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星期五, 10月 09, 2020

City of Boston - The Funding Update

CITY of BOSTON

The Funding Update

 

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City of Boston, 11/16/2020
Boston Cultural Council grants are available to medium-sized organizations with budgets under $2 million. Grants support arts programming including music, film and video, folk and traditional art, visual art, theater, dance, humanities, literary arts, performance or time-based arts, social and civic practices, and multi-disciplinary arts. Max award: $5,000.


New this week: Craft Futures Fund, 10/31/2020
One-time, unrestricted grants of $5,000 will support craft-based education projects that seed resilience, foster community, and amplify impact. 


The Creative Capital blog lists a variety of resources and opportunities.

 

 

City of Boston, Open
The Boston Resiliency Fund helps coordinate philanthropic efforts to provide essential services to Boston residents whose health and well-being are most immediately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Funding priorities: providing food to Boston's children, families, and seniors; providing technology to Boston Public Schools students for remote learning; and providing support to first responders, front-line workers, and healthcare workers so they can effectively do their jobs and promote public health.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 10/14/2020
COVID-19 Community Grants will engage community- and faith-based organizations in the development and delivery of effective messages and further support hard-hit communities with education, training, and funding to effectively meet their communities’ specific needs and build upon existing local and state efforts. 

City of Boston, 10/16/2020
Now seeking eligibility forms to be reviewed for Community Preservation Act applications. The scope of work must address affordable housing, open space, or the preservation of historic sites.

City of Boston, 10/28/2020
The Parks and Recreation Department requests proposals from an Urban Forest planning consultant to develop an equitable vision for the protection and expansion of the City's tree canopy goals.


New this week: Dining for Women, 10/24/2020
This giving circle invites Letters of Intent for projects that support women and girls living in extreme poverty in developing countries. Priorities: Education/Training; Health/Clean Water/Sanitation; Economic Empowerment; Healtjhy Environment; Food security/Regenerative Agriculture/Nutrition; Human Trafficking; Leadership Training/Advocacy. Grants will range from $25,000 to $35,000.


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City of Boston, Open
The Reopen Boston Fund was established to help small businesses minimize risk and manage economic recovery. Eligible costs include Personal Protective Equipment, safety partitions for customers and employees, and managing outdoor space that’s approved for business use. The grants are for brick-and-mortar businesses, with fewer than 15 employees, where people work close to each other or to customers.

Boston Local Development Corporation, Open
The Standard BLDC Loan Fund is available for existing businesses, new
ventures, and businesses relocating to Boston. Loans range from $25,000 to $150,000. The Backstreets Boston Back-up Loan Program provides financing of up to $250,000 for Boston companies in the industrial and manufacturing sectors. Also, BLDC recently received a $693,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant from the Economic Development Administration at the US Department of Commerce to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund to provide loans to coronavirus-impacted small businesses in Boston. For more information, contact Bill Nickerson or Gisella Soriano.


The Mayor’s Office of Economic Development holds
Virtual Office Hours on Wednesdays from 11AM to 1PM.

Learn about becoming a City of Boston-certified Minority/Woman-Owned Business

 

 


New this week: US Department of Education, 11/4/2020
Center for Excellence grants encourage institutions of higher education to develop model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students. Max award $450,000.


New this week: American Association of University Women, 11/1/2020 - 12/1/2020
American Fellowships support women scholars who are pursuing full-time study to complete dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research full time, or preparing research for publication for eight consecutive weeks.
Career Development grants provide funding to women who hold a bachelor’s degree and are preparing to advance or change careers or re-enter the workforce in education, health and medical sciences, or social sciences.
Community Action Grants support innovative programs that promote education and equity through projects focused on encouraging girls to select, before entering college, the physical sciences or engineering as a career.

New this week: BOKS, 11/30/2020
The Defenders of Physical Activity award ($10,000) will recognize one exemplary, existing BOKS program that not only changes the health and wellness of kids in their community but sets an example for other schools to do the same.

