COMMUNITY RESOURCES & PARTNERSHIPS

World Changers: Changing Your Community One House at a Time
A successful eleven-year collaboration between the City of Casper, the North American Mission Board, and the Southern Baptist Convention has resulted in the rehabilitation of nearly 400 homes in Casper, WY.
Presenter: Robin Mundell – Casper, WY

Especially for Funders:  Grassroots Grantmaking as a Tool to Promote Neighborhood Change
Giving Away money is easy, right?  Not exactly- especially when you are serious about ensuring that the grants that you make really make a difference.  Join a conversation with Grassroots Grantmakers, the national network of funding organizations, who are suing grants to support civic engagement at the block level in urban neighborhoods and rural communities.  Learn the key ingredient of a grant program that makes a difference.  Discover how you can connect to other funders who are engaged in neighborhood grantmaking to share best practices, stay abreast of emerging trends and learn about promising innovations.
Presenter:  Janis Foster – Hallettsville, TX

Neighborhood Cohesion Calculator
The Neighborhood Cohesion Calculator reveals, through its use as well as its outputs, the strengths of a neighborhood’s cohesion. The calculator is intended to lead to the development of neighborhood plans, and can be used by neighborhood leaders as well as city planners. This session includes a live demonstration with audience participation, and a copy of the calculator itself.
Presenter: Derek T. Chisholm – Vancouver, WA

Community Resources & Schools
The local executive director of the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization, Communities In Schools, will speak on how to engage community partners in the public school system and why this is important. The public school system is not set up for outside agencies to engage with students, but it is integral to the success of the school system that wrap-around services are provided for children. 
Presenter: Ben Stuckart – Spokane, WA

Stone Soup: Doing More With Less Through Creative Partnerships
A year and a half after hiring its first Neighborhood Services Coordinator, the city of Manassas, Virginia, population 40,000, was faced with a $3 million budget deficit and a hiring freeze.  Learn how one person preserved the ground she claimed in the community, seized excess in a nationwide time of belt-tightening, and how to adapt her techniques at home.
Presenter: Kisha Wilson-Sogunro – Manassas, VA

From Homeless to Homefull: OneStopHousing.org
This workshop will explain how OneStopHousing.org has helped hundreds of Spokane area people locate housing. Learn how the OneStopHousing project has partnered with other organizations and programs to eliminate barriers to securing housing. Learn how a supportive referral system keeps people in their homes once housed.  By utilizing these programs and referrals, people who are homeless, or who have background challenges, are finally able to obtain affordable, suitable housing. You will walk away with a clear understanding of how these programs will work for you as they have for us.
Presenter: Terri Mayer – Spokane, WA