Subject: Re: NEEDS ATTENTION Re: Public Allies Hiring for the BBF
From: "Patty Dailey Lewis" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 00:09:17 +0000

Thank you !!

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 7:06 PM Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Hal says yes and so do I her phone is not working. Sorry
>
> On Jul 5, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Josh Alcorn <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> Thanks - we need Hallie or Hunter to weigh in. Need to have 3/4 of you to
> move forward.
>
> /ja
> 302-598-1885 (cell)
>
> Sent from my iPhone, which is responsible for any typos.
>
> On Jul 5, 2017, at 6:00 PM, fred sears <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Sorry Josh. Need to read my e-mails more closely. I thought this was just
> a message telling us you had hired the Public Ally --- I approve.!
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.
> *From: *Josh Alcorn
> *Sent: *Wednesday, July 5, 2017 17:18
> *To: *Patty Dailey Lewis
> *Cc: *Hallie Biden; Hunter Biden; Ashley Biden; fred sears; Joshua Alcorn
> *Subject: *NEEDS ATTENTION Re: Public Allies Hiring for the BBF
>
> Hi everyone, we're going to have to pass on this opportunity if we only
> have one vote. Happy to talk thru on the phone why we believe this is a
> valuable opportunity for us if you wish. But I will let Public Allies know
> tonite that we will pass if we don't hear back.
>
> /ja
> 302-598-1885 (cell)
>
> Sent from my iPhone, which is responsible for any typos.
>
> On Jul 5, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Patty Dailey Lewis <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
> Good Wednesday Morning!
>
> I hope you all had a wonderful July 4th weekend. Just a reminder that we’d
> like your position on the below request by COB today.
> Thanks so much!
>
> Best—
> Patty
>
> Patricia Dailey Lewis, Esquire
> Executive Director
> Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children
>
> www.beaubidenfoundation.org
> [email-masked] <[email-masked]>
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From: *Patty Dailey Lewis <[email-masked]>
> *Subject: **Public Allies Hiring for the BBF*
> *Date: *June 29, 2017 at 2:18:09 PM EDT
> *To: *Hallie Biden <[email-masked]>, Hunter Biden <
> [email-masked]>, Ashley Biden <[email-masked]>, Fred
> Sears <[email-masked]>
> *Cc: *Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]>
>
> *Hallie, Hunter Ashley and Fred-*
>
> *I hope you all have some fun planned for the upcoming weekend! *
>
> *We request an authorization to spend up to $8500 this FY and up to $8500
> for next FY to bring on a fellow from the Public Allies Program.  As we’ve
> discussed previously, a Public Ally <http://publicallies.org/delaware/> is
> a four day a week, 8 hours a day, fellow partially underwritten by
> AmeriCorps. Essentially, we pay 50% of their salary, AmeriCorps pays 50%
> plus child care, health insurance, etc. The fellow is completely focused on
> capacity building projects, and spends four days with a partner
> organization (us) and one day with PA staff (working on leadership
> development). Tony Allen initially suggested we pursue a Public Ally
> fellow, and our initial budget for FY 17 included $19,000 for the position.
> As you’ll recall, we reallocated that money to hire our programming
> coordinator. ** BBF is at a critical juncture in our growth. We have a
> desire to serve more children and adults with our programming, and the need
> clearly exists. But  given our schedules with program delivery and
> fundraising, it is difficult to reach out to the many organizations and get
> them on the schedule. We also have not been able to spend necessary time to
> find new partners and providing the trainings for them. Our PA would do
> three things to directly impact our ability to serve more people:*
>
> *1.Recruit and maintain a network of trained volunteers to deliver our
> internet safety and Stewards of Children programming, Currently, we have
> three people trained to deliver the internet safety program and 6 folks we
> truly trust to deliver Stewards. Our PA would focus 30% of her time on
> developing and organizing volunteers.*
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> *2. Create a database of youth serving organizations in the state, and
> begin to develop relationships with these organizations. We’ve been able to
> train over 2,300 adults in Stewards and speak to over 6,000 kids about
> internet safety in the last 15 months. That’s the low hanging fruit -
> essentially people Patty and I know who call us for help or whom we call
> offering our services. We have  met with law enforcement leaders in
> Delaware and are beginning to implement training to law enforcement.  But
> to reach our goal of training 5,000 adults in Stewards and speaking to
> 8,000 kids this year, we need to expand the universe of organizations we
> serve. Our PA would spend 30% of her time on this objective.*
>
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> *3. Measure the effectiveness of our internet safety program and help
> improve it. The deck we use for our internet safety programs was developed
> by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. It’s fantastic.
> But it hasn’t changed at all since we started delivering it in April of
> 2016. By collecting feedback in a formal way, we can improve upon the
> content and deliver a more effective program - making the programming more
> enticing to partner organizations. Our PA would spend 30% of her time on
> this objective.*
>
> * 4. **As you are aware we have several events coming up in 2017, and
> early 2018. We would ask our PA to allocate 10% of her time on supporting
> the three of us as we work to make these events a success.*
>
> *9 different candidates have been interviewed and there are two possible
> candidates; resumes are attached. Both would be great fits for the BBF.
> Dominique Oppenheimer just graduated from UD and is as outgoing and
> industrious as we could ever hope for. Pei-Jen Hickey is a mother of two
> kids (14 and 12) and looking to start a third career in the non-profit
> world (she’s been in tech/IT sales and was a full time mom). Both bring an
> entrepreneurial work ethic and are more than effective communicators. Most
> importantly, both are passionate about child protection and bring different
> networks of potential volunteers.*
>
> *While we recognize that this is not an insignificant expense, it is an
> outstanding opportunity for an incredibly reasonable cost. In order to
> serve more people, and create a record of effectiveness, we need to build
> our capacity to serve people. In order to build a more successful program
> we need more volunteers and organizations as partners. The PA will also
> collect data on the effectiveness of our internet safety program, which is
> something future funders  and grant makers require. The outlook on
> fundraising is good; while slightly down at this point  (the first two
> quarters of FY 17) – it is likely that we will exceed projections. This is
> because our of our 5k race in November and increased outreach to the
> $5-$25k donors now that the JRB Foundation is established. *
>
> *If you have any questions about Public Allies, let us know. Ashley, I
> know you’ve had one or more. And Tony Allen was a PA and he and Fred have
> been intimately involved in the organization for years. Of course, we are
> always available for discussions, questions or concerns. *
>
> *Please respond with your thoughts by Wednesday, July 5th.  We need to let
> Public Allies know by  COB July 5th.*
>
>
>
> *Thank you!*
>
>
> *Patty  *
> Patricia Dailey Lewis, Esquire
> Executive Director
> Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children
>
> www.beaubidenfoundation.org
> [email-masked] <[email-masked]>
>
> *“We have seen the progress that can be made when society commits to
> shining a bright light on a crime like domestic violence, and we are seeing
> the beginning of what can be accomplished if we continue shining that
> bright light on child abuse. As adults, we have a legal and moral
> obligation to stand up and speak out for children who are being abused.
> These children cannot speak for themselves.” —Beau Biden*
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Patricia Dailey Lewis, Esq. Executive Director Beau Biden Foundation for
the Protection of Childre