December 2017 DCYF Newsletter
Making San Francisco a great place to grow up!
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The DCYF Family wishes you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a happy, prosperous, and safe new year!
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Hundreds of children and families from Wu Yee Children's Services and SFUSD elementary schools helped us create this banner at the City's Annual Toy & Book Festival! It will be on display in the lobby of the DCYF office through January 5.
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One of our New Year's resolutions is to boost our social media presence, and our
Community Engagement & Communications squad
want you to be part of it. Here's how:
Give Us A Like Or Follow
YouTube
SF Department of Children, Youth, and their Families
Use Our Brand New Hashtag: #DCYFFamily
Calling our grantees, fellow City departments, consultants, stakeholders, youth, parents...please add #DCYFFamily to your posts so we can show some love and share your stories about making San Francisco a great place to grow up.
Keep the Comms Squad Busy
Have content that would be a good share on the DCYF channels? Have a burning question about DCYF's social media accounts? Just want to say hi to a member of DCYF's Community Engagement & Communications squad? Send
Dori
,
Emily
or
Anthony
an email!
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DCYF Releases Q&As for Technical Assistance and Data and Evaluation RFQs
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DCYF has released the Q&A for our two open Requests for Qualifications (RFQs). We will no longer accept questions about either RFQ.
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Exhibitor Registration for 2018 San Francisco Summer Resource Fair Filling Fast
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The 2018 Citywide Summer Resource Fair will take place on
Saturday, March 10 from 11am to 2pm at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park
. The Summer Resource Fair will feature 150 exhibitors from organizations that offer summer programs, classes, camps, and other services for children and youth ages 0-24.
Agencies interested in hosting a table at the Fair are encouraged to register as soon as possible
: as of today 93 of the 150 of the exhibitor tables have been reserved. There is no charge to be an exhibitor at the Fair.
Have questions about the Summer Resource Fair? Contact Emily Davis: 415.554.8991 or
[email protected]
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Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative Accepting Applications For Financial and Technical Assistance
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The Northern California Community Loan Fund is accepting applications from San Francisco nonprofits to provide
financial & technical assistance
to secure new, nonprofit-owned space & create solutions for organizations seeking long-term leases.
Financial aid applications are due Feb 8, 2018
, and technical assistance applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
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The DCYF Office will be closed:
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Register to Attend the City of San Francisco Preschool Fair
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The San Francisco Office of Early Care and Education will host a
free Preschool Fair on Thursday, January 11
at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park. The Fair is an excellent opportunity for parents of children 3-4 years old to explore the diverse array of preschool and financial aid options offered by family child care homes and centers throughout San Francisco.
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Applications Open for San Francisco Fellows Program
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The San Francisco Fellows program is recruiting
recent college graduates
for their 2018-19 cohort. Fellows spend eleven months as full time employees of City departments and work on programs and projects that have a direct impact on City operations. Sometimes Fellows are lucky enough to be placed at DCYF!
Applications are due January 15, 2018.
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Next SPWG Meeting: Monday, January 22
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The Service Provider Working Group (SWPG) of the Children and Youth Fund Oversight & Advisory Committee (OAC)
will meet on Monday, January 22 from 3:30pm to 5pm
at the Boys & Girls Club, 380 Fulton street. SPWG meetings are open to any agency that serves children, youth, and families in San Francisco.
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Next OAC Meeting: January 30
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The Children and Youth Fund Oversight & Advisory Committee will host a retreat on
Tuesday, January 30 from 4pm to 8pm
in the Youth Arts Lounge at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, 2nd floor. The public is welcome to attend.
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Training & Professional Development, Funding, and Employment Opportunities
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Check out DCYF's
Resources for Program Providers page
for everything from free online curriculum guides to fundraising tips to energy efficiency incentives for nonprofit organizations in San Francisco.
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Many of our grantees and partners are looking for new staff. Visit the
Employment Opportunities
page on the DCYF website for a comprehensive list. If you are a DCYF grantee or partner and have a position you would like to post, send it to
Anthony Tek
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News from Our City & School District Partners
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Have something you would like to add to the Other News & Highlights section? Send it to
[email protected]
by noon on the third Wednesday of the month.
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Photo Round-Up
Four of Our Favorite Images from the Last Month
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Bayview Opera House 6th Annual Winter Wonderland
The Bayview Opera House Winter Wonderland was the place to be on December 14. Neighbors, community organizations, and City departments got together to play in the snow (yes, really!), admire the beautiful decorations at the Opera House, make holiday ornaments, decorate cookies, ice skate, eat delicious food, and shop local vendors. DCYF Comms Squad member Emily attended the event, and found a kindred spirit in the fella pictured above at the make-your-own s'mores station: the best toasted marshmallow is a completely burnt marshmallow!
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Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremony
The Rainbow World Fund Tree of Hope was lit in a ceremony at City Hall that featured the SF Boys Choir, Broadway performers, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and fabulous hosts Donna Sachet and Cheryl Jennings. The tree is decorated with over 15,000 origami paper cranes that have wishes for the future of the world written on their wings. Wishes came from children, youth, and adults all over the world. If you look (very!) closely you will find cranes from Barack Obama and Dr. Jane Goodall! The Tree of Hope will be on display in the City Hall Rotunda until early January 3. Go see it in person if you can - it is spectacular!
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88th Annual Lighting of the San Francisco Holiday Tree
The SF Rec & Park Department kicked off the holiday season at the 88th Annual Lighting of the San Francisco Holiday Tree in Golden Gate Park. Rec & Park went all out: carnival rides and games, a
very
popular snow play area, lots of wonderful performers, and even a visit by Santa and Mrs. Claus, who rolled in on an SF Fire Department ladder truck! Rec & Park also debuted Winter Lights, a new light show projected on the exterior of the Conservatory of Flowers. The Holiday Tree will be lit for a couple more weeks, and Winter Lights will continue through January.
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Toy & Book Festival at City Hall
DCYF hosted a table at one of our favorite events of the year: the annual Toy & Book Festival! Hundreds of children, parents, and teachers from Wu Yee Children's Services and SFUSD elementary schools came to City Hall to get free toys from the SF Fire Department, free books from the SF Public Library, and meet with Santa and his "helpers" - this year he brought Spider-Man, Minions, and The Grinch! The kiddos who came by our table helped decorate a big holiday banner that is now hanging in the lobby of our office.
Thank you to the wonderful folks at the SF Department of Child Support Services for hosting the Festival!
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SF Department of Children, Youth & Their Families | 415.554.8990 |
[email protected] |
www.dcyf.org
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