May 16, 2008
Contents:
State Grants
Federal Grants
Awards & Scholarships
Foundation/Organization Grants
State Grants:
(none)
Federal Grants:
ETA Demonstration Projects Targeting Dislocated Workers
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration
Funding Amount: Awards: 20, Estimated Total Program Funding:
$20,000,000, Award Floor: $500,000
Eligibility: Eligible applicants for the grants under all categories
shall be State Workforce Agencies (SWAs)
Description: For demonstration projects targeting Workforce
Investment Act (WIA) dislocated workers. This solicitation
provides SWAs with the option to choose from four categories
under which applicants can submit a single grant application.
Applicants may only submit a grant application under one category
and only one application per SWA will be accepted. Each SWA
would be required to identify the local workforce investment
boards and One-Stop Career Center as established under Section
121 of WIA, [29 USC 2841] that would be participating in the
proposed project. Applicants must submit a letter of commitment
from each of the partners participating in the proposed project.
Applicants must indicate in the abstract of their proposal
the category under which they are applying. Category 1 – Entrepreneurship
Opportunities for Dislocated Workers (two options). Category
2 – Getting Ahead of the Curve: Raising Educational/Skill
Levels of Workers in Declining Industries. Category 3 – Innovative
Adult Learning Models for Dislocated Workers (two options).
Category 4 – Preventing Dislocations of TANF Recipients
Moving Into Entry Level Jobs Subject to Economic Churn.
Application Information: FON: SGA-DFA-PY-07-10; CFDA: 17.269.
Link to ETA webpage announcement: http://www.doleta.gov/sga/sga.cfm or Federal Register announcement at http://www.doleta.gov/sga/sga/SGA-DFA-PY-07-10.pdf
Deadline: June 13, 2008
Gang Prevention Coordination Assistance Program
Funding Source: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention,
U.S. Department of Justice
Funding Amount: Awards: 12; Estimated Total Program Funding:
$2,400,000; Award Ceiling: $200,000. Cost Sharing: No
Eligibility: OJJDP invites applications from public agencies
(including state agencies, units of local government, public
universities and colleges, and tribal governments) and private
organizations (including faith- and community-based organizations).
Joint applications from two or more eligible applicants are
welcome; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated
as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and
management
purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.
Description: The OJJDP FY 08 Gang Prevention Coordination
Assistance Program provides funding for localities to enhance
coordination
of Federal, state, and local resources in support of community
partnerships implementing two or more of the following anti-gang
strategies: primary prevention, secondary prevention, gang
intervention, and gang enforcement. This program is authorized
by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, Pub. L. No.
110-161
Application Information: FON: OJJDP-2008-1845; CFDA: 16.544.
Link to announcement: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2008/Gang.pdf.
For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation,
contact Michael Shader, Program Manager, at 202-616-2605
or michael.shader@usdoj.gov, or Stephanie Rapp, Program Manager,
at 202-514-9123 or stephanie.rapp@usdoj.gov. Applicants must
submit their applications through the Grants.gov website.
Deadline: June 13, 2008
HUD Community Development Technical Assistance (CD-TA)
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Funding Amount: Awards: 100; Total Amount: $27,920,000; Individual
program amounts listed on website at http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr08-060.cfm
Eligibility: Eligible applicants for each of the CD-TA programs
are listed in the chart contained in the NOFA. In accordance
with the President’s faith-based initiative, HUD welcomes
the participation of eligible faith-based and other community
organizations in the CD-TA programs
Description: The purpose of the CD-TA program is to provide
technical assistance to achieve the highest level of performance
and results for five separate community development program
areas: (1) HOME; (2) CHDO (HOME); (3) Homeless; (4) HOPWA and
(5) CDBG. Information about the five community development
programs and their missions, goals, and activities can be found
on the HUD web site at.
Application Information: FON: FR-5200-N-19; CFDA: 14.239; For
the past four years, HUD has required nearly all grant applications
to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov website.
This year, applicants for funding through HUD's Continuum of
Care homeless assistance programs will submit their applications
electronically through the HUD e-snaps system (electronic-special
needs assistance programs system). A Notice explaining the
e-snaps registration process for Continuums of Care was published
in the Federal Register on April 30, 2008. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-9540.pdf . Link to HUD’s Nofa Announcement and Broadcasts Announcements:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm Link to
Grants.gov announcement: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41537
Deadline: July 3, 2008
2008 Staffing For Adequate Fire and Emergency Services (SAFER)
Grants
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Funding Amount: Congress appropriated $190 million for SAFER
Grants
Eligibility: Fire Departments
Description: The goal of SAFER is to enhance the local fire
departments’ abilities to comply with staffing, response
and operational standards established by NFPA and OSHA (NFPA
1710 and/or NFPA 1720 and OSHA 1910.134 - see www.nfpa.org/SAFERActGrant
for more details). Specifically, SAFER funds should assist
local fire departments to increase their staffing and deployment
capabilities in order to respond to emergencies whenever they
may occur. As a result of the enhanced staffing, response times
should be sufficiently reduced with an appropriate number of
personnel assembled at the incident scene. Also, the enhanced
staffing should provide that all front-line/first-due apparatus
of SAFER grantees have a minimum of four trained personnel
to meet the OSHA standards referenced above. Ultimately, a
faster, safer and more efficient incident scene will be established
and communities will have more adequate protection from fire
and fire-related hazards.
