Deadline is August 1st Monday 22   |   Tuesday 23   |   Wednesday 24   |   Thursday 25 Pre-Conference - Monday, August 22, 2005 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Registration 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Site Coordinator’s Training (pre-registration and approval required) Community Asset Building (train the trainers) Money Smart The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will provide a day long training to equip trainers from local sites with the skills to deliver the 10 module Money Smart financial education curriculum in their sites. Help For Faith-based and Community Organizations CCDO wants to enhance the capacity of faith-based organizations and local communities in developing competitive grant applications. “Navigating the Federal Funding Process,” an interactive training that is part of the ARC (Accessing Resources for Community and Faith-based Organizations) training curriculum, will assist faith-based and community organizations to conduct needs assessments, identify federal and state funding streams, develop competitive federal grant applications, and evaluate their programs. All FBCO grantees and sub-grantees are encouraged to attend this ARC training. VISTA Training (invitation only) 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Learning Labs Steering Committee Development and Management This learning lab will focus on the purpose and role of the steering committee, decision making skills, selecting a site coordinator, selecting a fiscal agent, role of the fiscal agent, running effective meetings and conflict resolution skills. Sustainability Weed and Seed funding is intended to be “start-up” funding to help sites develop effective, comprehensive, integrated strategies to reduce crime. Sites need to build sustainability into their operations early on, both in terms of resources and commitment to the long-term strategies being implemented. 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Learning Labs Indian Country Site Coordinator Development - Focus Group Process This session is targeted at gathering information from current site coordinators and other subject matters experts working with or in Weed & Seed sites. The goal is to obtain input to design a training curriculum for use with Weed & Seed sites with Tribal efforts and aimed at increasing the knowledge, skills and abilities of site coordinators and others to manage Weed & Seed initiatives in Indian Country and in diverse native communities. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Peer-to-Peer (invitation only) 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Learning Labs Community Engagement Using Resident Leadership Identify tools and techniques to engage communities and sustain their involvement in Weed and Seed and community improvement efforts, with an emphasis on residents’ participation. It is important to involve residents early in the Weed and Seed planning and provide them with substantial program authority. Effective Law Enforcement Strategies Law enforcement and community policing strategies require multi-level coordination and cooperation between jurisdictions and among local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. Key principles of design and implementation of effective weeding strategies from experienced sites will be discussed. Sustainability (repeat) Weed and Seed funding is intended to be “start-up” funding to help sites develop effective, comprehensive, integrated strategies to reduce crime. Sites need to build sustainability into their operations early on, both in terms of resources and commitment to the long-term strategies being implemented. Steering Committee Development and Management (repeat) This learning lab will focus on the purpose and role of the steering committee, decision making skills, selecting a site coordinator, selecting a fiscal agent, role of the fiscal agent, running effective meetings and conflict resolution skills. Weed and Seed Site Management This session will focus on the administrative management process once a site is funded. The types of fiscal and programmatic reports required by CCDO, Government Performance Results Act (GPRA), and Evaluation and Outcomes will be a part of this training. 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Afternoon Break 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CCDO Working Group Meeting (invitation only) Return to top For additional conference information contact: Technical Resources International, Inc. 6500 Rock Spring Drive, Suite 650 Bethesda, MD 20817 Phone: 301-897-7481 Email: reginfo@tech-res.com For information about the Community Capacity Development Office contact: Office of Weed and Seed 810 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20531 Phone: 202-616-1152