Foreclosure Training 9/24, Durham

 

Announcing Surfing the Foreclosure Tsunami: A Training on Foreclosure Prevention and REO Disposition About the Tracks ·         Track One for Housing Counselors ·         Track Two for Governments and Non-Profit Housing Developers   Sept. 24th, 2009 Durham Marriott Registration, $45 Register Here Registration Closes Sept. 18th, 2009 Surfing the Foreclosure Tsunami:   Dear Susan,   You are invited to an important training, focusing on Foreclosure Prevention and REO Disposition, on Sept. 24th, 2009. Please see the agenda below.  Register here. Foreclosure Tsunami: Causes and Contexts   Morning Plenary 9:00 to 9:45 Morning Plenary 9:00 to 9:45 We will look at the forces that led to the foreclosure crisis, and to state policies that protected North Carolina.   Some solutions can be effected with individuals or in neighborhoods. Other reforms will require systemic remedies at the state and federal level.   Track One -  Housing Counselors   Housing counselors can receive general continuing education credit for the Training 10:00 to 11:00 Solution-Focused Counseling The CCCS of Forsyth County will share methods to help counselors and their clients.   11:00 to 12:00 State Tools for Foreclosure Prevention NCHFA - Home Protection Program NCCOB - Home Foreclosure Prevention Project NC Attorney General - New consumer protections 1:30 to 3:00 Federal Tools for Foreclosure Prevention HUD will present guidance for several federal loan modification programs: The Home Affordable Modification Program HUD/FHA/VA Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 3:00 to 4:00 The Perspectives of Servicers Staff from BB&T, SunTrust, Wells Fargo, and Self-Help will review their loan modification programs and how they work with clients.    Moving Forward: Policy and Practice   Lunch Plenary Time: 12:00 to 1:15 Lunch Plenary 12:00 to 1:15 Allan Mallach is a senior fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.  Mallach is a national expert on the pathways to revitalize distressed neighborhoods with equity and social inclusion.  He will speak on the neighborhood impacts of the foreclosure crisis, as well as strategies for recovery. Mallach is an advocate, a practitioner, researcher and a planner.   Track Two - Local Government and Non-Profit Developers Guidance and advice for rebuilding communities. 10:00 to 12:00 Neighborhood Stabilization Program I  NSP Update by NCDCA - and - Using CDBG and HOME Funds by HUD - and - NSP Funding from NCHFA, Self-Help & the Initiative 1:30 to 2:00 Research Foreclosure Trends and Buys Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina 2:00 to 3:00 REO Disposition Programs Lenders will explain their REO disposition programs and how non-profits can work with them. 3:00 to 4:00 Strategies for Redevelopment Homeownership, Rental and Land Banking: Practitioners will discuss different models for redevelopment. CRA-NC P.O. Box 1929 Durham, NC 27702 See this Event on Facebook Join the Cause for CRA Modernization   Join Our Mailing List! We look forward to seeing you for a productive and informative day. Advance registration closes Sept. 18th.   The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina 919.667.1557 x30   Organized by the Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina with the North Carolina Community Development Initiative

 

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State Plan for Independent Living

This is from the NC Disability Action Network which NASW-NC is a member.

Announcement

The North Carolina Statewide Independent Living Council

Would like to announce our State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) come together meeting

With our guest speakers:

Kelly Buckland

The Executive Director of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)

September 16^th and 17^th

The Location will be at the

Holiday Inn Brownstone Hotel & Conference Center

1707 Hillsborough Street- Raleigh, NC 27605

Toll Free 800-331-7919

Tel: (919) 828-0811 – Fax (919) 834-090

The meeting to start at 10 Am and ends at 4 Pm each day

Contact: The NCSILC office with any requested accommodation needs.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

For more information Phone (919) 835-3636 or E-mail redohanlon@yahoo.com

NCSILC office 401 Oberlin Road Raleigh NC 27605

September is Recovery Month

Tomorrow is the first day of Recovery Month to honor and celebrate the lives of everyone both in recovery and those whose lives have been touched by the disease of addiction. We invite you to join us.  Recovery NC will be highlighting your stories and events all month long.  Want to be a part of the biggest month long celebration in North Carolina?  Here are some things you can do to make this the best recovery month celebration ever:

 

1.       Sign Up – our numbers are over 6000 but we still want to grow our list.  Signing up takes less time than checking your email and can be done by going to http://www.recoverync.org/sign-up/ and entering your name and county.  Want to sign up more?  On that same page you can download our sign up sheet to get your friends, colleagues, neighbors and family to participate.  We would love to show a huge number before the end of September and we need your help to do it.

 

2.       Share your story.   While many websites post stories of people who have achieved recovery, we are interested in hearing those other voices in addition to the voices of persons in recovery. So, we encourage anyone who desires to tell a story from their perspective (a loved one – spouse, child, mother, father, sister, brother, cousin, etc. - best friend, advocate, provider of any services that assist persons on their roads to recovery as well as those who are in recovery from addiction) to select the template that you feel most comfortable using, or create your own unique story. Not all stories have a happy ending, but more do end happily than the American public realizes.  You can download the story templates from http://www.recoverync.org/ - we will post them anonymously per your request but want to remember and celebrate the lives of everyone that has experienced addiction.

 

3.       Share your event.  Every page of www.recoverync.org has a banner where you can find the event in North Carolina closest to you.  We encourage you to find an event near you or if you are hosting an event  please post it on www.recoverymonth.gov or email donna.cotter@recoverync.org – we’d like to let everyone know about the diversity of the celebrations in North Carolina by posting as many as we can.  Do you have a unique event in the state?  Let us know about it.  We’re excited to learn about your celebrations!

