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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Agriculture
National Forest System Land Management Planning
Children/Youth
Pay It Forward Foundation Mini-Grants
Community Development
Norris Foundation Community Grants
Suspension of Geographically Updated Population Certification Program
Community Service
National Service Criminal History Checks
Volunteer Management
Education
Head Start University Partnership Research: Strategies for Developing Teacher Effectiveness
Environment
Captain Planet Environmental Grants
Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities
Health
Residency Training in Primary Care
Physician Assistant Training in Primary Care
Faculty Development in Primary Care
Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional Program
Research on Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect
Housing
Additional Waivers Granted to the State of Mississippi
Additional Common Waivers Granted to CDBG Disaster Recovery Grantees
Accessibility Guidelines for Emergency Transportable Housing
Disaster Housing Assistance Program
Individuals With Disabilities
Small Business Innovative Research Program
Social Services
State Option to Establish Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Program
Hospital Participation Conditions: Laboratory Services
Transportation
Bus and Bus Facilities Program and Alternatives Analysis Program
Violence Prevention
OVW Technical Assistance Program
Disclaimer
Agriculture
National Forest System Land Management Planning — Comments: October 22, 2007. C.F.R.: 36 CFR Part 219. Action: The Forest Service proposed a rule governing National Forest System land management planning and requested comments. Contact: Regis Terney, 202-205-1552. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16378.pdf.
Children/Youth
Pay It Forward Foundation Mini-Grants — Deadline: October 15, 2007. Eligibility: Schools, churches and community youth groups. Fund uses: To support service activities that benefit a school, a neighborhood or the greater community, and that include learning goals for the youth participants. Contact: Pay It Forward Foundation,
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More information: http://payitforwardfoundation.org/educators/grant.html.
Community Development
Norris Foundation Community Grants — Deadline: January 31, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, primarily in Southern California. Fund uses: To fund projects that lead to enlightenment through education, cultivation of the arts, individual responsibility, freedom and dignity. Contact: Ronald Barnes, 562-435-8444;
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More information: http://www.norrisfoundation.org/grant.html.
Suspension of Geographically Updated Population Certification Program — Effective: January 1, 2008. Action: On January 1, 2008 the Bureau of the Census will suspend the Geographically Updated Population Certification Program for five years - the two years preceding the decennial census, the decennial census year, and the two years following it - to accommodate the 2010 Census. Contact: Darryl Cohen, 301-763-2419;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16365.pdf.
Community Service
National Service Criminal History Checks — Effective: November 23, 2007. C.F.R.: 45 CFR Parts 2510, 2522, 2540, 2551 and 2552. Action: The Corporation for National and Community Service issued a regulation requiring grantees to conduct and document National Service Criminal History Checks on Senior Companion, Foster Grandparents and AmeriCorps State and National participants and grant-funded staff. Contact: Amy Borgstrom, 202-606-6930;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16681.pdf.
Volunteer Management — Deadline: September 6, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, independent school districts and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To support the efforts of national and statewide nonprofit organizations to increase volunteer retention and expand the use volunteers. Contact: Special Initiatives Hotline, 202-606-7507;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15235&mode=VIEW.
Education
Head Start University Partnership Research: Strategies for Developing Teacher Effectiveness — Deadline: December 19, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To identify and assess effective strategies and interventions that develop and sustain the Head Start teacher behaviors likely to improve child outcomes. Contact: Head Start Research Support,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15288&mode=VIEW.
Environment
Captain Planet Environmental Grants — Deadline: September 30, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and schools. Fund uses: To support hands-on environmental projects for youth in grades K-12 and encourage innovative activities that empower children around the world to work individually and collectively as environmental stewards. Contact: Taryn Murphy,
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More information: http://www.captainplanetfdn.org/grants.html.
Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities — Deadline: October 2, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To provide technical assistance to communities facing brownfield cleanup and redevelopment challenges. Contact: Debi Morey, 202-566-2735;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15233&mode=VIEW.
