Issue 1 – 2009

Cover Photo: Michelle Powers and Addie Peterson, 5, work together on a puzzle at Nokomis I Child Care Center, a program of Alliance member The Village Family Service Center, Fargo, N.D.

The centers provide care for families with the ability to pay while filling a need for families with special financial and emotional needs. Visit the Nonprofit Director website for an article about how Powers helped the struggling child care program stay afloat by bringing Nokomis and The Village together.

Table of Contents below

Available articles are hyperlinked. All articles are .PDFs unless otherwise noted.

‘We Can’t Serve Our Way Out of Poverty’
A new model for civic engagement is born out of 10 Pittsburgh agencies’ commitment to mission and desire to affect change. Participants include Parental Stress Center and Family Services of Western Pennsylvania.

Web-Only Content: 2008 Citizens Leadership Initiative Report
A report from Parental Stress Center that describes each phase of the 2008 Citizens Leadership Initiative, including accomplishments and lessons learned.

Web-Only Content: Second Chances Project Report
A report authored by the fellows who participated in the 2008 Citizens Leadership Initiative. It includes details about the fellows’ training, a description of the second chances issues identified, information gathered during Community Conversations, and proposed solutions or next steps.

Web-Only Content: Fellows Profiles
A brief biography of each fellow who participated in the 2008 Citizens Leadership Initiative.

Some Day They’ll Run Your Agency
The Alliance and Public Allies are pioneering a program to expose young professionals to nonprofit human service careers so they may employ their experience and talents to be future leaders and innovators. Alliance members are invited to participate.

What Will ‘Change’ Look Like?
The public policy office provides perspective on how changes in Washington will impact Alliance and UNCA members.

Collaboration Builds Capacity: Part 2
Family & Children’s Service and Pillsbury United Communities helped found an agency that offers superb finance, human resources, and information technology competency to nonprofits in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.

Part 1 appeared in the fall 2008 Alliance for Children & Families Magazine

Web-Only Content: Public Health Management Corporation
An updated version of an article about how Public Health Management Corporation uses back office management services agreements. The original article appeared in the fall 2007 Alliance for Children & Families Magazine.

FEATURED COLUMNISTS

National Perspectives:
	Leaning into the Headwind Requires Assertive Approach By Peter Goldberg
Fund Development:
	Best Practices to Grow Your Donors’ Loyalty By Len Iaquinta
Nonprofit Law:
	Cost Cutting: Option to Consider Before Layoffs By Kathryn Vanden Berk