“Securing Federal Funding for
Your Coalition”      

Thursday, September 25, 2003

1:00 - 2:30 p.m., ET

 Moderated by: Mary Elizabeth Larson
Vice President, Development and Special Projects
      Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, Alexandria, VA 

a.  Sponsors:  This program is sponsored by the The National Guard Bureau Counter-Drug Office (NGB-CD),  The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), and the Multijurisdictional Counter Drug Task Force Training (MCTFT) program at St. Petersburg Junior College and the Florida National Guard with the extended technical support of the Satellite Education Network Ft. Lee, VA.  

b.    Availability:  This free, public domain, live, interactive program will be available on Thursday, August 1, on C/KU analog satellite downlinks and the Military Warrior/Federal/ GETN digital CDV satellite networks.  The Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN) and the Housing Television Network (HTVN) may also carry the program subject to scheduling availability (check LETN and HTVN listings.)   

For other satellite related questions, including locating a downlink in your community, please visit these web sites: http://www.dlnets.com/satinfo.htm or http://www.dlnets.com/satfaq.htm.   

If you need additional assistance in locating a satellite downlink location to view this program, please call Ed Kronholm or Stephanie Scott, our satellite/registrations coordinators, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 480-820-0305 or email: dlnets@aol.com. 

Will this program be Videostreamed:  The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) will facilitate the live streaming of this event via the Internet.  They will also offer an archived version.  We emphasize that this technology is new and each broadcast is subject to a number of technical challenges in order to be successful.  The web site listed below contains instructions for live streaming of this broadcast.  We suggest you familiarize yourself with the software prior the day of this program.  To receive this program you must download, configure and test Microsoft Media Player prior to the broadcast.  The richness of your viewing experience may be also dependent upon the speed of your connection, any net congestion present that day and other technical factors.  For help see: http://www.health.org/multimedia/webcasts/help.aspx.

The program may also be available later as an archived version at this web site: http://www.health.org/multimedia/keywords.asp?Event=Webcast.

Additional information will be available at their website, PREVLINE at www.health.org and on the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America web site at www.cadca.org. 

c.    Program Overview:  This 90-minute broadcast will feature federal officials who distribute grants and coalition leaders who receive a variety of federal funding, as well as a grant-writing expert.  Participants will learn what the federal grant makers look for in applications and from coalition leaders who have successfully secured federally funded grants.  Participants will also receive grant-writing tips from a professional grant-writer. 

d.    Program Objectives:  

Discuss the multitude of federal funding options for coalitions and other grassroots organizations.
Identify and discuss what components federal funders look for in a coalition’s grant application.
Learn effective grant-writing tips and strategies

e.  Target Audience Statement:  Primary target audiences for this program include youth coalition members, community coalition leaders, prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, Weed and Seed Coordinators, Safe and Drug-Free Schools coordinators, educators, administrators, counselors, law enforcement officers, treatment providers, drug court members, policy makers, business leaders, coalition volunteers, drug demand reduction coordinators, concerned parents, criminal justice professionals, youth coalition members, members of the religious community and other community partners who may be interested.  This program is also suitable for Public Access television distribution. 

f.  Panelists Biographies: 

Moderator:  Mary E. Larson, Vice President, Training and Research, CADCA - Mary E. Larson is the Vice President of Development and Special Projects for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).  Ms. Larson’s responsibilities include cultivating and maintaining relationships with foundations, corporations and national partners and assisting program staff in identifying and recruiting funds to support specific projects in support of the CADCA mission.  Ms. Larson also serves as a liaison to CADCA’s Board of Directors and CADCA’s Coalition Advisory Committee.

Ms. Larson’s previous position at CADCA was Director of Programming and Public Policy.  As part of the CADCA Training Department, Ms. Larson managed the coordination, development and production of CADCA’s highly successful Satellite Broadcast Initiative.  CADCA and the National Guard partner with the agencies such as the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the Office of National Drug Control Policy to deliver satellite broadcasts covering topics of interest to community coalitions and other stakeholders.  During her tenure, Mary has coordinated the production of 25 training broadcasts. 

Prior to joining CADCA, Ms. Larson served as Children’s Policy Advisor for U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum-Baker on the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.  Ms. Larson worked for Senator Kassebaum-Baker for six years until her retirement from the Senate in 1997.  Her work on the Senate Labor Committee focused on a number of children, family and youth-related issues including: youth development, juvenile delinquency, childcare, child welfare and welfare reform.  Ms. Larson graduated from Kansas State University in 1991 with a BA in History. 

Panelists:

VC League is the president of Vincentè & Associates, a consulting group, operating from Hayward, California and has consulted with over 2500 organizations in the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, and all U.S. Territories.  This work includes program planning and proposal writing, management, and organizational development.  Other work includes program evaluation, board development, and diversity training as well as substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and violence prevention.  As a trainer for The Grantsmanship Center from 1989 to 1999,  VC League conducted over 200 five-day program planning and proposal writing training programs.  He is also a founding board member of the American Association of Grant Professionals.  Currently, he is working on a five-year project evaluating the $100 million federally funded City of Detroit (MI) Empowerment Zone in conjunction with Vincentè & Associates and the Black United Fund of Michigan, Inc.  He also works with Hawaii Partners in Research and Evaluation in evaluating the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Project for the Hawaii Department of Education Central Oahu District.

Other Panelists TBA

g.  CEUs, CMEs, Certificates:  There are no CEUs, CMEs available for this program.

h.  Videotape Availability:  CADCA offers videotapes of its programs for a modest cost that covers tape duplication and shipping.  Please call Ms. Tanyanic Brown of CADCA at 703-706-0560, ext. 242 or email to tbrown@cadca.org for details. 

i.  Videotape release (if taping from broadcast):  This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled.  There are no copyright restrictions on this, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing.  It may not be used for commercial purposes without permission of the sponsors.

j.  Web Site On-line Materials and Satellite Coordinates:  CADCA will post site materials on its web site: www.cadca.org prior to the broadcast date.  (Satellite coordinates will be distributed to registered viewer sites via email on/about September 19, 2003.  Coordinates are never publicly posted; you must register to receive them.)

k.  Registration:  All sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary satellite coordinates (C/KU) or illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes).  Sites may register at: www.dlnets.com/MCTFT2nd.htm or by calling Ed Kronholm, the Satellite Registrations coordinator toll free at 877-820-0305 or 480-820-0305.

l.  Future Programs:  Check the CADCA website, www.CADCA.org, under Broadcasts for up-to-date content and scheduling information. A complete schedule of CounterDrug Programming  for FY 2002  can be seen here: http://www.dlnets.com/mctft.htm#current.

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