I'm waiting for you, you, you, you, you, you, you yeah
Waiting for you, still waiting for you
I'm waiting for you, you, you, you, you, you
Waiting for you, still waiting for you
I don't know where to find it, help me cross the line here
Now I'm just here waiting for you
looking in the Ocean
Well I've been through the motions
I'm trying not to cloud my mind, with all of this doubt
I'm all out of luck, with nobody about
I'm waiting for you, you, you, you, you, you, you yeah
Waiting for you, still waiting for you
I'm waiting for you, you, you, you, you, you
I'm waiting for you, still waiting for you
I'm waiting for you, you, you, you, you, you, you yeah
Waiting for you, still waiting for you
I'm waiting for you, you, you, you, you, you
I'm waiting for you, still waiting for you
now i'm just here waiting for you
I don't know where to find it, help me cross the line here
Now I'm just here waiting for you
looking in the Ocean
Well I've been through the motions
to turn this around now
I'm looking for the right place to go
So my time is up, if I don't figure it out
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Bullet Journal February 2019 Monthly Spread 📝 BUJO FOR BEGINNERS | SEWING REPORT - Duration: 5:43.
welcome back to the Sewing Report I'm Jennifer Moore helping you discover your
love of sewing crafts and DIY projects and we are continuing my bullet journal
adventures we are doing February and since it's the month of love I thought I
would give it sort of a feminine hearts and flowers types of feel except no
flowers so we're gonna do a cover page and I explained in my January bullet
journal video that I'm probably not gonna do this moving forward so for
March I'm not gonna do a whole page just to say what month it is I already know
what month it is and I'm gonna try to put more on one page I think I spread my
stuff out a little too much and it's taking up a lot of space so I did a
little February and some cursive I'm also gonna add some like this little
cool arrow thing that I got off a stencil and all of my supplies are gonna
be listed below in my kit so you can check that out if you want to see
everything I'm using again I'm not the best doodler but I'm doing the best I
can add in a few hearts I know this isn't like the craziest thing you've
ever seen but I'm enjoying it and I added a little little saying love it or
leave it I don't know what that means but I thought it was cool
and I'm using these brush pens to color it in I did explain this also in the
January video but if you are filling things in a lot with these markers
they're pretty good but there is some bleed through to the other side which is
something that kind of annoys me and I might try some like colored pencils or
some other things actually colored pencils would be good so maybe for March
I will get some colored pencils and I think I also have some crayons I'm gonna
get that a shot I'm doing a little bit of a shadow for my lettering again this
is not the prettiest letter and you've ever seen now we're moving on to my look
ahead for the month and in future episodes of this series I will not be
taking up a whole page just for this I think it's kind of a waste and I think
this could have been done much smaller I've been looking at some inspiration
and I'm like what am i doing but bullet journaling is all about learning so I'm
going through the process I think this will work but I think I could have done
this in a way that was more efficient you know what I'm saying here and that
ruler actually came with the notebook so far I'm liking the notebook and the main
pen I'm using to do this is the micron pen
and I know this is a little bit unorthodox but I like my weeks to go
Sunday through Saturday I'm not sure why but I consider Sunday the beginning of
the week and since I'm not like a Monday to Friday gal I work every day so Sunday
is a work day for me I'm hoping to get a little more creative with some of my
formats and wording but I'm just starting so I just need to keep up and
be sure this is something I can do sustainably moving forward without it
being too much work the 10th is my husband's birthday and of course the
14th is Valentine's Day whoo yeah I know my notes a thing that it looks pretty
lame and one section I am adding to each month I'm doing a YouTube video section
to keep track of all the YouTube videos I am uploading for the entire month I
did switch to cursive for February and there's my little youtube video section
all right it's about to get a little tedious we just have to do all of the
grits for the entire month and I mentioned this in the January video but
I am going to be trying to fit more days on one page I think this is a little too
much room for all of the day's individual days so we're going to try to
maybe fit an entire week on a hat on like one half of the page so like just
one side of the page and not like the whole layout so we'll see how that works
out all right and I'm adding a little tasks notation although I don't really
think I need this I think I'm gonna skip that for future months so I'm living and
learning guys anyways I really hope you enjoyed this video here's a look at my
February spread if you did hit the like button and consider subscribing to the
sewing report for everything sewing crafts and DIY projects and I do hope to
have more bullet journaling videos in the future and here's just to look at my
bullet journal so far I started adding my goals and some other things filling
it out hope you're enjoying these adventures in bullet journaling and I
will see you guys again in the next video
you
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Bluetooth selfie remote control
This bluetooth remote shutter works for iPhone and Android devices.
The wireless camera trigger has an on-off switch on the side and a removable battery on the back.
A blue light indicates when the remote shutter is being activated.
Pairing this remote control with your phone or tablet happens the same way as with any other bluetooth device.
The phone I am testing it on is pretty old (Sony Xperia S) so the process takes a little longer than usual.
For some reason the bluetooth camera button doesn't take a picture but only activates the focus.
This may be because of the old version of Android on this phone - 4.1.2
I am repeating the test this time with a still object to see if this will work.
The selfie remote control still doesn't take a picture.
Now let's try with my newer smartphone - Sony Xperia Z5.
It uses Android 7.1.1 and this time it seems to be working properly.
iOS devices like iPhones and iPads should not have any problems since the operating system there is updated regularly.
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What's Ahead for Sustainability in 2019 - Duration: 41:48.
Caldecott oh no my Heidi my cutie na Hui and hello we run in welcome to this
afternoon's session on what's next and sustainability in 2019 i'm abby reynolds
i'm the executive director of the sustainable business council and I'm
also going to welcome whoever is on livestream
I'd really like to hope that there's some people out there in their pajamas
or hanging out with some friends and having some beers we have had that
before so I feel like that sir there's something we should aim for for every
one of these events if people can't be here in person and are savoring their
carbon credits by staying at home and they should at least get to do this in
their pajamas or something comfortable and so so you just trying to make the
the slides work and so the intention of the session is to talk about what we've
got coming up in SPC this year we did a member survey last year and we are using
that feedback to make sure that we're listening to you guys and we're doing
some of the things you asked us to do and one of the things was to keep
talking to you about what we're working on and how we're working and how you
guys can get involved so a little bit of the focus of today is on that and I also
thought it'd be really useful to talk a little bit about some of the trends that
we think are going to shape 2019 and this is a no way comprehensive or
complete but some of the things that we think are going to be really significant
this year and we're really interested to hear your perspectives on these as well
because and some of these you'll be more expert in than we are but we spend a lot
of time as a team talking together about what we're seeing and what we're hearing
from you because our opportunity is to look across you know 105 SBC businesses
and now some of the climate leaders coalition businesses and understand at
what trends what things you're asking for and therefore how we might respond
and what the system might need so last year we surveyed sustainable business
council members and I know there's some people in the room who are part of the
climate leaders coalition but not part of SBC so some of this will sound a bit
strange to you in this one I can explain some of it later but the sustainable
business council is we have 105 members and we thought it was really important
to ask you what you thought we were doing well what you wanted us to do more
of and what you wanted us to stop and so what you told us through that
survey is that making sustainability I've gone past my lease BC strategy so
just I'll pause on this briefly we spent quite a lot of time over the last two
years really getting clear on the sustainable business council strategy
and so the key things to pay attention to here are our purpose is really here
to help businesses and specifically our members be the best for New Zealand in
the world and the way we're doing that is through our four pillars trying to be
a sustainability inspirational and aspirational making sustainability easy
and clear creating a sense of fellowship in belonging and then making
sustainability in Norman and avoidable which kind of goes to our ultimate
mission which is to make sustainability mainstream and using in business and so
what we were interested in because we had the strategy for about a year was
sort of testing how it was working for you guys and what you wanted more or
less or all the same of so you see that making sustainability easy and clear was
a number-one priority and and that came up time and time again we did we did
dinners with some of the senior business leaders and our membership we also did
sessions where our advisory board as well as the member survey and that was
number one issue that making sustainability simple for all of you was
it was a key thing and increasingly what I hear people saying to me is we just we
really need help embedding sustainability and and I think that's a
really big shift on from where we were even two years ago we are a lot of
people just needed help with kind of some of the basics but now what we're
hearing from businesses we need to really really make it real how do we get
it into the business as part of our day-to-day you told us that you wanted
more networking in more events and you were particularly clear on the fact that
you wanted more events in Christchurch and Wellington and and so and so we've
paid real attention to there and we are not only have we started doing more
events and Wellington and Christchurch while trying to maintain a similar
number of events in Auckland but we are also employing a full time events and
training manager to make sure that we can continue to bring you together or on
the issues that you're most interested and in the places where you want to get
together you asked us for more clarity about the programs that we run and
and how you could get involved you were really interested to understand as well
impacts were so what we've tried to do is start to introduce talking about our
programs with you when we have events and so you'll be hearing from members of
the team a little bit later on about what they're doing in the program work
you told us that you wanted to be kept up to date with the emerging issues in
particularly stuff that was emerging from overseas which may have an impact
here and so that's why I thought it was useful to kind of draw in some of the
trends we are seeing and talking about those not that we profess to be experts
but we do think it's really useful if we are paying attention to what's going on
overseas and try and bring that together for you and you asked us to keep
broadening the mix of people in the roles in sustainability so I think you I
think you know that we are kind of the people at the heart of this organization
are our sustainability managers and people who are loving sustainability
inside the organizations but what we recognized is that one of the things
which most significantly and enables our those managers as if the CEOs are on
board and that's part of the reason when we set off on the work of the climate
leaders coalition that was targeted at CEOs if we could get if we could get
them on board and unlocking resources for you guys we could all go faster and
then what we learned from working with them is that if we could get directors
on board that would definitely help the CEOs go faster and so we started working
with him and then what we learnt is that CFOs are a big barrier as well so
they're so we'll probably start trying to open up a conversation with CFOs this
year and but also comms managers as well and right before the session some of you
were at our session to talk with comms managers because they're a really
critical stakeholder for most of you so err intention is to keep kind of working
into those other parts of the organization who may be either enablers
or barriers for our sustainability managers and so those were probably the
key things you told us and it really meshes to us that we're doing the things
that you want us to do we're a membership organization we're here to
help you so please keep keep telling us what you need what's working and what
isn't and there's a couple of people in the audience who do that really well and
thank you I'm very grateful so that's that's very briefly from a
just some of the feedback we've had on member review of the member feedback
from all of you this year so some of the things we think are going to be really
significant this year we will be doubling down on climate change this
year and I don't mean the sustainable business council per se we will be
doubling down on climate change in New Zealand we are going to have zero carbon
bill in the house at some point it was intended to be February so we're going
to have at least six months of discussion about our climate change
response and we thought we were talking about it a fair bit now I can't see it
going backwards from there I think we'll be talking about it a whole lot more and
and as it goes to Select Committee will be even more voices so again it for
those of you here before and I'm gonna make the same plea those of you who are
interested in climate change it's going to really matter that you decide to step
up and go and present your views to select committee and the government is
going to need to hear if this is something that measures to you but the
thing that will be really interesting about 2019 is we're not likely to get
any major policy decisions so although we'll be talking a lot about climate
change the zero carbon bills the thing that's going to see a glide path for us
and we're going to need a target but we're probably not going to get a whole
bunch of really crunchy policy interventions around it so beware nother
one of those years with lots and lots of Hui and Hui and not very much do we
probably from the government side though I expect more from business you're a
notice and I think the other thing that will get more interesting this year is
we will start to break climate down a bit change down into some of its more
kind of constituent attributes if you like so we've done a lot of work on
