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Casa de Amparo

Casey Family Programs

Center for Community Solutions

Chicano Federation of San Diego County

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Educational Enrichment Systems, Inc. - NEW MEMBER

Fred Finch Youth Center Inc.

Home of Guiding Hands

Interfaith Community Services

Nonprofit Management Solutions

Rady Children's Hospital & Health Center

San Diego Housing Federation

San Diego Youth & Community Services

SAY, San Diego, Inc.

South Bay Community Services

Special Olympics Southern California - San Diego County - NEW MEMBER

Survivors of Torture, International

The Fieldstone Foundation - NEW MEMBER

UPAC, Union of Pan Asian Communities of San Diego County

United Way of San Diego County

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	Member Spotlight Survivors of Torture, International (SURVIVORS) is the only organization in San Diego County dedicated to caring for survivors of politically-motivated torture and their families living in San Diego. Since 1997, SURVIVORS has helped more than 650 torture survivors from more than 55 countries to recover from their traumas through a holistic program including medical, dental, psychiatric, psychological, legal and social services. SURVIVORS empowers torture survivors to reclaim the strength and vitality stolen from them by brutal dictators and governments. The specialized care SURVIVORS provides these vulnerable individuals helps them to become self-sufficient and healthy members of their families and of our community.  SURVIVORS also educates the professional communities and the general public about torture and the needs of torture survivors. Toward that end, SURVIVORS' staff members frequently speak in academic, professional, religious and community settings to share their knowledge of the devastating effects of torture and the benefits of treatment. SURVIVORS maintains a coordinated effort at the local, state and national government levels to advocate on behalf of torture survivors and against the use of torture. SURVIVORS maintains an active presence in San Diego’s non-profit community as a member of the San Diego Coalition for Mental Health, SANDAN, The San Diego Refugee Forum, the Mid-City Community Action Network, Metropolitan Area Providers of Social Services, and the Emergency Resource Group. Since being awarded a contract by San Diego County to provide service to survivors of torture, SURVIVORS has also been a participant in SANDAN’s Contracting Workgroup. To learn more, please visit SURVIVORS’ web site at http://www.notorture.org or call (619) 278-2400. Recently, Community Research Foundation (CRF) was awarded a new MHSA Children’s Cultural/Language Specific Mental Health Program by the County of San Diego Mental Health Services.  The new program has been named as “Cultural Access and Resource Enhancement (CARE)” and is co-located with Douglas Young Youth and Family Services in Kearny Mesa.  The CARE program is unique in that the entire staff is bi-cultural and bi-lingual and thus reflects the cultural/ethnic background of its targeted client/family population. The target population is the Latino and Asian/Pacific Islander (API) who are unserved and/or underserved. The CARE staff provides a full range of culturally integrated mental health services and extensive outreach to the Latino and API communities in North Central and Central San Diego.  One of the distinctive aspects of the CARE program is the role of the Consumer/Family Partner (C/F Partner). The C/F Partner is a person who acts as a “case manager” providing outreach to the community in the form of education on culturally specific services, making initial contact when a client/family is identified to help those families link up with the mental health services and provide the continued assistance with families such as resources to housing, food, and cultural supports.  There is an emphasis on strong connections to ethnic-specific organizations, to comprehensively address client and family needs while respecting and working within their cultural beliefs, supports, and norms.  Clients are enrolled in a Full Service Partnership program to fully address client and family needs.  Services are provided by a team which includes mental health clinicians, C/F Partners, a registered nurse and a psychiatrist.  To learn more about this program or to make referrals, please contact the CARE Program Supervisor, Mara Lucia A.Vieira at 858-300-8282 or mvieira@comresearch.org   Member Spotlight - Each month we will share a brief story or article on a SANDAN member, their mission, programs, key staff or a special event. If you would like us to SPOTLIGHT your program, please submit details to Jeanine Politte by the 10th of the month to be included. Thank you.

Question of the Month - September

How did the state Budget Crisis affect your ability to operate your nonprofit? It took 52 days before the CA State Legislators approved a budget. SANDAN would like to know how your organization was affected by this impasse, what measures your organization took to stay in business, etc. If your organization is effected by Gov. Schwarzenegger's vetoes, please share that information also. Thank you. Click to respond.

Government Updates

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Draft 2007 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)

RTP s the public policy component of the SANDAG Regional Comprehensive Plan for how people and goods will move around the region through the year 2030. Comment period runs through Monday, September 17, 2007. Written comments may be sent via e-mail, fax, or mail.

This document is available for review at www.sandag.org/2007rtp.

Federal News

Priority Guidance Plan for 2007-08

Besides finalizing the redesign of IRS Form 990, there are 16 additional items on the joint Treasury Dept./Internal Revenue Service priority list of interest to nonprofits. Here are a few, but you can read the whole list at http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=173225,00.html.

- Final regulations under Internal Revenue Code sections 501(c)(3) and 4958 on revocation standards for organizations that engage in excess benefit transactions.

- Proposed regulations on new requirements for supporting organizations added by the Pension Protection Act of 2006

-Regulations regarding qualified tuition programs under section 529.

