August 28, 2008
Contents:
State Grants
Federal Grants
Awards & Scholarships
Foundation/Organization Grants
State Grants:
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program
Funding Source: Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Funding Amount: Subject to the receipt of funding from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the DCA will allocate an estimated $7.5 million of Federal Fiscal Year 2008 Small Cities CDBG funds for job-creating economic development activities. Eligibility: Non-entitlement cities with fewer than 50,000 residents and counties with fewer than 200,000 residents, or cities that opt out of an urban entitlement program, are eligible to apply for Small Cities Community Development Block Grants. Applications for Economic Development grants may be submitted at any time. Grant requests for the other three categories (Housing, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Commercial Revitalization) are submitted annually. Communities may apply if they have no open grants in these three categories, but they may have up to two open Economic Development grants. Grant contracts are written for two-year periods.
Description: Florida's Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program provides an opportunity for eligible municipalities and counties to compete for funds to improve housing, streets, utilities, public facilities, and downtown areas, and to create jobs for low and moderate income Floridians. Through funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the program allows each community to determine which projects are most needed, with a focus on four areas: Housing, Neighborhood Revitalization, Commercial Revitalization, Economic Development. The national objectives of the program are to benefit low- and moderate-income persons, eliminate slum or blight, and address urgent community development needs. Examples of eligible activities: rehabilitation and preservation of housing, water and sewer improvements, street improvements, economic development activities, downtown revitalization, parks and recreation projects, drainage improvements
Application Information: See DCA website for further details: http://www.floridacommunitydevelopment.org/cdbg/index.cfm . Contact information: Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Development, Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100. Gail Stafford (interim) (850) 487-3644, Fax: (850) 922-5609, E-Mail: gail.stafford@dca.state.fl.us
Deadline: September 29, 2008
Federal Grants:
Brownfields Job Training Grants
Funding Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Funding Amount: The total estimated funding available under this competitive opportunity is $2,500,000. EPA anticipates award of 12-13 cooperative agreements, whose maximum value each shall not exceed $200,000
Eligibility: Eligible governmental entities include a general purpose local unit of government; a land clearance authority or other quasi-governmental entity that operates under the supervision and control of, or as an agent of, a general purpose unit of government; a governmental entity created by a state legislature; a regional council or group of general purpose units of local government; a redevelopment agency that is chartered or otherwise sanctioned by a state; a state; an Indian Tribe (other than in Alaska), or an Alaskan Native Regional Corporation and an Alaska Native Village Corporation as those terms are defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 and following); and the Metlakatla Indian Community. Intertribal consortia, except consortia comprised of ineligible Alaskan tribes, are eligible to apply as well. Eligible nonprofit organizations include any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that is operated mainly for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose in the public interest; is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operation of the organization. Workforce Investment Boards that meet these criteria may be eligible nonprofit organizations. Public and nonprofit private educational institutions are eligible to apply. However, nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible to apply. For-profit or proprietary training organizations or trade schools are not eligible to apply.
Description: to provide environmental job training projects that will facilitate the assessment, remediation, or preparation of brownfield sites. Eligible applicants must identify and propose to serve a community that currently receives, or has received, financial assistance (federal, state, or tribal) for brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund, cleanup, site-specific response program work, and/or EPA-funded targeted brownfields assessments. Proposed training programs must target unemployed and underemployed individuals residing in brownfields-impacted communities. Applicants must establish procedures to ensure that graduates will be employed in brownfields and/or environmental work that involve the assessment, cleanup, and/or redevelopment of contaminated sites with a focus on the graduates’ respective communities. The estimated project period for awards resulting from this solicitation is April 1, 2009, through March 31, 2011. All projects must be completed within the negotiated project performance period of 24 months.
Application Information: CFDA 66.815. FON: RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-10;Link to funding announcement: http://www.epa.gov/oswer/grants-funding.htm#EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-10
Awards & Scholarships
Paul G. Hearne Leadership Award
Funding Source: American Association of People with Disabilities
Funding Amount: Three individuals who are emerging as leaders in the cross-disability civil rights movement will each receive $10,000 to help them continue their progress as leaders and further connect their work with the national grassroots of AAPD. The recipients of the 2009 Hearne Leadership Awards will also have an opportunity to meet and network with national disability leaders at the AAPD Leadership Gala in Washington, DC in March 2009.
Eligibility: Residents of the United States with any type of disability and of any age are eligible to apply.
Description: Recognizes outstanding individuals personifying leadership, advocacy, and dedication to and for the disability community at large
Application Information: Link to website for information and application: http://www.aapd-dc.org/awards/awards09/hearne_app09.html Mail or email applications to:2009 Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Awards,AAPD, 1629 K Street NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC 20006 VOICE/TTY: (800) 840-8844 or (202) 457-0046, E-mail: aapdhearne (at) aol (dot) com Deadline: September 30, 2008
Foundation/Organization
Grants:
The Self-Employment Tax Initiative (SETI)
Funding Source: A project of Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) and the National Fund for Enterprise Development (NFED), with funding from the Citi Foundation along with support by Capital One and the Annie E. Casey Foundation for tax year 2008
Funding Amount: Startup Track: $10,000, Scale Track (grants up to $15,000; with innovation incentive, $20,000); Get Your Business Right” Campaign Track (grants up to $30,000
Eligibility: Eligible applicants include nonprofit, 501(c)(3) entities that have demonstrated track records in serving the microcredit, business training, or tax preparation needs of low-income and startup self-employed businesses. Microenterprise development programs, community-based free tax preparation programs or coalitions of these programs are encouraged to respond to this RFP. During the application review process, CFED may request additional organizational and financial information as needed.
Description: proposals to explore effective ways to serve the tax preparation and related business planning needs of the more than 10 million low-income, startup and growing self-employed (SE)2 businesses. In the US, filing business taxes for the first time is a defining event, and for all startup and growing microbusinesses,3 business taxation is a critical financial literacy skill that must be mastered to succeed. Unfortunately, most start-ups have no place to turn for the comprehensive tax preparation and business planning assistance they need to “get their businesses right” over the long term.
Application Information: Download the SETI Tax Year 2008 RFP at http://www.cfed.org/imageManager/_documents/SETI-TY08-RFP_8-18-08.pdf
A Q&A session will be held Wednesday September 3, 2008 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EST. The call-in line is (877) 567-1262, and the access code is 722436#. During the Q&A session, we will review SETI application requirements, eligibility and answer questions. To facilitate this process, please send your question in advance to Alex Villaverde, Program Associate, at avillaverde@cfed.orgby close of business Friday, August 29, 2008. Link to website for more information about the program at http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=32&siteid=2530&id=2530 Beginning approximately August 22, 2008 the online application will be available on the SETI Web site at http://www.cfed.org/seti/ty2008application. Applicants will be prompted to select a track (detailed below) under which they will apply. The application is divided into five additional sections: applicant contact information, organizational structure, track record, proposed project narrative and project budget. Applicants may apply under more than one track, but each track requires submitting a separate on-line application. No more than one grant will be awarded to any applicant. For additional information contact Gene Severens (eseverens@cfed.org), NFED/SETI director, or Laura Arce (larce@cfed.org), CFED senior program manager via e-mail or phone (202)408-9788.
Deadline: September 26, 2008
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