mitigation that's around how you reduce your emissions but we will start the
conversation more meaningfully this year about adaptation there's only a handful
of our members who've done the work to understand what changing weather events
what coastal inundation and coastal erosion is going to mean for their
businesses and we are talking about such a significant business risk I I kind of
feel bit horrified by that so I can see David down the back I know transparent
on a really nice piece of work around what climate change is going to mean for
that network so that kind of piece is going to be on the agenda this year
we're going to have to start talking about the impacts on people and in beers
got adjust trends Asians unit and they're going to be
starting to talk about how we transition communities and people and it will be
very related to the things like the future of work which some of us are also
talking about the that conversation will probably start more in earnest this year
and then I think the other conversation I hope we really kick off and maybe it's
not a conversation so much as just getting on with it as innovation so one
of the things the climate leaders coalition was always intended to do is
to hold the opportunities narrative one of the studies I've read is tells us
there's about twenty nine point three trillion dollars worth of value that
will be created from responses to climate change if there's New Zealand we
can unlock just a fraction of that you know imagine how well we could do so we
can't lose sight of the opportunity that is in climate change response I think
2019 is going to be the year where we really have to start the meaningful
conversation about food and and realistically it has already started I
mean how many of you are doing vegan uary anyone here know and veganism has
continued to be one of the biggest rising trends globally and we're seeing
global global food not producers but marketers really starting to have to
think about what their vegan options are and in last week or the week before that
each Lancer report came out which talked about the healthy planet diet and so for
the first time we are starting to have a conversation about how the the food we
eat and climate change and the impact on natural systems and our natural capital
come together and that's what that healthy planet diets meant to do and
that has already started and we've already seen a bit of it here already
started a conversation about food which we really haven't been having until now
I remember being in this room three years ago and having and the vp of WWE
from the states here and him saying that in the next 40 years we need to grow
more food than we have in the last 8,000 and that was just kind of a shock to my
system but it didn't seem to have landed it anywhere as something we needed to be
working on but this year I think we recognizing that all hands need to be
the pumps on their team in terms of thinking about how we're going to feed a
global population when we're facing climate change in
got a whole bunch of our biological systems under serious stress the next
one is around consumer power and urgency so the other thing we've seen over the
past year is the pace at which issues into the consumer consciousness and then
land loudly and proudly in our laps and I don't think any of our businesses were
ready for the scale of the response on plastic it kind of came out of I don't
want to say a field because those people who are in the space would have been
thinking about plastic as a material issue for a while but it felt like it
came fast and the expectations about our response were really high and in talking
to a bunch of businesses that was very difficult to respond to as I get very
curious about how much more of that we are going to see as we start having
conversations about being in the sixth extinction event as we have
conversations about soil loss and newsela that's happened on water as
these issues into the consumer consciousness you know there are a
cluster of consumers who are taking these things ever increasingly seriously
and then they come and look to us for the solutions and I think I think we
should be starting to wonder about whether that pace is getting faster and
how we make ourselves prepared for the response and I did a bit of thinking
about some of the other ones which may or may not turn out this year and so
we've seen who who's kind of seen what's coming from the extinction rebellion
movement and the UK yep and who's following grisha tunberg they're young
the young Swedish activists yeah who spoke and who spoke so compellingly at
the cop so you know school strikes and kids not going to school around climate
action you know there is a piece around a growing call for civil disobedience on
this issue because the sense of being urgent as is gaining momentum and I
think it's just something that we need to have on our minds is businesses the
meto movement did much the same and I and I think the thing that I think we'll
continue to see over the it's two years as business is really having to take
seriously diversity not not in terms of how they add diverse inside but also how
they think about their customers into sitting in their customers and I'm
starting to see more businesses take seriously the idea that the kind of
appetites of men and women might be a bit different and then if you think
about the full range of diversity inclusion how that turns up in products
and services and in the UK we've started to see calls for a right to repair as a
as a fundamental right and so again that's a kind of a consumer response to
their frustration with business around not not creating products which lasts
locally I think we need to start asking ourselves questions about we in modern
slavery is something that we are going to have to get really serious about and
I went to a talk just before Christmas and it's estimated that we have three
thousand slaves in New Zealand at any one time which is a really horrifying
thought and so when I look around the room I wonder whether any of the amount
in your supply chain and what would come true if it was suddenly discovered that
they were and people started talking about their so I think there is a really
interesting issue about the scale of the issue is how quickly they into their
public consciousness and our customers consciousness is and how quickly they
are expecting us to respond and it's really got me wondering for those people
who are kind of in the technical sustainability space who have to do
materiality assessments whether our traditional approach to materiality is
good enough anymore how can a once-a-year
which is good right materiality assessment help us deal with the stuff
so I am I am interested in how we might think about navigating high speed issues
approaching us and in dealing with it from a materiality point of view so one
of the things which I am increasingly asking and the businesses I talk to is
to stop thinking about the consumer of today because that's a lag indicator
when we go out and we survey our customers that Sulekha indicator it's
about what they wanted from yesterday today that we all know how long it takes
us to build the capability around the sorts of issues which consumers are
asking for so we need to start thinking about what the consumer of five years
time or 10 years time is going to want to need so we can be preparing ourselves
ahead of the curve and if we think about some of the you know intersecting issues
that will be facing it's probably not that hard to guess what they're going to
be concerned about
and then my final one is are we into sustainability 3.0 or are we moving into
a conversation a conversation about regeneration I think this is the year
where we all get really serious about talking about regenerative approaches
and my senses again related to the piece of owned consumers that we are we are
now at a place where consumers expectations of us are you know where
they are really concerned about issues they're going to expect us to go beyond
just dealing with our negative impacts they're going to start asking us to
think about how we can restore ecosystems how we can restore
communities how you know we can restore people and be regenerative and
personally I have this conversation with people all the time most of us hate the
word sustainability and if we could get rid of it we would in a second because
it's so complicated and hard to get people to make sense of and it seems
this idea of being regenerative or regeneration as one that kind of
captures people's and it makes sense to people in a more immediate way than
sometimes sustainability does so I think this will be the year where we do start
having that conversation quite a meaningful way and I'm aware of at least
a couple of businesses who are starting to think about how they and they include
a regenerative approach and the work that they're doing
so those are my sort of picks for some of the things which are going to shake
2019 really keen to have more of a corner in all with anyone who wants to
afterwards about whether I'm rush or not um and without further ado I'm gonna
hand over to Alison Hooft and I'm really delighted my team I'm gonna be talking
about some of the work that you're doing and so please give Ali a big round of
applause thank you I'm going to be talking on behalf of two other program
managers as well as myself so excuse the various bits of paper I have and CJ if
you wouldn't mind doing the slides again that would be really wonderful I am
going to put on my hat she does like to do a bit of a dent sometimes but I'm not
going to do that for you I'm sorry and my name's Alison hoofed psych yata
everybody I will be talking a bit about the climate program where it's been and
what's coming up and what it's all about so last year it felt like a really big
year we heard climate leaders coalition started we had
Rachel Dupree doing maternity cover with us and she did an amazing job doing
working with various forums science-based target workshops there was
a lot happening and it really there was a real feeling that the system was
shifting and there was visible business leadership some really different ways
that Joan that journalism was approaching the issue and there were
some ambitions in government that we started to yet being talked about next
slide please so what does the SBC's climate program
look like in 2019 or in Abbie's words what does doubling down on it look like
as SBC members you've been taking out as many emissions from your operations as
possible but as well as a need to ramp this up
there's growing expectations on transparency and disclosure of climate
change risk and activity and we think there's a need to strengthen
coordination of activity across members but also across the business sector as a
whole information sharing profiling and working together will strengthen our
strengthen our collective impact and make things happen faster in terms of
there's a lot going on a little bit of a different angle to last year and we've
decided to focus on transport as we know it's a key opportunity area in New
Zealand and for our members we've got a workshop coming up and we'll be looking
at existing transition plans from members and delve deeper on what it will
take to overcome current barriers in relation to transport we'll also look
for opportunities to collaborate we're running this workshop in partnership
with the Ministry of Transport and that'll be coming up in May we also want
to develop a CEO guide to help New Zealand business leaders understand the
risks and opportunities of climate change so this resource will be part of
SPC's overall mainstreaming strategy and we've worked with MFE ministry for the
environment Iker and WWF to design a large-scale event that's we'll be
connecting businesses with low emission products and solution providers
matchmaking service continues in in various forms and this will be how we
reach out beyond SPC membership and we really expand the network around New
Zealand and as well as having really different
opportunities to profile the great work already underway next slide please
so there's two main opportunities to get involved so with the transport workshop
if you've got stakeholders that you think would like to be involved the
Cates details will be there right there so you can talk to Kate get in contact
directly and have a chat with it on that and in terms of embark which is the the
low-emissions event if you if you want to be a part of that just again get in
touch with Kate at the moment the contents being developed so right now is
the right time to get in contact while things are being decided while pathways
are being set and while stakeholders are being brought together and the same
applies if you're a provider of low emissions products or services let Kate
know what the opportunities are what you've got available and she can design
the event around that and and for anything else related to the climate
change area there's a B as who be talking about those things there's the
climate leaders coalition information coming out and then talk to Kate about
the transport workshop embark event and any other information that you need to
know so this is the area that I work on the consumer decision-making program and
privilege I do wear a couple of hats at SPC and this one is a real delight to
work in this program it's doing some really interesting stuff so the projects
and areas of focus in this area in this program they've changed a lot over time
but the core remains the same we really want to help members stay at the leading
edge of the evolution of sustainability storytelling and being up to date with
what the shifting consumer expectations are so we know that this area is a
priority for various reasons we know that companies that are authentic and
transparent in their sustainability efforts will have a better reputation
and be trusted more by consumers when we did our member of you last year reading
multiple reports over very many late nights we could see that a number of
trends being mentioned over and over again
and shifting consumer expectations was in the top three that appeared in either
the CEO statement or the overall megatrends that the company is
identified as having an impact and we also found that in the member survey we
did last year shifting consumer expectations was the number one issue
that members said is going to impact their business in the next two to three
years and so it's not going away it's just growing there's lots of ways to see
this as unique leadership opportunities for businesses that live their values
and purpose in an authentic way across all areas of the business and Express a
brand story that resonates with people so I've got a few projects coming up the
main one that's we've got doing on really focusing on at the moment is the
New Zealand good life playbook so this work has been inspired by the original
good life playbook by the World Business Council for sustainable development who
worked with have us a couple of years ago and they developed a playbook for
the US market about what it means to Americans to live well what does the
good life look like to them so we're doing this for New Zealand we're
expanding on it a little and and we believe we're doing this because we
believe there's a really really critical business opportunity in thinking about
how to better connect with New Zealanders reality of what the good life
is this is something for now this isn't for the future this is where are the
consumers now and looking at getting the information to help your company look at
do you did you know this does it match with what you know how do you meet the
consumers where they are and how do you evolve your brand and work internally
