News and Updates

Welcome To The Center

"Our Faith Promoting Community and Building Families"

The Center for Reconciliation

& Social Change, Inc.

Member Resources

The Center for Reconciliation and Social Change operate in four broad areas. 

1)  Client Services

2) Organizational Development; Capacity Building

3) Member Services and Resource Sharing

4) Grant Writing, Grant Opportunities and Grant Sharing

4) Faith Based Training and Development 

2006 Grant Opportunities-

-Community

• Healthy Marriage Community Programs
  

PURPOSE:

The mission of ACF's Healthy Marriage Initiative is to help couples that choose to marry

gain greater access to marriage education services that enable them to acquire the skills

and knowledge necessary to form and sustain healthy marriages. ACF is particularly

interested in supporting marriage education and marriage enrichment projects specifically

designed for couples. This includes, but is not limited to, married couples, engaged

couples, and couples interested in marriage.   (National Instute of Health Information Services)

Letters of Intent are due by May 30, 2006.

Applications are due by June, 30, 2006.

• Community Services Block Grant Program Community Economic Development
  

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

TANF recipients; at-risk youth; custodial and non-custodial parents; residents of

public housing; persons with disabilities; persons who are homeless; or individuals

transitioning from incarceration into the community.

DEADLINE: 05/12/06 (See Document) Word doc.

• Radio Shack StreetSentz Community Grant Program
  

Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.

Grants for prevention of family violence/abuse and/or child abduction.

-Youth Grant Programs

• Get Youth in Gear to Volunteer  
  

Children Who Volunteer: Are more likely to do well in school, graduate, vote and

be philanthropic. Are 50 percent less likely to engage in destructive behavior,

abuse drugs, alcohol or cigarettes. Nominating a Kid Who Cares

• YouthActionNet to Help Fund Youth-Led Social Change Projects
  

YouthActionNet will present awards to youth leaders and emerging projects that

promote social change and connect youth with local communities. The

YouthActionNet Awards are supported by Make a Connection, a global initiative

of the

International Youth Foundation and Nokia.

• Mattel Children's Foundation                                    
  

Announces Second Year of Domestic Grantmaking Program.  Through this effort,

unsolicited applications for funds from organizations working to benefit children in

need in the United States are accepted. Organizations with 501(c)(3) public

charity status that are able to demonstrate they directly serve children in need

may be eligible for grants of $5,000 up to $25,000.

• KaBOOM! Announces 2005 Playground Opportunities
  

Ideal Community Partner candidates should serve children from low-income or

disadvantaged backgrounds; own and provide land for the playground; agree to

own, insure, and maintain the playground for the lifetime of the playground; be

able to raise and contribute up to $10,000 cash toward the cost of equipment;

and have the ability to recruit volunteers to participate in planning committees

and to help build the playground.