To assist cities in developing an emergency plan, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101: A Guide for All Hazard Emergency Operations Planning.
The guide provides cities with FEMA's recommendations on how to address the entire emergency planning process - from forming a planning team, to writing and maintaining the plan, to executing the plan. The guide focuses on helping plan developers address all of the hazards and threats that might affect their city through a series of smaller operation plans that are connected through an integrated concept plan.
To access Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101, visit www.fema.gov/about/divisions/epg.shtm.
information provided by the League of Minnesota Cities.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Mayor Voxland named as C.C. Ludwig Award recipient
Mayor Mark Voxland of Moorhead has been selected as one of the 2009 C.C. Ludwig Award winners. The honorees were announced last week at the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) 2009 Annual Conference in St. Paul.
The C.C. Ludwig Award is named in honor of a former League executive director, and is considered to be the League’s highest honor for elected officials. Established in 1962, the award is given annually in celebration of outstanding service. Recipients are chosen for their vision, statesmanship, and unwavering commitment to the public good.
Mayor Voxland, who received the C.C. Ludwig Award for elected officials from cities with populations of 10,000 or more, was cited for taking the lead on Moorhead’s Downtown Revitalization program and for his around-the-clock efforts during the recent flooding in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Voxland is a former president of the League of Minnesota Cities, and has also served on the Board of Directors for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities. In 2003-2004, he chaired the League-driven Financing Local Government Task Force. Voxland currently serves as Red River Basin commissioner.
Congratulations Mayor Voxland!
The C.C. Ludwig Award is named in honor of a former League executive director, and is considered to be the League’s highest honor for elected officials. Established in 1962, the award is given annually in celebration of outstanding service. Recipients are chosen for their vision, statesmanship, and unwavering commitment to the public good.
Mayor Voxland, who received the C.C. Ludwig Award for elected officials from cities with populations of 10,000 or more, was cited for taking the lead on Moorhead’s Downtown Revitalization program and for his around-the-clock efforts during the recent flooding in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Voxland is a former president of the League of Minnesota Cities, and has also served on the Board of Directors for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities. In 2003-2004, he chaired the League-driven Financing Local Government Task Force. Voxland currently serves as Red River Basin commissioner.
Congratulations Mayor Voxland!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Captains leaving community
After nearly six years of service in the Fergus Falls community, Salvation Army co-captains Mike and Cindy Parker are moving this month to Mankato, where they will continue to work as captains for the Salvation Army.
The move to Mankato is exciting for the couple as they’re heading into a service which supports three times the amount of people they’re currently used to. The Mankato Salvation Army also runs a supportive home for those looking to get back on their feet after experiencing tough times.
Captain Jeff and Dawn Russell of Lansing, Mich. will be taking over the Fergus Falls Salvation Army as co-captains when the Parkers relocate. The public is invited to meet the new co-captains at 1 p.m. on July 5 at the Salvation Army in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Lakes Country Service Cooperative would like to wish the best of luck to the Parker family with their relocation and new opportunities in Mankato!
The move to Mankato is exciting for the couple as they’re heading into a service which supports three times the amount of people they’re currently used to. The Mankato Salvation Army also runs a supportive home for those looking to get back on their feet after experiencing tough times.
Captain Jeff and Dawn Russell of Lansing, Mich. will be taking over the Fergus Falls Salvation Army as co-captains when the Parkers relocate. The public is invited to meet the new co-captains at 1 p.m. on July 5 at the Salvation Army in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Lakes Country Service Cooperative would like to wish the best of luck to the Parker family with their relocation and new opportunities in Mankato!
Permanent Family Resource Center in Fergus Falls has new interim director
Ann Rotto, a licensed clinical social worker, has been named interim director of the Permanent Family Resource Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Ann has served as a clinical consultant with the agency for eight years.
The center's founder and executive director Maryjane Westra has resigned and will be moving to Zimbabwe. She and her husband Don have accepted positions as global ministers for the Common Board of Global Missions.
Lakes Country Service Cooperative looks forward to working with Ann Rotto.
Congratulations to Don and Maryjane Westra on their new adventure in life!
The center's founder and executive director Maryjane Westra has resigned and will be moving to Zimbabwe. She and her husband Don have accepted positions as global ministers for the Common Board of Global Missions.
Lakes Country Service Cooperative looks forward to working with Ann Rotto.
Congratulations to Don and Maryjane Westra on their new adventure in life!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Lakes Area Community Center in Battle Lake Celebrating Grand Opening!
As Lakes Area Community Center in Battle Lake passes their one year mark, they're celebrating by having a Grand Opening of the Community Center building the third weekend in June with four days of events.
Please join them for one or more of their planned activities beginning on June 25 and running through June 28, 2009. Listing of all activities and times can be found on the LACC website.
Congratulations on one year of success!
Lakes Area Community Center
112 W. Main Street
Battle Lake, MN 56515
(218) 862-5222
lacc@arvig.net
www.lakesareacc.org
Please join them for one or more of their planned activities beginning on June 25 and running through June 28, 2009. Listing of all activities and times can be found on the LACC website.
