News and Updates
December 7, 2012
This Week's Contents:
Project Updates:
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Deadline extended for the Local Government Capacity Grant Program
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NGO MIcro-Grant Program - NOFA forthcoming
Upcoming Events
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TOGETHER NORTH JERSEY Steering Committee meeting - December 11, 2012, 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm - agenda now available
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Local Demonstration Project Information Session rescheduled for January 9, 2013
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Heath In All Policy (HIAP) Workshop scheduled for March 18, 2013
Learning Opportunities
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Webinar: Sustainable Economic Development Strategies
Other News
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Sandy relief Resource website from Housing and Community Development Network of NJ
Project Updates
Deadline Extended for the Local Government Capacity Grant Program
The deadline for full proposals with detailed budgets has been extended until
January 11, 2013. Local Government Capacity Grant Program (LGCGP) will provide financial and/or technical assistance to county and municipal members of the TOGETHER NORTH JERSEY Steering Committee to conduct outreach, analysis, coordination and planning activities that help build the capacity of local governments to support and materially advance the development of a Regional Plan for Sustainable Development. Click here to download the
Notice of Funding Availability. Questions regarding this program should be directed to Scott Rowe at NJTPA, srowe@njtpa.org.
NGO MIcro-Grant Program to release NOFA shortly
TOGETHER NORTH JERSEY plans to establish an
NGO Micro-Grant Program to provide financial assistance to non-governmental organizations to meaningfully participate in the planning processes that will lead to the development of the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development for Northern New Jersey. The NGO Micro-Grant Program will seek to build productive working relationships with community-based organizations, including community development corporations, social service organizations, faith-based institutions, or other groups at the local level that regularly interact with, are trusted by, or include members of traditionally underrepresented populations. NGO organizations are encouraged to
register their organization on the NGO Micro-Grant Mailing List to receive the complete Notice of Funding Availability information package when it is released and to ensure receipt of subsequent communications related to the Notice (e.g., Addendums, Frequently Asked Questions, etc.).
TOGETHER NORTH JERSEY Steering Committee - December 11, 2012
The
November 29 Together North Jersey Steering Committee meeting has been rescheduled for
December 11, 2012 from 1-3:30pm at the NJTPA offices located at One Newark Center (17th Floor) Newark, NJ. An agenda and additional details will be circulated prior to the meeting. Questions or requests for additional information should be directed to Miriam Salerno, miriam.salerno@ejb.rutgers.edu. The agenda and other details can be downloaded
here.
Local Demonstration Project Information Session - January 9, 2013
The Third Info Session originally scheduled for
November 7, 2012 at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg will be rescheduled for January 9, 2013 from 9 am to 12 pm. Attendance is not required but we strongly encourage prospective applicants to attend to learn about the program and the application process. If you already attended an Information Session you are welcome to come to the final Information Session that will be held on January 9th to discuss further application details. The information session will be held at
Raritan Valley Community College
, Conference Center, Room A 118 Lamington Road, Branchburg, NJ. As a reminder, he deadline for the first round of LDP applications has been extended from
Monday, January 7th to Monday, February 4th. This round will result in the selection of up to seven LDPs. Because of the disruption caused by the Hurricane and continuing recovery efforts in storm-ravaged areas in the region, Together North Jersey is announcing a second round of applications, due
Monday, April 8th. This round will result in the selection of the remaining projects. For more information on the RPSD or LDP, please
click here.
Health In All Policies (HIAP) Workshop - March 18, 2013
Together North Jersey is developing plans to host a day-long workshop on Health in all Policies (HIAP) on March 13, 2013. The event will take place at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the Cook Campus Center, located at 59 Biel Road New Brunswick, NJ. HIAP is an approach to policy development that builds consideration of public health impacts, and opportunities directly into decision-making in non-health policy areas such as transportation, housing, environment, energy and economic development. For more details and information,
click here.
Learning Opportunities
Sustainable Economic Development Strategies
December 19, 2012, at 2pm EDT the Implementation Team of the Capacity Building Intermediaries will host a webinar on "Sustainable Economic Development Strategies." This webinar session is sponsored by the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities at U.S. HUD. The webinar is open to Sustainable Communities Partnership grantees and their consortium partners. This webinar will assist SCP grantees interested or already engaged in economic development strategies. We will be joined by three guest speakers who have extensive experience with implementation-oriented economic development strategies, including forming creative partnerships and crafting policies to advance job growth in their regions.
Register here.
Other News
Sandy relief Resource website from Housing and Community Development Network of NJ
Housing and Community Development Network of NJ has developed a web-based resource for Sandy relief efforts in response to members who have reached out for help or offered to help. The website will be updated regularly, so please check back frequently for additonal information. http://www.hcdnnj.org/hurricane-sandy-relief-resources.
