January 4, 2008
Contents:
State Grants
Federal Grants
Awards & Scholarships
Foundation/Organization Grants
State Grants:
(none)
Federal Grants:
Basic Center Program for Runaways and Homeless
Funding Source: U.S. Health & Human Services, Administration
for Children and Families Family and Youth Services Bureau
(FYSB)
Funding Amount: Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding: $12,589,940,
Anticipated Number of Awards: 68 to 91; Ceiling on Amount of
Individual Awards: $200,000 per budget period; Average Projected
Award Amount: $150,000 per budget period; Length of Project
Periods: 36-month project with three 12-month budget periods.
Cost Sharing: Yes
Eligibility: State governments, County governments,
Local Governments, City or township governments, Regional Organizations,
Public
and State-controlled institutions of higher education, Indian/Native
American Tribal governments (Federally recognized),Indian/Native
American Tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized),
Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations
Public/Indian Housing Authorities, 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), Special district governments, Public and non-profit
private entities and coordinated networks of such entities
are eligible applicants under this announcement.
Description: Basic Center Program (BCP) is authorized by the
Runaway and Homeless Act to address runaway and homeless youth
(RHY) problems. BCPs provide an alternative for runaway and
homeless youth who might otherwise end up with law enforcement
or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice
systems. Each BCP must provide runaway and homeless youth with
a safe and appropriate shelter, individual, family, and group
counseling as appropriate, and aftercare.
Application Information: FON: HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CY-0063; CFDA
93.623. Link to announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CY-0063.html
Deadline: February 19, 2008
Special Improvement Projects
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Office of Child Support Enforcement, The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF)
Funding Amount: For Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, approximately
$800,000 is available for all priority areas. Anticipated
Total Priority
Area Funding: $200,000; Anticipated Number of Awards: 2, Ceiling
on Amount of Individual Awards: $100,000 per budget period;
Length of Project Periods: 36-month project with three 12-month
budget periods. Cost Sharing: No
Eligibility: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity
subject to exceptions specified below.) Eligibility is open
to all types of domestic applicants other than individuals.
Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply
under this announcement.
Description: To fund a number of special improvement projects,
which further the national child support mission to ensure
that all children receive financial and medical support from
their parents and which strengthen the ability of the nation's
child support programs to collect support on behalf of children
and families. OCSE is looking for innovative projects that
promote some of the basic themes of the national strategic
plan in that child support should be a reliable source of income
for families; and that child support agencies should use early
prevention strategies to help build a culture of compliance
in which parents will support their children voluntarily and
reliably. OCSE invites applications for partnerships with entities
such as courts and/or tribunals and faith-based and community
organizations, which have the ability to address the needs
of harder-to-serve populations, such as low-income non-custodial
parents and culturally diverse populations. Priority Area 1:
Child Support and Paternity Establishment Outreach to Targeted
Demographic Groups: Unwed Teen and "20-Something" Parents.
Priority Area 2: Initiating Child Support and Court Collaboration
to Achieve Operating Efficiencies for Both Entities and Improve
Client Outcomes. Priority Area 3: Projects in Support of OCSE
PAID Initiative (Project to Avoid Increasing Delinquencies.
The applicant should clearly indicate in the project abstract
of the application the specific priority area for which it
is applying. Applicants may submit different applications covering
different priority areas or they may submit different applications
for different projects under one priority area; however, they
may not submit one application for the same project covering
multiple priority areas.
Application Information: Applicants are encouraged to review
the grant-related materials posted on the OCSE website at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/grants/.
Link to announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-OCSE-FI-0005.html Contact: Jean Robinson, Administration for Children and Families,
Phone 202-401-5330, Email jean.robinson@acf.hhs.gov - Ben L.
