February 14, 2007
Contents:
State Grants
Federal Grants
Awards & Scholarships
Foundation/Organization Grants
State Grants:
2007 Florida Small Cities CDBG Program
Funding Source: Florida Department of Community Affairs
Funding Amount: Subject to the receipt of HUD funding, an estimated
$18 million will be allocated for Commercial Revitalization,
Housing Rehabilitation and Neighborhood Revitalization projects
and $500,000 will be available for Planning and Design Specifications
grants. An estimated $7.5 million is anticipated for Economic
Development job creation/retention activities. An anticipated
$1.5 million Emergency Set-Aside will be designated for state-declared
emergencies
Eligibility: Eligible local governments must meet specific
population requirements and cannot be participants in a CDBG
Urban Entitlement Program or have an open grant in any of the
3 program categories as of February 28, 2007. The population
requirements are: cities with not more than 50,000 residents
and counties with not more than 200,000 residents. Eligibility
small cities list: http://www.floridacommunitydevelopment.org/cdbg/DownloadFiles/CurrentInfo/2007Eligible.pdf
Description: To assist local governments in commercial revitalization,
housing rehabilitation and neighborhood revitalization projects,
economic development job creation and retention activities.
Application Information: The Department will conduct an application
workshop on February 21, 2007 at the Embassy Suites – Orlando
North, located at 225 Shorecrest Drive in Altamonte Springs.
Link to webpage and application information at http://www.floridacommunitydevelopment.org/cdbg/Downloads.cfm#CAC
Deadline: Opens on March 1, 2007 and closes on April 20, 2007.
Federal Grants:
Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED)
Initiative - Third Generation
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Labor, ETA
Funding Amount: Awards: 13, Estimated Total Program Funding:
$65,000,000, Award Ceiling: $5,000,000 over three years, Cost
Sharing: Yes
Eligibility: The Governor must submit an application on behalf
of a specific, defined multi-county region and a regional team
of public and private partners.
Description: The goal of WIRED is to expand employment and
advancement opportunities for workers and catalyze the creation
of high-skill and high-wage opportunities in regional economies.
The Third Generation of WIRED is designed to position local
Workforce Investment Boards as leaders of a strategic regional
partnership. Through talent development strategies and integration
with regional economic development, this partnership can drive
economic transformation in regions and improve employment and
advancement opportunities for workers. The third generation
is designed to fully engage local workforce investment boards
in collaborative partnerships and transformational leadership
within regional economies.
Application Information: FON: SGA-DFA-PY-06-09. CFDA: 17.268;
Link to RFP Full Announcement: http://www.doleta.gov/sga/sga/DOL-SGA-DFA-PY-06-09.pdf.
The application must clearly identify the state entity that
will serve as the grant recipient, the state entity or local
workforce investment board that will serve as the project’s
fiscal agent, and the sub-recipient that will have responsibility
for administering the project on the Governor’s behalf.
The grant application form should contain the information of
the state agency that is serving as the grant recipient. Joint
applications for regions that cross state lines will be accepted.
All participating Governors of multi-state regions must jointly
submit and sign the transmittal letter for the application.
Applications for multi-state regions must identify the state
entity that will be the grant recipient, the state agency or
local workforce investment board that will serve as the project’s
fiscal agent, and the sub-recipient with responsibility for
administering the project on the Governors’ behalf. Governors
may not submit applications for any of the 26 first and second
generation regions that have already received a WIRED grant,
however, a small overlap between the existing WIRED regions
and an applying region will be permitted
Deadline: April 13, 2007
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO)
Grants
Funding Source: Women's Bureau and the Employment and Training
Administration's (ETA) Office of Apprenticeship, U.S. Department
of Labor (DOL)
Funding Amount: Three Awards; Total Amount: $972,180; Award
Ceiling: $300,000, Cost Sharing: No
Eligibility: Only Community-based organizations (CBOs) including
faith-based organizations (FBOs)/registered apprenticeship
(RAP) programs or (RAP) consortia. Each CBO/RAP consortium
must consist of a minimum of:1) a construction industry Registered
Apprenticeship Program sponsor, and 2) a CBO (which may be
faith based) with demonstrated experience in securing job
training services from established training institutions
such as community
colleges, and providing placement and support services to
women in construction industry jobs.
Description: To establish a grant program for the purpose
of assisting employers and labor unions in the placement
and retention
of women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations.
To conduct innovative projects to improve the recruitment,
selection, training, employment, and retention of women in
apprenticeships in the construction industry.
