ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Child Welfare Fund is increasing its focus in preventing foster care placement and assisting children and families when a child returns home from foster care or lives independently after foster care. Projects in these areas might include:

Prevention of foster care: school-based preventative services, entitlements to families, evaluating the performance of preventive service programs, or evidence-based interventions.

Aftercare services: expanding funding, and providing services for families when children are reunited after foster care; employment programs and metnal health services for young people in foster care; and assisting high risk groups in and after foster care.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOCUS

The Child Welfare Fund is interested in supporting projects to implement the recommendations in the Child Welfare Watch. For application guidelines, you should contact Anita Gundanna, Program Officer for the Child Welfare Fund at Gundanna.Anita@nycwf.org or (212) 529-0110 or go to "Application Guidelines" on our website. For a copy of the Child Welfare Watch, please call (212) 479-3352.

PARTICIPATION / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

The Child Welfare Fund encourages current and former CWF grantees to apply for our Participation/Technical Assistance grants. Small grants of up to $7,500 are available to current and former grantees to increase the influence of consumers in the social service systems in which they are involved. Funds are available for payment to parent leaders, personal supports to increase activism, information and education, and organizational infrastructure. Please contact Anita Gundanna at (212) 529-0110 for the application guidelines or if you have questions.