April 25, 2008
Contents:
State Grants
Federal Grants
Awards & Scholarships
Foundation/Organization Grants
State Grants:
(none)
Federal Grants:
Women in Apprenticeships in the Non-Traditional Occupations
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Labor
Funding Amount: Awards: 3, Amount of Awards: $300,000; Total
Amount of Funding: $1,000,000
Eligibility: Only Community Based Organizations (CBO/RAP) consortium,
which must consist of a construction industry RAP sponsor;
and a CBO ( which may be a faith-based organization (FBO) with
demonstrated experience in providing training services, placement,
and support services to women for construction industry jobs.
Description: The WANTO Act's purpose is to provide technical
assistance to employers and labor unions to encourage employment
of women in apprenticeships and non traditional occupations.
One of the means of providing technical assistance is through
competitive grants which focus on conducting innovative projects
to improve the recruitment, selection, training, employment,
and retention of women in apprenticeships in the construction
industry.
Application Information: Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/DFA–PY–07–08.
CFDA: 17.201; Link to announcement: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17557
Deadline: June 6, 2008
Community Economic Development Program Operational Projects
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;
Administration for Children and Families
Funding Amount: Awards: 45; Total Funding: $29,000,000;
Award Ceiling: $700,000
Eligibility: An applicant must be a private, non-profit Community
Development Corporation (CDC) experienced in developing and
managing economic development projects governed by a Board
of Directors consisting of residents of the community and
business and civic leaders. The application must include
documentation
that the organization has as a primary purpose: planning,
developing, or community development or managing low-income
housing activities.
Eligible CDCs must submit a business plan that demonstrates
the economic viability of the venture. Eligible CDCs, including
faith-based CDCs, must have in place: (1) written financial
commitments for all non-CED funding needed for the project,
(2) management, staff and other resources to operate the
project, (3) evidence of site control for the project (e.g.,
lease agreement
or deed), and (4) referral sources from which low-income
individuals would access the project.
Description: OCS intends that grant funds awarded under this
announcement will provide resources to eligible CDCs for
their job creation and business projects, as a strategy to
address
broader objectives such as arresting tendencies toward financial
dependency, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration
in both urban and rural areas. These grants should create
new employment and business development opportunities for
low-income
individuals. Low-income beneficiaries, as determined by the
HHS Guidelines on Poverty (found at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/poverty.shtml),
of such projects include those who are living in poverty.
Beneficiaries may be unemployed; public assistance recipients,
including
recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF);
at-risk youth; custodial and non-custodial parents; residents
of public housing; persons with disabilities; persons who
are homeless; or individuals transitioning from incarceration
back
into the community.
Application Information: FON: HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EE-0024, CFDA:
93.570. Link to announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EE-0024.html
Deadline: June 25, 2008
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) Program
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;
Administration for Children and Families
Funding Amount: Awards: 11; Estimated Total Program Funding:
$4,838,000; Award Ceiling: $475,000
Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the
IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Non-profits
with 501(c)(4) IRS status are also eligible applicants under
this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations
are eligible to apply
Description: The Office of Community Services' (OCS) Job
Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) program helps
low-income
individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency. The purpose
of the JOLI program is to create jobs to be filled by low-income
individuals. JOLI applicants provide technical and/or financial
assistance to private employers in the community to assist
them in creating employment and business opportunities for
individuals receiving TANF and other low-income individuals.
In order to create these sustainable employment and other
opportunities, funded projects should focus on the following
three program
strategies: (1) new business ventures, (2) business expansion,
and (3) self-employment/micro-enterprise projects. Applicants
must state clearly both in the abstract and at the beginning
of the project, which one of these three program strategies
they will be using. While OCS will accept applications that
propose projects containing more than one of these program
strategies, OCS encourages applicants to focus on one. Applicants
are required to allot a minimum of 20 percent of the JOLI
funds received for the provision of financial assistance
to program
participants for the purpose of creation or expansion of
a business created by the applicant's project.
Application Information: FON: HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EO-0054; CFDA
93.593; Link to Announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EO-0054.html
Deadline: June 2, 2008
Urban and Non-Urban Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program
(HVRP)
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Labor
Funding Amount: Award Floor: $75,000; Award Ceiling: $300,000;
Total Program Funding: $3,500,000
Eligibility: State and local Workforce Investment Boards, local
public agencies, for-profit/commercial entities, and non-profit
organizations, including faith-based and community organizations.
Applicants must have a familiarity with the area and population
to be served and the ability to administer an effective and
timely program.
Description: Urban or Non-Urban HVRP grants are intended to
address two objectives: (1) to provide services to assist in
reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment
within the labor force, and (2) to stimulate the development
of effective service delivery systems that will address the
complex problems facing homeless veterans as well as addressing
the universal and the local or regional problems that have
had a negative impact on homeless veterans reentering the workforce.
Urban areas are those that serve a high concentration of homeless
veterans in the metropolitan areas of the 75 U.S. cities largest
in population and the metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto
Rico, and are listed in Appendix G. All Urban HVRP grant applicants
must provide written documentation and maps, if available,
which demonstrate that the proposed area to be served has a
population equal to or more than 383,545 (the smallest population
on the list of 75 U.S. cities largest in population). Non-Urban
areas are those areas that serve homeless veterans that are
not listed on Appendix G. All Non-Urban HVRP grant applicants
must provide written documentation and maps, if available,
which demonstrate that the proposed area to be served has a
population less than 383,545 (the smallest population on the
list of 75 U.S. cities largest in population). Applicants must
indicate whether they are applying for an Urban or Non-Urban
grant award on their grant application
Application Information: FON SGA-8-06; CFDA: 17.805. Link to
announcement
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=LGMPY9sp
D1ChJSG9QTfqV0V81Nxh0QLK22YFs8pkHKwcNTRCybSs!-2006807804?
oppId=41279&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW . View Full Announcement link to access supporting documentation.
Deadline: May 14, 2008
Awards & Scholarships
(none)
Foundation/Organization
Grants:
New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program
Funding Source: Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
Funding Amount: A school of nursing may apply for between five
and 30 scholarships per year to be awarded to students from
underrepresented groups in nursing or disadvantaged backgrounds.
Up to 75 nursing schools will be selected to award scholarships.
Eligibility: To be eligible, applicant institutions must: offer
an entry-level accelerated baccalaureate nursing program or
master’s nursing program for non-nursing college graduates;
and be accredited by a nursing accrediting agency recognized
by the U.S. Department of Education. RWJF is committed to programs
that embrace racial, ethnic and economic diversity. Applications
should address the applicant organization’s past achievements
and future plans to recruit and retain a diverse student body
Description: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers
in Nursing is a scholarship program to help alleviate the nursing
shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals.
Through grants to schools of nursing, the program will provide
scholarships to college graduates without nursing degrees who
are enrolled in accelerated baccalaureate and master's nursing
programs. Successful applicant organizations must demonstrate
that scholarship funds will be used to: assist in recruitment
and expansion of enrollment of students in entry-level accelerated
baccalaureate nursing programs and/or master’s nursing
programs for non-nursing college graduates; leverage the expansion
of faculty resources for these professional nursing programs;
and offer mentorship and leadership development activities
for scholarship recipients at the award site.
Application Information: May 6, 2008 (1 p.m. ET) and June 10,
2008 (2 p.m. ET)—Optional informational applicant Web
conferences. Registration information can be found at http://www.newcareersinnursing.org.
Link to the announcement: http://www.rwjf.org/files/applications/cfp/cfp_NCIN2008.pdf or main webpage at http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20301&c=EMC-FA135
Deadline: June 26, 2008 |