Application Information: Beginning May 27, 2008, the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) will begin accepting applications
for SAFER Grants Program Guidance document for the FY2008 SAFER
Grants at the website for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant
(AFG) Program http://www.firegrantsupport.com. The applications
will be automated and will be accessible from the website.
Link to overview of grants: http://www.firegrantsupport.com/safer/
Deadline: June 27, 2008
Veterans Business Outreach Center Program
Funding Source: U.S. Small Business Administration
Funding Amount: Awards 1; Award Level: $150,000. The project
period is five (5) years. The initial budget period is for
12 months, with the possibility of four additional (option)
years.
Eligibility: A responsible educational institution, private
business, veteran’s nonprofit community-based organization,
and Federal, State and local departments and agencies for the
establishment and implementation of outreach business assistance
programs for discharging service members and reserve component
members and their families, veterans and service disabled veterans.
Description: The projects are to provide outreach, assessment,
long and short-term business training, counseling, directed
referring, electronic or on-line assistance and other technical
assistance services to veteran, service disabled veteran and
US Military Reserve Component business owners and entrepreneurs,
including discharging service members eligible for participation
in the DOD/DOL Transition Assistance Program.
Application Information: FON: VBOC-2008-003; CFDA: 59.044;
Link to announcement: http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/
sba_program_office/ovbd_vboc_program_2008.pdf
Deadline: June 17, 2008
Awards & Scholarships
(none)
Foundation/Organization
Grants: Western Union Foundation Grants
Funding Amount: open
Eligibility: Nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations
working to serve migrant and immigrant populations, and NGOs
operating
in the developing world that help alleviate poverty and provide
economic development programs are eligible to apply for funding.
Grants are available to U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organizations
and nongovernmental organizations outside the United States
Description: The foundation's three primary focus areas are
as follows: programs that allow individuals to have better
access to educational opportunities and economic development
programs; programs that help individuals integrate into their
new communities; and programs that provide basic human services
to communities in developing countries
Application Information: Link to website for guidelines:
http://corporate.westernunion.com/foundation_guidelines.html
Deadline: Letters of Inquiry deadline: September 1, 2008
CVS Caremark Charitable Trust Grants
Funding Amount: open
Eligibility: charitable and healthcare organizations
Description: The CVS Caremark Charitable Trust focuses primarily
on supporting charitable organizations that are making a
difference in the lives of children with disabilities. Resources
are also
allocated to help support organizations focused on providing
healthcare to the uninsured. We believe these two areas represent
opportunities for the Trust to create positive outcomes for
diverse populations of people in communities across the country.
Application Information: Fund in two areas: programs that
serve children with disabilities and healthcare organizations
that
are dedicated to improving the quality of health and well-being
of uninsured seniors, adults, youth and children All applications
to the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust must be submitted on-line.
Link to website for more information and to apply: http://www.cvs.com/corpInfo/community/charitable_mission.html
Deadline: June 15, 2008
Back-to-School Literacy Grants Programs
Funding Source: Dollar General Stores
Funding Amount: Grants of up to $5,000
Eligibility: In order to be eligible, schools must be located
in Dollar General's 35-state operating territory and must
be within twenty miles of the nearest Dollar General Store.
(A
store locator is available online at http://www.dollargeneral.com/OurStores/Pages/StoreLocator.aspx
Description: Funds must be used to enhance or expand the
school's library, media center, or literacy programs. Programs
or projects
may target new readers, below-grade-level readers, readers
with learning disabilities, or general literacy. Submissions
will be judged based on creativity, statement of need, and
use of funds.
Application Information: Link to website for information
on all grant programs http://www.dollargeneral.com/Community/Pages/GrantPrograms.aspx#backtoschoolgiving
Deadline: June 12, 2008
Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards
Funding Source: partnership of World Hunger Year and the
Harry Chapin Foundation
Funding Amount: Up to $7000
Eligibility: Community base organizations that have non-profit,
501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.
Description: For outstanding grassroots organizations in
the United States that have moved beyond charity to creating
change
in their communities. Organizations selected as Harry Chapin
Self-Reliance Award winners are judged outstanding for their
innovative and creative approaches to fighting domestic hunger
and poverty by empowering people and building self-reliance.
Application Information: To download the application and
information, go to website at http://www.worldhungeryear.org/comm_conn/hcsra.asp or view PDF version http://www.worldhungeryear.org/comm_conn/hcsra_app_2008.pdf
Deadline: June 16, 2008 |