Health
Residency Training in Primary Care — Deadline: December 10, 2007. Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit hospitals, accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine and public or private nonprofit entities. Fund uses: To plan, develop and operate or participate in approved residency programs in family medicine, general internal medicine and general pediatrics. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 877-464-4772;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15291&mode=VIEW.
Physician Assistant Training in Primary Care — Deadline: December 10, 2007. Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit hospitals, accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine and public or private nonprofit entities. Fund uses: To meet the costs of projects to plan, develop and operate or maintain approved programs for the training of physician assistants and of individuals who will teach in programs to provide such training. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 877-464-4772;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15294&mode=VIEW.
Faculty Development in Primary Care — Deadline: December 10, 2007. Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit hospitals, accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine and public or private nonprofit entities. Fund uses: To plan, develop and operate programs to train physicians who plan to teach in family medicine, geriatrics, general internal medicine and general pediatrics training programs. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 877-464-4772;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15292&mode=VIEW.
Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional Program — Deadline: October 22, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To intensify local outreach to and identification of victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons. Contact: Vanessa Garza;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15287&mode=VIEW.
Research on Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect — Deadline: October 5, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, foreign institutions, nonprofit, for-profit and tribal organizations, small businesses, public and Indian housing authorities and school districts. Fund uses: To conduct efficacy and effectiveness trials of child abuse and neglect interventions. Contact: NIH OER Webmaster,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15253&mode=VIEW.
Housing
Additional Waivers Granted to the State of Mississippi — Effective: August 29, 2007. Action: Department of Housing and Urban Development granted additional waivers for a $600 million infrastructure program to be funded from the disaster recovery grant made to Mississippi. Contact: Jessie Handforth Kome, 202-708-3587. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16632.pdf.
Additional Common Waivers Granted to CDBG Disaster Recovery Grantees — Effective: August 29, 2007. Action: Department of Housing and Urban Development granted additional waivers for disaster recovery grants made to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas under the Community Development Block Grant Program disaster recovery program. Contact: Jessie Handforth Kome, 202-708-3587. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16631.pdf.
Accessibility Guidelines for Emergency Transportable Housing — C.F.R.: 36 CFR Parts 1190 and 1191. Action: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board established an advisory committee to help develop accessibility guidelines for emergency transportable housing and announced the time and place of the first committee meeting. Contact: Marsha Mazz, 202-272-0020;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16707.pdf.
Disaster Housing Assistance Program — Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Emergency Management Agency executed an interagency agreement establishing a pilot grant program, the Disaster Housing Assistance Program. Contact: Donna Dannels, 202-646-7082. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16602.pdf.
Individuals With Disabilities
Small Business Innovative Research Program — Deadline: October 22, 2007. Eligibility: Small businesses. Fund uses: To stimulate technological innovation in the private sector and strengthen the role of small business in meeting federal research and development needs. Contact: Dr. William Goggin, 202-219-2099. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16609.pdf.
Social Services
State Option to Establish Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Program — Comments: September 24, 2007. C.F.R.: 42 CFR Part 440. Action: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed to provide states with additional state plan flexibility to establish a non-emergency medical transportation brokerage program and to receive the federal medical assistance percentage rate. Contact: Donna Schmidt, 410-786-5532. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16172.pdf.
Hospital Participation Conditions: Laboratory Services — Effective: February 20, 2008. Comments: October 23, 2007. C.F.R.: 42 CFR Part 482. Action: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid interim final rule requires hospitals that transfuse blood and blood components to adopt procedures to prevent the transmission of hepatitis C virus. Contact: Mary Collins, 410-786-3189. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-16647.pdf.
Transportation
Bus and Bus Facilities Program and Alternatives Analysis Program — Action: The Federal Transit Administration announced the projects selected for funding under FY 2007 appropriations for the Bus and Bus Facilities Program and Alternatives Analysis program. Contact: Mary Martha, 202-366-2053. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-4125.pdf.
Violence Prevention
OVW Technical Assistance Program — Deadline: September 26, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To provide direct assistance to grantees and subgrantees to enhance the success of local projects they are implementing with Violence Against Women Act funds. Contact: Lauren Nassikas, 202-307-6026;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15307&mode=VIEW.
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