Click here for further information.

“The data contained in the Report will help you stay ahead of the curve in complying with the IRS 990 compensation-setting documentation requirements and stay competitive in today’s labor-market.   255 nonprofits participated in this survey.  With a detailed job description for each of over 100 positions, you can match your own organization’s jobs to others across Texas.  There is also a section on Weighted Average Salaries Paid by Region that break out the Austin, Dallas and Houston areas.  Others could not be broken out as there were not enough respondents to make such an analyses statistically significant.”   Reports can be purchased at www.columbiabooks.com/statesalarysurvey.

OneStar Foundation is excited to be accepting applications for Texas Connector Super Beta Testers!  Super Beta Testers will receive a 30-day free trial of the Connector and a sneak peek at the new statewide version of the tool!  Organizations of all sizes and types are encouraged to apply at http://www.tfaforms.com/253967.

Click here for more information on the Texas Connector.

OneStar Foundation is seeking individuals with a variety of National Service and Focus Area expertise to serve as community reviewers for the 2013-2014 AmeriCorps*Texas grant cycle. If you are interested in serving in this capacity, please complete our online application.

Recruitment for reviewers for the 2013-2014 opportunity will close on October 15, 2012.

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact Elisa Gleeson at 512-287-2029 or elisa@onestarfoundation.org.

Love this Austin American-Statesman article about how American YouthWorks AmeriCorps partnered up with KaBOOM! and Disney to help with Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management long-term recovery efforts! http://tinyurl.com/92pfv4f

OneStar has partnered with Social Media 4 Nonprofits to bring their exciting conference to Texas!   This conference series has already reached over 2,500 nonprofit leaders across the country, and on October 23^rd in Austin they will bring together hundreds of nonprofit decision-makers from the Lone Star State to share practical tips and tools for fundraising, marketing, and advocacy. Speakers will address a variety of topics in a series of short TED-meets-Twitter style talks and interactive workshops.

Click here to learn more and get registered.

The 9th Annual Youth Service Institute (YSI) will take place October 17-19, 2012 in Houston, Texas—register now!

www.YouthServiceInstitute.org

A leading professional development conference, YSI 2012 introduces the latest and most effective strategies for quality implementation of youth community engagement and service-learning. Network, learn, and plan together with more than 200 attendees, including nonprofit and community leaders, educators, and youth from across the United States. The Institute is YSA’s (Youth Service America) signature national training event, and will also highlight Global Youth Service Day (the largest service event in the world) and Semester of Service™, YSA’s extended service-learning program.

• Share… your ideas with others dedicated to youth engagement.
• Participate… in hands-on workshops that will invigorate.
• Engage… in thought-provoking sessions that will inspire.
• Plan… for Global Youth Service Day and/or Semester of Service.

Several registration options are available for local participants:

Full Conference Registration -$250 for adults and $150 for youth – includes participation in all sessions, beginning Wednesday, October 17 at 2pm and ending Friday, October 19 at 2pm.

• Three plenary sessions and five meals (reception on 10/17, breakfast and lunch on 10/18, breakfast and lunch 10/19)
• Choice of four workshops from 20 sessions presented by YSA staff
• “Youth Voice and Youth Leadership in Texas” working session presented by Local Hosts

Social Action Planning for Youth – Thursday, October 18 – $75, registration limited to 25 students

Students will build their awareness through sessions led by field experts dealing with the effects of our communities’ most pressing social issues.  Building upon their awareness, students will apply YSA’s Semester of Service™ framework to develop their own sustainable action plan to become agents for change. This track will  be facilitated by Kap McWhorter, Humble ISD District Service Learning Coordinator & Campus Social Action Teacher.

Youth and Community Organizations Local Track Registration – $100 for adults and $75 for youth – for Thursday, October 18, includes:

• Breakfast and “Youth Voice and Youth Leadership in Texas” working session presented by Local Hosts
• ServiceVote 2012 plenary session and lunch
• Choice of two workshops from 10 sessions presented by YSA staff

K-12 and Higher Education Local Track Registration – $100 for adults – for Friday, October 19, includes:

• Breakfast and choice of two workshops from 10 sessions presented by YSA staff
• Powerful and Influential Youth Panel plenary session and lunch
•  “Service-Learning in Texas” working session presented by Local Hosts

Register at www.YouthServiceInstitute.org

Each year Texas Department of Family & Protective Services creates and distributes free child abuse prevention calendars in both English and Spanish.  The calendar is a kid-friendly resource developed for community-based and other child serving organizations to share with families.  The calendar provides monthly parenting tips and community resource information. 

For more information on the calendars, please see this Facebook link:

https://www.facebook.com/4MyKid#!/photo.php?fbid=492379624119852&set=a.460477027310112.114249.445168142174334&type=1&theater

According to Josh Reynolds of Houston’s Neighborhood Centers, Inc., a Texas Connector subscriber, a community needs assessment “took about an hour and a half with the Texas Connector, as opposed to probably 3-4 solid days the “old way”.  Plus the radius is something we couldn’t have easily done through the old way.  So, that’s pretty cool.”

Imagine…running a detailed demographic report for a 5-mile radius around your program site with two clicks of your mouse!

Don’t take our word for it – Go to www.texasconnects.org, create a free account and try the map today!

How can I learn more?

1.  Head to  www.texasconnects.org for more information and to create a free account and begin your 7-Day Free Trial.
Absolutely no obligation to purchase a subscription!

2.  We’re here to help!  Contact us at texasconnects@onestarfoundation.org with any questions.

Experience the revolution—Experience the Texas Connector today!

www.texasconnects.org

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. At the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), we are working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD), and other partners in this coordinated multi-agency response effort. We salute individuals at every level of government, in nonprofit organizations, and in the private sector whose work is helping save lives, provide shelter, and rebuild communities. Our work is just beginning as first responders and other emergency personnel manage life-saving and rescue efforts. Hundreds of national service members are deployed and serving in disaster-affected communities and nearly a thousand more are standing by for immediate deployment.Before the recovery is complete, we expect thousands of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps members to help in the recovery. My heartfelt thanks go out to all of our members, state offices, and state commissions, all of whom are making possible this vital national service response to this unprecedented weather event.  This work makes a difference. Christine Beste, a native of Delaware who is a team leader with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), is on the ground in the Northeast. She summed up what it means to help out her community in the following way:”I like being able to hit the ground running, being responsible for shelters and for my team.  Every one of my family members has lost electricity in their homes in Delaware and Philadelphia. This work is important to me because I am helping people who are in a disastrous situation.”Like Christine, many of us know people or have relatives in one of the impacted areas, and we all know that overcoming the challenges left by this hurricane will require all of us to pitch in. Please visit Serve.gov to find out ways you can volunteer or contribute to organizations that are helping communities that were in Hurricane Sandy’s path. We know this will be a long recovery and that volunteers will be critical in the coming weeks and months.If you are in an affected area, please let me reiterate FEMA’s advice to stay safe. You can visit this site to get safety tips for you and your family.Thank you for all that you’re doing to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy, and feel free to check in with us at Serve.gov for additional updates and more information on volunteering.Warmest regards,Wendy Spencer