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Here are other resources that you might find useful as you strive to strengthen families and transform neighborhoods by incorporating neighboring concepts into your ongoing work.

Organizations

Alliance for Children and Families:
Motivated by the vision of a healthy society and strong communities, the Alliance works to strengthen America's nonprofit sector, and through advocacy, assures the sector's continued independence.
www.alliance1.org

National Assembly of Health and Human Services Organizations:
As association of national nonprofits in the field of health and human services, the National Assembly is a learning center where leaders can share knowledge and expertise.
www.nassembly.org

National Community Building Network:
A national network that serves as a hub for brokering information and connections among community builders,
the NCBN helps community builders become more effective so that they can have a greater impact on neglected,
low-income communities.
www.ncbn.org

Neighborhood Funders Group:
This national network of foundations and philanthropic organizations offers online resources for grant makers on grant-making strategies and new approaches to help strengthen the social and economic fabric of neighborhoods.
www.nfg.org

United Way of America:
United Way works to improve people's lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities. Connect with
United Way resources and tap into local ongoing activities.
national.unitedway.org


Online Resources

1-800-VOLUNTEER.org
Volunteer Centers are the conveners for the community, catalysts for social action, and key local resources for volunteer involvement.
www.1-800-VOLUNTEER.org

Corporate Voices for Working Families
Offers online resources and information to support and engage the private sector into issues affecting
working families.
www.cvworkingfamilies.org

Community Tool Box

Provides more than 6,000 pages of practical information to support work that promotes community
health and development.
ctb.ku.edu

ePractices
ePractices is an online source of effective practices that strengthen volunteer programs and organizations ...
and lead to successful outcomes.
www.PointsofLight.org/epractices

VolunteerResource.org
Gateway to the world's most comprehensive online library of knowledge regarding volunteering, volunteer issues, capacity-building, volunteer management, and nonprofit business issues.
VolunteerResource.org

National Training and Information Center
Web site contains information on how to obtain training, technical assistance, research, and other resources
on the importance of community groups seeking ways to reduce crime and improve quality of life.
www.ntic-us.org

Points of Light Foundation Earned Income Tax Credit and Asset Development
www.pointsoflight.org/eitc

Study Circles Resource Center
Offers resources to help engage people and communities in dialogue and problem solving on critical social
and political issues.
www.studycircles.org/

Technical Assistance Resource Center (TARC)
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's online resource center for the Making Connections initiative connects communities to people, information, tools, and skill-building opportunities to make change happen.
www.aecf.org/initiatives/mc/tarc/

Time Dollar Institute
Develops and tests a new medium of exchange: Time Dollars (also known as service credits or time banking). Designed to reward altruism, to turn strangers into extended family, to rebuild community, and to empower people to define themselves as useful contributors helping to meet critical social needs.
www.timedollar.org

Publications

50+ Volunteering: Working for Stronger Communities. Points of Light Foundation. Washington, DC, 2004.

101 Ideas for Volunteer Programs. McCurley, Steve, and Sue Vineyard. Downers Grove, IL: Heritage Arts Publishing, 1986.

America’s Family Volunteers. Independent Sector. Washington, DC, 2001.

Caregiver’s Bill of Rights. Make Today Count. Flagg, Virginia. Springfield, MO: Make Today Count, Inc.

Charting America’s Landscape. Lampman, Jane. The Christian Science Monitor (October 20, 2002).

(The) Connection Between Charitable Behavior and Giving in Religion. Independent Sector. Washington, DC, June 2002.

Corporate Volunteering: How Families Make A Difference. The Conference Board. New York:, 1997.

(The) Corporate Volunteer Program as a Strategic Resource: The Link Grows Stronger. Points of Light Foundation. Washington, DC, 2000.

Engaging Youth In Lifelong Service-Findings and Recommendations for Encouraging a Tradition of Voluntary Action. Youth Service America and Independent Sector. Washington, DC: Independent Sector, November, 2002.