Application Information: FON: (SGA-DFA-PY-06-01). CFDA: 17.201;
Link to full announcement: http://www.doleta.gov/sga/sga.cfm or Federal Register notice: http://www.doleta.gov/sga/sga/SGA-DFA-PY-06-01-WANTO.pdf
Deadline: April 16, 2007
Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Environmental Protection
Funding Amount: EPA anticipates awarding 5 – 10 Level
I cooperative agreements ranging in approximate value from
$75,000 to $100,000. Most Level I agreements are expected to
be funded at the level of about $90,000 with a maximum value
of $100,000.
EPA also anticipates awarding 6 – 8 Level II cooperative
agreements ranging in approximate value from $150,000 to $300,000.
Most Level II agreements are expected to be funded at about
$275,000 with a maximum value of $300,000.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants include: private, public and
state controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits
having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions
of higher education; state, county, city, and township governments;
and Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
Description: Solicits proposals for financial assistance to
eligible entities through the Community for a Renewed Environment
(CARE) program. CARE is a unique community-based, community-driven,
multimedia demonstration program designed to help communities
understand and reduce risks due to toxics and environmental
pollutants from all sources. The CARE grant program will help
communities form collaborative partnerships, develop a comprehensive
understanding of the many sources of risk from toxics and environmental
pollutants, set priorities, and identify and carry out projects
to reduce risks through collaborative action at the local level.
CARE’s long-term goal is to help communities build self-sustaining,
community-based partnerships that will continue to improve
human health and local environments into the future. This is
the third year requesting proposals for the CARE grant program;
the first was in the spring of 2005. The objective of the CARE
grant program is to investigate the effectiveness of the CARE
process--whether this cross-Agency, multi-media program provides
greater environmental benefits than either non-collaborative
or single media approaches.
Application Information: FON: EPA-OAR-IO-07-02, CFDA: 66.035.
PDF version of proposal http://www.epa.gov/air/grants/07-02.pdf Link to EPA website RFP announcements: http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html#0702
Deadline: April 9, 2007
Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Program Grant
Funding Source: Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service; U.S. Department of Education
Funding Amount: Award ceiling: $440,000. Total project
periods may not exceed four (4) years
Eligibility: Only Extension Directors and Administrators
of 1862 Land-Grant Institutions and 1890 Land-Grant Institutions
are eligible to apply. Award recipients may subcontract to
organizations not eligible to apply if necessary
Description: The Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification
Program (YFSEC) supports national efforts that deliver training
to youth seeking employment or already employed in agricultural
production. The program has critical ties to the current
regulations for youth employment in agriculture for youth
under the age
of 16 employed in some agricultural occupations having obtained
certification. Due to regulation changes, USDA considers
training and certification innovations and the development
of appropriate
training and restrictions on youth employment in hazardous
agricultural jobs.
Application Information: FON: USDA-CSREES-SLBCD-000484 ;
CFDA: 10.500. For application and information visit: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/youth_farm.html Apply through Grants.gov website.
Deadline: April 6, 2007
Nuclear Education Grant Program
Funding Source: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Funding Amount: NRC expects to support a limited number of
awards of approximately $200,000 each through this solicitation.
The Commission may also elect to hold over select proposals
submitted for FY07 funding for FY08 funding consideration.
The amount of funding available through this announcement is
subject to the final FY07 appropriation.
Eligibility: Public and State controlled institutions of higher
education
Private institutions of higher education
Description: The purpose of this initiative is to support courses,
studies, training, curricula, and disciplines pertaining to
nuclear safety, nuclear security, or nuclear environmental
protection. Identify innovative instructional approaches or
techniques to enhance student learning, including distance
educational and experiential learning. Describe how the institution
will improve education infrastructure, teaching competencies,
subject matter expertise, and skills in serving students in
the target disciplines. Emphasis may be on the development
of stand-alone modules or entire courses of study. Projects
must have an academic focus within the areas of nuclear safety,
nuclear security, or nuclear environmental protection. Projects
may develop, revise, implement or improve nuclear education
infrastructure, teaching competencies, subject matter expertise,
and skills in serving students in significant nuclear programs.
Projects should identify innovative instructional approaches
or techniques to enhance student learning, including distance
educational and experiential learning. Emphasis may be on the
development of stand-alone modules or entire courses of study,
curricula, individual courses, and materials for teaching.
