After the very successful October Governor’s Conference for Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations in Ft. Lauderdale, a number of attendees have asked for copies of hand outs and presentation material used/distributed at the Conference, particularly for concurrent break-out sessions they could not attend or displays that ran out of materials. The Conference coordinators have asked all presenters to submit their materials in electronic form so they could be disseminated and posted on the web for general access.

This initial set of handouts includes mainly workforce-related items, but we invite submissions from the other presenters from DCF, Health, etc. as well as the afternoon panel sessions on system building. Now posted on the website are:

-Workforce and CBO-FBO Opportunities (Mike Switzer morning presentation)

-Broward FBO-CBO Intermediaries Pilot (Mason Jackson morning presentation) ----plus the Replication Manual for the Broward Intermediaries Pilot [rand new, not ready/distributed at conference]

-Intermediaries--the Brevard Experience (Rita Elkins morning presentation)

-Childcare--Partnership for School Readiness (Susan Simpler morning presentation)

-Regional Workforce Board map and contacts (background resource for collaboration)

-Outline Notes--Building Coalitions (Rick Sawyer’s afternoon panel)

These resources, or a link to them will also be posted on the website maintained by the Family and Children Faith Coalition of South Florida, and they are also in the process of developing a new website that can also be used for sharing such information and a more informal web-based exchange for FBOs and CBOs, both in South Florida and statewide. Check out their current site at http://www.fcfcfl.org This alert is being sent to our list of state-level "umbrella" or intermediary organizations, and a growing list of regional/local intermediary organizations with the hope that you will pass along the good news to members, colleagues, partner organizations and others who have and interest.