New this week: Samsung, 12/13/2020
The Solve for Tomorrow contest is designed to boost interest and proficiency in STEM, and challenges public school teachers and students in grades 6-12 to show how STEM can be applied to help improve their communities. Awards include Samsung technology packages. The competition opens with first-round ideas.

New this week: JAMS Foundation/Association for Conflict Resolution, 1/11/2021
The Initiative for Students and Youth provides grants for conflict prevention and dispute resolution programs for K-12 students and for adults working with youth populations in ways that directly transfer conflict resolution education skills from adults to youth. Grants will range from $15,000 to $40,000 in Year One.

 

New this week: Fit For Life Foundation, 11/23/2020
Every year, the Foundation awards grants of $100,000 each to 3 non-profit organizations or social enterprises that are pioneering projects to promote life-long fitness and health around the world.

New this week: Health Resources & Services Administration, 1/21/2021
Funding goal: to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders. Max award: $480,000.

School-Based Healthcare Solutions Network, Open
Grants support under-resourced public and charter schools to implement and expand access to quality behavioral health and general pediatric services on school campuses. Community Grants (up to $100,000) require a 40% match. Principal Grants provide up to $5,000 per academic year to principals of K-12 schools in selected states, as well as a mental health professional to support student behavioral health services on campus. 

 

GrantStation offers a searchable database of COVID-19 funding.


This just in: Rockland Trust, 10/15/2020
Funding focus: Affordable Housing, Community Development, Education, Financial Literacy, Health and Human Services, Youth Programs. Awards range from $1,000 to $5,000.

New this week: Lawrence Foundation, 10/31/2020
Funding priorities: environment, human services, Covid-19 and other causes. Awards range from $5,000-$10,000.

New this week: Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, 11/10/2020
Grants support museums, cultural, and performing arts programs; schools, hospitals, educational and skills training programs, programs for youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities; environmental and wildlife protection activities; and other community-based organizations and their programs. Awards range from $1,000 to $20,000​

New this week: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 11/24/2020
The Foundation has issued a new call for proposals: Policies for Action: Public Policy Research to Advance Racial Equity and Racial Justice that will translate findings into actionable evidence about how, and how well, policies work to improve racial equity and racial justice. A total of $2M is available.

New this week: National Science Foundation, 1/29/2021
The Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program welcomes proposals that address cybersecurity and privacy, and draw on expertise in one or more of these areas: computing, communication and information sciences; engineering; education; mathematics; statistics; and social, behavioral, and economic sciences. Awards will range from $50,000 to $3M.

New this week: America Walks, 11/9/2020
The Community Change Grant supports the growing network of advocates, organizations, and agencies using innovative, engaging, and inclusive programs and projects to create change at the community level. Max award: $1,500.

THE RESOURCE TABLE


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Connecting Communities to Opportunity

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XPRIZE Challenge Ideation Workshop
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10/27/2020 at 1PM Eastern


Visit the Intergovernmental Relations Resource Page for a wide variety of  fundraising tips, along with back issues of The Funding Update.

波士頓市長今早打流感預防針 鼓勵市民一起來

 

波士頓市長馬丁華殊(Martin J. Walsh)以身作則,鼓勵市民
注射流感疫苗。(波士頓市府提供)
         (Boston Orange)波士頓市長馬丁華殊(Martin J. Walsh)(9)日一早10點,在波士頓市政府大樓前接種流感疫苗,以身作則的鼓勵市民今年儘快打流感預防針,以避免感染,傳染流感。

馬丁華殊和波士頓市公共衛生局(BPHC)人員在波士頓市政府大樓前,為年度季節性流感疫苗門診活動打氣。

該流感門診將從今早10點起至下午4點,在波士頓市政府大樓向大眾開放。預約可上網 here

波士頓市府人員表示,大部分的健康保險計畫,都包括接種流感疫苗的費用,不需要另外付費。但是如果有市民的保險不包括接種流感疫苗,或是付費令人卻步,波士頓市公共衛生局鼓勵這些人打電話到市長的健康熱線,617-534-5050,該局會提供免費流感疫苗券給無保險,或保險不足的成人。

