June 22, 2007
Contents:
State Grants
Federal Grants
Awards & Scholarships
Foundation/Organization Grants
State Grants:
(none)
Federal Grants:
Susan Harwood Training Grant
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
Funding Amount: Total Funding $ 10,100,000
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including community-based
and faith-based organizations, that are not an agency of a
State or local government are eligible to apply. Additionally,
State or local government supported institutions of higher
education are eligible to apply. Eligible organizations can
apply independently for funding or in partnership with other
eligible organizations, but in such a case, a lead organization
must be identified.
Description: The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program provides
funds for programs to train employees and employers to recognize,
avoid, and prevent safety and health hazards in their workplaces.
The program emphasizes four areas: 1) Educating employees and
employers in small businesses. For purposes of this grant program,
a small business is one with 250 or fewer employees; 2) Training
employees and employers about new OSHA standards; 3) Training
at-risk employer and employee populations; 4) Training employees
and employers about high risk activities or hazards identified
by OSHA through the Department of Labor’s Strategic Plan,
or as part of an OSHA special emphasis program. Under this
solicitation for grant applications, OSHA will accept applications
for the Targeted Topic training grant category. Topics for
the Targeted Topic Training Category Organizations funded for
Targeted Topic training category grants are expected to develop
and provide occupational safety and health training and/or
educational programs addressing one of the topics selected
by OSHA, recruit employees and employers for the training,
and conduct and evaluate the training. Fourteen different training
topics were selected for this grant announcement. OSHA may
award grants for some or all of the listed Targeted Topic training
topics. Applicants wishing to address more than one of the
announced grant topics must submit a separate grant application
for each topic.
Application Information: FON: SHTG-FY-07-01; CFDA: 17.502.
Link to announcement: http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/ote/sharwood.html Grant applications must be submitted electronically to http://www.Grants.gov
Deadline: July 20, 2007
National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation:
National Information Dissemination and Symposium
Funding Source: Economic Development Administration (EDA),
Department of
Commerce
Funding Amount: Approximately $2,000,000 is available, and
shall remain
available until expended, for funding awards under this competitive
solicitation. Based on recent past awards for projects similar
to the projects solicited under this announcement, the range
of total expenditures for information dissemination projects
has been from $150,000 to $250,000 and the total expenditures
for national symposia has been from $250,000 to $450,000. Cost
Sharing: Yes
Eligibility: Eligible applicants for and eligible recipients
of EDA investment assistance include a District Organization;
an Indian Tribe or a consortium of Indian Tribes; a State;
a city or other political subdivision of a State, including
a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged
in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a
consortium, of political subdivisions; an institution of higher
education or a consortium of institutions of, higher education;
a public or private non-profit organization or association
Description: applications for the following
projects: 1. National information dissemination to practitioners
serving economically
distressed areas; and 2. conduct a national symposium to bring
together leaders to discuss current and future trends in economic
development and how to improve and implement economic development
best practices. Applicants may submit applications for one
or both of the projects.
the information dissemination project has three (3) component
tasks: (i) broadcasting of strategy telecasts; (ii) preparation
and dissemination of monthly electronic newsletters; and (iii)
preparation and dissemination of a quarterly magazine. Applicants
must
address each of these three (3) components of the information
dissemination project. The project will include a variety of
media Applications must address all three (3) tasks described
below Task 1 – Strategy Broadcasts- Conduct four (4),
thirty-minute economic development strategy broadcasts – by
telecast and Webcast – targeted to practitioners nationwide.
Task 2 – Monthly Electronic Newsletters Prepare and disseminate
a monthly electronic newsletter targeted to a national audience
of economic development practitioners, Task 3-Prepare a quarterly
magazine of approximately 20-40 pages in a four-color, high-quality
format that will provide in-depth information to practitioners
on a range of timely topics consistent with EDA’s mission
and subject to EDA’s concurrence. The magazine will cover
subjects such as current administration policy, interviews
with key decision-makers and practitioners, and present and
analyze best practice case studies in economic development
EDA expects that this magazine will be mailed in hard copy
to up to 6,000 recipients.
2. Project Title: 2008 National Symposium- The 2008 EDA National
Symposium will bring together nationally-recognized leaders
to discuss “what’s next” in economic development
and how to implement economic development best practices. Qualified
applicants must submit applications for organizing, supporting,
promoting, holding and reporting on the symposium. The focus
of the symposium is to disseminate and share the strategies,
policies and best practices of 21st century economic development.
