From: ROWINSKI Mary E * GOV
Sent: Mon Mar 14 10:18:24 2011
To: Cylvia Hayes
Subject: FW: Casey Family Programs Info - Follow-up to NGA Winter Meeting
Importance: Normal
Attachments: Checklist for Partnering.pdf; National Map - Rate of Care.pdf; Safe Reduction State Data.pdf; From: Lim, Marcia [mailto:MLim@NGA.ORG] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:58 PM To: OR Mary Rowinski Cc: Golonka, Susan Subject: Casey Family Programs Info - Follow-up to NGA Winter Meeting Dear Spouses' Chiefs of Staff and Assistants, I'm forwarding a message from my colleague, Susan Golonka, as a follow-up to our NGA Winter Meeting Spouses' Program session, addressing "Innovative Partnerships to Support Spouses' Initiatives." Thank you also for sharing this information with your governor's spouse. Warm regards, Marcia Marcia Lim Governors' Spouses' Program Director National Governors Association (202) 624-7810 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As a follow-up to the session on Innovative Partnerships held during the Spouses' Program at the NGA Winter Meeting, attached are electronic copies of handouts that were provided by Casey Family Programs. These are: 1) a "Checklist for Governors' Spouses: Partnering with Philanthropy," 2) a map showing placement rates of children in out-of-home care (foster care), and 3) an information sheet with key state data points on children in foster care. For those of you who did not attend, it was a very informative session on how spouses can engage, partner with and receive support from the philanthropic sector for their initiatives. During the session, David Sanders, Executive Vice President of Casey Family Programs (an operating foundation focused on safely reducing the number of children in foster care) indicated that Casey would be willing to provide support of up to $10,000 to First Spouses' Initiatives focused on improving outcomes for children in foster care or at-risk of entering care. The attached "Checklist" provides some examples of possible initiatives but they are very willing to discuss and brainstorm with you about these or other ideas. If you're interested, please contact David Sanders at dsanders@casey.org or 206-378-4655. For more information about Casey Family Programs go to: http://www.casey.org/AboutUs/2020/pdf/2020Brochure_English.pdf Additionally, the NGA Center will soon be issuing an RFP for states to participate in a Three Branch Institute on Adolescents in Foster Care. We’ll let you know when the RFP is released in case you want to encourage your state to apply. Finally, please feel free to contact me at sgolonka@nga.org or 202-624-5967 if you would like any additional information or have questions. Best Regards. Susan Susan Golonka Program Director for Human Services NGA Center for Best Practices (202) 624-5967 ****************************************************** NGA Office of Management Consulting & Training (OMCT) Listserv for Governors' Spouses Staff (Spouses' Assistants and Residence Managers) Spouses' Assistants can post questions/comments to subscribed members by sending an email to: spouse-assists@talk.nga.org Residence Managers can post questions/comments to subscribed members by sending an email to: res-managers@talk.nga.org (The Spouses Staff listserv is moderated; submitted messages are first received by the NGA moderator and then posted on the listserv.) For more information on OMCT resources: www.nga.org/omct --- You are currently subscribed to [spouse-assists] as mary.e.rowinski@state.or.us.. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-193141-155822.0578c0b4cda0d2ed1a2ab78aebb873a7@talk.nga.org..