TOPIC: Financing and Funding - General Material

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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

Briefs and Links

• Surfing for Funds
• Grants, Call for Papers, Call for Presenters
• Using Federal Education Legislation in Moving Toward a Comprehensive, Multifaceted, and Integrated Approach to Addressing Barriers to Learning (e.g., Creating a Cohesive System of Learning Supports)
 

Center Policy & Program Analysis Briefs and Notes



• Financing Mental Health for Children & Adolescents
• Guidelines, Models, Resources & Policy Considerations

Introductory Packets

• Introductory Packet Financial: Strategies to Aid in Addressing Barriers to Learning

Quick Training Aid

• Quick Training Aid: Financing Strategies to Address Barriers to Learning

Net Exchange

• Funding for Doing and Enhancing the Work

Other Relevant Documents, Resources, and Tools on the Internet

Children's Health Funding

• Foundation Funding for Children's Health
• The Future of Children: Children and Managed Health Care
• The Future of Children: Financing Child Care



Finding Funding Sources

• Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF)
• Connect for Kids' Toolkit for Funding
• Directory of funding sources for community based participatory research
• Education Finance Database
• Financing access to early education for children age four and below: Concepts and costs (2004)
• Finding Funding: A Guide to Federal Sources for Child Traumatic Stress and Other Trauma-Focused Initiatives (from the Finance Project)
• Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant
• Resource Guide to Federal Funding For Technology in Education
• State Funding Programs for High-Cost Special Education Students
• U.S. Department of Education List of Funding Opportunities



Funding Tips

• Basic Elements of Grant Writing

General
• Current Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2003-2004
• Decade of Behavior initiative presents Fund Source
• Financing Services for Students with Disabilities
• K-12 School District Financing: An Update of Changes in the 1990s
• Legislative Investments in School-Age Children and Youth
• Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2002-03
• Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education 2007 - National Center for Education Statistics
• School Finance Litigation and Beyond
• Selected Papers in School Finance 1995 (NCES 97-536)
• A Self-assessment and planning guide: developing a comprehensive financing plan
• Replacing Initial Grants
• Spending on Mental and Substance Use Disorders Concentrated In the Public Sector
• Strengthening Service Delivery
• Thinking Broadly: Financing Strategies for Child Traumatic Stress Initiatives (from the Finance Project)
• 21st Century School Finance: How is the Context Changing?
• Using NCLB Funds to Support Extended Learning Time
• Where's the Money Gone? Changes in the Level and Composition of Education Spending

Medicaid

• Medicaid and School Health : A Technical Assistance Guide
• Medicaid and School Health
• Medicaid, Managed Care, and School-Based Health Centers: Proceedings of a Meeting with Policy Makers and Providers



Mental Health

• Developing Blended Funding Programs For Children's Mental Health Care Systems
• Financing Children's Mental Health Services: Coping with a Changing Fiscal Environment
• The Financial Effects of Parity Laws on Families of Children with Mental Health Care Needs
• Funding Expanded School Mental Health Programs
• Mental Health Care for Youth: Who Gets It? How Much Does it Cost? Who Pays? Where Does the Money Go?
• Moving on: Analysis of Federal Programs Funding Services for Transition-Age Youth with Serious Mental Health Conditions
• Public costs of better mental health services for children and adolescents
• Services for Children with Mental Health Needs: Funding Strategies Brief (PDF Document, 48K)

Schools and Communities

• Financing America's Public Schools
• Finding Funding: A Guide to Federal Sources for Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives (Finance Project)
• The Future of Children: Financing Schools(PDF)
• Issues in Financing School-Based Health Centers: A Guide for State Officials, September 1995
• Nine State Strategies to Support School-Based Health Centers
• School-Based Health Centers and Managed Care: Seven School-Based Health Center Programs Forge New Relationships
• School-Based Management: Strategies for Success
• School-Based Health Centers: Surviving A Difficult Economy
• School Linked Services: Appraisal, Financing, and Future Directions
• State Policy Context for School-Based Health Centers
• Toward better behavioral health for children, youth and their families: financing that supports knowledge (2008) National Center for Children in Poverty
• Turning the Tide: Preserving Community Mental Health Services. Grantmakers In Health. (PDF).
• Volume III: Potential Sources of Federal Support for School-Based and School-Linked Health Services
• "Who helps public schools: A portrait of local education funds" L. Lampkin & D. Stern
• Within Our Means: Tough Choices for Government Spending

