News for Advocates of Children, Youth and Older Adults from Generations United |
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Latino Grandfamilies: Helping Children Thrive Through Connection to Family and Cultural Identity |
Join Generations United on Nov. 18, at 3 PM ET, for the virtual release event of a new resource designed to give resources and tips to child welfare agencies, other government agencies, and nonprofit organizations so that they can better serve all Latino grandfamilies regardless of child welfare involvement. Learn more and register today. |
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Recording of Our Virtual Briefing on Intergenerational Shared Sites Now Available! |
Did you know that these sites reduce social isolation, create livable communities, positively impact all participants' lives, and allow programs to share costs and save money? Our event attendees learned those things and more. Watch the abbreviated recording to learn the value and importance of shared sites. |
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Healthy Drinks, Healthy Kids |
Every child deserves a strong start in life. By ensuring that all babies and toddlers have access to resources and services they need—regardless of where they live, their family’s income or education, their gender, or the color of their skin—we can strengthen our communities and live up to our promise as a nation. Not sure where to start? Making simple choices, like avoiding sugary drinks and serving plain milk or water, may seem small but can make a big difference for your child’s or grandchild’s health. Watch these videos to learn more, and check out HealthyDrinksHealthyKids.org. |
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A Huge Thanks to Our Members and Supporters |
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Generation Tech
Generation Tech is a non-profit, community service-based organization started by high school students dedicated to bridging the generational divide through student-led volunteer programs that engage and educate older adults in the Denver metro area with technology. Watch a webinar the students prepared for older adults on using tech from home. Learn more. |
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Pasta Grannies
Welcome to Pasta Grannies! This channel finds and films real Italian grannies (nonne) making delicious, traditional, handmade pasta. And sometimes soups, breads, dolci, and rice dishes. Learn more.
Culture United highlights films, books, music, and TV shows with an intergenerational theme. Do you have any suggestions? Share them with us, and we'll share in the weeks and months to come. We welcome responses or reactions. We'll possibly feature them on our blog. See disclaimer.
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Think Intergenerational - Funding Opportunities |
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NEW! Environmental Protection Agency. The Environmental Education Grants Program supports education projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship and help provide people with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment. The Program offers financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques. Deadline: Dec. 6, 2021. Learn more.
African American Civil Rights Grant Program. This program of the National Park Service documents, interprets, and preserves sites and stories related to the African American struggle to gain equal rights as citizens. For this initiative, Preservation and History grants are available. These grants are not limited to any specific group and are intended to include the broadest possible interpretation of sites associated with efforts to achieve equal rights. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2021. Learn more.
People, Parks and Power. This initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will support community-based organizations and base-building groups working in urban, low-income communities of color across the United States to increase park equity through local policy and systems change. The geographic focus of the P3 initiative is urban areas—with a particular interest in small and mid-sized cities (under 500,000 population). Deadline: Nov. 4, 2021. Learn more.
Fuel for 50 Initiative. Robin Hood will award 50 nonprofits supporting parents and caregivers with $25,000 in unrestricted funding, access to workshops and support, and opportunities for up to $1 million in future funding. Deadline: Nov. 19, 2021. Learn more.
If you have—or know of—any intergenerational funding opportunities, please send them to gu@gu.org.
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Think Intergenerational - Great Resources |
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New Intergenerational Resources. This latest set of free resources, developed by Generations United with support from the RRF Foundation for Aging, aims to strengthen and expand intergenerational programs. The new publications—Making the Case for Intergenerational Programs, Fact Sheet: Intergenerational Programs Benefit Everyone, and Staying Connected While Staying Apart: Intergenerational Programs & the COVID-19 Pandemic—support the growing field of practice by increasing the knowledge and skills of people working to connect and support older adults, children, and youth. Learn more.
Sharing Our Space: A Toolkit for Developing and Enhancing Intergenerational Shared Sites is designed for individuals and organizations interested in creating an intergenerational shared site or enhancing services at their current site. Divided into 10 sections, the toolkit details every step of the development and operation process, from initial planning to sustaining long-term shared site programs. Each section includes effective practices, challenges, tips, examples, and concrete tools gathered from researchers and practitioners from across the field, organized towards the goal of assisting readers in planning and implementing high-quality shared sites. Learn more.
Federal Funding Opportunities for Intergenerational Shared Sites Chart is designed to share some federal funding sources that include—or could include—support for intergenerational shared sites. Learn more.
Generations United's 2020 State of Grandfamilies Report—Facing a Pandemic: Grandfamilies Living Together During COVID-19 and Thriving Beyond. Grandfamily caregivers are the first line of defense for children during the pandemic, having stepped in when parents cannot raise them for many reasons, including cases where children's parents have died from the COVID-19 virus. Download the full report, watch Senator Sherrod Brown's award acceptance speech, and listen to stories of grandfamilies impacted by COVID-19. Learn more.
Staying Healthy Across Generations: Vaccines are Essential for All Ages. Generations United's new infographic illustrates that vaccines aren't just for kids-they protect all generations- especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Staying up to date on vaccines for the flu, pneumonia and whooping cough is important to protect both older adults and children. Check it out.
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"You must always have old memories and young hopes."~Arsene Houssaye
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We want Generations This Week to be a real resource for you. Please send us any national news on intergenerational issues in addition to upcoming conferences, funding opportunities, reports, and webinars. You can share local and state events in our Facebook group. Please also let us know how we can improve! Email us at gu@gu.org. We'd love to hear from you!
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Treat Yourself GRAND!
As a reader of Generations This Week, you are eligible to receive a complimentary subscription to GRAND - The Lifestyle Magazine for Awesome Grandparents.
That's a $26 value for 12 issues delivered right to your inbox. Get valuable offers and inspirational articles like our column on GRAND Families, and more.
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