Timeline: The national symposium will be held in June 2008
in a location to be proposed by the applicant based on the
ability to organize and execute a highly professional conference.
Application Information: FON: EDA06202007; CFDA: 11.303 Technical
Assistance; 11.312 Research and Evaluation. Link to announcement:
http://www.eda.gov/ImageCache/EDAPublic/documents/pdfdocs2007/
ntaffo2007final061907_2epdf/v1/ntaffo2007final061907.pdf To be considered timely, a completed application, regardless
of the format in which it is submitted, must be either: (1)
received by the EDA representative listed in section VII. of
this competitive solicitation no later than July 23, 2007 at
5:00 p.m. EST; or (2) transmitted and time-stamped at www.grants.gov no later than July 23, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Full or partial paper
applications may be submitted to EDA Headquarters in Washington,
D.C. by e-mail, hand-delivery or postal mail, as provided in
section VII.B. of this announcement. Applications also may
be submitted electronically in whole or in part via http://www.grants.gov.
Link to Federal Register announcement: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-12003.htm
Deadline: July 23, 2007
CCDO FY 08 Weed and Seed Communities Competitive Program
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Community Capacity
Development Office
Funding Amount: Award Ceiling: $175,000; Award Floor: $0;
Cost Sharing: Yes
Eligibility: State governments, including Indian tribal governments;
Local governments; and Neighborhood and community-based organizations.
Description: The Weed and Seed strategy aims to prevent, control,
and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, and
gang activity. The Weed and Seed initiative is a community-based,
comprehensive multi-agency approach. Four elements make up
the two-pronged Weed and Seed Strategy: Law Enforcement; Community
Policing; Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment; and Neighborhood
Restoration. It is designed for neighborhoods with persistent
high levels of serious crime and corresponding social problems.
A Weed and Seed Community (WSC) must be developed in partnership
with a variety of key local organizations and the local United
States Attorney’s Office (USAO). WSCs must work to reduce
crime and improve the quality of life for residents in a community
primarily through the redeployment of existing public and private
resources addressing both crime and social related problems
that without proper intervention often lead to violent crime,
drug abuse, and gang activity.
Application Information: FON: CCD)-2008-1474; CFDA: 16.595;
Draft application materials must be sent to the applicant's
local U.S. Attorney by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on Thursday,
September 13, 2007, via e-mail Link to application information:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ccdo/ws/2008guideln.html
Deadline: September 27, 2007
2007 Charter Schools Program
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education; Office of Innovation
and Improvement
Funding Amount: Estimated Available Funds: $3,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $130,000-$175,000 per year.
Estimated Average
Size of Awards: $150,000 per year. Estimated Number of Awards:
20-40.
Eligibility: Non-State educational agency (non-State Education
Agencies) eligible applicants that propose to use grant funds
for planning, program design, and implementation must apply
under CFDA No. 84.282B. Non-SEA eligible applicants that
request funds for dissemination activities must submit their
applications
under CFDA No. 84.282C.
Description: The purpose of the CSP is to increase national
understanding of the charter school model and to expand the
number of high-quality charter schools available to students
across the Nation by providing financial assistance for the
planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter
schools, and to evaluate the effects of charter schools,
including their effects on students, student academic achievement,
staff,
and parents. Under these competitions we are particularly
interested in applications that address the following priority-
The applicant
proposes to plan, design, and implement, or in the case of
a dissemination grant, disseminate information about, a high-quality
charter high school in a geographic area in which a large
proportion or number of public schools has been identified
for improvement,
corrective action, or restructuring under Title I, Part A
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended
ESEA)
Application Information: CFDA Numbers 84.282B and 84.282C;
Address to Request Application Package: Erin Pfeltz, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4W255,
Washington,
DC 20202-5970. Telephone: (202) 205-3525 or by e-mail:erin.pfeltz@ed.gov.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this
requirement in accordance with the instructions. Applications
for grants under the Charter Schools Program, CFDA Numbers
84.282B and 84.282C, must be submitted electronically using
the Governmentwide Grants.gov. Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov Link to announcement: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-11712.htm
Deadline(s) August 6, 2007. (Deadline for
Intergovernmental Review: September 5, 2007.)
Edward Byrne Memorial Discretionary Grants Program
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice
Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance
Funding Amount: See announcement for more information; While
match is not required under this program, a voluntary match
is encouraged. Program sustainability must be addressed by
every applicant under this program. The project start date
should be on or after September 1, 2007.
