TOPIC: Financing and Funding: General Material

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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

Briefs and Links

• Grants, Call for Papers, Call for Presenters
• Surfing for Funds
• 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)
• What will it cost? - No New Dollars!

Center Policy & Program Analysis Briefs and Notes

• Rethinking District Budgets to Unify and Sustain a Critical Mass of Student and Learning Supports at Schools
• Designing Schoolwide Programs in Title I Schools: Using the Non-Regulatory Guidance in Ways that Address Barriers to Learning and Teaching
• Financing Mental Health for Children & Adolescents
• Guidelines, Models, Resources & Policy Considerations

Information Resource

• Funding Stream Integration to Promote Development and Sustainability of a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports

Introductory Packets

• 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

Finding Funding Sources
• Center for Special Education Finance: The Special Education Expenditure Project
• Cutting Costs, Keeping Quality: Financing Strategies for Youth-Serving Organizations in a Difficult Economy
• 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
• Financing Center of Excellence
• Finding Funding: A Guide to Federal Sources for Child Traumatic Stress and Other Trauma-Focused Initiatives
• Overview of Office of Justice Programs Grants and Funding
• Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant
• State Funding Programs for High-Cost Special Education Students
• A Toolkit for Funding
• U.S. Department of Education List of Funding Opportunities

Funding Tips
• Cost Cutting Ideas for Nonprofits
• Grant Proposal Writing Tips

General
• 21st Century School Finance: How is the Context Changing?
• The Finance Project
• Replacing Initial Grants
• Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education
• School Finance Litigation and Beyond
• A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide: Developing a Comprehensive Financing Plan
• Spending on Mental and Substance Use Disorders Concentrated In the Public Sector
• Thinking Broadly: Financing Strategies for Child Traumatic Stress Initiatives
• 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
• Overview Medicaid Program
• School-Based Health Centers and Managed Care: Seven School-Based Health Center Programs Forge New Relationships

Mental Health
• Developing Blended Funding Programs For Children's Mental Health Care Systems
• 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?
• Public Costs of Better Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents

Schools and Communities
• Federal Education Funding: Overview of K-12 and Early Childhood Education Programs
• Financing America's Public Schools
• Financing Community Schools: Leveraging Resources to Support Student Success
• Issues in Financing School-Based Health Centers: A Guide for State Officials
• 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
• Toward Better Behavioral Health for Children, Youth and their Families: Financing that Supports Knowledge
• Turning the Tide: Preserving Community Mental Health Services
• Who Helps Public Schools: A Portrait of Local Education Funds
• Within Our Means: Tough Choices for Government Spending

Youth Programs
• Creating Dedicated Local and State Revenue Sources for Youth Programs
• Finding Funding: A Guide to Federal Sources for Youth Programs
• A Guide to Successful Public-Private Partnerships for Youth Programs
• National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
• Thinking Broadly: Financing Strategies for Youth Programs

• Afterschool Alliance
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Funding Opportunities
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Department of Education: Grants
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Economics & Data Analysis Resource Center
• Federal Business Opportunities
• Federal Register
• Financing Center of Excellence
• The Finance Project
• The Foundation Center
• The Future of Children
• Government Organizations with Grants and Other Funding Sources
• Grantsmanship Center: Federal Grants Links
• Grants.gov
• 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 Resources
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Office of the Chief Financial Officer: Grants Information
• School Grants: Grant Opportunities

• 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.
• Funding Sources for Children and Youth Programs. By Schafer, L.; Schafer, A.; and Blakeley, J. (2010). Schoolhouse Partners
• 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.
• 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.
• 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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