Projects may include some equipment directly associated with
implementing new curricula or programs. Curriculum development
projects may create resources such as source books, or teaching
guides on specific nuclear topics. Such materials may use print
or electronic formats, but the preparation of traditional textbooks
is ineligible for funding. Examples of activities that cannot
be supported include, but are not limited to: research projects,
fellowships, scholarships, large-scale acquisitions of computer
equipment, preparation or publication of textbooks or activities
by institutions that are not U.S. accredited institutions of
higher education as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 USC 1002).See full announcement document at
top of screen.
Application Information: FON: HR-FN207-EDU1; CFDA: 77.006;
Letters of intent are required prior to submission of full
proposals and must be received by 5 p.m. (EST) on Monday, March
12, 2007. Letters of Intent must be emailed to edugrants@nrc.gov.
Link to announcement on Grants.Gov website at: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?revNum=0&mode=VIEWREVISIONS under “Full Announcement” Tab.
Deadline: April 16, 2007
Parent Information and Training Program
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education
Funding Amount: Number of Awards: 7; Estimated Program Funding:
$700,000
Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations that meet the
requirements in section 303(c)(4) of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended (Act). An applicant organization-- (1)
Must demonstrate the capacity and expertise to-- (i) Coordinate
training and information activities with Centers for Independent
Living; (ii) Coordinate and work closely with parent information
and training centers established pursuant to section 671
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and (iii)
Effectively conduct the training and information activities
authorized in section 303 of the Act; (2)(i) Must be governed
by a board of directors-- (A) That includes professionals
in
the field of vocational rehabilitation; and (B) On which
a majority of the members are individuals with disabilities
or
the parents, family members, guardians, advocates, or authorized
representatives of the individuals; or (ii)(A) Must have
a membership that represents the interests of individuals
with
disabilities; and (B) Must establish a special governing
committee that includes professionals in the field of vocational
rehabilitation
and on which a majority of the members are individuals with
disabilities or the parents, family members, guardians, advocates,
or authorized representatives of the individuals; and (3)
Must serve individuals with a full range of disabilities
and the
parents, family members, guardians, advocates, or authorized
representatives of the individuals.
Description: This program is designed to support projects
that provide training and information to enable individuals
with
disabilities, and the parents, family members, guardians,
advocates, or other authorized representatives of the individuals,
to
participate more effectively with professionals in meeting
the vocational, independent living, and rehabilitation needs
of individuals with disabilities. These grants are designed
to meet the unique training and information needs of those
individuals who live in the area to be served, particularly
those who are members of populations that have been unserved
or underserved by programs under the Act
Application Information: CFDA: 84.235F; FON: ED-GRANTS-021207-001Applications
must be submitted electronically using Grants.gov Apply site
at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be
able to download a copy of the application package, complete
it
offline, and then upload and submit your application. Link
to Federal Register announcement: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-2370.pdf
Deadline: March 14, 2007
Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFC)
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA)
Funding Amount: Number of Awards: 60; Award Ceiling: $100,000.
Cost Sharing: Yes
Eligibility: DFC grant funds are intended to support community-based
coalitions.
Description: DFC is a collaborative initiative sponsored by
ONDCP in partnership with SAMHSA in order to achieve two major
goals: • Establish and strengthen collaboration among
communities, private nonprofit agencies, and Federal, State,
local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community
coalitions to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth. • Reduce
substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by
addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk
of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize
the risk of substance abuse. (Substances include, but are not
limited to, narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens,
cannabis, inhalants, alcohol, and tobacco, where their use
is prohibited by Federal, State, or local law.) Note: DFC projects
must focus on multiple drugs of abuse. When the term “drug” or “substance” is
used in this funding announcement, it is intended to include
all of the above drugs.
Application Information: FON: SP-07-001; CFDA: 93.276; Link
to announcement and application materials at : http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/sp_07_001.aspx
Deadline: April 17, 2007
Awards & Scholarships
New Freedom Initiative Award
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability
Employment Policy
Funding Award: recognition
Eligibility: The nominees must be individuals, businesses,
or non-profit
organizations whose activities exemplify the goals of President
George
W. Bush's New Freedom Initiative, which include the Office
of Disability Employment Policy's mission of increasing employment
opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities. Nominations
may be submitted by other persons and entities with the knowledge
and permission of the nominee. Self-nomination is also encouraged.
Nominees must have developed and implemented a multi-faceted
program directed toward increasing employment opportunities
for people with disabilities through increased access to
assistive technologies, and use of innovative training, hiring,
and retention
techniques.
Federal, State and local government organizations are not
eligible for this award.