and in your external communications to support how they already want to live
well that's a low impact life or in ways that can support a more sustainable
lifestyle and sustainable consumption so we've partnered with Colmar Brunton to
get some really fantastic people generated data on what living well looks
like and feels like to New Zealanders and it says from a really broad range of
backgrounds the field works finished and we're at the draft stage so we've got 16
types of moments that have been identified of what that really matter to
Kiwis with information about things like feelings and moods and energy levels
associated with those moments and profiling information to go with that so
at the moment we're testing where that's at how it can be applied how it can be
implemented and rolled out across businesses what do they have in common
and what do they each need to do individually to implement this
information and the other kinds of projects we've got going on is we're
going to have some workshops there'll be implementation workshops for
the playbook as well as other ways to get people to go through some exercises
to look at how they're connecting with consumers and getting up-to-date with
trends and expectations we want to help build the capability within your
business so some of that will be bringing in other people that will
support your sustainability team there it's cons and marketing people or others
that you can work together across your business functions on these issues and
looking at your evolving your brand story and because that keeps going and
there's always new information that people need to know and we'll be doing
some we're looking at a series of video interviews that will get international
leaders or local to talk about what they're seeing what's their expertise
technical or in inspirational pieces just to pepper through the year to keep
everybody up to date with the latest things so just really quickly how to get
involved the launch and workshop of the playbook will be in late March so we're
just refining how that will be and you'll hear about that and that's going
to be Auckland Wellington in Christchurch and we'll be on livestream
we were going to we haven't decided yet what our folks and the webinars will be
all the video interviews I've got a couple in mind but I'm keeping to myself
just for now but what I would like you guys to do is to put a couple of posters
around the room when you get up later I'd love you to just vote with a red
sticker on the topics that you think you'd like us to cover and there's also
some post-its there for you write down ideas of things in the
consumer space you really want to hear about that would help you in your work
and and include anybody you'd really love to hear from and we love being
ambitious so you know don't be afraid to put a big name on there that we can see
what we can do so that's it for the consumer program and now I'm just going
to see if I can drop my voice just a tiny bit to talk about Rob's program or
add some bases Trevor Noah tries to talk about it so Rob is the leader of the
sustainability Leadership Program this work is looking at how to help
members show help help them with building expertise because we know that
sustainability is not simple and when people talk about how you embed
sustainability what does leadership look like it's more than a conversation
people need skills and understanding and networks to help them through that and
they're also toppling tackling very complex issues climate change in the
future of work there's many many different aspects to that
so our work with senior leaders shows that there's growing recognition that
there's no such thing as business as usual anymore and a new type of
leadership is required it's one that takes new ways of strategic thinking and
influencing higher levels of self-awareness and collaboration at a
scale that hasn't been seen before so that's why we have a program of work to
help members develop these skills we're also seeing increasing expectations for
investors consumers and regulators meaning businesses must show more
transparency around their performance and their impact on society members tell
us that reporting on non-financial performance is one of their top emerging
issues integrating sustainability and environmental social and governance or
ESG into the DNA of a business helps ensure long-term growth profitability
and value creation so we're here to talk through how to unlock these
opportunities and and where they sit at the heart of your business and your role
okay so three main components of the program building leadership
organizational capability and building good governance and disclosure so the
key projects in 2019 is we're designing the next iteration of SPC sustainable
leadership program so traditionally we alternate annually between future and
senior leaders but it's always up for looking at what the scope is what the
content would be what the topic is that year and and who were where the appetite
is for this to go remember insights have suggest that we that this year there
could be a focus on Senior Business Leaders so we're working with catapults
to design a new program building on the strength of last year's and exploring
options to move from developing individual leaders to developing
leadership across systems another project focuses on the future of work
and this isn't just about technology so there's lots of talk about artificial
intelligence machine learning robotics but what does this mean we're shifting
demographics where do people and communities sit with this and where is
their just transition to a low-carbon economy how does this all work together
we've been engaging with members to understand what this means for business
and what the unique role SBC can play in this in helping members prepare for it
and shifts the third project helps focus on helping members left lift the
environmental social and governance reporting practices and embedding
sustainability into good governance so what's coming next it's likely that
we'll launch the next sustainable sustainability Leadership Program media
we've heard we've also heard that from members that good collaboration is very
frequently misunderstood and very difficult to do so we're looking at
holding a tech talk which is one of our webinar series on good collaboration
terms of the future of work next month we're looking to launch I think piece to
members about oversight and in preparation for the future of work that
will be followed by a networking event for members in March and we've got the
question in mind of what group what must a group of progressive ethically
responsible businesses to prepare so Rob's email is after this
and he's really keen to hear feedback and insights on all of this he also
wanted to mention that there's a summit our next summit on the sustainable
development goals is coming up in Auckland on the 2nd of September so
he'll be working with a UT and University of Auckland on that we're
part of Rico designing it and so he also would like some feedback for anyone who
attended last year on what they'd like to see differently this year and in good
governance the good governance Cobras that was released in October
well look we really want to hear who's using it how are they using it what's
the impact being how things changed over time and so this can showcase your
leadership and the way it doesn't have to be mission accomplished where it's at
so far as well as giving us tips about where it could develop and how it can
help others it's also likely that our member review process for those of you
who hadn't been through it we every couple of years we track how our members
are going against our member commitments so we'll be doing that again at the end
of this year and we're considering we're looking at ways that we can do a deeper
dive into some aspects on that particularly in how members are doing a
non-financial performance and a couple of ideas that came up last year from the
member of you and from some of our webinars is a bit more support for
smaller businesses in our membership or smaller to medium businesses so we're
looking at what templates and guidelines we can provide particularly on reporting
is an area that there seems to be quite a bit of need we're also looking at
doing a tech talk webinar on the TC FD recommendations on climate related risks
strategy governance and disclosure so those are the various things happening
we'll keep you well-informed what's going on and the same applies for all
these programs keep in touch with us with any questions or any stories we try
and keep everyone in the loop as much as possible but at over 100 members it can
get a bit tricky so just keep talking with us and I'd like to hand over to
Kathryn
great Thank You Ellie and did a great job of channeling Kate and Rob I think
so the resemblance
definitely the spirit okay Kyoto Kyoto I'm Katherine Jeffcoat I'm the
communications manager here at the sustainable business council I know a
few of you were in the four to five session when we were talking about
storytelling so thank you for for coming in for that as well okay so I'm just
going to this is a very brief rundown on what we're doing in communications more
broadly we talked before about the goal is to tell members stories about what
you're achieving in sustainability and working very closely with Rachel Cox on
telling the story telling stories about the climate leaders coalition and so we
do that because we want to show the business value of sustainability and
encourage other people to get on board so we want to we're hoping that this
will produce more positive stories about members about sustainability out there
in the broader media and encourages encourage businesses to join
communications projects that we've got underway a big part of my role is also
supporting the work streams that Ali has just been talking about so I'll be
helping communicate the work that we're doing on those work streams to you one
of the main channels that we use is our newsletter par Nui that comes out every
Thursday I hope that you're all happy subscribers and if not you can sign up
on the website also yeah so like I said climate leaders coalition and
storytelling workshop there that's the science Media Center workshop that we're
talking about with them on helping your experts to better communicate the the
exciting work that they're doing this year it's been 20 years since the New
Zealand Business Council for sustainable development was formed which is
fantastic so we're looking to celebrate 20 years of
sustainable business in New Zealand I don't know if that'll take the form of a
20 years on photo or not I certainly wouldn't want any of my haircuts from 20
years ago out there but we'll be talking to we'll be talking to you about the the
milestones of sustainable business in New Zealand and particularly love to
hear from from any members who joined up 20 years ago and are still going strong
yep okay so how you can get involved well as
always send us your stories for pärnu e for media interests tell us if you're
interested in the science Media Center potential workshop and as only was
talking about the Colmar Brunton better futures report coming up in February do
look out for that come to the launch if you can or watch on livestream because I
think that's going to be a really good opportunity for businesses to talk about
about the consumer sentiment that we're seeing and and how how they're
responding to it so to address growing consumer concern in certain areas I
think I think we all know that climate and plastics are going to be big ones
but I think it will be really interesting to see what else is emerging
as well particularly around food and and some of the the things that that Abby
was talking about before so so do keep an eye out for that and I'll be in touch
around some some you know perhaps some key messages and communications
opportunities on that great and you know where we are so and so that's the that's
the SBC content part of things and I'm just gonna hand back to Ellie for a wrap
up I think CJ just wanted to do something it's a bit of an experiment
really rather than us just getting up and going straight for a bite to eat in
a beverage just something is a bit of a segue a little exercise I'm gonna call
all we share and what I it's going to be something where we're going to be moving
forward I'm going to ask the series of questions
and if people if the answer that people would have would be yes I'd like them to
move forward if it's going to be a semi yes you're not quite sure maybe lean in
and and poke your arm into the circle but it will make sure you've got a
little bit of space to step in front of you if you need to so feel free to push
chairs back if you'd like and the reason for doing this is we've we've had a bit
of a holiday where we've been a bit refreshed we've got a lot coming up yet
but we're not quite in the thick of it and a lot of today is about just
reconnecting with people that we know got back to work and reconnecting with
what our a professional eyes are but our personal eyes and our personal values
are there throughout it as well and they can be intermingled so this exercise
it's just really quick and it's a series of fundamental questions for people and
I it's an exercise to see who is concerned about the same things or not
who values something the same thing as others or not who likes the same thing
or not see if there's any surprises or there might be more people who agree
with something that you wouldn't have expected so we'll just do a quick test
one who in this room likes to dance the answer is yes move forward great
excellent I'm Lots in Auckland as well so I think
that might go on the events calendar one day all right move back one more fun one
which is almost a bit of the opposite who prefers Reid really getting into a
book and cuddling up with a book rather than going out okay
Hey depends on the day something yeah all right here's a few others who thinks
who's really thinking hard about what they'll do about how they'll do things
differently this year okay thank you who in this room is optimistic about the
future okay it's still more than I expected that's great
who already knows and who's already thinking about some major changes coming
up this year you might be having a child moving house for any of you are
considering new roles you don't have to tell us about that but for anybody here
who's expecting already thinks there's a big change coming up this year
okay great pretty much everybody um and for the livestream audience I do
encourage you to broom move around the rooms wherever you are who in this room
will be looking for support networks or resources to help you be more resilient
yep okay who's who's trying to fend off the worries that it's going to be a
tough year ahead for sustainability
great okay that hasn't obviously creeped into much
then with many of us and just to find a one who here is already thinking about
who they can work with whether it's new people colleagues and different people
in the organization or different sectors to help them achieve something fantastic
all right also looks like there'll be good attendance for the collaboration
webinar that's coming up there look thanks very much everyone that was
really just a way to to get us up loosen up and let's all just go grab a drink
feel free to keep talking about what's coming up and in your lives this year
what you're thinking about don't forget to vote on the consumer piece and look
forward to joining you for a glass of wine
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Opinion The Medicare for All trap The New York Times
Most issues will strongly favor the Democrats in 2020. Taking away peoples health insurance is an exception.