          波士頓市府指出,流感最常在10月至3月之間發生。在20192020年度的流感季節,波士頓居民有5,131人染患流感。因為新型冠狀病毒大流行,一切活動停頓的關係,這數據未必完整。

         最常見的流感症狀包括發燒,肌肉痠痛,頭痛,流鼻涕,喉嚨痛,感覺身體虛弱等。症狀可從輕微到嚴重。懷孕婦女,嬰兒,以及65歲以上老人,已經生病,免疫系統變弱的人,都更容易染患流感。

         波士頓公共衛生局醫療主任Jennifer Lo表示,流感是嚴重病毒,人們是有可能同時染患流感和新冠病毒。雖然現在還沒有新冠病毒疫苗,但是流感有。那也是為什麼每一名6個月大以上的人,每6個月打一次流感疫苗很重要。

新型冠狀病毒和流感的差異:

 

COVID-19 新冠病毒

Flu 流感

暴露在病毒之下幾天後會感染該病毒?

2-14天,但通常在47天之間

1-4

某個人傳播病毒的時間會有多長?

 出現症狀之前2天,到有症狀之後10

出現症狀之前1天,到有症狀之後7

病毒是怎傳播出去的?

 

主要通過呼吸飛沫

主要通過呼吸飛沫

誰的感染危險最高?

 

  • 耆英
  • 有某種病症的人
  • 懷孕婦女

 

  • 耆英
  • 有某種病症的人
  • 懷孕婦女
  • 5歲以下幼童,特別是2歲以下

感染的人可以怎麼治療 

主要是支持治療

Remdesivir 是抗病毒藥,目前用於症狀中等到嚴重病患

主要是支持治療

應盡快使用抗病毒藥

 

有病毒疫苗嗎?

沒有。正在研發疫苗

有,每年都收產很多種疫苗

 (更新版)

「僑見世界臺灣」徵短片 總獎金台幣30萬元

                (Boston Orange) 僑委會與全球華人同慶雙十,刻正以「僑見世界臺灣」為主題,徵短片,要讓在臺灣的我們看見你,讓臺灣被世界看見。比賽總獎金高達新臺幣30萬元,社會人士組首獎獨得8萬元,學生組首獎獨得6萬元。

               波士頓僑教中心表示,今年因新冠肺炎疫情,許多海外華人無法回臺灣參加雙十國慶活動,僑委會特地辦理「僑見世界臺灣」這短片徵集競賽,廣邀海內外華人透過短片,記錄在世界各個角落的心動時刻與精彩大小事,以動人故事,展現創意,彰顯臺灣價值。

               這一活動分學生組及社會人士組,無論是在海外或國內,只要是認同臺灣者均可參加比賽,並不限制以個人或團體名義報名。

僑委會鼓勵在世界各地求學、工作或正在尋找一個夢想的熱愛台灣者,透過影片,分享各自與臺灣這片土地心心相連的情意。

               短片作品徵件時間自109101日至1116日。詳細活動辦法見活動網站:https://Film.Taiwan-World.Net

星期四, 10月 08, 2020

10/8 新冠確診新增個案 美國53,051, 麻州409,波士頓68 新增死亡人數美國900,麻州8,波士頓0

 




疫情期間減壓可諮商心理師、練六字訣氣功,指壓

右上起,主持人林思妤,慈濟波士頓聯絡處聯絡人長金滿(右排中)
,講者陳慧盈(中排上往下),劉禹秀,吳佳璇(左排中),波士頓急難
關懷救助協會會長歐陽露(左牌下)。(周菊子攝)
                 (Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導)波士頓急難關懷救助協會和波士頓僑教中心,慈濟功德會波士頓聯絡處等機構,104日合作舉辦”COVID-19防疫無所不在講座。吳佳璇、劉禹秀陳慧盈3名講者,從心理諮商,中醫養生角度,分享了許多有用知識。

              駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處處長孫儉元,波士頓僑教中心主任潘昭榮在講座開始前致詞,嘉許主辦機構及講者在新型冠狀病毒疫情期間發揚關愛精神,為社區大眾提供有狀況可應用,無狀況可參考的做法。

駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處處長孫儉元致詞。(僑教中心提供)
             講座主持林思妤介紹波士頓急難關懷救助協會會長歐陽露,慈濟功德會波士頓聯絡處聯絡人長金滿之後,說明講座主題為穩定心情、正向面對疫情3名講者主要是介紹疫情期間,幫助人安定心靈的途徑,中醫的養身安神做法,以及有需要時如何尋求協助。

吳佳璇目前在東北大學的健康輔導服務部門任職,擅長輔導學生。她先從壓力對人體健康會產生疲勞,焦慮,頭暈,頭痛,睡眠障礙,注意力不集中,高血壓,心律不整等急性影響說起,接著鼓勵人們要學會自己找快樂,每天早上起床後,先自我詢問一下自己的心情,活力。

吳佳璇指出,市面上現在已有簡單的小城市,可以幫人做自我檢查。例如心情溫度計,專注於冥想和睡眠的Calm,做每日自我照顧的Fabulous等。麻州的有保險計畫,也提供這類軟體,例如藍十字藍盾(blue cross blue shield)就是其中之一。

波士頓僑教中心主任潘昭榮致詞。(周菊子攝)

其他方法包括藉由飲食/營養,運動,關係,娛樂,放鬆,壓力管理,親近大自然,參與靈性宗教生活,為他人服務等途徑,學會自我照顧

劉禹秀專長創傷、家庭婚姻療法,精通中文、英文、台語、日語以及客語,目前在Bright Approach Counseling Center服務。她列出的心理諮商流程,有3個簡單步驟。先依照自己的保險,選擇心理醫師或心理諮商師,再依自己的需求,譬如希望做個人諮商,或是團體治療,是想要處理憂鬱,喪偶,退休恐懼等來選擇類型,然後聯絡諮商中心,或預約私人診所等。如果排期的等候時間過長,可以另外再找。

陳慧盈示範按摩穴位,"神門穴"。(周菊子攝)
劉禹秀指出,諮商時間,一般是45分鐘至1小時一節,諮商內容任定,收費視乎個人的保險方案,共同付款額從060元不等。有些人會選擇團體諮商,以期藉由他人的敘述,更容易得帶出自己想要討論的內容。

陳慧盈是麻州新英格蘭中醫學院二年級學生,也是泰式按摩治療和系統組合列引導師。她主要是談中醫養生防疫,用黃帝內經素問宣明五氣篇來講人生病的原因,以及何謂五勞七傷,用上古天真論篇來講防疫保健方法,秋季養生。在食療分享上,她建議潤肺美容的銀耳、蓮子、百合、紅棗、枸杞,以及安神茶,玫瑰花、薄荷,菊花茶等。

六字訣氣功圖。(周菊子攝)
  在回答提問時,陳慧盈還提出六字訣氣功,噓,呬,呼,呵,吹,嘻,教人按照子丑寅卯的中國時辰來唸這六個字。

想聽眾問有沒指壓,可以幫助人減壓。陳慧盈即場示範,教人自己按壓神門穴,內關穴,印堂,湧泉穴等四個穴位,來舒緩壓力。

長金滿,歐陽露指出,在疫情期間,他們的協會持續辦有不同主題的講座,歡迎有興趣的人參加。

Statement from Boston City Councilor and Mayoral Candidate Michelle Wu regarding BPS

 

Statement from Boston City Councilor and Mayoral Candidate Michelle Wu regarding BPS

 

Boston, MA— “From the outset of the coronavirus outbreak, teachers, students, and families have offered recommendations for a reopening plan that prioritizes the health and well-being of our school communities; that centers the disparities in infection rates between neighborhoods and the needs of specific student populations for in-person learning; and that provides needed predictability to allow for families and teachers to make plans under these difficult circumstances. Instead of listening to and learning from those on the frontlines of this crisis, what we have seen is a failure of leadership -- continued tweaks that undermine long-term planning for recovery and risk health and safety. 