 

We hope everyone has a great September and look forward to hearing from you.  We want you to know that we are celebrating lives this month and hope your participation with Recovery NC and www.recoverync.org makes your Recovery Month the best one yet!

 

Thanks and again – if you only do one thing this month to celebrate recovery Sign Up and get a friend to Sign Up – our strength is in our numbers,

 

Donna M. Cotter - RecoveryNC Coordinator

donna.cotter@recoverync.org

www.recoverync.org

 

Fetal Personhood - What Would It Mean

NASW-NC is a member of the NC Women United coalition.  Please direct questions to Gailya below.

 

 

   Please join us at our 'Fetal Personhood - What Would It Mean' event on Thursday, August 27, at 7pm at Temple Beth Or in Raleigh. 

   The fetal personhood legislation is a bold move, and it goes far beyond making abortion illegal. 

   Fetal Personhood involves establishing that fetuses, even fertilized eggs, are "persons" under the protection of the U.S. Constitution.  They define person as a human being at any stage of life, starting at fertilization!  Learn what such a bill would mean to women and families with regard to birth control, miscarriage, pregnancy, birth, abortion, illness, and end of life issues, among other things.   

 

   Fetal personhood legislation has been passed at some level in various states across the US.  See http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/SB0406.htm for the bill that passed the Senate in Montana. 

 

   Event: 'Fetal Personhood - What Would It Mean'

   Date:   8/27/09, Thursday

   Time:  7 p.m.

   Location: Temple Beth Or, 5315 Creedmoor Road, Raleigh NC

   RSVP: president@raleighnow.org

 

-Gailya Paliga

 Raleigh NOW

 919-539-7702

 

Anti-flu drugs Tamiflu and Relenza are equally effective, Stanford analysis finds

From the Disaster Taskforce NASW-NC is a member of:

 

Anti-flu drugs Tamiflu and Relenza are equally effective, Stanford analysis finds

By Lisa M. Krieger

lkrieger@mercurynews.com

Posted: 08/03/2009 03:27:44 PM PDT

Updated: 08/04/2009 05:39:08 AM PDT

 

The two medicines that have been used to combat swine flu are equally effective in fending off the miserable symptoms of fever, nausea and muscle aches, according to an analysis by Stanford researchers.

 

Yet there is no good data on the effectiveness of the drugs among different racial groups, or in the two groups most at risk of death from swine flu: the very young and those with weakened immune systems.

 

The two prescription drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, "prevent symptoms equally, so you don't get sick with the flu," said Stanford pulmonologist and critical care specialist Nayer Khazeni, who led the team. "But there are a lot of groups that have not been studied.

 

"We need to know more," she said. "Our study identified the gaps in data and helped show those groups who might benefit from further study."

 

The drugs are regularly used to combat many strains of flu, from seasonal to the recent outbreak of swine flu, also known as H1N1. More than 65 nations have stockpiled millions of doses of the drugs for use during a flu pandemic. Such drugs are important weapons in physicians' defensive arsenal, especially since vaccines are not always developed in time to prevent infection, as was the case with swine flu.

 

complete article: http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_12984421?nclick_check=1

 

 

 

 

 

Group Homes

Lawmakers are considering cutting back funding for North Carolina's therapeutic group homes – a move that would likely place hundreds of children into foster care. The homes currently serve more than 1,700 children with severe mental health needs, such as those with bipolar disorder or a history of reckless behavior. The state budget isn't final, but plans call for reducing funding by $15.8 million in the first year and $22.5 million more the next. That would trim about 40 percent of the teens now getting care at levels 3 and 4, among the higher categories, indicating children with severe behavioral or mental problems. Critics contend such a move would be short sighted, saying the homes are better prepared than foster parents to handle a violent breakdown. “The first thing they're going to say is you need to come get this kid. He's not going to be attacking my son,” said Donald Grantham, director of operations for Omega Independent Living Services. “These kids can amp out any time. A lot of these kids will be on the street.”

But Leza Wainwright, director of the N.C. Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services, said the state has too many children living in group homes who might thrive in foster care, a more homelike setting that any mental health expert would recommend. “It's the right thing to do,” Wainwright said, noting that foster home kids still get outpatient therapy. “They're living with a family that has been specifically trained to meet their needs and they're getting other services. The essence is the same.”(Josh Shaffer, THE NEWS & OBSERVER, 7/21/09).

US Rep Sue Myrick announces ICE anti-gang unit in Charlotte

Myrick Announces ICE Anti-Gang Unit in Charlotte

(Charlotte, NC) – US Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09) announced today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will establish a full-time anti-gang unit in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. Rep. Myrick wrote a letter to ICE Assistant Secretary John T. Morton in late-May requestinga permanent unit be placed in the region.

“I am thankful that Secretary Morton and ICE have decided to bring a full-time gang unit to our area,” said Rep. Myrick. “The temporary ICE gang unit that has worked with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department to dismantle violent street gangs like MS-13 has been a great success. I’m hopeful that a permanent presence will build on this success to further disrupt the violent gang activities that threaten the safety of our citizens”.

In his letter to Rep. Myrick informing her of the plans for the new unit, Secretary Morton said that 70 transnational gang members have been arrested on civil immigration and criminal violations this year in Charlotte.

The unit is expected to be functional in the Charlotte metropolitan area by the end of this summer. (Examiner.com-USA 7/20/2009)