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Office of the Child and Youth Advocate

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:02:38 +-700

Child and Youth Advocate releases Special Report on youth aging out of care April 10, 2013
Del Graff, Provincial Child and Youth Advocate, publicly released his first self-directed Special Report as an independent Officer of the Legislature

Calgary Foundation Legacy Fund for Youth from Care Deadline May 30, 2013

Tue, 28 May 2013 15:06:00 +-700

Post-secondary education opportunities for youth from care. 18-30 years old and have been under permanent guardianship with Calgary Rocky View Child & Family Services at the time they turned 18. Priority given to individuals over the age of 20 for whom an Extension of Care and Maintenance is not an option.

Rutgers School of Social Work

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:38:27 +-700

Journal for Nonprofit Management
The Center for Nonprofit Management and Governance, in partnership with the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, is proud to announce the publication of the 15th edition of the Journal for Nonprofit Management. Previous editions can be found at http://www.supportcenteronline.org/resources.php.

Abbottsfield Music Program (Edmonton)

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:26 +-700

Offer free music lessons for children 6 to 12 years old in a safe environment. Musical instruments will be provided at no cost.

Heart of the City Piano Program (Edmonton)

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:36:44 +-700

The Heart of the City Piano Program (HCPP) provides a way for members of the community to share their love of music with children who would otherwise not have the opportunity to learn how to play the piano or the guitar.

Music program aims to strike right chord with high-risk Edmonton youth Metro News May 16, 2013

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:37 +-700

Bill Swieringa is on the hunt for donated instruments, such as guitars, violins, drums and banjos.

“They can be in any shape. If they don’t play, that’s fine. We’ll fix them. We’ll fix anything.”

Swieringa, a social worker at two northeast Edmonton public elementary schools, is the man behind The Abbottsfield Music Program, which is aiming to provide donated popular instruments and sponsored lessons from hired music teachers to students aged six to 12 first at Abbott Elementary School, then students at other schools in the Beverly area.

Caledon Institute of Social Policy

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:02:27 +-700

The Case for a Canada Social Report Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman, May 2013

The demise of the National Council of Welfare, announced in the 2012 Budget, would have punched a huge hole in Canada’s social policy database. The Council’s annual Welfare Incomes and Poverty Profile reports had for decades provided invaluable information on welfare and low income.

Rather than simply lamenting this potential loss, the Caledon Institute of Social Policy is acting to rescue this important data by taking over its preparation and distribution. The welfare and poverty information will form part of a new Canada Social Report that will provide data and information on social programs and related tax benefits in Canada. The Report will not only collect key program and socioeconomic statistics, but also undertake analyses that help explain the shape and implications of identified trends. It will track and document major developments in social policy in a wide range of domains.

The first product of the Canada Social Report is already available, in the form of Caledon’s online Policy Monitor which tracks developments in federal and provincial/territorial social programs. The range will expand to include social policy developments at the municipal level. During the rest of this year, the Canada Social Report will update the welfare incomes and poverty trends, and will prepare a study on minimum wages. The project will grow over time, housed at Caledon but encouraging inputs from other organizations with an interest in social policy.

“Assessing the Benefits of Community Human Services” Anne Makhoul and Sherri Torjman, Caledon Institute of Social Policy November 2012. This literature review was undertaken on behalf of the Community Human Services Network of Alberta. The Network is composed of representatives of 20 networks and coalitions representing nonprofit human services in Alberta.

The report presents a summary of the benefits literature in eight areas of human service. It places special emphasis on early childhood development and care, and crime prevention − the two domains with the most wide-ranging and robust evidence base.

The report also highlights the challenges involved in this work related to the widely variable evidence base among the eight areas of human service and to shifts in their delivery. Key developments in evaluation methods, including the growing interest in Social Return on Investment and developmental evaluation, are considered as well.

Caledon Institute of Social Policy

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:02:27 +-700

The Case for a Canada Social Report Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman, May 2013

Donner Canadian Foundation Awards

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:44:35 +-700

The Donner Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2013 Donner Awards, Canada’s largest awards program for nonprofit/voluntary organizations. They are looking for Canada’s best-run nonprofit social service agencies in Canada. They will be selecting nine winners, with a total of $60,000 in prize money available. Every organization that applies will automatically receive a confidential performance evaluation report, which ranks your organization relative to other organizations. As well, each organization that submits an application will be entered in a $1,000 cash draw.
Deadline May 31, 2013

Announcement: Canada's First MBA in Social Enterprise Leadership Canada NewsWire May 21, 2013

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:44 +-700