Congratulations on one year of success!
Lakes Area Community Center
112 W. Main Street
Battle Lake, MN 56515
(218) 862-5222
lacc@arvig.net
www.lakesareacc.org
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Nonprofits May Find Grant Opportunities in the New Stimulus Plan
The National Council of Nonprofits has begun publishing a series of Special Reports to help nonprofit organizations better understand the elements of the newly enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and to quickly prepare for their critical role in our nation's economic recovery. The Alliance has developed a checklist to help you quickly identify areas of potential funding contained in the Act, both in broad stokes and in a more detailed programmatic list.
General areas of funding with potential opportunities include:
General areas of funding with potential opportunities include:
- Arts
- Education
- Youth services
- Environment
- Energy
- Housing and community development
- Health and human services
- Volunteer and national service
- Nonprofit assistance
- Technology access
- Workforce development
More specifically, the new law provides funds for:
- Arts organization assistance
- Child Care and Development Block Grants
- Community Development Block Grants
- Community Development Financial Institutions
- Community Service Employment for Older Americans
- Community Services Block Grants
- Economic development assistance
- Emergency food and shelter
- Emergency food assistance
- Energy assistance focused on weatherization and energy efficiency and conservation
- Environment and conservation through Public Lands Corps, Youth Conservation Corps, Student Conservation Association and other programs serving young adults
- Head Start and Early Head Start
- Health centers
- Health prevention and wellness
- Health technology
- HOME investment grants
- Homeless prevention and rapid re-housing
- Housing foreclosure assistance and redevelopment
- Job training, employment and reemployment services
- Native American Housing Block Grants
- Nonprofit capacity building
- School-based and youth programs, including Title I, special education and education for homeless children and youth
- Senior meals
- Service learning through National Service Trust
- Technology access for broadband services in undeserved areas
- Volunteer service through Americorps and VISTA
To read more about these specific funding streams, refer to the National Council's Special #1 at this site: http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/files/Special%20Report%201%20-%20Overview%20(Feb%2023%20FINAL).pdf
This report includes:
- Provisions of Potential Interest: detail on specific grants in program areas in the Act that could be of interest to a wide range of nonprofits. Each summary describes the nature of the program and shows the amounts appropriated;
- Appendix: summarizes the major appropriations and tax cuts in the 407-page Act.
Pawlenty's Unallotment Plan to Balance the Budget
Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced today (June 17, 2009) he plans to cut about $236 million from health and human services programs and another $300 million of aid to city and county governments as part of his unilateral "unallotment" in an effort to balance the state's budget for the new biennium. Pawlenty's cuts equal nearly $736 million. The reductions would begin July 1 and end July 2011. These cuts mark the largest ever for the State of Minnesota.
Reductions:
- K-12: $1.77 billion in payment deferrals and adjustments
- Aid to cities, counties and townships: $300 million
- Health and human services: $236 million
- Higher education: $100 million
- Reducing refunds and other payments: $67 million
- State agencies: $33 million
Additional revenues through administrative actions: $169 million
Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines
A soft-cover full-color edition of the PTI publication Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines is now available. The publication helps city and county officials to address energy assurance and security concerns for mission-critical government facilities.
"Protecting and enhancing the resiliency of the energy sector from natural and human-caused disasters requires local governments to be vigilant and aware of the interdependencies of the system," said PTI executive director Alan Shark. "This guide provides a valuable resource for local governments as they examine and enhance their energy assurance efforts."
Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines underscores the importance of preparing an energy assurance plan and offers a model tool to help officials assess their readiness in case of an energy emergency in their community by:
To download the 4.3 MB PDF from PTI at no charge, go to http://www.pti.org/docs-sust/LocalGovernmentEnergyAssuranceGuidelines.pdf
Information home site: http://www.pti.org/index.php/ptiee1/more/410/
"Protecting and enhancing the resiliency of the energy sector from natural and human-caused disasters requires local governments to be vigilant and aware of the interdependencies of the system," said PTI executive director Alan Shark. "This guide provides a valuable resource for local governments as they examine and enhance their energy assurance efforts."
Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines underscores the importance of preparing an energy assurance plan and offers a model tool to help officials assess their readiness in case of an energy emergency in their community by:
- Identifying national and local government experts who can help with energy assurance planning needs;
- Building organizational relationships and responsibilities within local government, the private sector and the region;
- Discovering actions that can ease the impacts of short-term energy disruptions;
- Defining long-term strategies and options for dealing with sustained disruptions or outages;
- Providing a tool that can be used to prepare an energy assurance plan;
- Improving all-hazards emergency preparedness through regional collaboration; and
- Learning about innovative and traditional financing mechanisms for energy assurance needs.
