Workplace Flexibility: Ensuring Success for the 21^st Century
Shining the Spotlight on eTripTrader

Corporate Voices is pleased to recognize Tom LaJoie, president of eTripTrader, Inc., as one of the top three finalists to receive the 2010 Idaho Innovation Award on October 27. The Idaho Innovation Awards recognize innovative technology leaders who have made a significant contribution to Idaho's technology community.

eTripTrader's story is one example of the many innovative ways businesses in Corporate Voices' national workplace flexibility campaign are using flexibility to modernize the workplace to meet the needs of the 21^st century workforce, and to become more competitive in the global economy. Corporate Voices is leading this campaign to create a broader awareness of the positive business and employee benefits of workplace flexibility.

Businesses that join the campaign enjoy a host of benefits and public recognition. And now, our "Business Champions" have the opportunity to have their stories highlighted in a series of "micro success stories on flexibility." Find out how to join the campaign and become a "Business Champion" on our website. If you have already joined and would like Corporate Voices to develop your micro success story, please fill out and return this Questionnaire to ysiu@corporatevoices.org.

Campaign updates, and a regularly updated list of "Business Champions" is available online at: www.corporatevoices.org/our-work/flexcampaign.

Special Report on Work-Life Balance to be

Released Through USA Today
Corporate Voices' Steve Wing to Contribute Introduction

We are pleased that Corporate Voices' president, Stephen M. Wing, will contribute the introduction to a special report on "Work-Life Balance" which will appear as a stand-alone supplement in the December 3 weekend edition of USA Today. In previous issues of this Update, we announced a November publication date--please note that this release date has been pushed back by one month.

The special report will raise awareness of the trend over the last 25 years of increasing work pressure in America, its impact on families and individuals, and what is being done to promote work-life balance in the workforce. The 12-page special report will be published by Mediaplanet Publishing in USA. It will have 450,000 copies in circulation with a weekend readership of over 1 million.

Corporate Voices will also contribute a piece highlighting what innovative companies are doing to pave the way for work-life balance through their best practices. Companies of all sizes and across all industries are recognizing that promoting work-life balance for their workers makes good business sense-doing so harnesses the talents of hourly workers, working learners, new mothers, and mature workers.

Grant Opportunity: Federal Funding Available for School-Based Health Centers

Corporate Voices would like to share a special grant opportunity with our readers. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has just released the guidance for the "Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for School-Based Health Centers Capital (SBHCC) Program." The goal of the program is to award funds to support expanded capacity of school-based health centers to provide primary health care services to school-aged children. The funds are available for construction, renovation, and/or equipment expenses.

HRSA expects to award approximately $100 million for 200 or more grants in FY 2011. The grant will provide funding for a two-year budget period. All awards will be announced before the project start date of July 1, 2011. 

The application deadline is DECEMBER 1, 2010. Supplemental documents are due January 12, 2011.