Reentry Council

2011-2012 Economic and Workforce Development Programs

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

SF Office of Economic and Workforce Development

Due by 5:00pm Thursday, January 20^th

The Office of Economic and Workforce Development is pleased to announce the availability of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for 2011-2012 economic and workforce development programs under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). Technical Assistance Workshop will be held on Wednesday January 5^th 1:00pm-3:00pm in the Koret Auditorium of the SF Public Library. Detailed application information can be found at http://www.oewd.org/Workforce_Development_Funding.aspx. For questions, please contact Kris Damalas at (415) 581-2334 or Kristine.damalas@sfgov.org.

If you are formerly incarcerated, and are looking for some support to stay out of prison, or would like to provide support to others—Mark Thomas of Episcopal Community Services is starting a peer support group by and for formerly incarcerated people. The group will focus on pro-social attitudes, self-awareness, stress management, resiliency building, and education on issues related to reentry. Please contact Mark if you are interested in helping to form such a group, or would like to be a part of the group. Please download copy and distribute the filer available here.

Volunteers are needed to count individuals who are sleeping outside in San Francisco on the night of January 27^th. The purpose of this count is to estimate the scope of homelessness in San Francisco, and to help get federal resources to build housing and provide services to homeless people.  If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out a brief survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2011SFHomelessCountVolReg. For questions or more information, please contact volunteer coordinator at HomelessCount@sfgov.org or call (415) 558-2346. For a flier to download print and distribute, see here.

The San Francisco Interfaith Council has announced the rotating shelter site locations open now through Saturday February 26^th. These emergency winter shelter beds are NOT reserved through CHANGES, SF’s centralized shelter reservation system for individual adults. To find out more about how people in need  of shelter may access these beds, please see the Flier which may be posted and distributed widely.