Eligibility: Applications are solicited from national, regional,
state, or local public and private entities, including for-profit
(commercial) and nonprofit organizations, faith and community-based
organizations, institutions of higher education, tribal jurisdictions,
and units of local government. For-profit organizations must
agree to waive any profit or fees for services. Joint applications
are permissible, with one agency being the applicant agency.
Category I applicants must be a state, local, or tribal law
enforcement agency (an organization with arrest powers); other
(non-federal) project participants in the project would be
designated as a reimbursable participant.
Description: The program supports local communities improve
the capacity of adult justice systems and provides technical
assistance and training to prevent drug abuse and crime. Program
priorities for 2007 include targeting violent crime, preventing
crime and drug abuse, enhancing local law enforcement, enhancing
local courts, enhancing local corrections and offender reentry,
and facilitating justice information sharing.
Applicants may submit their proposal under any one of the following
categories, Category I: Targeting Violent Crime; Category II:
Preventing Crime and Drug Abuse; Category III: Enhancing local
law enforcement; Category IV; Enhancing Local Courts, Category
V: Enhancing local corrections and offender reentry, Category
VI: Facilitating Justice Information Systems
Application Information: FON: BJA-2007-1627, CFDA 16.580. For
assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact
BJA toll-free at 1–866–859–2687 or e-mail
Byrne.Discretionary@usdoj.gov. This application must be submitted
through Grants.gov. For technical assistance with submitting
the application, call the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline
at 1–800–518–4726. Link to announcement:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/07ByrneDiscSol.pdf or Grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13960
Deadline: June 25, 2007
Projects to Establish Individual Development Account (IDA)
Programs for Refugees
Funding Source: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Funding Amount: Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding:
$2,818,799;Anticipated Number of Awards: 10 to 15; Range
of Amounts of Individual
Awards: $200,000 to $400,000 per budget period; Average Projected
Award Amount: $200,000 per budget period
Eligibility: State governments, County governments, Local
Governments
City or township governments, Independent school districts,
Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education,
Non-profits with 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institutions
of higher education), Non-profits without 501(c)(3) IRS status
(other than institutions of higher education), Private institutions
of higher education, Faith-based and community organizations
that meet the statutory eligibility requirements are eligible
to apply under this announcement.
Description: to establish and manage Individual Development
Accounts (IDAs) for low-income refugee participants. Eligible
refugee participants who enroll in these projects will open
and contribute systematically to IDAs for specified Savings
Goals, including home ownership, business capitalization,
vehicles for educational or work purposes, and postsecondary
education.
Grantees may use ORR funds to provide matches for the savings
in the IDAs up to $2,000 per individual refugee and $4,000
per refugee household. Applications will be screened and
evaluated as indicated in this program announcement. Awards
will be contingent
on the outcome of the competition and the availability of
funds. The objectives of this program are to: encourage regular
saving
habits among refugees; promote their participation in the
financial institutions of this country; promote refugee acquisition
of
assets to build individual, family, and community resources;
increase refugee knowledge of financial and monetary topics;
assist refugees in advancing their education; increase home
ownership among refugees; and assist refugees in gaining
access to capital. These new projects will accomplish these
objectives
by establishing programs that combine the provision of matched
savings accounts with financial training and counseling.
Application Information: Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2007-ACF-ORR-ZI-0037;
CFDA Number: 93.576. To request application contact Lisa
Campbell at (202)205-4597 or lisa.campbell@acf.hhs.gov; Link
to announcement:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2007-ACF-ORR-ZI-0037.html Applicants to ACF may submit their applications in either
electronic or paper format. To submit an application electronically,
please
use the http://www.Grants.gov site.
Deadline: July 9, 2007
Head Start Healthy Marriage Initiative Project
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start
(OHS)
Funding Amount: OHS intends to award up to $8 million in Healthy
Marriage grants. Up to 40 grants will be awarded at a maximum
of $500,000, per budget period for the five 12-month budget
periods of the maximum 60-month (five year) project period
Eligibility: Eligible applicants include Head Start and Early
Head Start grantees in partnership with organizations that
have demonstrated successful experience with delivering skills-based
marriage education services. Applications will require documented,
formal partnerships, third-party agreements, or Memoranda of
Understanding (MOU) with partnering organizations, in addition
to letters of support.
Description: These grants will provide Head Start and Early
Head Start grantees with funding to offer marriage education
services to their current service population, as well as Head
Start eligible families in their service areas. Grants will
extend access to voluntary marriage education services to low-income
individuals who would not otherwise have these services available.