Youth Programs

• Creating Dedicated Local and State Revenue Sources for Youth Programs (Finance Project, PDF)
• Finding Funding: A Guide to Federal Sources for Youth Programs (Finance Project, PDF)
• "Funding Mental Health Services for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Challenges and Opportunities" (2003)
• The Federal Grants Manual for Youth Programs: A Guide to Youth Risk Behavior Prevention
• A Guide to Successful Public-Private Partnerships for Youth Programs (Finance Project, PDF)
• Thinking Broadly: Financing Strategies for Youth Programs (Finance Project, PDF)

• Afterschool Alliance
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Funding Opportunities
• Catalog of Federal Assistance
• Department of Education
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Economics & Data Analysis Resource Center
• FedBizOpps.gov
• Federal Register
• Federal Register ED Announcements
• The Finance Project
• The Foundation Center
• FundSource
• The Future of Children
• Government Organizations with Grants and Other Funding Sources
• Grantsmanship Center: Federal Grants Links
• Grants.gov
• Grant Update
• Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
• Links to Grant Resources on the Web
• National Center for Education Statistics: Education Finance Statistics Center
• The National Conference of State Legislatures Education Site
• National Rural Funders Collaborative
• National Youth Development Information Center: Funding Search
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Department of Justice
• School Grants
• Sustainable Funding Updates - Advocates for Children and Youth
• U.S. Department of Education's Office of the Chief Financial Officer: Grants and Contracts Information

• Financing Health Services in School-Based Clinics: Do Non-Traditional Programs Tap Traditional Funding Sources? By, J.S. Palfrey, M.J. McGaughey, P.J. Cooperman, et al.  (1991). Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 12, No.3, pp. 233-239.
• Financing Mental Health Services for Adolescents: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Positon Paper (2006). Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 39, pp. 456-458.
• Making Schools Work: Improving Performance and Controlling Costs. By E.A. Hanushek. (1994). The Brookings Institution: Washington, DC.
• National Estimates of Health Services Expenditures for Children with Behavioral Disorders: An Analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. By Guevara JP, Mandell DS, Rostain AL, et al. Pediatrics 2003; 112:e440-6.
• Payment for Services Rendered: Expanding the Revenue Base of School-Based Clinics. By, J. Perino & C. Brindis (1994). Report to the Stuart Foundations, Center for Reproductive Health Policy Research, University of California, San Francisco.
• Rethinking School Finances. By A. Odden (1992). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc.
• School Resources and Student Performance. In Does Money Matter? The Effect of School Resource on Student Achievement and Adult Success. By, E.A. Hanushek, G. Burtless, ed. (1996). The Brookings Institution: Washington, DC
• Show Me the Money: Estimating Public Expenditures to Improve Outcomes of Children, Families, and Communities. By, J. McCroskey, L.O. Picus, J. Yoo, L. Marsenich & E. Robillard (2004). Children & Schools. Vol. 26, No.3, pp. 165-174.
• State Approaches to Promoting Young Children's Healthy Development: A Survey of Medicaid, and Maternal and Child Health, and Mental Health Agencies. By Rosenthal, J., & Kaye, N. (2005). Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy.
• Systems of Financing Early Intervention. By, R.M. Clifford & K.Y. Bernier (1993). In Implementing Early Intervention: From Research to Effective Practice. D.M. Bryant & M.A. Graham (Eds.). New York: The Guilford Press.
• The Critical Role of Fiance in Creating Comprehensive Support Systems. By, M.E. Orland, A.E. Danegger, & E. Foley (1993). In Integrated Services for Children and Families: Opportunities for Psychological Practice. R.J. Illback, C.T. Cobb, & H.M. Joseph (Eds.). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.
• Using Student Level Data to Measure School Finance Adequacy: An Exploratory Analysis. By, L.O. Picus, J. McCroskey, E. Robillard, J. Yoo, & L. Marsenich (2002). In Roellke, C. and Rice, J.K. eds. Fiscal Issues in Urban Schools. Vol. 1 of Research in Education Fiscal Policy and Practice. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc. pp. 181-201.

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