Sharp, Administration for Children and Families, Phone 202-401-5513,
Email ACFOGME-Grants@acf.hhs.gov
Deadline: March 4, 2008
Grants To Reduce Alcohol Abuse
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe
and Drug-Free Schools
Funding Amount: Estimated Available Funds: $24,500,000.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality
of applications,
we may make additional awards later in FY 2008 and in FY
2009 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $250,000-$450,000. Estimated Average
Size of Awards: $350,000. Estimated Number of Awards: 70
Eligibility: Local educational agencies (LEAs). including
charter schools that
are considered LEAs under State law.
Description: to develop and implement innovative and effective
programs to reduce alcohol abuse in secondary schools.
Application Information: CFDA: 84.184A, Intergovernmental
Review-Yes; Address to Request Application Package: You can
obtain an application
package via the Internet or from the Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, use
the following address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/dvalcoholabuse/index.html.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
or at its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. Applications
for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically
using the Grants.gov http://www.Grants.gov. or in paper format
by mail or hand delivery. Do not include the CFDA number's
alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.184, not
84.184A). For Further Information Contact: Amalia Cuervo,
U.S. Department
of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E342, Washington,
DC 20202-
6450. Telephone: (202)205-2855, or by e-mail: amalia.cuervo@ed.gov.
Link to Federal Register announcement: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E7-25587.pdf
Deadline: February 19, 2008
Early Reading First Program
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education
Funding Amount: Estimated Range of Awards: $1,500,000-$4,500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $3,000,000. Estimated Number
of Awards:25-77.
Eligibility:The applicant must be a ``novice applicant''
. Eligible applicants are (a) one or more local educational
agencies
(LEAs), including charter schools that are considered LEAs
under State law, that are eligible to receive a subgrant
under the Reading First program (Title I, Part B, Subpart
1 of the
ESEA; (b) one or more public or private organizations or
agencies (including faith-based organizations) located in
a community
served by an eligible LEA; or (c) one or more eligible LEAs,
applying in collaboration with one or more eligible organizations
or agencies. To qualify under paragraph (b) of this definition,
the organization's or agency's application must be on behalf
of one or more programs that serve preschool-aged children
(such as a Head Start program, a child care program, a family
literacy program such as Even Start, or a lab school at a
university), unless the organization or agency itself operates
a preschool
program
Description: This program supports local efforts to enhance
the oral language, cognitive, and early reading skills of
preschool-aged children, especially those from low-income
families, through
strategies, materials, and professional development that
are grounded in scientifically based reading research.
Application Information: CFDA# 84.359A and B; Link to Federal
Register announcement: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2007-4/122807b.html
Deadline: Deadline for Transmittal of Pre-Applications:
February 1, 2008. Full applications: April 18, 2008
Awards & Scholarships
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students in Health Professions
and Nursing
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Health Resources & Services Administration
Funding Amount: 450 Awards; Estimated Total Funding: $9,7333,000;
Average Size of Award: $21,628.00
Eligibility: A school must meet all of the criteria listed
below to be eligible to be considered for SDS funds for FY
2008. All requirements refer to full-time students (using the
school’s requirements for full-time): • Full-time
students from disadvantaged backgrounds must comprise the following:
1) At least 10 percent of the total enrollment (full-time enrolled)
of your program during Academic Year (AY) 2006-2007 (7/1/06-6/30/07),
and 2) At least 10 percent of the total graduates (who were
full-time students) of your program during AY 2006-2007. • Secondly,
in order to receive any SDS funding, a school must have full-time
economically disadvantaged students enrolled and graduated
during AY 2006-2007.
Description: The purpose of this program is to provide financial
assistance to disadvantaged health professions and nursing
students. Institutions apply for SDS funds from the Department
of Health and Human Services and are responsible for both selecting
eligible recipients and determining their financial need. At
least sixteen percent of total allocations go to schools that
will direct SDS awards to nursing students. DS funds awarded
to schools must be used to award full or partial scholarship
to eligible students enrolled in health professions programs
on a full time basis. Schools must give preference to students
for whom the cost of attendance would constitute a severe financial
hardship, and to former scholarship recipients of the Exceptional
Financial Need (EFN) and the Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged
Health Professions Students (FADHPS) Program. The amount ay
not exceed a recipient's cost of tuition expenses, other reasonable
educational expenses and reasonable living incurred in the
attendance at such school.