Opinion Columnist
This article is part of David Leonhardts newsletter. You can to receive it each weekday.
A couple of weeks ago, one of the countrys most respected health care pollsters — Kaiser Family Foundation — conducted a survey on Medicare for All. And looked great for advocates of the idea, like Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris.
Some 56 percent of respondents said they favored a national plan called Medicare for All in which all Americans would get their insurance through a single government plan. A large majority of Democrats backed the idea. Almost a quarter of Republicans did, too.
The polls details, however, were a lot of less positive about Medicare for All. In fact, they showed why single payer health care may turn out to be one of the few problematic issues for Democrats heading into 2020 — if the party isnt careful. Harris has this week, saying on Monday night that she supported the most aggressive version of Medicare for All before , via aides, late yesterday.
When Kaiser pollsters were putting together their survey, they understood that not all Americans thought of Medicare for All as meaning the same thing. So the poll asked people whether they believed that they would be allowed to keep their private insurance plan under such a system. Almost 60 percent of respondents said yes. In reality, , in an analysis of the poll, the whole point of Medicare for All would be to wipe away current insurance arrangements and replace them with a new public plan.
Not only that, but when the pollsters described a version of Medicare for All in which private insurance was wiped away, support plummeted. The idea flipped from being popular to unpopular: 37 percent of respondents favored it, and 58 percent opposed it.
This same hostility to change helped sink Bill and Hillary Clintons health care plan in the 1990s. It also became the mainline of Republican attack against Barack Obamas health care law — and one reason that law remained unpopular until President Trump started attacking it . Many Americans are happy with their current insurance, polls show. Even among those who arent, many worry about being forced into a new plan. Loss aversion is a hell of a drug, notes , a University of Michigan political scientist.
I understand the arguments in favor of mandatory Medicare for All. It could reduce bureaucratic waste and insurance company profit skimming. It could help the United States lower its world leading medical costs. And Im thrilled to see presidential candidates willing to offer .
But I think this particular plan is an unforced error. It comes with huge political vulnerabilities — and a less problematic, but still bold, alternative exists: that allows people to buy in voluntarily. That plan could also be called Medicare for All. And if it proved to be as popular as Democrats expect, advocating for the mandatory version would become much easier. Until then, as Nyhan says, the mandatory approach splits Ds and unites Rs. Thats the opposite of smart politics.
The next Democratic president will need to prioritize among several big issues. Id much prefer a winnable health care fight that also leaves room for action on climate, taxes, civil rights and other issues to an all consuming uphill battle.
Elsewhere …
Watch Harris explain her position during . CNNs Jake Tapper said to her: I believe it will totally eliminate private insurance. So for people out there who like their insurance, they dont get to keep it? Harriss answer: Well, listen, the idea is that everyone gets access to medical care. And you dont have to go through the process of going through an insurance company, having them give you approval, going through the paperwork, all of the delay that may require. ... Lets eliminate all of that. Lets move on. On Tuesday, her aides said she was .
of The Washington Examiner tweeted: Gallup poll finds that 70 percent of those with private insurance rate their coverage as excellent or good; 85 percent say the same about the actual health care that they receive.
Democrats ... will have to navigate a tricky gap between what voters think of when they hear Medicare for All, and what politicians mean when they say it, of BuzzFeed News wrote, in a reported piece from Nebraska last year. Pressed on the details of Medicare for All, many voters in Omaha expressed skepticism — or outright distaste — about the single payer plan that Sanders has championed.
In Jacobin, recently offered a more favorable view of mandatory Medicare, arguing that the transition wouldnt be as disruptive as some Americans fear. It will certainly face complications, but the Medicare bureaucracy will be able to sort these out as they come, he wrote.
of Vox have analyzed the various versions of Medicare for All, as well as other Democratic health care plans.
Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Julian Castro — three other presidential candidates — also support the Sanders version of Medicare for All that Harris backs. But they have generally not been as clear about ending private insurance as Harris was on Monday. When Gillibrand was asked about that part of the plan on a recent episode of , she sidestepped the question.
My view is that the best answer is a version of: Im for Medicare for All. If you want Medicare, you can have it, regardless of your age. If youd rather keep your private plan, you can do that, too. This approach will give us universal coverage, lower costs and consumer choice. Oh, and Im in favor of tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to help pay for it. Theyre right now.
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Pete Davidson and Judd Apatow Team Up For Untitled Comedy | THR News - Duration: 2:08.
It's been a really long time since Judd Apatow directed a feature film.
"It's been 84 years."
Okay so that is a tiny exaggeration as it's actually only been 4 years since
the comedy king brought us the laughs with Amy Schumer's 'Trainwreck' -
and that is long enough!
"I like you Amy! You're clever, but you're not too brainy.
You're pretty-ish, and you're not gorgeous. You're approachable."
"Thank you..."
Now, the funny filmmaker is teaming up with 'SNL' alum Pete Davidson
for an untitled comedy at Universal Pictures beginning May or June.
Davidson wrote the script with Apatow and Dave Sirus and will star in what is being
described as a semi-autobiographical story of Davidson growing up in Staten Island,
New York. Davidson lost his firefighter father on 9/11 when he was just 7 years old
and has suffered the traumatic repercussions ever since. He first tried stand-up
when he was 16 and became known for his stark, truthful nature on sensitive topics
such as his struggles with mental illness and the loss of his beloved dad.
"I remember when my dad died and my mom was like,
'Your dad's dead, but we got you a Playstation 2.' and I was like 'yeah, cool.'
I was like, 'That seems about even.'"
He became one of the youngest comedians to join 'SNL' when he was cast on
the sketch show at the age of 20. He makes an appearance in 'What Men Want,'
the Paramount comedy set to open Feb. 8, and worked with Apatow
on 'Trainwreck.' The actor and comedian has been generating plenty of buzz for
his performance in 'Big Time Adolescence,' which premiered Monday at the
Sundance Film Festival to strong reviews. 'The Hollywood Reporter's' review called
his performance in the coming-of-age dramedy "so on target" and "disciplined,
showing fine comic timing and yielding the screen when it serves the movie."
Sources say the project sees Apatow doing for Davidson what he did for
Schumer with 'Trainwreck,' giving a platform for a rising comedian to play a
version of themselves on a stage built with material from their own lives.
Meanwhile, Apatow who has also directed such iconic hits as 'The 40-Year Old Virgin'
and 'Knocked Up,' last put out 'The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling,' the
Emmy-winning documentary about the life of his late mentor.
To read more on this story, head to THR.com.
For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.
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♪[piano and drums]♪
My oldest child started off in private
school, we knew she was ahead of grade
level and we knew she was going to need
something extra. We thought private
schools might have the flexibility to
keep up with an advanced learner and
what we found was that while they
certainly had great intentions they did
not have the resources or the experience
to keep up with a gifted child.
The staff here is great, they're interested in
developing your child as a complete
person not just as a student where
they're not just concerned with their
grades where some schools teach the
tests, they're concerned with the child's
development as a whole.
The teachers encourage them to to learn more and give
the extra mile...that makes my day. That
makes the school what it is.
We focus on educating the entire child...academically,
socially, emotionally, as well as
artistically. We offer several programs
here including enriched art, enriched
music, we have a full orchestra, we also
have a full choir that students can
experience. We utilize a specialized
curriculum that is designed specifically
for gifted learners.
Having a curriculum that adjusts to a student's strengths
and weaknesses is vital.
The accelerated curriculum has really kept them
motivated and also kept them focused on
their schoolwork.
I've been really happy. Everything that we've learned here,
the curriculum, she's kept up with
it, it's kept her entertained and engaged
and where she's kind of slipped behind a
little bit they've been great with working with her to catch her up.
We also have after-school opportunities for
enrichment with our Explorer Program and
that is an opportunity for our students
to sign up for a class that is not
related, immediately related, to their
academics studies.
The magnet program at Hillside I believe
has a good balance of
structure and allowing creativity and
expression it's good for a child's
development in the fundamental years
We've just really loved it, she loves
music and we've known that music was
kind of her thing and math is also her
thing so the enriched music has been amazing.
Parents are always welcome to
come into the classroom, to pitch in
with PTA, with field trips, with
all kinds of activities. It's a community
of people who are excited about their
kids education.
To have the opportunity
to give to your kids more abilities to
learn, this is the right place to do it.
The kids will feel happy
come every day to the school and they will
enjoy it, in the class. The teachers are
amazing and the staff is too.