Description: To encourage the use of public-private partnerships
this award is made annually to individual(s), non-profit
organization(s), or business(es), that have, through programs
or activities,
demonstrated exemplary and innovative efforts in furthering
the employment objectives of President George W. Bush's New
Freedom Initiative. By increasing access to assistive technologies,
and by utilizing innovative training, hiring, and retention
strategies, the recipient(s) will have established and instituted
comprehensive strategies to enhance the ability of Americans
with disabilities to enter and advance within the 21st Century
workforce and to participate in daily community life.
Application Information: For information and link to application
information visit website at http://www.dol.gov/odep/ Federal
Register PDF notice: http://www.dol.gov/odep/regs/fedreg/notices/2007002280.pdf
Nomination packages must be submitted to Secretary of Labor's
New Freedom Initiative Award, Office of Disability Employment
Policy, Room S-1303, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210 Confirmation of receipt of your application can
be made by contacting Margaret Roffee of the Office of Disability
Employment Policy, nfinomination@dol.gov, telephone (202)
693-7880,
(866) ODEP-DOL, TTY (202) 693-7881, prior to the closing
deadline.
Deadline: April 30, 2007
Excellence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly Awards
Funding Source: Home Depot Foundation
Funding Award: There are two award categories, homeownership
and rental. Within each category up to seven grants will
be awarded: $75,000 to the winning project, $25,000 to the
second
most competitive project, and up to 5 Honorable Mention grants
of $2,500 each. Visit webpage to learn more about award at
http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/awards.html
Eligibility: Eligible projects must have been developed by
a 501(c)(3) organization and completed and placed in service
between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2006
Description: identify, recognize, and showcase the outstanding
and innovative work of nonprofit housing development corporations
engaged in green building/healthy home construction and rehabilitation.
Application Information: For information about the award
and application online visit http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/awards_housing_apply.html
Deadline: March 31, 2007 Letter of Inquiry
Foundation/Organization
Grants:
Local Initiative Funding Partners 2008: Vulnerable Populations
Funding Source: Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
Funding Amount: Up to $5.8 million is available for the 2008
grant cycle; Up to 14 matching grants of $200,000 to $500,000
per project will be awarded. Matching funds must represent
new funding specifically designated to support the proposed
project. In-kind services may not be used to match foundation
funds.
Eligibility: Applicants may be either public entities or nonprofit
organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code. However, applicants may not be classified
as a private foundation under Section 509(a). To be eligible,
an applicant organization must demonstrate the fiscal capacity
to manage the funds.
Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker interested
in participating as one of the funding partners. Local funding
partners must be willing to work with each grantee to obtain
sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the
grant period. These funders may include independent and private
foundations, family and community foundations and corporate
and other philanthropies.
Description: The Local Initiative Funding Partners Program
(LIFP) is a partnership program between the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers to fund promising,
original projects to significantly improve the health of vulnerable
people in their communities. Projects must be new, innovative,
collaborative and community-based. Significant program expansions—such
as a major expansion into new regions or to new populations—may
also be considered. LIFP matching grants may not be used to
administer existing programs.
Application Information: Contact: Sandra Lopacki, deputy director
slopacki@lifp.org Office: (609) 275-4128 Link to full application
information at http://www.rwjf.org/files/applications/cfp/cfp_LIFP2008.pdf or web announcement: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19831&c=EMC-FA144
Deadline (s): May 15 and June 7, 2007—Optional conference
calls for potential applicants. June 2007—Stage 1 proposals
will be accepted throughout the month of June. July 10, 2007
(5 p.m. ET)— Deadline for receipt of Stage 1 brief proposals.
September 14, 2007—Applicants notified if they have been
invited to submit a full proposal. November 13, 2007— Deadline
for receipt of Stage 2 full proposals. February–April
2008—Site visits to select applicants. July 1, 2008—Start
of grant award period. July 10, 2007
Small Innovative Grants
Funding Source: American Legacy Foundation
Funding Amount: Twice a year renewable grants for up to $100,000
each for the first year of funding are issued. Upon invitation,
grantees may apply for a second year of funding for up to
50 percent of the amount awarded in the first year. Grantees
must
provide a 1:1 cash match for second-year funding. A match
is encouraged but not required for the first year of funding.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants include are state or local
political subdivisions; Indian reservations, tribes, or tribal
organizations; and legally constituted tax-exempt 501(c)(3)
organizations, based in the 46 states, District of Columbia,
and territories identified in the Master Settlement Agreement
with tobacco product manufacturers.
Description: The American Legacy Foundation aims to empower
young people with the knowledge and tools to reject tobacco
and eliminate disparities in access to tobacco prevention
and cessation services. Through its Small Innovative Grants
Program,
the foundation supports new or pilot projects that advance
creative, promising solutions of tobacco control.