"Local governments are on the front lines of virtually all energy emergencies, and local governments are going to be faced with an ever increasing number of energy-related emergencies in the coming years," said Alice Lippert of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). "The resources and energy assurance assessment tool provided in this document will help local officials in preparing for energy-related disruptions to their facilities and systems."
The DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) funded PTI’s production of this publication. The OE is the primary DOE office responsible for energy emergency planning and response in the United States. Its mission is to lead national efforts to modernize the electric grid, enhance security and reliability of the energy infrastructure and facilitate recovery from disruptions to the energy supply.
Go to http://www.amazon.com/Local-Government-Energy-Assurance-Guidelines/dp/1439236941 to order the hard-copy version from Amazon.To download the 4.3 MB PDF from PTI at no charge, go to http://www.pti.org/docs-sust/LocalGovernmentEnergyAssuranceGuidelines.pdf
Information home site: http://www.pti.org/index.php/ptiee1/more/410/
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Leadership Skills Training
Lakes Country Service Cooperative is pleased to offer Leadership Skills Training...a series of workshops for human resource generalists, supervisors, managers, team leaders, administrators and support staff.
April 9, 2009
Your Conflict Type
July 23, 2009
Employment Law
August 20, 2009
Volunteer Board Members & Areas of Liability for Non-Profits
September 10, 2009
Legal Concerns - Open Dialog
September 24, 2009
Ethical Decision Making
October 15, 2009
Public Participation
November 12, 2009
Building Relationships with Decision Makers
December 3, 2009
Committees That Work
Thanks to a grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation, registration fees for members with Human Resource duties will be waived.
For session overviews, workshop times, registration fees and to register, go to http://www.lcsc.org or contact Pam Ness at pamness@lcsc.org (218-739-3273, ext 115) for more information.
April 9, 2009
Your Conflict Type
July 23, 2009
Employment Law
August 20, 2009
Volunteer Board Members & Areas of Liability for Non-Profits
September 10, 2009
Legal Concerns - Open Dialog
September 24, 2009
Ethical Decision Making
October 15, 2009
Public Participation
November 12, 2009
Building Relationships with Decision Makers
December 3, 2009
Committees That Work
Thanks to a grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation, registration fees for members with Human Resource duties will be waived.
For session overviews, workshop times, registration fees and to register, go to http://www.lcsc.org or contact Pam Ness at pamness@lcsc.org (218-739-3273, ext 115) for more information.
Monday, June 8, 2009
The Center for Urban and Regional Affairs RFP
The Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) is inviting proposals for the fall 2009 semester for three of it’s Community Based research programs: Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization (NPCR), Community Assistantship Program (CAP) and Communiversity (CMV).
Students are paid by the programs for the assistantships, making them a good potential source of funding for your students.
CURA Community Based Research Programs provide applied research assistance to community-based groups located outside of the Twin Cities area, neighborhood groups within the metro area, and other nonprofit agencies and groups. This research is administered by three separate programs: the Community Assistantship Program, which works with groups in greater Minnesota; Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization, which works with neighborhood organizations in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and first-ring suburbs; and Communiversity, which works with nonprofit organizations, particularly those serving communities of color.
These community research projects typically place students in part-time research assistantships for one semester or over the summer. Students are selected by and report to the community organization. Organizations define and direct their research projects.
The goals of these programs are to:
1) enhance the capacity of community-based groups in Minnesota to meet their goals by giving them an opportunity to accomplish relevant applied research;
2) provide students and faculty with useful community-based applied research and learning opportunities.
Applications should come directly from community organizations.
The deadline for project proposals is June 30th, 2009.
Approved projects will run from August 31st, 2009 to January 13th, 2010.
Please follow the link below to find out more or to apply on-line or contact Jeff Corn, CURA Community Program Coordinator at (612) 625-0744
http://www.cura.umn.edu/Programs/ApplicationProcess.php
Students are paid by the programs for the assistantships, making them a good potential source of funding for your students.
CURA Community Based Research Programs provide applied research assistance to community-based groups located outside of the Twin Cities area, neighborhood groups within the metro area, and other nonprofit agencies and groups. This research is administered by three separate programs: the Community Assistantship Program, which works with groups in greater Minnesota; Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization, which works with neighborhood organizations in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and first-ring suburbs; and Communiversity, which works with nonprofit organizations, particularly those serving communities of color.
These community research projects typically place students in part-time research assistantships for one semester or over the summer. Students are selected by and report to the community organization. Organizations define and direct their research projects.
The goals of these programs are to:
1) enhance the capacity of community-based groups in Minnesota to meet their goals by giving them an opportunity to accomplish relevant applied research;
2) provide students and faculty with useful community-based applied research and learning opportunities.
Applications should come directly from community organizations.
The deadline for project proposals is June 30th, 2009.
Approved projects will run from August 31st, 2009 to January 13th, 2010.
Please follow the link below to find out more or to apply on-line or contact Jeff Corn, CURA Community Program Coordinator at (612) 625-0744
http://www.cura.umn.edu/Programs/ApplicationProcess.php
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