 

Although postponing the return of large groups of students to school buildings is safer than the original phasing-in schedule, it is unacceptable that BPS has been overseeing remote learning since March and we still lack clarity and predictability about the larger plan. Today’s announcement suggests a reversal of previous safety guidance. Teachers and families must be part of decision-making, and administrators must be accountable to prioritizing the safety and health of school communities.”

星期三, 10月 07, 2020

波士頓市新冠確診率躍升至4.1% 公校第三階段重新開放推遲至10月22日

 

波士頓市長馬丁華殊強調許多家長希望學生能回校上課。
            (Boston Orange周菊子綜合報導)波士頓市新型冠狀病毒確診率陡升至4.1%。市長馬丁華殊(Martin J. Walsh)(7)日因此宣佈暫緩學校重新開放步驟,第三階段重新開放日期將從1015日推遲至22日,各年級學生回校上課日期,未來將視實際情況做調整。

             波士頓市早在今年8月時就宣佈,全市125所學校的共約5萬多名學生,將在階段式安排中,逐步回校上課。

921日先開始遙距上課,101日起,有3,419名學生開始回校上課,另有3,321名學生,從本週一開始回校上課,平均每天都有大約1300名學生回校上課。

幼稚園K0-K235歲學生,可以回校上課的日期,現在也推遲到最早1022日。

有特別需求的學生,包括殘障,正學習英語,無家可歸,以及正接受保護的兒童等,將可優先回校上課。這些學生的家長若選擇讓學生回校上課,都可繼續這麼做。

馬丁華殊表示,許多家長及專家向他反應,對這類學生來說,無法回校上課所造成的損害,可能難以彌補。

波士頓公校特別教育家長委員會主席Roxann Harvey也說,波士頓市共有大約11,000名需要特殊教育的學生。回學校上課,對這些學生格外重要。在不能上學6個月之後,這些學生只不過回學校2天,就已經有如完全不同的人。她強調新冠病毒大流行對每個人所造成的影響不一樣,在公共教育領域還使得原本就已存在著的不公平更加明顯。

波士頓公校總監Brenda Cassellius也在疫情匯報記者會上表示,波士頓公校已做好準備,讓學生安全回校上課。

波士頓市府和波士頓教師工會早前曾有協議,一旦確診率達到4%,就要關閉學校。波士頓市的確診率,最近這幾週不斷上升。927日至103日這一週,從之前的3.6%陡升至4.1%

波士頓市長馬丁華殊及健康及人民服務長(Chief of Health and Human Services) Marty Martinez認為,波士頓市的確診率的陡升,和人們開始對病毒掉以輕心有關,海德公園及多徹斯特的確診率都出現大增情況,反倒是原本確診率最高的東波士頓降下來了。他們提醒人們現在仍然應該出門戴口罩,勤洗手,保持6英尺的安全距離。

波士頓市目前希望保持原本的學校逐步開放計畫,13年級學生預定1022日及26日開始回校上課,48年級學生訂115日及9日,912年級學生則是1116日及19日。

波士頓教師工會會長Jessica Tang呼籲立即調整,降低學校建築物內的非必要工作人員人數。她還認為波士頓市府目前的作法,會讓數以千計的教職員及學生,暴露在不必要的危險中。

10/7 新冠病毒確診新增人數麻州509, 美國38,984 新增死亡人數麻州19,美國672

(更新版-10月8日清晨)
10月7日的麻州新冠病毒數據,6點半以後才出爐。


波士頓市的新冠病毒疫情資訊,波士頓公共健康局網頁上公佈了10月7日的3項數據,累計確診人數為17,774,累計痊癒人數14,981,累計死亡人數764。
波士頓市府網頁上的圖表,入夜後才由10月6日更新為10月7日的資訊。

Boston's Latest Numbers (As of October 7, 2020): (Updated Monday-Friday)

  • 17,774 confirmed cases 

  • 14,981 recovered

  • 764 deaths