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The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) is a membership organization with almost 300 community-based social service agencies and church-based human service programs in its network. FPWA builds the capacity of its members through management and technical assistance; training and workshops; policy and advocacy services; and through a variety of grant programs, including camp scholarships, a holiday toy drive, and individual grants for emergency needs through its participation in the New York Times Neediest Cases fund.

POLICY & ADVOCACY FPWA NEWS AND EVENTS
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HIV Prevention For Women and Girls in Communities of Color, Reframing HIV Prevention Strategies, November 12, 2008, View report
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..for Better Jobs, Workforce Development Task Force Meeting. Tuesday, December 2, 8:30am-12:30pm at FPWA, Conference Room A, Click to register for the event.

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green_square FPWA's Annual Holiday Toy & Gift Drive
Make the holidays special for a child or family in need by contributing a toy or gift. Drive ends December 18. More
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STORIES FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES NEEDIEST CASES FUND

He Can Speak Now, and Sleep in His Own Bed Henry Street Settlement sign
(photo:Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times)

If you take him at his word, Caius Gillett is 200 years old, has been attending Public School 94 in the Bronx for 99 years and is secretly made of Legos.

“And I can build things, too!” he adds, twirling around on one foot, arms outstretched.

His mother, Ardette Arnold, 44, offers a competing set of particulars: He is 7, in his second year at P.S. 94, 100 percent human and has a mother who is, for the moment, less impressed with the imagination that strings together his words than the fact that he can say them...

Read more at NY Times.com

FPWA has participated in the Neediest Cases Fund campaign for many years. The Fund provides us with money to award one-time grants to individuals and families for emergency needs.