♪[piano and electronic drums]♪
you
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7 Tips for Starting an Embroidery Business - Duration: 6:31.
if you're thinking of starting an embroidery business there are seven
critical things that you need to do to make sure that you're ready for the
challenge now luckily they're actually very easy to do and anyone can do it
I've compiled a seven step guide where we're gonna walk you through each step
and how to do it so let's get started step one is to determine your ideal
customer and learn his or her needs so the reason why it's important to first
think of who your customer is going to be is so that you can stock up on the
right materials and tools needed to serve those customers let's say I wanted
to start an embroidery business and I decide I want to tap into the fraternity and
sorority market I know what I'm going to sell to them just by knowing who that
customer is step two is to find the right machinery so let's go back to the
sorority and fraternity market that I mentioned earlier we know that these
Greek organizations are going to need a lot of bulk uniform apparel so you're
gonna need a machine that can keep up with this demand and therefore you're
gonna want to go with a multi needle over a single needle you're also gonna
need to make sure that your machine is compatible with the different
accessories that you need in order to serve your market so after you've
figured out the machinery and the materials that you're most likely going
to be embroidering on you can more or less estimate the cost of doing business
which is step number three find out your cost so generally in business there are
two types of cost you have your indirect costs and your direct costs your
indirect costs are going to be more like your overhead costs such as rent and
utilities meanwhile your direct costs are going to be related to the
production process so this means it's gonna vary a little bit depending on the
sales that you make in the embroidery business your indirect costs and your
direct cost can actually be pretty minimal you can reduce your indirect
cost simply by starting from home and your direct costs are always gonna be
pretty minimal compared to other businesses however you're also gonna
want to be mindful of costs that you probably haven't yet thought of cost
like digitizing packaging and shipping it's important that you add all of your
particular costs into your pricing structure in order to make a pricing
structure that works for your business so you don't end up underselling
yourself number four is to register your business now it's important that you
register your business in order to get access to tax-free purchases and
wholesale prices in order to register your business you have to do the
following first you're gonna want to start by filing for
an EIN which is an employer identification number on irs.gov second
you're gonna want to file for Articles of Incorporation within your States
and last you're gonna want to turn to your local government to see what their
resale licensing regulations are and if there are any permits that you need to
get in order to get your resale certificate to get access to wholesale
goods that way you would not have to pay taxes and instead your customer will pay
the taxes on that good step number five is to stock up on materials now one of
the main questions that embroiders posed when they first started embroidery
business is how to determine how much stock to have now some embroidery
machine companies will give you some starter materials so you can get started
on your first order or two but you're in that time you're gonna want to make sure
that you order materials so that you have enough for your next order so how
do you determine how much stock you need on hand well some embroiderers what they
do is that they actually just order their stock as they receive their orders
that way they don't have to go through any financial risk of overstocking
however what that also does that works against you is that it can drastically
increase your turnaround times and even lead your customers elsewhere however if
you're embroidering on the side this approach might work for you you can also
get around this issue by finding wholesale suppliers near you that way
you can get faster reduced shipping or you can just buy in person now if
embroidery is your main source of income then the ideal scenario is to have all
the materials that you're gonna need in stock that way you don't pay more for
rush shipping or even worse end up losing a customer to someone who does
have a faster turnaround number six is to create a pricing structure and notice
I said structure and not sheet because most embroiders don't have a pricing
sheet instead they have a pricing structure the reason why you can't
really just offer a pricing sheet is because the price really depends on the
design that the customer wants embroidered so because of the nature of
the service embroiderers turn to pricing structures such as the one dollar per
1000 stitch count rule and what that is is that you charge one dollar per 1000
stitches in the design now this does have its complications in some cases
it's accurate but in other cases it just at work sometimes you either over price
or under price an item because you're following that rule so the best thing to
do that a lot of embroiders are doing now is to come up with a target profit
per hour and price your garment based off your raw cost and the time it takes
you to complete the garment so the main thing to remember is that time is money
that's something that a lot of creators tend to forget just because they're
pricing based off the raw materials but you definitely need to be pricing based
off time step number seven is to create an online presence if you're planning on
selling online a good place to start is either Shopify for posting your products
on your own website or Etsy just for listing your products on a search engine
like platform whether or not you're planning on selling in person or online
you're gonna want to set up a social media presence now this is important
because rest assured if someone is going to buy from you they're most likely
gonna check out your social media first just to see what your quality is like
and what type of work you've done in the past when setting up your social media
you're gonna want to make sure that you have some great photos of the work that
you do and that you have your contact information in your bio so people know
where to reach you speaking of contact information you definitely want to list
your business on Google this will allow customers who are searching for
embroidery services in your area to find you listing your business on Google is
also absolutely free and it gives you a platform for your happy customers to go
ahead and leave reviews that way your potential customers will be more
attracted to your business and pro tip the more reviews you get the higher your
chances of being found on Google are alright so there you have it these are
these seven critical steps for getting started in the embroidery business now
what better way is there to put this insider information to use than by
seeing what the pros are doing I went ahead and interviewed four embroiders
and I asked them a little bit about how they got started and what advice they
have for newbies so go ahead and check it out I have linked it below thank you
guys for watching
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Becko Magical Water Doodle Mat for Kids | Fun Activities with Water Drawing Mat and Books | Unboxing - Duration: 10:19.
Thank you
Are you ready?
Yes
Do you want to try and say it for yourself
Ok then, give it a go
Hi Moonies!
and welcome to the channel!
Hi5
well done!
Ok, so, what do we have today?
this
We have a water doodle mat
this was sent to us by Becko and it's perfect for Elena, It's for ages 3 and above
and I am going to be honest, we've never had one of these before
like.. never, I prefer paper.. because I like sketching
and Serenity likes sketching as well
so we never really tried any of these doodle mats or magical mats, whatever they are called
but I am kind of curious to see how they work and since Becko sent us, we are going to open it for you and..
Elena is going to try it because I know that she is super excited about it, aren't you?
this is the front
that's the back, it's the other way around
and it says it's clean and safe
there's booklets enclosed
we have insects and marine animals
and then we have drawing templates with letters and numbers
that's going to be fun
screw clockwise to uninstall the top of the pen, then fill with clean water
wow
screw anti-clockwise to install the top and enjoy drawing on the mat
let's try?
but the water?
I'll get water, don't worry
ok, let's take everything out of the box then, shall we?
yes
wow
that's one of the books to draw
that's the mat
and that's the other book
anything else?
no, the pens are included with the books
what do you like?
which one I like?
that's a hard choice but I'll go with the Marine World Magic water book
I choose this one
wow, look at the mat!
wait, I need to get up and show from that side
look at that
magic mat
what's this Elena?
and this?
say again?
and what is he doing? is he driving a police car?
yes
what is that?
and this
then we have..
what is this little one here?
what is this?
I don't know..
How could you say you didn't know?
and who's this?
It's a monkey driving a car just like the Elephant
and who's this?
it's a lion
and this, what's this?
he looks like Combo Panda if he had the.. he's missing his red gear
that's the magic pen
and that's it, then we have some clouds on the other side
this is a big mat, the table is small compared to the mat
but we can work with it
ok so I added some water inside the pen and now we're going to try and draw on the mat
just do whatever you want
look at that!
what is this color Elena?
green
It's green
try up there
blue and pink
it's pink
it's pink
I found blue
green again
green again
it's water
it's water, there's water inside
yes
ok, let's try and draw some shapes, let's see what color they are
this is green
that's green
it's green as well
try the circle up here
circle up there
wow
blue
it's blue
blue and purple
Elena do you want to try the heart?
yes
the heart is going to be purple and pink
yes
wow, look at that
great job!
so this is how it works, while it's wet the colors will show
and then when it starts drying they will fade away
and so you can keep on painting whenever it fades
it's blue
around... keep going around
does it look like and elephant? Yes
I don't think so
It's orange There's orange there, look
try here, it's going to be blue here.. try here
the borders tell you where the colors are
it's green and then turns yellow
yellow all around and then blue again and this is going to be pink
do you like the mat?
It's rainbow!!
yes I think she does, she loves the mat, don't you?
rainbow, rainbow, rainbow
ok, so.. what do you think? Do you like it?
yes
is the mat fun to play with?
yes
do you wanna try the books now?
yes!
ok let's try the books then
which one do you want to try first?
the fishy book> the submarine world?
ok, let's put the insects to the side
ok, once you open, the book says, pretty much the same thing.. unscrew and then add water and color
ok we are going to use the pens that came with the books because I am not sure if
the pen from the mat works on the book, let me try
oh, I think it works
it's a monster?
it's a fish
this is, it's in here, look, that's called batfish, it's a batfish
oh, batfish
let me change pens just to make sure that they all work like the blue one
since they came with the books we try them on
so I am gonna add some water to this pen and I'll add to the other one as well and I'll be right back
we are using one of the red pens, this one came with the book
let's try and paint
it's working mom
you're repainting because it was drying already wasn't it?
it dries fast, dries really fast
that's really cool because you don't have to wait that much for it to dry and they can
keep having fun
what is that?
it's a whale
it's a whaler and this one?
shark
it's a shark, and then we have a starfish
starfish
and we have
Nemo
Nemo, we have a Nemo
we are going to try the other book, I'll let this one dry now
now we're going to try the insect book
so this is the insect series
there we go, honeybees, dragonflies, mantis
look, butterfly and a spider
come here
are you back now?
yes
are you back now? Yes
why are you running away?
because the spider is scary
it's just a book
ok, choose a picture to color
what is that? is that a bee?
yes it's a bee
it's a honeybee
it's a spider
are you trying to color everything as well?
yes
wow, that's a beautiful picture
so as you can see the mat is back and it's drying up well
it's pretty much all gone, see?
ok so, what do you think Elena?
good!
is it fun?
it's good, so you'r giving a thumbs up?
yes? so what do we have to say?
we need to say Thank you Becko for sending us this awesome product to review
say thank you!
thank you!
let's go an keep coloring?
yes
we are going to keep on coloring because the mat is ready again
the books are still drying up but that's fine
but we can keep on coloring
and we will see you in our next video!
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CTAS Children's Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities Webinar - Duration: 46:39.
Welcome, everyone, to the Department
of Justice Office for Victims of Crime webinar for Purpose Area
6--
Children's Justice Act Partnerships
for Indian communities.
My name is Kristina and I will be your moderator for today.
It is my pleasure to turn things over
to our subject matter expert from the Office of Victims
of Crime--
your presenter today will be Yolanda Curtis Gibson.
Hi, everyone, and thank you for joining us.
As mentioned previously, this is the US Department
of Justice's webinar for the fiscal year 2019--
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 6--
Children's Justice Act Partnerships
for Indian Communities Program.
Throughout this presentation, you
can hear me refer to the solicitation at CTAS
and this Purpose Area 6 as CJA for short.
Again, my name is Yolanda Curtis Gibson
and I am a Children's Justice Program specialist
within the federal international and tribal division
at the Office for Victims of Crime, which
I'll refer to as OVC for short.
