The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children and Families, Office of Community Services awarded a grant totaling $250,000 to the City of Hammond. The Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF) program provides funding for technical assistance and training activities at no cost to interested grassroots, non-profit, faith based, social service and community based organizations. Aegis Systems, LLC is the Consultant retained to develop, provide, implement and deliver the curriculum and technical assistance to eligible non-profit organizations. The SCF program process will be discussed at the next Quarterly Non-Profit Workshop scheduled Friday, January 22, 2010. The 2 year program has components for agency assessment, individual development plans, coaching and mentoring activities. Each agency determined eligible to participate will receive technical assistance in the following areas: leadership and organizational development, fund development including grant writing training, and community outreach. The application and detailed announcement will be posted on the City of Hammond website.

The Quarterly Non-Profit Workshop will be held at Regions Bank, 2nd Floor Conference Room.
Other speakers on the agenda are Michael Allen for Channel 17 and Tina Bouzon, Program Manager of the Joe W. and Dorothy Dorset Brown Foundation. To RSVP please contact Megan MacMenamin, Grants Administrative Assistant at 985-277-5647 or email address:
Macmenamin_me@hammond.org. Thank you.