It will provide an opportunity for Head Start and Early Head
Start grantees to partner with other organizations in their
communities to offer a full range of practical skill-building
sessions on communication, joint decision making, parenting,
managing of family budgets, conflict resolution, and other
elements to enhance family stabilization. The target audience
for services is fragile families, including low-income families,
single parents, teenage parents, unwed and/or new or expectant
parents. Services may be offered to those contemplating marriage
and to couples wishing to strengthen their relationships. In
addition, services that focus on the teaching of communication
skills, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills may
be offered to adolescent siblings of Head Start eligible children
in the context of healthy dating and peer relationships with
application to marriage later in life.
Application Information: FON: HHS-2007-ACF-OHS-YD-0040; CFDA
Number: 93.600
Link to announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/Modification_to_YD0040.html or PDF file: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/pdf/HHS-2007-ACF-OHS-YD-0040.pdf.
For further information contact :Kristina Rice, Office of Head
Start, Portals Office Building, 8th Floor, 1250 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20024 Phone: 202-205-7369, Email: Kristina.HaugeRice@acf.hhs.gov
Deadline: July 24, 2007
Transitional Living Program and Maternity Group Homes
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration
on Children, Youth and Families' (ACYF), Family and Youth
Services Bureau (FYSB)
Funding Amount: Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding:
$8,000,000;
Anticipated Number of Awards: 25 to 40; Range of Amounts
of Individual Awards: $10,000 to $500,000 per budget period;
Floor
Amount: $10,000;Average Projected Award Amount: $200,000
per budget period, Length of Project Periods: 60-month
project
with five 12-month budget periods, Cost Sharing: Yes
Eligibility: Faith-based and community organizations that
meet the statutory eligibility requirements are eligible
to apply
under this announcement. Foreign entities are not eligible
under this announcement. Only Head Start and Early Head Start
grantees are eligible to apply for Head Start Healthy Marriage
Initiative grants. Although marriage education services will
be provided in partnership with other community organizations
and agencies, the applicant and recipient of the funds must
be a Head Start or Early Head Start grantee as the target
population to be served must be parents or adolescent siblings
of Head
Start or Early Head Start recipients or Head Start-Early
Head Start eligible families. Eligible applicants would include
Head Start grantees in partnership with organizations that
have demonstrated successful experience with delivering skills-based
marriage education services. Applications will require descriptions
of specific services and supports that the partnering entities
will provide. These should be outlined in either letters
of
commitment, or MOUs with partnering organizations. Current
TLP grantees with project periods ending on or before September
30, 2008, and all other eligible applicants not currently
receiving TLP funds may apply for a new competitive TLP grant
under this
announcement.
Description: applications for the Transitional Living Program
(TLP) and for Maternity Group Homes (MGH). These activities
are authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 42
USC sections 5701 through 5752 to address runaway and homeless
youth (RHY) problems. TLPs provide an alternative to involving
RHY in the law enforcement, child welfare, mental health,
and
juvenile justice systems. Each TLP must provide a safe and
appropriate shelter for up to 18 months of services with
adult supervision, life and interpersonal skill building,
career
counseling and job skills, counseling, and medical care as
appropriate. MGHs provide the same services as a TLP in addition
to providing parenting instructions and child care. Other
services that are offered include, but are not limited to,
transportation,
family planning, abstinence education and pregnancy prevention
services.
Application Information: FON: HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CX-0064;
CFDA Number: 93.550. Link to announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2007-ACF-OHS-YD-0040.html and modification http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/Modification2_to_CX0064.html To access this Program Announcement please go to the ACF
Grant
Opportunities webpage at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/index.html or to http://www.Grants.gov.
For information contact: Victoria Marquez, Phone: 866-796-1591,
Email: FYSB@dixongroup.com Prior to submission of the application,
applicants are asked to submit a post card or an email to
the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
Operations
Center with the following information: name, address, telephone
and fax numbers, and email address of the organization intending
to apply to receive an award for Head Start Healthy Marriage
Initiative funds to Office of Head Start
c/o ACYF Operations Center, Head Start Healthy Marriage Initiative,
118 Q Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-2132, Phone: 866-796-1591, Email: OHS@dixongroup.com
Deadline: July 30, 2007
Community Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities Demonstration
Grant
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Minority Health
Funding Amount: Award amounts range from $200,000 to $250,000
per year.
