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Membership Meeting on February 18th
- When: Thursday, February 18th, 11:30am-1:00pm
- Where: United Way of Greater Austin, 2000 E. MLK Blvd, in the Barton Springs & Lady Bird Lake Conference Rooms *please note location*
- Details: At the meeting, we will have an update/discussion on the next steps for One Voice's strategic plan, hear from Stephanie Hayden with the City of Austin Health and Human Services Department on the Department's plans to expend the additional funding for social services that they received in this year's budget, and much more!
- Order lunch for the meeting here.
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Upcoming Committee Meetings
Public Policy Committee Meeting
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Have you Renewed Your One Voice Membership for 2016?
Thank you to the following organizations for renewing their memberships for 2016:
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ACE: A Community for Education
AGE of Central Texas
American YouthWorks
Any Baby Can
The Arc of the Capital Area
Austin Children's Shelter
Austin Diaper Bank
Austin Speech Labs
Austin Travis County Integral Care
AVANCE
Blackland CDC
BookSpring
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area
The Care Communities
Caritas of Austin
Capital Area Food Bank
Capital City Village
Capital IDEA
Child Inc.
Communities in Schools
CommUnityCare
Easter Seals Central Texas
El Buen Samaritano
Family Eldercare
Foundation Communities
HealthStart Foundation
Interfaith Action of Central Texas
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Jeremiah Program
Literacy Coalition of Central Texas
Meals on Wheels and More
NAMI Austin
Open Door Preschools
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Round Rock Area Serving Center
The SAFE Alliance
SafePlace
Salvation Army
Samaritan Center
Seedling Foundation
The Settlement Home for Children
Sickle Cell Association Marc Thomas Foundation
SIMS Foundation
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Southwest Key Programs, Inc.
Spirit Reins
Sustainable Food Center
Texas Association for Charitable Clinics
Texas Partnership for Out of School Time
Trinity Center
Upbring
Vela Families
Volunteer Healthcare Clinic
Waterloo Counseling Center
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Don't see your name on this list?
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Voices of Youth Count Videoconference Invitation
ECHO and LifeWorks invite you to join them for a videoconference inviting Travis County to partner in an innovative policy research effort called the Voices of Youth Count (VoYC) initiative. The initiative, launched by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, is designed to link evidence and action by capturing the experiences of unaccompanied homeless and runaway youth, more clearly defining the scope of the issue, and driving compelling knowledge into the hands of the broad national community dedicated to ending youth homelessness. VoYC is seeking partnerships with up to 28 sites to work side-by-side with Chapin Hall’s integrated research, policy, and management team. This videoconference will provide a diverse group of our community stakeholders with an overview of the initiative, the benefits and commitments associated with partnership, and a discussion about this important opportunity.
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Other Community Updates
CAN Convening Language Access Work Group
CAN is convening a Work Group of people representing public and private agencies who are interested in sharing best practices and developing shared community standards to increase the quality and availability of translation and interpretation services in the Greater Austin area. For more information, contact Raul Alvarez at ralvarez@canatx.org.
State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) Applications for United Way Wilco Federation Now Being Accepted
United Way of Williamson County is providing the opportunity to ANY nonprofit serving Williamson County to be part of the United Way Wilco Federation. In order to apply as a participant of the Federation, you must qualify for participation in the campaign based on SECC regulations, and submit your UWWC Federation application and UWWC application with all supporting documents electronically to laurie@unitedway-wc.org by Thursday, March 17. If you plan to apply as a local unaffiliated organization, submit your application to laurie@unitedway-wc.org by Thursday, March 17 as well. The following are the documents, checklists and directions for participation in the campaign:
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Building a New Narrative on Human Services
The National Human Services Assembly has launched a Reframing Human Services Initiative to build public understanding of human services to encourage more vibrant civic participation and deepen support for effective programs. As part of this multi-year initiative, the Assembly engaged the FrameWorks Institute to develop an evidence-based strategy for reframing the work of the sector. They now have a robust set of FREE tools available to equip health and human service providers and advocates to integrate this new narrative into their advocacy, communications, and resource development strategies:
- Talking Human Services MessageMemo. FrameWorks synthesized and interpreted the full array of research findings into a single document that incorporates audio and video components of the research, as well as supergraphics, to help advocates understand what they are up against in communicating about human services and what they can do to improve their effectiveness.
- Building a New Narrative on Human Services is a collection of framing research, recommendations, and sample communications designed to help leading voices explain the importance of human services. When communicating with the public or policymakers, you are encouraged to borrow the toolkit language verbatim, if desired, or to adapt the examples to the immediate needs of a local communications context.
One Voice Training
One Voice is thrilled to announce that staff from the National Human Services Assembly will join us on Wednesday, April 27th in Austin to lead a training around this new narrative for One Voice members and communications staff. Please mark your calendars for what will surely be an interesting and engaging training. Stay posted for additional details and an invitation.
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