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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter April 2016

Monday, April 11, 2016 Pass it On **Playworks and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland are hosting a Youth Development Career Fair on Tuesday, April 26th from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Wattles Boys & Girls Club, 9330 SE Harold St, Portland. This fair is for job seekers looking for youth development work either during…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter March 2016

Friday, March 4, 2016 Pass it On **A PCL Allocation Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 7th from 3 – 4 p.m. at City Hall Council Chambers. Go to the PCL website here for the agenda. **The 2014-15 independent audit of the PCL is complete and posted on the PCL website on this page. **Organizations serving…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter February 2016

Thursday, February 18, 2016 Pass it on **The Monday, Feb. 8th PCL Allocation Committee meeting has been canceled. We will be back in touch soon with rescheduling details. **If you have families with children entering a PPS kindergarten next fall, please provide them the district link here for more information about Connect to Kindergarten events along with…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter January 2016

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Pass it on **The Portland Children’s Levy has a whole new look to its website! Click here to visit our new and improved website that includes videos from our funding areas, interactive mapping, feature stories and interesting new sections such as “What We’re Reading.” We know it will be easier for…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter December 2015

Friday, December 4, 2015 Pass it on The Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission has opened its 2016 Community Technology Grants funding cycle and encourages eligible organizations to apply. The Pre-Application deadline is approaching:  Dec. 8th, 2015. The Community Technology Grants program supports public and non-profit use of interactive, multi-media communications technologies for public benefit purposes.…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter November 2015

Sunday, November 1, 2015 Pass it On **The Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission is pleased to announce the opening of its 2016 Community Technology Grants funding cycle and encourages eligible organizations to apply. The Pre-Application deadline is Dec. 8th, 2015. The Community Technology Grants program supports public and non-profit use of interactive, multi-media communications technologies…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter October 2015

Thursday, October 1, 2015 Pass it On **Youth, Rights & Justice celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a Wine & Chocolate Extravaganza Saturday, Oct. 24th at the World of Speed Museum in Wilsonvillefull access to the museum, wine & chocolate tasting, rides in racing simulators, dinner and dessert dash and silent and live auctions.Buy tickets at  **Portland Community Media has upgraded…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter September 2015

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 Pass it On **Registration is now open for A Clinical Response to Child Abuse Conference, offered annually by CARES Northwest.   Training Date: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015   Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm   Location: Legacy Emanuel Medical Center – Lorenzen Center Auditorium   Cost: This training is free of charge and…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter August 2015

Saturday, August 1, 2015 Pass it on  REAP’s Challenge: Academy of Leadership Innovations is an annual FREE four-day leadership program scheduled daily Aug. 25-28 at Portland State University designed for middle and high school students throughout the state. Students benefit from leadership training, activities and workplace tours aimed at developing leadership skills to build a successful future.…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter July 2015

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Pass it On REAP’s Challenge: Academy of Leadership Innovations is an annual FREE four-day leadership program scheduled daily Aug. 25-28 at Portland State University designed for middle and high school students throughout the state. Students benefit from leadership training, activities and workplace tours aimed at developing leadership skills to build a successful future.…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter June 2015

Monday, June 1, 2015 PCL makes allocations to new and current programs  The PCL Allocation Committee earlier this week approved $1.9 million in two-year allocations to nine current grantees and six new programs, with nearly $600,000 going to fund three new hunger relief programs. Metropolitan Family Service, Janus Youth Programs and the Immigrant and Refugee…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter May 2015

Friday, May 1, 2015 New PCL Allocations in Early Childhood, Technical Assistance, System Partners The Allocation Committee earlier this week approved $5.74 million in new allocations, with the bulk of the funding going to Head Start/Oregon Pre-Kindergarten expansion and financial assistance for working families to access quality childcare at a reduced cost. Also, new funding will go to quality…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter April 2015

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 PCL Sponsorship Opportunities PCL is resuming its Event Sponsorship program for nonprofit organizations looking for help to underwrite event costs. The Levy will award 10 $500 sponsorships for events related to its funding areas from July 2015 through June 2016. Also, we have a limited number of sponsorships available for events occurring in…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter March 2015

Sunday, March 1, 2015 Pass it On Scholarships available for kindergarten readiness program at Friendly House this summer. New, engaging themes each week, lots of outside play and focus on the social and academic skills needed to start kindergarten. The preschool summer program for 5-year-olds entering kindergarten in fall 2015 is Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon, June 22…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter February 2015

Sunday, February 1, 2015 Upcoming PCL Allocation Committee meeting: Feb. 10 The Allocation Committee will meet from 2 – 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10th in City Hall Council Chambers. An agenda can be found on the PCL website here. Also, items related to the agenda can be found on the PCL website here for viewing and/or printing as PDFs. Please be advised:…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter January 2015

Thursday, January 1, 2015 Happy 2015 The PCL team hopes everyone had a wonderful holiday with family and friends. Earlier this week, Portland City Commissioner and PCL Allocation Chair Dan Saltzman was sworn in for his fifth council term. The event at Bridge Meadows, a multi-generational community in the Portsmouth neighborhood designed to support foster children and families, brought…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter September 2014

Sunday, June 1, 2014 Funding Update The Portland Children’s Levy new Request For Investment for Culturally Specific Child Abuse Prevention/Intervention Program Services for African American Children and Familieswill be awarded at the Monday, Sept. 8th Allocation Committee meeting. Click here for an agenda for the 2 p.m. meeting in City Hall Council Chambers.  Pass it On Impact…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter August 2014

Friday, August 1, 2014 Funding News The Portland Children’s Levy new Request For Investment for Culturally Specific Child Abuse Prevention/Intervention Program Services for African American Children and Familieswas due Monday. The timeline is: June 23, 2014: RFI was published July 28, 2014: Applications were due Aug. 1 – 22, 2014: Review and staff analysis of funding requests Aug.…

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Portland Children’s Levy Newsletter June 2014

Sunday, June 1, 2014 Update on PCL 2014 Funding Cycle  At meetings during the past week, the PCL Allocation Committee approved $33 million in three-year funding for 57 programs in Hunger Relief, Mentoring, After School, Early Childhood, Foster Care and Child Abuse Prevention/Intervention. Funding begins July 1. Click here to view the breakdown of funded organizations/program names and funding amounts. Click on the link here for press…

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