Tag Archives: human services

Job Alert: Children’s Literacy Foundation Communications Director

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Originally posted on Craig’s List on 4/3/13. The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) is a nonprofit based in Waterbury Center, Vermont. For 15 years CLiF has inspired a love of reading and writing among more than 140,000 low-income, at-risk, and rural children in almost 400 towns throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. CLiF seeks a communications professional [...]

VT Nonprofit Conference 2013: Meet the Presenters

Special thanks to these leading lights of our nonprofit sector–in Vermont and beyond–for sharing their expertise at the Vermont Nonprofit Conference on March 21, 2013 at Fairlee Vermont. Here is the complete Agenda of  workshops and panels. Alex Aldrich | Executive Director | Vermont Arts Council | aaldrich@vermontartscouncil.org |802.828.3293 | www.vermontartscouncil.org Alex Aldrich brings 35 [...]

Job Alert: Senior Solutions seeks Receptionist / Admin Support

Thanks to Janis Hall of Senior Solutions for sharing this job opportunity! Senior Solutions seeks Receptionist / Admin Support A busy non-profit organization is seeking an enthusiastic individual who can answer a multi-line phone system, greet visitors, and handle the day-to-day clerical tasks associated with a very active office. Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word [...]

Job Alert: Vermont 211 seeks two PT Call Specialists

Thanks to MaryEllen Mendl of VT 211 for sharing this job opportunity! Vermont 211 seeks two PT Call Specialists Vermont 2-1-1, a statewide telephone Information and Referral Program of the United Ways of Vermont, is seeking two part-time Call Specialists. Vermont 2-1-1 Call Specialists take incoming calls and make follow-up calls on a scheduled basis.  [...]

VT NPO Conference Countdown: Register Today!

Common Good Vermont, Benchmarks for a Better Vermont are getting ready for the networking and learning event of the year! Fifteen workshops focus on managing results, being productive, engaging your community, telling our stories, diversifying staff and leading through collaboration. Don’t miss this unique event. Register Today!

News: Nonprofits Prepare for Sequester Cuts, Gridlock in Washington

From Philanthropy News Digest: Although automatic spending cuts triggered by the so-called sequester — some $85 billion in cuts from this year’s budget and as much as $1.2 trillion over ten years — will spare many programs that help the most vulnerable in society, billions will be cut from programs that help low-income Americans, the [...]

Funding: Public-Private Partnership Launched to Expand Access to Contraceptives

From Philanthropy News Digest: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a public-private partnership to expand access to a contraceptive implant for more than 27 million women in low-income countries. Developed through a partnership between the Gates Foundation, Bayer HealthCare, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, the United Nations Population [...]

Job Alert: Prevent Child Abuse Vermont: Director of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs

This position comes from Idealist.org: Prevent Child Abuse Vermont is seeking a Director of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs. The position will oversee school-based programs in Vermont and conduct national outreach and training. Candidate must have experience developing and conducting evaluations, familiarity with current best practice and research in child sexual abuse prevention, expertise in [...]

News: Sequestration by the Numbers and Human Impact

From our friends at Nonprofit Quarterly: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has issued a revised state-by-state analysis of the sequestration cuts that will affect federal housing and community development funding, among other programs. The revision is necessary because the fiscal cliff deal reduced the first year’s sequester amount to $85 billion. The [...]

Sequestration a “Pittance”? Tell that to Those in Need of Help

From our friends at Nonprofit Quarterly: Even with programs such as food stamps and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) exempted from sequestration cuts, there is no doubt that anti-poverty programs will be hit by the cuts that started rolling out at the beginning of this month. In the New York Times, Annie Lowrey describes [...]