In This Issue

• News from Children's Futures
  • CF and The Support Center Offer Financial Management Training Program
  • Addressing Partner and Family Violence
  • Nurse Family Partnership Seeks RN
• Links to News Articles
  • In New Jersey, A Safety Net Gets Smaller
  • Report, Jersey Women Need Better Preventive Health Care
  • FDA Weighs Safety of Cold Drugs for Kids
• Community Activities
  • Annual Trenton Baby Shower
  • NJ Child Care Advisory Council Event
  • Nurse-Family Partnership Seminar

News from Children's Futures

CF and The Support Center Offer Financial Management Training Program

Children's Futures and The Support Center of Trenton are offering a free Financial Management Training Program featuring workshops customized for small and mid-size nonprofits in Trenton. Nonprofit organizations completing the Financial Management Training Program will be provided with follow-up technical assistance from Children's Futures.

Developed with input from Trenton nonprofits, the series includes six half-day workshops which will be held from mid-November 2007 to mid-January 2008. The goal is to provide executive directors, finance staff and board members of Trenton non-profit organizations with the practical skills and information they need to:

• comply with basic financial requirements;
• maintain complete financial records;
• develop timely financial statements for internal management and external reporting;
• prepare reasonable, useful program and organizational budgets;
• understand and manage cash flow;
• safeguard assets through a practical internal accounting control system appropriate to their agency's size;
• prepare for an audit;
• interpret financial information as part of the decision-making process;
• fulfill fiduciary responsibilities (board members); and
• access available community resources to support an organization's financial management needs (i.e. bankers, bookkeepers).

To apply for the program, go to http://www.supportcenteronline.org/childrens-futures-form.php. Please register by October 26, 2007. For additional information, contact Calvin Thomas at (609) 393-3826 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Pictured above are some previous Financial
Management Training Program participants

Addressing Partner and Family Violence

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Through Womanspace's Project SAFE (Safety Assessments for Everyone), CF centers and other partner agencies are receiving new print and multi-media resources this month to help staff members address prevention of abuse and violence in the families they serve. In addition, on November 2nd at a Domestic Violence Summit, nationally respected researcher Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, returns to New Jersey to present new research on family violence and violence against women. She is the Anna D. Wolf Chair and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Dr. Campbell's research results are used as the basis for health policy recommendations to state, national and international organizations. Courtney Esposito of Womanspace will be leading a Trenton contingent to the Domestic Violence Summit which is open to all Children's Futures' partners (information may be found in the Community Activities section below). More information about Womanspace is available at http://womanspace.org/ or by calling (609) 394-0136.

Dr. Jacquelyn C. Campbell described the Danger Assessment screening
tool during a previous Children's Futures/Womanspace-sponsored
conference held at the Center for Health Affairs. Dr. Campbell returns
to New Jersey in November to present updated research.

Nurse Family Partnership seeks RN

Children's Futures is seeking a full-time RN (preferably BSN) for the Nurse Family Partnership, an evidenced-based home visitation program. Candidates interested in joining a team of nurses making a difference in the lives of first-time mothers are invited to send resumes to:

R. Hansen
c/o Children's Futures' NFP
16 East Hanover Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Links to News Articles

In New Jersey, a Safety Net Gets Smaller
The New York Times reports on the impact of low- and middle-income families in New Jersey who will no longer be covered by the State Children's Health Insurance Program

Report: Jersey Women Need Better Preventive Health Care
The Star Ledger describes a new study that said the state -- as well as the nation as a whole -- received a grade of "unsatisfactory" in addressing women's health issues.

FDA Weighs Safety of Cold Drugs for Kids
The Associated Press covers the first day of hearings by an FDA panel on the safety of cold and cough medicines given to infants and toddlers.

Severe Mental Illness In Mothers Can Affect Long-Term Health And Development Of Children
Babies' early experiences with a mother suffering from severe mental illness may affect their future health and development according to an Institute of Psychiatry study described in Medical News Today.

Community Activities

October 2007

Monday, October 22:
Trenton Community Health and Safety Baby Shower; Free; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Shiloh Baptist Church, 340 Rev. Dr. S. Howard Woodson Way (Calhoun Street). For more information call (609) 394-7454.

Wednesday, October 24:
New Jersey Child Care Advisory Council 2007 Luncheon; $46; 12:30-3 p.m.; Princeton Marriott Conference Center at Forrestal. For more information, reservations and directions, call (609) 984-5321 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Thursday, October 25:
Trenton Mayor Douglas H. Palmer's State of the City Address; 5 p.m.; Trenton City Hall Council Chambers; 319 East State Street.

November 2007

Friday, November 2:
Danger Assessment Training/Domestic Violence Summit; $60; 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.; Sheraton Eatontown Hotel, Route 35 in Eatontown. For more information, please call (732) 363-5400.

Thursday, November 29:
Nurse-Family Partnership Seminar: A Cost-Effective Investment for New Jersey's Children; Free; 9-11 a.m..; Trenton Marriott at Lafayette Yard; Featured speakers: NJ Dept. of Children and Families Commissioner Kevin M. Ryan, Division of Prevention and Community Partnerships Director Darrell L. Armstrong, Trenton Mayor Douglas H. Palmer, and Nurse-Family Partnership Developer David Olds. Seating is limited. For reservations contact Shannon Ensminger at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (717) 699-2206.