ALIGN'S SECTOR NEWS
APRIL 15, 2021
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Spring is always such a busy time in this sector and this Spring is busier than most. Given we serve such a broad range of agencies we also aim to provide a broad range of resources and updates. Each news bulletin covers a range of different topics relevant to our diverse membership.
See what's new!
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April 2021 update: Applications for additional payment Applications for an additional payment of the Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant for organizations impacted by the April 2021 health public health orders will open soon. The payment is calculated as 15% of the eligible organization's pre-curtailed monthly revenue to a maximum of $10,000. Eligible organizations must demonstrate a revenue reduction of 30% as well as meet the program’s other eligibility criteria.
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Three specific strategies to help with your advocacy communications and messaging..
Tamarack's first online course Foundations of Community Engagement You'll dig into the role of community, who should be engaged, community engagement techniques, how to overcome challenges, and how to evaluate your engagement activities.
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INDIGENOUS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING |
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HAVE YOU SEEN ALIGN INDIGENOUS PROTOCOL PROCESS VIDEOS?
Some of you are new to ALIGN or new to the sector and may not have had the opportunity to view the popular ALIGN Indigenous Protocol Process Videos Selected Elders, advisers, and service providers shared Indigenous teachings and current practices in work with Indigenous children, families, and individuals.These informative protocol videos showcase specific culturally-based approaches to practice and ceremony with indigenous service users. The individual presentations include teachings from highly respected elders and knowledge keepers in Alberta.
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Spend less time on screening candidates and volunteers. This easy to use tool also helps reduce unconscious bias.
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GRANTS, BURSARIES AND AWARDS |
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ALIGN maintains an on-going, updated listing of grants, awards and bursaries relevant to our member agencies.
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Hear about the new digital tools that are helping people achieve wellness at work. Get ideas like group meditation or no meeting Fridays to incorporate into your agency wellness plan.
Developing your own workplace wellness plan pdf.
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ESPC Research Update 2021 pdf Youth Empowered: Using Up-to-date reviews on recently published social research reports and publications. This addition includes Participatory Action Research to Understand ABC Youth Experiences with Mental Health – Reviewed by Asheika Sood.
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Declared a public health emergency in many parts of Canada last year, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unpredictable and unwieldy health and economic crisis that threatens Canadians’ mental health, and especially the mental health of our most vulnerable people.
In this section, you will learn about some common mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression and self-harm. You will also find helpful suggestions from our Community Resource Team about how to develop strategies so you can best support your child and/or youth during difficult times
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The documentary Myth: Canada Doesn’t Have Racism… was created, filmed, and shot in Calgary using stories, places, and people local to the community.
This CCVO Nonprofits at 2:00 session recording focuses on systemic racism and diversity in Alberta’s nonprofit sector, and how organizations and the community can work together to create an inclusive and safe space, supportive of all backgrounds.
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The Action Alberta: Communities Responding To Hate Project Invitation To Participate. The Action Alberta: Communities Responding to Hate project invites individuals with a passion to strengthen community relations, create communities of understanding and acceptance, and strengthen our collective response to hate, racism and discrimination to join us to help facilitate dialogues with stakeholders. Action Alberta will facilitate regional dialogues in Alberta starting in the fall. They are looking for a team of facilitators willing to work with them to facilitate these dialogues online via zoom. Six training sessions (3 hours each) will be held May - August 2021 to prepare the facilitators and they will then work in teams to bring together communities.
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Happy 50th Anniversary Terra!
Laughs Over Lunch June 10 2021 will kick-off Terra’s 50th anniversary! For five decades, Terra has been empowering teen parents to succeed by offering free, non-judgmental support to young moms and dads who want more for their children!
This webcast explores strategies to help Head Start staff engage teen parents. Through parent interviews, viewers hear first-hand accounts of what engagement strategies have worked best.
The Young Parents Logic Model is a tool designed to help professionals think about how to design and improve their programs and services for young people who are pregnant or parenting
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Strengthening Families is a research-informed approach to increase family strengths, enhance child development, and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect. The program helps service providers work with families to build protective factors.
Two-generation models target low-income children and their parents in hopes of interrupting the cycle of poverty. The framework emphasizes the importance of using family goals to target individual family members, setting individual goals, and aligning tailored and appropriate solutions. This lens also emphasizes prioritizing relationship-building over programs and designing flexible evaluation approaches, while working for systems change to support families in their efforts.
Certified Child and Youth Care Counsellors with recognized certifications, can apply to ACTA prior to the expedited route closing, will become the first regulated members of CCTA...
"In order to support understanding of Children's Services' dispute resolution mechanism, we offer ongoing presentations in regards to them. These presentations have had a significant positive impact on our relationships with alternate Caregivers, clients and staff”
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To stay up to date, visit our INITIATIVES/RESOURCES page where along with all of ALIGN's initiatives and resources you can also access convenient links to various SECTOR NEWS by topic - updated regularly. Get right to the info you need!
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