Essential Volunteer Management. McCurley, Steve, and Rick Lynch. London: Directory of Social Change, 1997.

Extend a Helping Hand: Workers with Disabilities and the Law. Doherty, Sean. Network Computing (April 1, 2002). Published online at www.nwc.com/1307/1307f4.html [March 25, 2003].

Family Volunteering: A Guide for Developing a Program. Cundiff, Pat, and Sarah Freese. Kansas City, MO: Heart of America United Way Volunteer Center, 1996.

Family-Friendly Volunteering: A Guide for Agencies. Points of Light Foundation. Washington, DC, 1999.

Handling Problem Volunteers. McCurley, Steve and Sue Vineyard. Downers Grove, IL: Heritage Arts Publishing, 1988.

How do we know what training volunteers need? Macduff, Nancy. Published online at www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/04/27.html, 1996. [June 28, 2002].

Impact Evaluation Process. In Eystad, Melissa, ed., Measuring the Difference Volunteers Make: A Guide to Outcome Evaluation for Volunteer Program Managers. Devich, Rick. St Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services, 1997. Also published online at www.energizeinc.com/art/elecbooks.html. [March 25, 2003].

Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century. Wolf, Thomas. New York: Fireside Books, 1997.

(A) Matter of Survival: Volunteering By, In, and With Low-Income Communities. Washington, DC: Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, 2000.

(A) National Profile of Volunteering. J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Washington, DC, VOLUNTEER: The National Center, 1988.

(The) New Face of Retirement: An Ongoing Survey of American Attitudes on Aging. Peter D. Hart Research Associates. San Francisco, CA: Civic Ventures. 2002. Published online at www.civicventures.org/site/action/work_in_prog/survey_8_02/survey_analysis.pdf [March 24, 2003]

Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s Accident and Preparation Response Tutorial. (n.d)

Not for Profit Insurance Checklist. Jackson, Kathleen. www.cimaworld.com.

Old Dog, New Tricks: Training Adult Volunteers. Macduff, Nancy. Volunteer Leadership (Summer 1999).

OSI Call Centre Sheets. Ontario Screening Initiative. Available online through Volunteer Canada at www.volunteer.ca/volcan/eng/content/screening/ontario-init.php?display=4,0 [March 25, 2003].

Overview of Methods to Collect Information. McNamara, Carter. Published online at the Free Management Library at www.mapnp.org/library [March 20, 2003].

Preparing Your Agency for Service Learning. Youth Outreach Tip Sheet . Points of Light Foundation. June 2001.

Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center, 2002.

Secrets of Motivation: How to Get and Keep Volunteers and Paid Staff. Vineyard, Sue. Downers Grove, IL: Heritage Arts Publishing, 1991.

Six Training Exercises to Enhance Recruitment of Volunteers. E-Volunteerism. Stallings, Betty. October–December 2001. Published online at www.e-volunteerism.com/quarterly/01fall/train2a.html [June 28, 2002].

The Virtual Volunteering Project Web site. RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. University of Texas at Austin, www.serviceleader.org/vv [March 20, 2003].

The Volunteer Development Toolbox. Mackenzie, Marilyn, and Gail Moore. Downers Grove, IL: Heritage Arts Publishing, 1993.

Volunteer Management: Mobilizing all the Resources of the Community. McCurley, Steve and Rick Lynch. Downers Grove, IL: Heritage Arts Publishing, 1996.

Volunteers and the Law: A Guidebook. McMenamin, Robert W. Beaverton, OR: Jomac Publishing, 1995.

Why the Board Should Consider Volunteer Issues. From Susan J. Ellis, The Nonprofit Board’s Role in Maximizing Volunteer Resources. Ellis, Susan J. Washington, DC: National Center for Nonprofit Boards, 1999.
www.nonprofitrisk.org/tutorials/nstutorial/review/ocontents.htm [July 2, 2002].

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