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		<title>Department of Education Announces There Will Be No New Promise Neighborhoods Grants in FY2013</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/05/department-of-education-announces-there-will-be-no-new-promise-neighborhoods-grants-in-fy2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Promise Neighborhoods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On May 17, the US Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) announced that, due to funding restrictions under the FY2013 Continuing Resolution, they will not fund any new Promise Neighborhoods grants in fiscal year 2013 (which runs through September 30, 2013). Existing grants awarded in previous fiscal years will continue to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blogger: INPEACE’s Keiki Steps Teaches Parent Empowerment</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/05/guest-blogger-inpeaces-keiki-steps-teaches-parent-empowerment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Efforts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a guest blog post from Kanoe Naone, the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture (INPEACE), an UNCA member organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii. INPEACE works to educate and empower Native Hawaiian communities. Since 1994, INPEACE has emerged as a local and international leader in early childhood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Webinar: Nashville’s Community Engaged Research</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/05/upcoming-webinar-nashvilles-community-engaged-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Efforts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Promise Neighborhoods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nashville Promise Neighborhood will release the results of their recent community survey, as well as explain their innovative survey model, in a webinar on Thursday, May 16th from 4-5:30 p.m. ET. Nashville Promise Neighborhood, along with their data partner, Vanderbilt University, completed 485 door-to-door surveys in three Nashville census tracts in just three weekends with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Measure the Impact of Civic Engagement?</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/05/how-do-you-measure-the-impact-of-civic-engagement-3/</link>
		<comments>http://unca-acf.org/2013/05/how-do-you-measure-the-impact-of-civic-engagement-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Movement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Civic Engagement provides opportunities for residents and neighborhoods to foster community involvement and place-based decision-making that is targeted, sustainable, and popular. But how can you truly know the impact of your community’s Civic Engagement efforts? The Alliance for Children &#38; Families and the United Neighborhood Centers of America invites all non-profit human services organizations and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Cities, Strong Communities First Annual Report</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/05/strong-cities-strong-communities-first-annual-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In April, the White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities released the first annual report on the Strong Cities, Strong Communities Initiative (SC2). The report includes an overview of the program, accomplishments in the seven SC2 pilot cities, lessons learned, and next steps for the future expansion of the program. The SC2 pilot was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Immigration Reform: Waiting for More Answers</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/05/proposed-immigration-reform-waiting-for-more-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://unca-acf.org/2013/05/proposed-immigration-reform-waiting-for-more-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 17:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the bipartisan Senate Gang of 8 released their proposal for Comprehensive Immigration Reform called the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013” (S.744). The proposed bill is set for numerous hearings and mark-ups before it may be voted on later this spring. No one knows what might end up as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate National Volunteer Week!</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/04/celebrate-national-volunteer-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Movement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 21-27, 2013 is National Volunteer Week! Celebrate the role of service in your community this week by taking the time to thank a volunteer you know, or by pitching in and trying a new volunteer opportunity yourself. Several organizations are committed to honoring the importance of volunteerism this week through events and action campaigns. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama’s 2014 Budget Pushes for 20 New “Promise Zones”</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/04/obamas-2014-budget-pushes-for-20-new-promise-zones/</link>
		<comments>http://unca-acf.org/2013/04/obamas-2014-budget-pushes-for-20-new-promise-zones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harlem Children's Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The White House released its FY2014 budget proposal on April 10, 2013. Although different parts of the proposed budget have been lauded or criticized by different sectors, one thing that stood out was the President’s staunch commitment to neighborhood revitalization in the wake of the Great Recession. The existing Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI) integrated multiple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blogger: Mistakes Kids Make Shouldn’t Ruin Their Lives</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/04/guest-blogger-mistakes-kids-make-shouldnt-ruin-their-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://unca-acf.org/2013/04/guest-blogger-mistakes-kids-make-shouldnt-ruin-their-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Juvenile Justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a guest blog post by the Mistakes Kids Make Initiative. It is a new campaign to raise awareness about the impact of juvenile justice policies on kids, supported by the MacArthur Foundation. A big part of the Initiative is a storytelling campaign aimed at exposing the one-size-fits-all juvenile justice policies that jeopardize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding Opportunity: HUD Releases NOFA for FY2013 Choice Neighborhoods Grant</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/2013/04/funding-opportunity-hud-releases-nofa-for-fy2013-choice-neighborhoods-grant/</link>
		<comments>http://unca-acf.org/2013/04/funding-opportunity-hud-releases-nofa-for-fy2013-choice-neighborhoods-grant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Richey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choice Neighborhoods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 2013 Choice Neighborhoods grant. Choice Neighborhoods is HUD’s signature element of the White House’s place-based Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI). NRI “supports locally driven solutions for transforming distressed neighborhoods using place-based strategies to address the interconnected challenges [...]]]></description>
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