Funding Opportunity from National CAPACD

National CAPACD is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposals for the AAPI Communities Taking Initiative in Our Neighborhoods Technical Assistance (ACTION TA) program!    The ACTION TA program is a national technical assistance and training initiative that builds organizational and program capacity using a model based on cultural competency and peer-to-peer support. 

Will you be joining us in Washington, D.C. for our 10th annual convention next week?  Take this opportunity to meet, catch up, and collaborate with your fellow AAPI community based organizations or community development corporations for this great funding opportunity!

Haven’t registered yet?  It’s not too late!  Please refer to our convention website here for more information on how you can register and join us in Washington, D.C.

Competitive proposals for funding will be accepted, and proposals will be reviewed by a selection panel comprised of the National CAPACD Program Committee members, staff and other individuals who are familiar with the goals of the program and will be able to provide recommendations for funding.

The participating organizations selected for ACTION TA projects will be able to use these funds to cover the cost of activities associated with the project’s proposal.  Funds may be used, for example, to cover staffing costs, travel for site visits, materials development, printing and publication of reports, and general administrative overhead for the project. 

Grants of approximately $15, 000 will be made for six projects.  The grant awards will be made in equal amounts to each project. 

Questions about eligibility or proposal submission should be directed to:

Hieu Truong, Program Coordinator

Romana Lee-Akiyama, Deputy Director,

Proposals are due by 5:00 pm (PDT) on Monday, June 29, 2009; applicants will be notified of receipt by email on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. 

Interested applicants should first review the Request for Proposals, which can be found here.

For more information on this program, please visit the National CAPACD site.

2) 10th Annual Convention Updates 

The 10th Annual Convention is right around the corner, and National CAPACD has an all-star line up of speakers confirmed to attend!  

Secretary Gary Locke, Department of Commerce

Deputy Secretary Ron Sims, Department of Housing & Urban Development 

Adolfo Carrion, Director, White House Office on Urban Affairs

Former Secretary Norman Mineta

Congressman Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)

Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)

Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA)

Deepak Bhargava, Center for Community Change

The Reverend Wako Puanani Burgess, One Peace-at-a-Time

Maria Cabildo, Maria Cabildo, East Los Angeles Community Corporation

Cherry Cayabyab, API Community Leadership Foundation

Gloria Chan, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Gordon Chin, Chinatown Community Development Center

Patrick Corvington, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Robin Danner, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

Kerry Doi, Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment

Winston Dong, Reconnecting America

Mark Winston Griffith, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy

Doris Koo, Enterprise Community Partners

Chris Kui, Asian Americans for Equality

Eun Sook Lee, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium

Jeremy Liu, Asian Community Development Corporation

Dean Matsubayashi, Little Tokyo Service Center

Shirley Sagawa, author of “Charismatic Organizations”

Glenn Sanada, California Community Economic Development Association

Annetta Seecharran, South Asian Youth Action

Sue Taoka, Shorebank Enterprise Cascadia

Bo Thao, Asian American & Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy

Vien Truong, Green for All

Malcolm Amado Uno, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance

Marian Urquilla, Living Cities

Dae Joong Yoon, Korean Resource Center

It’s not too late to register and attend National CAPACD’s 10th Annual Convention and 10th Anniversary Gala.  Sign up now! 

Member Rate: $250

Non-Member Rate: $350

Gala Tickets: $200

Gala Tickets for Convention Attendees: $75

Come join us on this momentous occasion!

 

3)  National CAPACD Invited to White House Bill Signing of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act

On May 20th, Lisa Hasegawa, Executive Director of National CAPACD, was invited to the White House to witness President Obama sign the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act and the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act into law.  

The Helping Families Save Their Homes Act expands on the work of the Making Home Affordable Program which was first announced in February.  The bill makes it easier for homeowners to find options to making their mortgages affordable and avoid preventable foreclosures.  The bill also establishes protections for renters living in foreclosed homes, nad establishes the right of a homeowner to know who owns their mortgage.  

The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act gives the federal government more tools to crack down on the kind of fraud that put thousands of families at risk of losing their homes.  It aims to stop predatory lending practices by expanding the power of the Department of Justice, and also creates the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the financial practices of Wall Street.

4)  NeighborWorks America Scholarships Available

National CAPACD and NeighborWorks® America, through the George Knight Scholarship Program are offering a limited number of full tuition and single-room lodging scholarships to National CAPACD members to attend up to 5 days of training at the upcoming NeighborWorks® Training Institute in Chicago, IL from August 17-21, 2009.    

The scholarship does NOT include travel, incidentals, and most meals.  Continental breakfast and morning and afternoon beverages are served each day. Hot and cold hor d’oeuvres will be served at the networking reception.  All other meals are at your own expense.  

WHO SHOULD APPLY

This is an opportunity for community organizations to develop or strengthen their capacity to address the ongoing foreclosure crisis.  Therefore, scholarship applicants are required at least one foreclosure-related course.  These trainings can be useful for the development of a foreclosure counseling program, or for the broadening of existing translation services.  For more information on the courses needed to become a certified foreclosure or housing counselor, please check out this site.

Staff at National CAPACD paid member organizations and paid Individual members of National CAPACD are eligible for this scholarship.  

Download the application here.  For questions, please contact Hieu Truong, Program Coordinator by phone, (202) 223-2442 or by email at . 

JOIN US! 

National CAPACD’s 10th Annual Convention

Celebrating a Decade of Unity: A Time of Change

June 3 – 5, 2009

Washington, DC

www.nationalcapacd.org