since its inception. From Jim's email:
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Why is
the "Calling for 2-1-1" Act Needed?
Although the 2-1-1 system has developed over the past
decade through United Way and state government funding,
the 2-1-1 system lacks stable long-term financing.
Because of the expanding reach and increasing visibility
of 2-1-1, many 2-1-1 call centers lack the resources
needed to build an adequate telecommunications
infrastructure, provide appropriate staff levels and
training, establish or maintain 24-hour-a-day service,
ensure complete and accurate informational databases,
and reach rural populations. The "Calling for 2-1-1" Act
would provide the funding needed to meet these needs.
S. 211 and H.R.
211 would create a federal grant program to complete
implementation of a nationwide 2-1-1 system.
Specifically, the bill would:
· Direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
award a grant to each state to establish a program or
fund an existing program which will make 2-1-1 service
available to all the residents of a state with phone
service.
· Require a state match, meaning each participating
state must ensure that at least 50% of the resources of
the program funded by the grant will be derived from
other sources.
· Mandate that grant recipients collaborate with human
service organizations to provide an exhaustive database
of services with which to provide information and
referral to persons utilizing the 2-1-1 service.
· Provide $150 million for each of first two years, $100
million for the next four years, for a total of $700
million.
House Resolution 211 -
Click here for Library
of Congress bill information.
Click here for a legislative summary for elected
officials.
Senate Resolution 211 -
Click here for Library of Congress bill information.
Click here for a legislative summary for elected
officials.
Community Action Network follows stimulus developments,
recommends information sources
From the CAN
website page on the stimulus--Austin, TX (4/28/09)...check
that website again often for most recent information,
plus key links for Texas and Austin
Linking Federal
Stimulus Efforts to the Local Community
Congressman Lloyd Doggett attended the CAN
Resource Council meeting on March 13th to
discuss the $300 billion in tax cuts and the
$500 billion in government spending that make up
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Doggett shared a
Guide to the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act prepared by his office listing the
amounts Texas is expected to receive through
each component of the bill and with links to the
State contacts who will oversee each area of
stimulus funding. The presentations shared with
the Resource Council by Trish Young, President
and CEO of the Travis County Healthcare
District; Roger Jefferies, Travis County
Criminal Justice Planning; John-Michael Cortez,
Capital Metro; and Linda Young, Austin Community
College, have been posted on the CAN website at
caction.org.
The
following letter was sent to Jim Dunnam,
Chairman of the Texas House Select Committee on
Federal Economic Stabalization Funding, as well
as members of the Travis County delegation.
CAN Letter to Legislators RE: State Expenditure
of Federal Stimulus Funds
General information about the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act (ARRA):
Chantel Bottoms at Community Action Network
provided this information on 5/5/09:
New Foundation Center Map
Guides Nonprofits to Stimulus Dollars and Other
Resources
New York, NY — May
5, 2009. The Foundation Center, the nation's
leading authority on organized philanthropy, has
collected an extensive array of resources on how
nonprofits may be able to access stimulus
package funding from the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The
Center's new MapShot: Best ARRA Funding
Resources by State provides a state-by-state
display of funding opportunities and
other pertinent information. The new map
guides visitors to a wealth of annotated links
about ARRA, such as:
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Detailed lists
of "shovel-ready" projects in every state,
submitted in the 2008 U.S. Conference
of Mayors report
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"New
Opportunities for Michigan Nonprofits,"
the first in a series of briefings prepared
by City Connect Detroit related to funding
opportunities through the ARRA
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"State of
Hawai'i's HI-Way to Recovery," official
state web site on the economic stimulus
package "What Stimulus Means to Texas Health
Care," preliminary information from the
Texas Medical Association on major health
and human services allocations for
Texas
"America's
nonprofits are fighting for their piece of the
stimulus pie, and this mapping tool gives them a
running start," said Bradford K. Smith,
president of the Foundation Center. Also
informative is the Center's PhilanTopic blog
post, What Do Nonprofits Need to Know About the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?. MapShot:
Best ARRA Funding Resources by State is
available at the Center's Focus on the
Economic Crisis web page, which offers a variety
of resources to help nonprofits and foundations
deal with the challenges of the unstable
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