Eligibility: private nonprofit, community-based, minority-serving
organization which addresses health or human services (see
definitions); or be a public (local or tribal government) community-based
organization which addresses health or human services; and • Represent
a collaborative partnership, consisting of at least three discrete
organizations, that includes: —A community-based, minority-serving
organization (applicant); —A health care facility (e.g.,
community health center, migrant health center, health department
or medical center); and —Another community entity (e.g.,
social service agency, business entity, educational institution,
or civic association). The partnership must be documented through
a single signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the community-based
minority serving organization (applicant), the health care
facility and the other community entity. Each member of the
partnership must have a specific, significant role in conducting
the proposed project.
Description: The Community Partnerships Program
is designed to support activities that address, and will subsequently
eliminate,
racial and ethnic health disparities through community-level
activities that promote health, reduce risks, and increase
access to and utilization of preventive health care and treatment
services. In FY 2007 the Community Partnerships Program will
support community-based programs that
implement activities through collaborative arrangements among
minority serving community-based organizations, health care
facilities, and other community entities. This program is intended
to ascertain the effectiveness of collaborative community-based
interventions, implemented at the grassroots level, on reducing
health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations,
and demonstrate the effectiveness of the collaborative partnership
approach in: • Developing, implementing and conducting
demonstration projects in high-risk minority communities which
coordinate integrated community-based educational screening
and outreach services, and include linkages for access, and
treatment to minorities in high-risk, low-income communities;
•
Reducing social cultural and linguistic barriers to health
care; and
•
Implementing and/or adapting existing promising practices/model
programs for targeted minority communities.
Application Information: CFDA: 93.137; Link to Federal Register
announcement: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-2894.pdf Application kits may be obtained electronically by accessing
http://www.grants.gov To obtain a hard copy of the application
kit, contact WilDon Solutions at 1–888–203–6161.
Applicants may fax a written request to WilDon Solutions at
(703) 351–1138 or e-mail the request to
OPHSgrantinfo@teamwildon.com. Applications must be prepared
using
Form OPHS–1 ‘‘Grant Application,’’ which
is included in the application kit.
Deadline: July 11, 2007
Awards & Scholarships
2007 HUD Awards For Excellence
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
in partnership with Professional Builder magazine and the
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
Funding Award: The 2007 award winners will be announced at
the 64th annual NAHB International Builders' Show in Orlando,
Florida, February 2008.
Eligibility: To be considered for the award, the development’s
first home must be completed or the first model home opened
after May 1, 2006, and before July 15, 2007. A multiphase project
is considered one development. If the development includes
a variety of unit types, the submission must clearly identify
which affordable unit type is being submitted for consideration
and denote the unit type’s location(s) throughout the
development.
Description: The award recognizes superior design created through
cooperative public/private efforts that expand homeownership
opportunities for American families whose incomes do not exceed
80 percent of the area median income
Application Information: On submission of the registration
form,
each applicant will receive a notebook containing a checklist,
detailed entry forms, and instructions for organizing entry
exhibits. The registration form and award criteria can be downloaded
at www.huduser.org/Research/bala_awardapp2007.pdf For questions
regarding HUD application submissions, please contact Andrea
Vrankar in HUD's Cleveland field office at (216) 522-4058,
ext. 7128, or email andrea_vrankar@hud.gov.
Deadline: July 13, 2007
Foundation/Organization
Grants:
Verizon Foundation Grants
Funding Amount: Award amounts vary; average amounts are $5,000-$10,000
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are public or private elementary
and secondary schools that are registered with the National
Center for Education Statistics or eligible tax-exempt organizations
in certain 501(c)(3) subsections as defined by the Internal
Revenue Service.
Description: The Verizon Foundation supports projects by
nonprofit organizations that focus on education, literacy,
domestic violence
prevention, or technology for healthcare and healthcare accessibility.
Application Information: Verizon Foundation only accepts
electronic proposals. Use online application procrss at http://foundation.verizon.com/02008.shtml . The Verizon Foundation reviews unsolicited proposals on
a
continuous calendar year basis from January 1st through November
30th. For additional grant information visit http://foundation.verizon.com/02005.shtml
Deadline: January 1-November 30, 2007
Home Depot Community Impact Grants
Funding Amount: Maximum grant application is $3,000.
Eligibility: nonprofit community organizations
Description: This Home Depot community program supports organizations
that engage volunteers to build, refurbish, or maintain affordable
or transitional housing; construct, refurbish, and maintain
play spaces; refurbish or maintain community gathering places;
and also rebuild structures damaged in weather-related disasters
Application Information: For more information, and an application,
visit http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal/Grants Next
Application submittal period August 1, 2007
Deadline(s): September 15 and December 15,
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