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Connecting with Local Sponsors - Simple Steps to Help Fund FAST
Posted by Pat Davenport on Friday, July 16, 2010
Families and Schools Together, Inc. in partnership with Barbara Harrington with Sponsorship Network present this free webinar!
Foundation Funding Opportunity for Colorado
Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, July 8, 2010
The Adolph Coors Foundation provides grants to support programs for Colorado non-profit organizations.
Duke Endowment Funds FAST!
Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, July 8, 2010
The Duke Endowment Fund works through select North Carolina and South Carolina organizations to: * Expand opportunities for vulnerable children * Improve access to quality health care * Increase access to exceptional higher education opportunities * Support rural United Methodist churches, their leaders and the communities they serve
National Fatherhood Initiative Capacity Building Initiative
Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, July 8, 2010
Over 20 grants of $25,000 will be awarded for the specific purpose of increasing capacity to develop fatherhood programming, and to improve their financial sustainability by becoming more familiar with (and better qualified to receive) federal or private philanthropic support.
OJJDP FY 2010 Safe Start Promising Approaches Project
Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The US Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Program (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), is seeking applications for funding under its FY 2010 Safe Start Promising Approaches Project. This program furthers DOJ's mission by developing and supporting practice enhancements and innovations to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence in their homes and communities.
Save the Children and FAST UK Joint Early Intervention Programme
Posted by Pat Davenport on Monday, May 24, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010 - Save the Children UK launched new parent strengthening programme partnership with Families and Schools Together (FAST)
OJJDP Announces FY 2010 Funding Opportunities
Posted by Pat Davenport on Friday, May 14, 2010
OJJDP Announces FY 2010 Funding Opportunities
Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program
Posted by Pat Davenport on Friday, May 14, 2010
FY 2010 Request for Applicants for US Department of Agriculture and National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grant Program. Try the Healthy FAST program version!
Funding Opportunity - Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse
Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, April 8, 2010
Learn more about the US Department of Education's Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse competitive grant application process
OJJDP Announces Tribal-Related Funding Opportunities
Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, April 8, 2010
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has announced new funding opportunities related to tribal juvenile justice.
New Mental Health Funding Opportunity
Posted by Pat Davenport on Friday, March 5, 2010
Learn more about the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program FY 2010 Competitive Grant Announcement! Contact us at FST for support in proposing "FAST" in your application for this community collaborative initiative!
OJJDP Announces New Funding Opportunity
Posted by Pat Davenport on Friday, March 5, 2010
Learn more about the OJJDP FY 2010 Strategic Enhancement to Mentoring Programs grant competition! Contact us at FST for support in proposing "FAST" in your application!
Dr. Lynn McDonald and FAST program featured in March edition of the PSW Professional Social Work newsletter
Posted by Pat Davenport on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Dr. Lynn McDonald, the US founder of the Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme answers PSW's questions about an initiative now being piloted in London and Liverpool that draws on a range of research studies to support vulnerable and underprivileged families and children in leading more positive and fulfilled lives.
UK FAST Program Featured on Teacher TV
Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, February 4, 2010
A primary school in Liverpool trials the Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme, to see how links between communities and schools can affect children's welfare and education.
New Prevention Funding Opportunities
Posted by Pat Davenport on Friday, March 5, 2010
Learn more about a grant opportunity from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Contact us at FST for support in proposing "FAST" in your application for this community collaborative initiative!
Lynn McDonald's Inaugural Professorial Lecture
Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Congratulations to FAST Program founder, Dr. Lynn McDonald as she will be inaugurated as a professor at Middlesex University in London!
Appleseed Parent Involvement Documents for the National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group
Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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New Educational Funding Opportunities
Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Learn more about three new grant opportunities from the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. Contact us at FST for support in proposing "FAST" in your application for these grants.
State Laws on Family Engagement in Education Reference Guide
Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
National PTA's Office of Public Policy has a new publication, State Laws on Family Engagement in Education Reference Guide.
FAST in the Netherlands
Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, November 12, 2009
FAST Partners in the Netherlands, Rivierduinen, have been nominated as one of two National Dutch Youth Service Award Nominees. Congratulations to all of those nominated!
FAST included in NREPP
Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
FAST Included in NREPP (National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices)
OJJDP announces free financial workshop
Posted by Aubrey Johnson on Friday, November 6, 2009
A message from OJJDP News @ a Glance - announcing free financial workshop.
FAST Program and Military Families
Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, July 2, 2009
Just in time for the 4th of July, FST has put together this informational brief about the FAST program's history in engaging military including comments from Certified FAST Trainer Kalen Kitagawa who has facilitated the FAST program with numerous military families in Hawaii
How FAST Works
Posted by Aubrey Johnson on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Click on the link below to watch a ten minute video created by a FAST partner in the Northern Territory of Australia
Families face FAST Family Time
Posted by Pat Davenport on Monday, April 6, 2009
FAST Program in Mad River School District tell their FAST success story
Beating The Odds: Colorado Study of School achievement
Posted by from CDE on Thursday, March 13, 2008
The state of Colorado has studied school achievement and has identified ten practices that help schools perform better. They are creating a best-practices guide later this year to promote their findings.
Familes and Schools Together receives TAPE award for outstanding program
Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Monday, February 18, 2008
Texas Association of Parent Educators (TAPE) delivers award to FST in recognition of its achievements in best practices for parent engagement with a science-based model
CMHS Report to Congress on Child Mental Health
Posted by American Psychiatric Association on Thursday, January 31, 2008
"The Committee believes that research-based prevention and wellness promotion efforts that strengthen parenting and enhance child resilience in the face of adversity can have a significant impact on the mental health of children and youth."
American Stress Skyrockets
Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Thursday, October 25, 2007
Forty-eight percent of Americans say they're more stressed now than they were five years ago.
Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk
Posted by Star Parker reviews Ben Carson's new book on Saturday, December 29, 2007
Ben Carson: Gifted neurosurgeon, businessman, philanthropist, and contemporary American black hero who rose from an at-risk childhood to advocate of personal responsibility and education.
The Many Faces of Childhood Stress
Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Research is increasingly revealing the hazards of childhood stress on the growth and development of kids.
Gang Activity Affecting Girls
Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Sunday, September 9, 2007
The rise of girl gangs is becoming a distressing problem in the USA. and in Europe. It is a problem that is taken very seriously by the FBI and local juvenile police units.
Excellent Article on Parent Involvement
Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
How do you establish and maintain a good working relationship with your students' parents? The Education World Teacher Team shares their strategies for increasing parent involvement and ensuring parental support.
FAST Makes Cover of American School Board Journal
Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Thursday, October 25, 2007
FAST recognized by American School Board Journal as having exceptional results with Latino communities in Los Angeles
G.R.E.A.T. and FAST collaborate
Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Thursday, November 4, 2004
The State of Wisconsin has provided funding to help Racine gang resistance efforts using the FAST and G.R.E.A.T. programs in collaboration to help parents and community outreach officers build protective factors around kids.
FAST Cited by Harvard's Family Research Project as Family-Strengthening Intervention
Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Monday, October 23, 2006
In a study evaluating effective child-student interventions, FAST was found to possess the necessary ingredients for success in program effectiveness