Over the course of this webinar, I
will provide an overview of OVC and the CTAS solicitation,
a description of Purpose Area 6, and an overview of application
requirements and how to apply for funding under this purpose
area.
I will also provide some key tips
for creating a great application.
In this first section, I'll provide an overview
of OVC and our role in assisting victims
within tribal communities.
OVC is charged by Congress with administering the Crime Victims
Fund, which is a major source of funding for victim services
throughout the nation.
Through the Crime Victims Fund, OVC
supports victims in tribal communities, state victim
compensation and assistance programs, training,
technical assistance, and information resources,
victims of international terrorism
and mass violence both here--
at home in the US--
and abroad, victims of human trafficking, and national scope
demonstration and service projects.
I mentioned previously OVC supports
victims in tribal communities through a number of programs.
Some of those programs include the Developing Future Victim
Specialists and Country Programs, the Tribal Mapping
Resource Project, training and technical assistance
for tribal grantees, the tribal community wellness
center, and two purpose areas through the coordinated tribal
assistance solicitation.
Those are Purpose Areas 6 and 7.
I should also note that our American Indian/ Alaska Native
Training and Technical Assistance Program providers
are Fox Valley Technical College and Unified Solutions.
If you are awarded OVC funding under CTAS this year,
one of these organizations will be your designated training
and technical assistance provider.
For more information about OVC and other grant opportunities,
please visit the OVC website at OVC.gov.
In 2010, the Department of Justice
launched a coordinated tribal assistance solicitation,
or CTAS.
This was in direct response to concerns raised
by tribal leaders regarding the department's grant process
and how it did not provide the flexibility tribes needed
to address criminal justice and public safety
needs in their communities.
Through CTAS, federally recognized tribes
and tribal consortia are able to submit a single application
for most of the Justice Department's tribal grant
programs.
The department designed its comprehensive approach
to save time and resources and to allow
tribes and the department to gain
a better understanding of tribes' overall public safety.
CTAS is not a program, but an overarching structure
under which tribes can apply for up to 10
separate grant programs through one single application.
Again, CTAS is made up of 10 different purpose areas which
are listed on your screen.
Applicants may apply for funding under the purpose area
that best meets their tribe's concerns related
to public safety, criminal and juvenile justice, and the needs
of victims or survivors of domestic violence, child
abuse, sexual assault, and other crime.
Applicants may apply under as many purpose areas as needed
to address the concerns within their community.
There are three purpose areas that solely focus
on serving victims of crime.
The first is Purpose Area 5, which is funded by the Office
on Violence Against Women--
or OVW-- and is a separate office from CTAS.
As noted on your screen, OVW focuses
on improving the criminal justice system's response
to violence against women.
The other two purpose areas that focus on serving crime victims
are the two OVC-funded purpose areas--
Purpose Area 6, about which today's presentation will
focus, and Purpose Area 7--
and that webinar took place this past Tuesday.
As mentioned previously, today's presentation
will provide more in-depth information on Purpose Area 6.
OVC expects to make approximately six awards
of $450,000 each under this purpose area.
Each award will be for a three-year period
starting October 1st, 2019 and ending September 30th, 2022.
So as I mentioned earlier, CTAS has 10 different purpose areas.
Each of those purpose areas may have different eligibility
requirements.
However, under Purpose Area 6, the following applicants
are eligible to apply.
They are federally recognized tribes
as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, Alaska
native villages and corporations, tribal consortia
consisting of two or more federally recognized tribes,
and tribal designees-- provided that if you
are a tribal designee you may a current tribal resolution
or another legal enactment from the tribe as part
of your application.
Now this is important to note--
applicants who received Purpose Area state
funding in fiscal year 2017 or fiscal year 2018
are not eligible to apply for fiscal year
2019 Purpose Area 6 program funding.
Now I want to talk a little bit more
about the Purpose Area 6 goals and objectives.
By providing funding through the CJA program since 1989,
OVC has worked with tribal communities
to enhance their capacity to address the needs of child
abuse victims.
Through this program, tribes have an opportunity
to intervene in the cycle of abuse and trauma
that keeps so many native children from thriving.
Ultimately, the goal of the CJA Purpose Area 6 program
is to provide funding, technical assistance, and training
to help American Indian and Alaska Native
communities develop, establish, and operate programs designed
to improve the investigation, prosecution,
and handling of cases of criminal child abuse
and neglect.
This purpose area places a special emphasis
on child sexual abuse cases and handling them
in a manner which lessens trauma for child victims,
supports comprehensive and coordinated
multidisciplinary responses to child abuse victims,
and provides trauma-informed services
to these victims and their non-offending family members.
So on this screen, you'll see some allowable activities
that can be funded under CJA.
Some of these activities include staffing and fringe benefit
costs--
these can be for dedicated prosecutors, specialized law
enforcement investigators, child protection services personnel,
forensic interviewers, case managers,
clinical mental health professionals,
pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners or SANE nurses,
and other allied professionals.
All personnel must be clearly linked to victim assistance
program activities and justified in your Purpose Area narrative.
In addition to supporting personnel,
funding may be used to provide victim assistance services that
are linked to the child's victimization,
as well as services for their non-abusing family members.
Some victim assistance may include, but is certainly
not limited to, developmentally appropriate trauma
informed counseling for individual victims,
counseling for secondary victims,
such as siblings or grandparents, family therapy,
group therapy, case management services, aide
with participating in traditional healing
ceremonies or other cultural activities,
assistance with food, clothing, and transportation costs,
emergency shelter services, assistance with crime victim
compensation claims, and medical and dental care.
I will note that costs solely associated with prevention
activities are not allowable.
But we do allow for funding to be used for outreach
and awareness, and that can include the creation
of public service announcements, posters, brochures,
fact sheets, the development and distribution
of written response protocols, policies and standard operating
procedure manuals that promote trauma-informed approaches.
So we'll continue highlighting some allowable activities that
can be funded under CJA.
These include cultural and traditional practices.
We encourage you to incorporate cultural and traditional
practices in your proposed activities.
These, for example, can include smudging, sweat lodges,
or other traditional healing ceremonies
for victims of child abuse and neglect
and their non-abusing family members.
You can pay for general office supplies
for your program to operate-- those are things like pens,
pencils, toner ink, et cetera.
You can use funding to enhance your existing
equipment and technology or to purchase new equipment
and technology for this program.
And that might include supplies for play therapy,
forensic interview recording equipment, digital cameras,
rape kits, medical equipment for a pediatric SANE program--
sexual assault nurse examiner program--
office furniture and equipment such as printers and scanners
or child-friendly furnishing, materials
for traditional crafts.
You can also purchase a vehicle for your program's staff
to provide transportation for client services that
are directly connected to your client's victimization.
You can also use funding to pay for travel and training.
Please note that funding can be used
to fund grant-funded staff to training or conferences that
are relevant to the handling investigation
and prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases.
Your budget must include funds to attend at least three
OVC-related training--
one for each year of the grant.
And those are the Indian Nations Conference,
the new grantee orientation-- which is usually held
in conjunction with the Indian Nations Conference,
so there'll be--
for year one, you should budget for a new grantee orientation
and Indian Nation Conference combined, usually
held in the same location--
your OVC regional training, and then another Indian Nation
Conference as the Indian Nation Conference
is held every other year.
Please note that this is just an overview
and that additional information about what
can be funded under this award is listed in the solicitation
starting on page 28.
On this screen, you'll see some activities that Purpose Area 6
funding cannot be used for.
It cannot be used to pay for costs associated with services
for criminal offenders, services that focus solely on crime
prevention activities-- so activities before abuse
occurs--
or on construction.
On this screen, you'll see some examples
of projects that can be funded under CJA
and have been funded under CJA.
And they include a CASA program--
a Court-appointed Special Advocate--
child forensic interviewer, pediatric SANE nurses,
special crimes against children investigators or prosecutors,
and child advocacy centers.
If your proposal does not include prosecution
or investigation activities, we strongly
encourage you to apply for funding under Purpose Area 7,
as Purpose Area 7 can be used to provide services
to victims of all ages, including children
as long as it does not include criminal prosecution
or investigation activity.
So if you are awarded, you'll be required
to submit four deliverables to OVC within the first 18
months of the award.
Those are the community needs assessment, the privacy
certificate, strategic plan, and logic model.
The community needs assessment is
used to identify gaps and other issues in your community's
current response to incidents of child abuse and neglect.
The privacy certificate describes
how you will protect the privacy of individuals who participate
in your community assessment activities
and the confidentiality of the data
that is collected as a result of the assessment activities.
The strategic plan establishes long-term priorities,
directs resources towards achieving specific goals,
and strengthens your programming for victims
of child abuse and neglect.
And, finally, the logic model is used
to aid in evaluating the effectiveness of program
planning activities as you work to implement
your strategic plan.
As many of you already know, if you receive grant funding
under this program, you'll be required
to report on your grant activities.
You will be required to submit performance measures
data on a quarterly basis.
You're required to submit certain sections
within the performance measurement tool.
Those are section six related to strategic planning and section
seven on victim services.
If you receive funding, please note
that you will receive training on how to use the PMT.
In addition to the quarterly performance measures data
reporting, you will also be required
to submit semi-annual progress report
and quarterly financial status reports.
Upon award, OVC will assign you to one
of two technical assistance providers
and they are Unified Solutions Tribal Community Development
Group and Fox Valley Technical College.
On this screen, you'll see some examples of services
that they provide, including assistance
with completing the grant deliverables that I mentioned,
offering training opportunities that are customized
to your program or your community needs,
and assisting with community engagement, among other things.
When you are developing your budget,
remember that the TTA providers can often provide services free
of charge.
I encourage you to think about this as some funding
that you may have initially thought
about allocating for outside training might
be put to another use.
So now I'm going to tell you a little more
about the application requirements for this program.
The solicitation opened on November 27, 2018.
You can find the solicitation using the link on your screen--
justice.gov.trib al/opensolicitation.
And please note that the deadline for applying
is February 26, 2019 at 9:00 PM Eastern time.
There are three documents that absolutely
must be included in your application in order
for your application to move forward for consideration.
Those are your tribal community and justice profile--
which is what 30% of your application is for--
the Purpose Area narrative for each individual purpose area
for which you are applying--
and that's worth 55% of your score--
and the budget detail worksheet and narrative, which
is worth 15% of your score.
If you do not submit any of these three documents,
your application will not be considered for funding.
If you'd like more information about the requirements
for these three documents please review section D of this year's
CTAS solicitation.