Application Information: FON HRSA-08-056; CFDA: 93.925, Link
to Full Announcement https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=765CC0A4-57F8-44D3-BBDC-2A81796786B0
Deadline: February 4, 2008
Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications
Funding Source: American Legacy Foundation
Funding Amount: The Adams scholarship will award a total of
$10,000 annually for up to two candidates to pursue undergraduate
or graduate studies at an accredited institution of higher
education in the United States
Eligibility: The scholarship will be awarded to individuals
who have demonstrated a commitment to community service or
used the visual arts or media to convey culturally appropriate
health messages on behalf of a disadvantaged population.
Description: to reduce tobacco use among what the foundation
calls "Priority Populations." Priority populations
are those populations which are disproportionately targeted
by the tobacco industry, or which often lack the tools and
resources to combat smoking in their communities. Identified
priority populations are Native Americans/Alaska Natives, Hispanics,
African Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Low SES, and Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender communities.
Application Information: Link to website for information to
download application form and materials: http://www.americanlegacy.org/AdamsScholarship/
Deadline: April 15, 2008
Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service, Youth Community Service
Awards
Funding Source: Hitachi Foundation
Funding Award: The award is accompanied by a gift of $5,000,
dispensed over two years. Recipients may use the award at
their discretion. The award is not a scholarship.
Eligibility: High school seniors from the United States and
U.S. territories are eligible to be nominated for the award.
Students must be nominated by someone else for the award.
The foundation accepts nominations annually from people directly
familiar with the nominee's social contribution such as community
leaders, service providers, teachers, school principals,
or
members of the clergy. Self-nominations and nominations from
family members (parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, and
uncles) are automatically disqualified.
Description: Award selection is based on a number of factors,
including a student's commitment to and impact in a given
community; leadership; and potential for longer-term sustainable
community
change. Selection is not based on grade-point averages, SAT
scores, or school club memberships. Activities must foster
longer-term community change and be focused in socially and/or
economically isolated communities.
Application Information: Link to Foundation website for application
information: http://www.hitachifoundation.org/yoshiyama/
Deadline: April 1, 2008
2008 American Express Building Leadership Award
Funding Source: The Independent Sector
Funding Award: The recipient will be presented with the award
at the 2008 Independent Sector Annual Conference in Philadelphia
from November 9-11.
Eligibility: Will recognize an outstanding organization for
its leadership in investing in the people of the nonprofit
community. Anyone can nominate an organization.
Description: The American Express Building Leadership Award,
formerly known as the Leadership IS Award, was established
in 1999 to honor an organization whose programs and policies
develop future leaders, both within the organization and among
the people it serves. Criteria for the award include implementation
of innovative strategies for developing leaders at all levels;
promotion of an inclusive and diverse workforce; and measurement
of the organization’s impact on its community.
Application Information: Link to website to access nomination
form and information: http://www.independentsector.org/media/20071219_AEBLA.html
Deadline: February 18, 2008
Foundation/Organization
Grants:
Affordable Housing Built Responsibly Program
Funding Source: The Home Depot Foundation
Funding Amount: not available
Eligibility: 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charities in the
United States and to charitable organizations in Canada.
The Foundation
will consider only one proposal from the same organization
in a calendar year.
Description: Preference is given to proposals producing,
preserving, or financing housing for low- to moderate-income
families with
an emphasis on green building practices and smart growth
designs.
Application Information: In order to access the Application,
an applicant must pass the Eligibility Test. The Eligibility
Test is intended to determine if there is a match between
an applicant's funding needs and the Foundation's grant interests.
It is also intended to save an applicant the time is takes
to complete a full application that will not be considered
for funding because it does not qualify. Link to website
for
applicability test and information at http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/support_housing_apply.html
Deadline: There are two cycles in 2008.
Letters of Intent are due on March 1 and July 1 and proposal
deadlines are
on May
15 and September 15, 2008 |