Application Information: Application information and proposal
overview visit http://www.americanlegacy.org/Files/Guidelines_for_SIG_Letter_of_Intent_-Due_February_2007.doc For information from webpage visit http://www.americanlegacy.org/707.htm
Deadline: Letters of Intent Deadlines: February 23, 2007;
and summer of 2007.
2007 Proposals for Healthy Florida
Funding Source: The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida
Funding Amount: Award ceiling: $100,000.
Eligibility: Eligible recipients must have tax-exempt status
as a 501(c)(3) organization and be located in Florida.
Description: The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida seeks
to enhance access to quality health-related services for Floridians,
with a particular focus on the uninsured and underserved. In
2007, the foundation will focus on maximizing impact in the
area of community-based health clinics and outreach services.
Funding will be used to identify, nurture, and sustain such
activities to benefit underserved and uninsured populations
Application Information: For proposal application and technical
assistance visit webpage at: http://www.bcbsfl.com/index.cfm?section=visitors&fuseaction=BlueFoundation.home For more information: Email bluefoundationfl@bcbsfl.com Call
1-800-477-3736, ext. 63215. The foundation awards annually
through two proposal cycles, summer and winter. For PDFf version
of proposal information: http://www.bcbsfl.com/DocumentLibrary/AboutOurCompany/BlueFoundationRFPForm.pdf
Deadline: Deadlines: March 16, 2007; and September 14, 2007
Linking Adolescents at Risk for Suicide to Mental Health Services
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration,
Center for Mental Health Services
Funding Amount: Number of Awards: 7; Estimated Total Program
Funding: $1,858,000; Award Ceiling: $265,000. Proposed budgets
cannot exceed $265,000 in total costs (direct and indirect)
in any year of the proposed project.
Eligibility: limited to local educational agencies and domestic
public and private nonprofit entities working in conjunction
with local educational agencies. American Indian/Alaska Native
tribes and tribal organizations are encouraged to apply for
these grants. (Tribal organization means the recognized body
of any AI/AN tribe; any legally established organization of
American Indians/Alaska Natives which is controlled, sanctioned,
or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically
elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be
served by such organization and which includes the maximum
participation of American Indians/Alaska Natives in all phases
of its activities.) Previous cohort participants can apply
to continue the evaluation/documentation of the same practice
if it moves the practice forward in terms of replicability
and generalizability of practices and outcomes.
Description: The purpose of this program is to evaluate existing
voluntary school-based practices that focus on identifying
high school youth at risk for suicide or suicide attempts,
the processes by which these youth are referred to appropriate
mental health treatment and/or other services, and the outcomes
of these processes. According to the 2005 National Survey of
Drug Use and Health, 3.4 million youth ages 12 to 17 (13.7
percent of that population) reported at least one major depressive
episode in their lifetimes. An estimated 900,000 of these youth
made a plan to commit suicide during their worst or most recent
episode, and 712,000 actually made a suicide attempt. Many
school-based suicide prevention practices have been developed
and implemented for youth, but many of these efforts have not
been evaluated adequately to determine their effectiveness
in “real world” settings and whether they do, indeed,
lead to successful referrals for mental health services or
other sources of help. In addition, evaluations have not investigated
the practice support system, including the school context in
which the practice is implemented and the engagement of parents.
/legal guardians/other caregivers, without whom the practice
evaluations cannot take place. The youth suicide prevention
field clearly needs to better understand the context within
which the practice evaluations take place, to engage parents/legal
guardians/other caregivers, to further develop the evidence
base of existing school-based suicide prevention practices,
and to understand whether the practices lead to successful
referrals for services or other sources of help. All activities
undertaken in this grant program must take into account the
cultural background of the adolescents and their parents/legal
guardians/other caregivers, and they must be age appropriate.
Linking Adolescents at Risk for Suicide to Mental Health Services
is one of SAMHSA’s service-to-science grant programs.
SAMHSA’s service-to-science grants are designed to document
and evaluate innovative practices that address critical substance
abuse and mental health service gaps but have not yet been
adequately evaluated. Applicants who seek to stabilize, document,
and evaluate promising practices for mental health services
should apply for awards under this announcement. Linking Adolescents
at Risk for Suicide to Mental Health Services grants are authorized
under Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
This announcement addresses Healthy People 2010 focus area
18 (Mental Health and Mental Disorders).
Application Information: FON: SM-07-006; CFDA: 93.243; Link
to announcement: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/SM_07_006.aspx
Deadline: April 6, 2007
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