- Final regulations on excise taxes on prohibited tax shelter transactions and related disclosure requirements.

- Proposed regulations on new excise taxes on donor-advised funds, as added by the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

- Proposed regulations under Code section 170(f)(12), regarding contributions of qualified vehicles.

- Proposed regulations under section 664(c) to reflect 2006 legislation concerning the effect of unrelated business income on charitable remainder trusts.

Comment Period Ends September 14th for Redesigned IRS 990s

IRS Form 990 Revise - Documentation

The IRS anticipates using the new form for the 2008 tax year. Comments & questions concerning the redesigned form and instructions should be e-mailed to the IRS at Form990Revision@irs.gov; or mailed to Form 990 Redesign, ATTN: SE:T:EO, 1111 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20224. Comments are due no later than September 14, 2007.

Congress Finally Passes Lobbying and Ethics Reforms

In a nutshell - Congress finally passed the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (S. 1). The new law is the most significant lobbying and ethics reform in a decade and should make Washington more accountable and transparent. The Act presently waits to be signed by President Bush. Reforms include: addressing the problem of stealth coalitions; identification of legislator who wants to block legislation from moving forward; earmarked spending items and tax expenditures in bills, resolutions, conference reports and managers' statements will be identified and posted on the Internet at least 48 hours before a vote on the underlying legislation; revision of the Lobby Disclosure Act to require quarterly reporting and creation of a searchable online database, and reporting the bundling of contributions ($15,000 during a 6 month period); 2 year wait period to become a lobbyist after serving in Congress; pay the equivalent of charter fares for rides on private planes, will no longer be able to accept gifts and meals from lobbyists; and all committee and subcommittee meetings will be publicly available through the Internet. To read Congress Passes Sweeping Lobbying and Ethics Reforms, an OMB Watch article, 8/7/07, click here.
 

More information on federal, state & local issues can be found at SANDAN's News You Can Use.

Resource Library

Report on the Nonprofit Investment Capital Roundtable, Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies

"Nonprofit Listening Post Project’s Investment Capital Roundtable followed up on the project’s 2006 groundbreaking survey of nonprofit access to investment capital, which provided the first-ever empirical data on this important topic. revealed that while overwhelming majorities of nonprofit human service, arts, and community development organizations experienced significant capital needs over the previous two years, well under half of these organizations were able to meet these needs." To read the complete article, click here.

Charity Navigator 2007 Special Events Study

Over the summer it seems that every weekend there is another fundraising event to benefit a nonprofit organization. The Charity Navigator users have been asking the following questions: As a donor, does it make sense to support these special events? Or would the organization be better served by you skipping the 5K and making a direct contribution? Their study compiles the results to these and other questions. To view findings, click here.

Labor Day 2007: California's Workers Face a Mix of Promising & Troubling Trends, California Budget Project, 8/2007 - "Newly released income and poverty data show that in 2006, California’s families finally began to regain ground lost during the 2001 recession and the weak economic recovery that followed. However, in recent months, California’s unemployment rate has increased sharply and job growth has slowed, reflecting, in part, the downturn in the housing market. Housing-related industries – a major driver of the state’s job growth during the early years of this decade – have lost jobs during the past year and recent developments suggest that the decline has yet to bottom out. The key question in coming months is whether the continuing slowdown in housing will spread to the broader economy." To read the article.

Poverty Declines, Incomes Increase: California Finally Recovers Ground Lost During a Weak Recovery, California Budget Project, 8/28/07. "Census data show signs of progress for low- and middle-income Californians, five years into an economic expansion. These new data indicate that California's families have begun to regain ground lost during the recession and weak economic recovery..." To read more.

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Contracting Workgroup

Meetings are open to all County contractors, co-convened by SANDAN and the County of San Diego HHSA Agency Contract Support, and includes representatives from Mental Health Contractors Assoc. and the ADS Providers Association.

The next meeting is scheduled for September 27th from 2:00 - 3:30pm at County Mental Health Services Admin. Office, 3255 Camino del Rio South, in the La Jolla Room. Notes from recent meetings and the ongoing Procurement Deep Dive are posted on SANDAN's website. Notes 

Movin' & Shakin'...

Dr. Pamela Choice, has been named Chapter President/CEO of the  National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Pacific South Coast Chapter, succeeding the retiring Allan Shaw. Many of you know Pamela from our SANDAN monthly member meetings where she represented the San Diego Center for Children as Director of Quality Improvement and Evaluation. Congratulations!

John A. Ohanian has accepted the position as new Chief Executive Officer of 2-1-1 San Diego; Sara Matta will retire this fall. Congrats!

Charlie Corrigan, Associate Program Manager - San Diego with the Corporation for Supportive Housing, leaves sunny San Diego and joins AIDS Housing Washington in Seattle. Good Luck!

Do you know a nonprofit executive who might be transitioning, please contact SANDAN so we can spread the word.

Congrats!

St. Madeleine Sophie's Center was given the Outstanding Community Involvement Small Business Award on June 28th by the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and the US Small Business Assn. Congratulations!

Please share awards and grants with us so we can help share the news with our readers.

~ Prepared by Jeanine Politte, released 9/4/07.

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