The White House is hosting a Regional Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in Jacksonville, FL to be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2006. The one-day conference is geared towards those who are new to the Initiative, have no history of applying for government grants, or have attempted to secure government funding, but have not yet been successful. For more information on Targeted Workshops and Regional Conferences hosted by the White House,

Go to http://www.dtiassociates.com/FBCI/logisticsFL.cfm?location=FL which provides registration and agenda information.

Note that tentative plans to conduct a pre-conference workshop by the Governor’s Faith-Based and Community Office/Board have been cancelled. However there will still be a training session on the prior day, April 11, conducted by the Volunteer Florida Foundation’s Hurricane Relief Fund on “Securing Funds and Resources for Disasters.” Registration information for that 4/11 event is at http://www.dtiassociates.com/FBCI/logisticsFL.cfm?location=FL