So the Tribal Community and Justice Profile,
which I mentioned is 30% of your score,
is rated based on how well you respond to each of the five
questions and how the responses demonstrate
your need for funding.
It's designed to enable you to describe
your community's strengths, resources, challenges
and needs.
If you need more information about the requirements
related to this particular document,
you can access the CTAS application resource guide.
Please note that when you are completing the Tribal Community
and Justice Profile, you can enter as much or as little text
as you need to fully describe your community as
long as the total number of pages
for the entire tribal narrative profile
does not exceed 10 pages.
Remember that the individuals reviewing the application
may not be familiar with your community,
so description should be as clear and detailed as possible.
Be sure that every question is answered thoroughly.
And if there are questions that you are unable to answer,
please provide an explanation about why that information is
unavailable.
If you happen to be looking on the DOJ tribal justice
site for the template, please note that the name of the file
is the sample tribal narrative profile template.
That is the same as the Tribal Community and Justice Profile.
So next we'll talk about the program narrative,
which is worth 55% of your application score.
This also has a 10-page limit.
And that 10-page limit includes the template text.
Your answer should be double-spaced.
This document must provide information about your tribe,
your tribe's victim service needs, and a description
of your proposed projects.
Please note that you must provide a complete response
to each question and enough information
so that reviewers understand your tribe's victim
service needs and how you propose
to use OVC funding to meet those needs.
If the program narrative fails to comply
with these requirements, OVC may consider such noncompliance
in our award decision.
If any of the sections in the template
are not applicable to your request,
please note, not applicable.
Please also note that you are not
required to use the narrative, however
you must address all the questions within the narrative.
And to download the narrative template,
please visit the link on your screen.
The program narrative template includes some questions
that you'll need to answer that are focused on program design
and implementation.
This starts somewhere around question number
four and five of the template.
Your responses to these questions
should include both objectives and activities
that are aligned with serving child victims of crime.
As you're writing this, please be
sure to be brief, concise, and clear.
Make sure that the information you provide
is consistent throughout your proposal.
Make sure to create solid goals and measurable objectives.
And your objectives should be SMART--
that is they should be specific, measurable, attainable,
realistic, and time-bound.
And also focus on setting a realistic timeline
to complete your project.
Now we'll move on and talk about the budget detail
worksheet, which is worth 15% of your application score.
DOJ has developed a budget detail workbook
that includes the demographic form, the budget detail
worksheet, and the budget narrative
into one single document.
The workbook is user-friendly and has been designed
to calculate your total.
Therefore we strongly encourage you
to use the workbook when completing your proposed
budget.
The fillable versions of the budget detail worksheet,
budget narrative, and demographic forms
can be downloaded from GMS, or the link on your screen--
grants.ojp.usdoj.gov/CTAS.
Only one workbook is required to be completed per application.
The demographic form collects important demographic
information that pertains to Purpose
Area 1 and only applicants applying for Purpose Area 1
should complete the demographic form.
So if you are applying for Purpose Area 6
but you are not also applying for Purpose Area 1,
you do not need to complete the demographic form.
However, your application must include both a budget detail
worksheet and budget narrative-- again,
for each purpose area for which funds are being requested.
If the budget detail worksheet and budget narrative
are not submitted for purpose areas,
the application will not be considered
for funding in that purpose area.
Make sure that in your budget you include costs for two
appropriate staff to attend at least three required OVC
trainings-- which I mentioned before--
the grantee orientation, the OVC mandatory training--
OVC mandatory training to be announced--
and a National Indian Nations Conference.
Also be sure that you properly link
all costs outlined in the budget detail worksheet
to your program narrative.
If you are interested in learning more
about completing the budget detail worksheet,
please note that there is a webinar on this topic
and it is currently scheduled for Thursday, January
31 at 2:00 PM Eastern time.
This slide, you'll find some tips that can help you
as you complete your budget.
Make sure you provide calculations and total
costs for each expense.
Make sure that you clearly link your expenses and your budget
to your proposal.
Ensure that you do not exceed the maximum amount of $450,000.
And make sure that you are only budgeting
for a three-year project.
All awards are only for three years.
And, unfortunately, extensions are not allowed.
All of your costs must be reasonable, allowable,
consistent, and applicable.
And if you're still not sure whether or not
a cost is allowable, I recommend that you
take a look at the DOJ financial guide
and also at the list of allowable and unallowable
activities in this fiscal year 2019, CTAS solicitation.
So here are a few reminders you should keep in mind when
drafting your key document.
Make sure that you use simple and concise language.
Make sure that your information is presentable and organized.
Be realistic about how you will achieve your goals.
Make sure that you get feedback from those
who may run the project.
We understand that oftentimes a separate grant writer that
may write your grant applications
and they are not the people that will actually
be working on the program if you're funded.
It's important that, to the extent possible,
the people writing the application
work with the people that are actually
implementing the program to ensure that your project will
be successful.
And make sure that the proposal is consistent with the Purpose
Area 6 goals and objectives.
Here are some more reminders-- make sure that you put yourself
in the reviewer's shoes.
Ask yourself these questions-- did you properly convey
the need for funding?
Is your application cohesive?
Did you use spelling and grammar checks?
Make sure that you configure your audience and review
criteria.
And if there are acronyms used that maybe are only
familiar to people in your organization,
you should be sure to spell them out the first time you
use them.
So on this slide, you'll see a list
of documents that are highlighted
in the solicitation.
And that should be included.
So earlier I talked about the three required documents.
These documents should be included.
And those documents are your project abstract,
your tribal authority to apply or tribal resolution,
disclosure of high-risk status, disclosure
of pending or active applications,
disclosure of lobbying activities,
and a direct cost rate agreement if you are requesting
that in your grant application, your financial management
system of internal control questionnaire,
and other attachments as needed, such as resumes
for key personnel, or if you've been funded under OVC before
and an approved strategic plan or logic model.
So even though your application can move forward for review
without you submitting these documents,
I highly recommend that you submit everything
that you can up front because you'll have
to submit many of them anyway.
If you don't submit some of these documents up front--
such as the tribal resolution or your disclosure
of pending applications-- we will ask for them later
and place a withholding special condition on your award
until we receive them.
So please submit as many documents
as you can up front so we can avoid any delays later on.
In a separate document, you should
include a high-quality project abstract
that summarizes your proposed project in 400 words or less.
Your abstract should be written for a general public audience,
submitted as a separate attachment with project
abstract as part of the file name--
and note that this will not count against the page limit
for the program narrative.
Your abstract should also be single-spaced
using a standard 12-point font such as Times New
Roman with one-inch margins.
Your abstract should include a brief description
of your product's purpose, the population to be served,
and the activities that you'll implement
to achieve your project goals and objectives.
It should be specific to the project proposed
for this purpose area, and you can find the templates
when you visit the link to the site noted on your screen.
You are required to disclose whether or not
you are currently designated as high-risk by any federal
grant-making agency in order to allow
for proper federal oversight of your CTAS award.
This disclosure should include information
about any status requiring additional oversight
by a federal agency due to past programmatic or financial
concerns.
If you are designated as high-risk by a federal
grant-making agency, then you must include the following
information in your application--
the name of the federal agency that
designated your organization as high-risk,
the date that that federal agency designated
your organization as high-risk, the name, phone number,
and email address of your point of contact
at the federal agency that designated your organization as
high-risk, and the reasons for the high-risk designation as
set out by the federal awarding agency.
There are three commonly asked questions
that we get related to this, so I'd like to go through those.
The first question is, how do I find out
if my agency is currently designated high-risk?
The answer to that is there is no central database
that you can reference to determine your high risk
status.
You are required to self-report that information.
The second question is, is there a form that you can fill out?
Unfortunately, applicants are required
to submit a letter or statement that outlines your designated
status.
There is not a form that you can fill out.
And the final question is-- if my agency is not
labeled as high-risk, do I still need to submit a disclosure?
The answer to that is, yes.
Are still required to submit a letter or a statement that
simply states that you're not designated as high-risk.
If you fail to provide a disclosure
with your application, a withholding special condition
will be placed on your award until we receive a response.
As part of your fiscal year 2019 CTAS solicitation,
you should submit an applicant disclosure
of pending an active award.
This disclosure or written statement
should include both direct applications
for federal funding, applications
to federal agencies, and indirect applications
for funding--
such as applications to state agencies
that sub-grant federal awards.
This written statement should include
the federal or state funding agency name,
the solicitation name, purpose area and project name,
and the point of contact information
at the applicable funding agency.
Access to your funds may be withheld
if this form is not submitted with your application.
This only applies to applications submitted
within the last 12 months that are still pending
or for active awards that are ongoing.
You'll also be required to submit a disclosure of lobbying
activity form--
that's form SF-LLL.
To download that form, you can access it
through the link on your screen--
OJP.gov/funding/ Apply/Resources/Disclosure.PDF.
And like some of the other forums I mentioned,
access to your funds may be withheld
if this form is not submitted with your application.
As part of your fiscal year 2019 application,
you will need to submit a financial management
systems and internal controls questionnaire.
The questionnaire helps OJP evaluate the adequacy
of your financial system.
It should only be completed by financial staff most familiar
with your organization's systems, policies,
and procedures-- such as your chief financial officer
or an equivalent--
in order to ensure the correct responses
are recorded and submitted to OJP.
You can download the form from the OJP website and the link
to that is on your screen.
In this section, we'll cover how to apply
for Purpose Area 6 funding.
Here's the application timeline--
it has some information that I've already covered--
again with solicitation, opens November 27, 2018.
It will close on Tuesday, February 26, 2019,
at 9:00 PM Eastern Standard time.
DOJ expects to award grants no later
than September 30th, 2019.
All project's dates will be on or after October 1st, 2019.
And please note that you cannot begin work on your project
until your budget has been reviewed and approved by OJP.
Additional information and/or restrictions
will be provided in your award package.
Here are some steps to make sure that you follow when you apply.
Particularly if you are a brand new applicant,
make sure that you acquire a DUNS number.
And DUNS stands for data universal numbering system.
Make sure that you acquire or renew your registration
with the system for award management
or SAM database well in advance of applying.
Make sure that you have an active GMS
username and password.
Verify your spam registration and GMS.
Search for the funding opportunity in GMS.
Register by selecting the Apply Online button
associated with the solicitation title.
And then submit your application.
For more information, you can review
section H of the fiscal year 2019 CTAS solicitation.
So this slide just shows you with the screen
will look like when you go to apply in GMS.
That will give you an idea of what to expect when you log in.
If you experience any issues with GMS,
please contact the help desk at the phone number or email
address noted on the screen.
As part of your application, you'll
be required to complete the standard form
424 online in GMS.
