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David Lawrence Jr.
Chair
•.Dr. Wil J. Blechman
Vice Chair
Vairia C. Screen
Secretary
Octavio•F. Verdeja
Treasurer
Isabel Afanador, Chair
Program Services Committee
Maria A. Alonso, Chair
Procurement Committee
Hon. Norman S. Gerstein
At -large.
Josee Gregoire
At -large
Dr. Steven E. Marcus, Chair
Human Resources Committee
Dr. Judith Schaechter, Chair
Health Committee
The Board of Directors
Dr. Nelson Adams
Yvette Aleman
'Karen Aronowltz
Dr. Linda Blanton
George. M. Burgess
Ivelisse •Castro
Dr. Rudy Crew
Luis A. Gazitua
Ben F. Gilbert Jr.
Charisse Grant
'Sara B. Herald
Hon. Barbara Jordan
Dr. Martin Karp
tion. Lester Langer
'Dr. Debbie Nogueras
Rep. Juan -Carlos "J.C." Pianas
Alicia • Reyes -Perez .
Jackye Russell
Hon; Isaac Salver
.Eryca Schlffman
Gerald K. Schwartz
Dr. Jose Vicente
Chet Zerlin
Modesto:E. Abety
President & CEO
County Attorneys Office
Legal Counsel
The ChildrensTrust
May 8, 2007
To Whom It May Concern:
This letter is in support of our collaborative application for funding for Miami
NICE (the Network for Integration., Compassion and Empowerment) from the
Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Community Services.
As you know, all of our network partners (the City of Miami, Miami -Dade County,
the Center for Non-profit Effectiveness, Family and Children Faith .Coalition, The
Children's Trust, the Alliance for Human Services, and the United Way of Miami -
Dade) have a history of working together in our community, as well as a shared
goal of increasing the capacity of human • service organizations to more
effectively meet their missions,
On May 7, 2007, The Children's Trust board of directors voted to approve a
$50,000 cash match contribution to the current Miami NICE application, which
will be available contingent upon award of the federal funds.
The Children's Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter
referendum in 2002, with the mission to improve the lives of all children and
families in. Miami -Dade County by making strategic investments in their futures.
As such, we currently. fund over 200. '.programs _serving children, youth and
families throughout the county that focus on improving child . health,
development and safety, as welt as parental and community responsibility on
behalf of children.
The majority of our funded organizations are community and faith -based.
organizations. In our brief history of funding, we have noted a great .need.to
bolster organizational capacity. For that reason, last year our board approved a
$500,000 capacity -building fund specifically to assist our funded agencies with
individual technical assistance and mini -grants to make improvements in a
number of areas that' overlap with those covered within our partnership CCF
application, such as leadership .development, . organizational development,
program development, revenue development strategies, and community
engagement.
The .Children's Trust has an active calendar of group training topics, a 'vendor
pool of organizational consultants established through a competitive. process,
individual technical assistance provided by our .program, research/evaluation
and fiscal staff.rriembers, and mini -grants for our providers based on a formal
capacity needs assessment and organizational capacity priorities.
Our President and. CEO, Modesto E. Abety, is in full support of this collaborative
network application. Feel free to, contact him or myself if any further
information is needed. We look forward to a .productive collaboration to improve
the capacity of grassroots, faith -based and community organizations serving
those most in need in our community.
Sincerely,
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K. Lori Hanson, Ph.D., Director of Research, Evacuation and: Capacity Training
3150 SW 3r'' Avenue, 8"' Floor; Miami; Florida 33129 • Tel: 305-571-5700/ Fax: 305-857-9592• www.thechildrenstrust.org
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