I'd like to offer a few quick tips for completing this form.
Make sure that the amount of federal funding requested
on the SF-424 matches the total amount
of federal funding requested in your preliminary budget.
Make sure that the individual identified
as the authorized representative on the form
is someone who has the authority to accept
the federal award and all of its obligations
on behalf of your tribe or organization.
If you're a first-time applicant,
make sure that you attach any official legal documents
to your application--
so those would be things like articles of incorporation,
501(c)(3) status documentation, or organizational letterhead
in order to confirm your legal name, address,
and employee identification number that you entered
on the SF-424.
And just as a reminder for current OJP grantees
that are interested in applying again--
if your tribe or organization has had a change
in its legal name or mailing address
since you last received an award,
please submit a grant adjustment notice, or GAN,
to update that information as soon as possible so that OJP
is aware of these changes.
Here are some additional tips to consider as you are completing
and checking your SF-424--
make sure next to type of submission
that you enter application non-construction.
That even if you are applying to refund
a program that's already been funded under CTAS before,
it's still new.
So make sure that if you're applying
for FY 2019 funding, that next to type of application,
you select, New.
For the descriptive title of applicant's projects,
you can name it whatever really you want to name it.
But we recommend that you use a OVC FY 2019 CJA Program.
The start date is October 1st, 2019,
and end date is September 30th, 2022.
The estimated funding amount is the same amount
that you requested in your budget detail worksheet.
And, again, the authorized representative
should be someone with the authority
to accept a federal award.
So in this last section, I will cover some tips and resources
that might be useful for you.
I recommend that you visit DOJ's dedicated CTAS
website for information--
that's www.justice.gov/tribal.
We have several webinars scheduled
during the open period of the solicitation.
Those webinars are supposed to be uploaded
to the tribal justice website.
However, with the impending shutdown,
there may be a delay in getting those posted.
And you can also find fact sheets
and frequently asked questions for the purpose areas
on this website as well.
There is an online guide available.
So on the tribal justice website--
link's below at the bottom of your screen--
the guide contains strategies that
can help you read and comprehend the CTAS solicitation, which
we understand is lengthy and can be quite complex.
It can help you coordinate or figure
out strategies so that you can coordinate a writing team.
It can help you identify and articulate
the needs of your community and help you generate and capture
ideas and solutions for your community.
This guide can also help you figure out ways
to organize key community players so
that you can successfully execute your proposed program.
So this is the FY 2019 CTAS webinar schedule;
we've had several so far.
There are three that are supposed
to be scheduled after this webinar,
including the budget detail worksheet completion webinar
that I mentioned earlier.
We just want to make sure that you
upload all of your relevant documents in GMS.
This is a checklist of all the documents.
We've discussed all of them already,
so I won't cover them again here.
But also note that there's a checklist in the CTAS
solicitation that has all of these documents listed.
Here's a list of important websites-- including
the website for oh OVC, the DOJ financial guide, that I
mentioned earlier, GMS, the link where
you can download key CTAS documents and templates,
the DOJ tribal justice website, and the OJP grants resource
guide.
For the OVC website as well as the DOJ tribal justice site
and OJP grants resource guide, I recommend
that if you haven't already, that you go to those sites
and sign up for email updates.
Here's some contact information if you
need technical assistance with submitting
your application in GMS.
There's the phone number and email
address for the GMS help desk.
And if you need any programmatic or general assistance related
to the solicitation requirement, you
can contact the DOJ response center.
And that phone number and email address are also on the screen.
So that concludes my presentation.
I will now open it up for questions.
Great, thank you, Yolanda.
We do have a few questions.
Can you begin delivery of services
during the 18-month period?
Or must the plan be approved before you
can begin to offer services?
All that matters is that your budget is approved.
You can offer services before the strategic plan is actually
completed.
Great.
Thank you.
Does the tribal resolution demonstrating authority
to apply need to be specific to each purpose area
that we are applying for?
Or can it be generalized to CTAS 2019?
It can be generalized to CTAS 2019.
Thank you.
Is the SF-424 specific to each purpose area?
Or can one SF-424 suffice for all purpose areas
being applied for?
It has to be specific to each purpose area.
You have a separate budget for each purpose area,
so the SF-424 will have a dollar amount that only corresponds
to one purpose area.
Great.
Thank you.
Is the deadline date going to be extended if the government
shutdown continues?
At this time, the CTAS deadline will remain the same.
If OJP is not operational during the government shutdown
and GMS is closed--
because that is a possibility--
there hasn't been a determination yet about
whether or not the deadline will be extended.
However, if that happens and you can't get through to GMS,
we are working with our leadership to make a decision
and we are pushing to have that deadline extended.
But ultimately, that decision has to be made by higher-ups.
So in a nutshell as of right now,
the deadline will not be extended.
However if we do shut down after 5 o'clock tomorrow
and GMS also shuts down, then we are
having discussions about the deadline being extended.
But please plan to the extent possible to still submit
your application by the deadline.
Thank you.
Can you please go over how we should fill out
the disclosure of lobbying form when we don't do lobbying?
OK.
You still fill out the boxes with your tribe's information,
but there are some boxes at the bottom where you have
to fill out that information.
You can just put Not Applicable, as it
applies to your organization, and sign it.
Great.
Thank you.
Where can we find the fact sheet for Purpose Area 6?
You can find that on the tribal community and justice website.
I'm going to go back to the slide
that I have on different websites.
The DOJ tribal justice website--
www.justice.gov/tribal.
You'll find fact sheets for all the Purpose Areas there.
Great.
Thank you.
Outside of CTAS, are there any additional funding
opportunities that tribes can apply for?
Yes.
Tribes can apply for many of the same opportunities
that other organizations can apply for.
So I encourage you to look at government-wide opportunities
that are available on grants.gov as well as on the OJP funding
resource center, which is also known as the grants resource
guide site.
The link to that site is on the screen--
the last bullet.
For DOJ specific tribal opportunities,
I also encourage you to check out justice.gov/tribal.
And in addition to that, earlier I
mentioned making sure that you sign up for email updates--
OVC, DOJ Tribal Justice and OJP grants resource guide.
You can sign up for individual updates
of all of the DOJ program office bureaus-- so OVC, BJA.
They have programs that aren't tribal specific,
but tribes can often apply for them.
They are eligible.
So I encourage you to take a look at those sites as well.
Great.
Thank you.
If a tribal consortium resolution of two tribes
is an applicant, can one tribe serve as a fiscal agent?
Or would the applicant be one tribe
on behalf of the entire consortium?
The applicant would be one tribe on behalf
of the entire consortium.
Great.
Thank you.
Why do we have to budget every year
for the National Indian Nations Conference
when the next one is in 2020?
So you don't have to budget every year for the Indian
Nations Conference.
The Indian Nations Conference is held every other year.
It's required for OVC grantees.
The first is a new grantee orientation.
I mentioned that that new grantee orientation--
most of the time it's held in conjunction with the Indian
Nations Conference.
Usually it's held for a day or two before the Indian Nations
Conference takes place.
OVC requires our grantees to attend the Indian Nations
Conference whenever it takes place.
So in that case, you would budget for the New Grantee
Orientation, which would also include the Indian Nations
Conference.
The second year, you'd budgeted for a mandatory training,
which is to be determined.
And the third year would be just for you to attend the Indian
Nations Conference.
Because if you already have funding
and you've already attended a New Grantee Orientation,
you don't need to attend that again.
Well we do require you to send representation to the Indian
Nations Conference.
Great.
Thank you.
And as it relates to grant funding,
if a government shutdown occurs, does it affect the grantees?
Would they be on layoff too?
It depends on how your program is run.
Generally speaking, your money that you receive in your grant
is allocated in whatever year you receive the funding.
So you still have access to your funds.
You can still run your program.
The only concern that you may want to consider
is whether or not you'll be able to draw down your funds.
Because a lot of times when the government shuts down,
GPRS, which is the Grant Payment Request System,
also shuts down.
If your tribe is able to float any expenses that you have
during the shutdown or if you're able to draw down
before the shutdown starts, then you
have expenses that you'll need to pay out
within the allowable 10-day period after drawing down.
Then you don't need to worry about your program
shutting down or having to lay off people.
But that's on a case by case basis.
It depends how your financial systems are set up
and your individual situation.
Great.
Thank you.
And a question about the 10-day draw
down that was mentioned earlier.
Can we obligate payroll until the end
of March as a result of a conference
that we are providing?
Are we able to draw down?
I don't know the exact answer to that.
I recommend that if you are current grantee
that you reach out to your individual grant manager
to talk about the circumstances surrounding your need.
Thank you.
And are supportive staff to investigators and prosecutors
enough to support the goal of this grant?
Supportive staff would come in the form of advocate
to a victimize child from start to recovery.
Yes.
You can still apply for support staff under this program.
Great.
Thank you.
Can you go over again what the page limit
is for the program narrative?
The page limit for the program narrative is 10 pages.
Thank you.
If we have a follow-up question, can we contact one of you?
Yes, but I recommend that you send your question
to the email address on the screen.
And if it warrants our response--
if the people at the Response Center
aren't able to answer your question,
they will forward it to me to answer for you.
Great.
Thank you.
The question about supportive staff
to investigators and prosecutors enough to support
the goal of the grant--
the supportive staff would come in form of advocate
to the victimized child from start to recovery--
they missed the answer to that question.
Could you answer that again?
Yes.
If the person is going to be a victim advocate for children,
you can apply under Purpose Area 6.
But keep in mind if the person is only--
and I don't say only as in it's not important--
but if they are only providing advocacy services
and they are not actually doing an investigation
and prosecution, you can apply under Purpose Area 7.
I encourage you to do that because the amount of awards
that we are able to find under Purpose Area 6 is significantly
less than what we can fund under Purpose Area 7 .
So if you're funding an advocate and they're not
performing investigation and prosecution duties--
even if their purpose is to serve children--
I recommend that you apply under Purpose Area 7.
Great.
Thank you.
Is a paralegal considered support staff
for the investigating prosecutor?
It can be considered support staff, yes.
Thank you.
If we completed a community needs
assessment strategic planning and logic model in the past,
can we use those?
You are welcome to attach them to your application
and we encourage that.
Whether or not those documents will satisfy the requirements
under a new grant is contingent upon a conversation
that you need to have with your individual grant manager.
Many times, previously completed documents
will satisfy those requirements under a new grant--
especially if they were just completed.
That determination is made on a case by case basis.
But we do encourage you to include those documents
with your application.
Great.
Thank you, Yolanda.
Thanks for joining and I hope you have a great day.
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