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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Children/Youth Relatives as Parents Program Youth Violence Prevention Through Community-Level Change Community Development Awards of Excellence for Community Trees Education Pathways Out of Poverty Environment West Coast Estuaries Initiative for Puget Sound Implementation of the Compliance/Prevention Underground Storage Tank Program and the Cleanup of Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program State Innovation Grant Program 2008 Weatherization Formula Grants Investigation of the Associations Between Air Pollution and Health Using Alternative Estimates of Human Exposure Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319 Health New Jersey Health Initiatives: Safe Dates Service Expansion in Mental Health/Substance Abuse, Oral Health and Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (Pharmacy) Service Expansion in Mental Health/Substance Abuse, Oral Health and Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (Oral Health) Service Expansion in Mental Health/Substance Abuse, Oral Health and Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (Mental Health/Substance Abuse) University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service HIV/AIDS Tony Cox Community Fund Homeland Security Rapid Technology Application Program - Explosives Detection Rapid Technology Application Program - Communications & Maritime Safety Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for DHS Science & Technology Housing Project-Based Voucher Rents for Units Receiving Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; Final Rule Justice Notice of Intent To Award - Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients Beginning January 1, 2008 Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program Social Services SSA Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Projects Transportation 2008 Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program High Priority and New Entrant Grant Funding Congestion-Reduction Demonstration Initiatives Disclaimer
Children/Youth
Relatives as Parents Program — Deadline: January 10, 2008. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations, and the following state and territorial governments: Alaska, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah and Puerto Rico. Fund uses: To encourage and promote the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting due to the absence of the child's biologic parents. Contact: Melinda Perez-Porter,
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More information: http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/relativesasparents.htm.
Youth Violence Prevention Through Community-Level Change — Deadline: February 5, 2008. Eligibility: For-profit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, nonprofit organizations, state, local and tribal governments, tribal organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To assess the efficacy or effectiveness of interventions designed to change community characteristics and social processes to reduce rates of youth violence perpetration and victimization. Contact: PGOTIMS, 770-488-2700;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15942&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Community Development
Awards of Excellence for Community Trees — Deadline: December 14, 2007. Eligibility: Partnerships consisting of U.S. cities and one or more private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To identify, recognize and showcase outstanding, innovative work of public-private partnerships engaged in enhancing and strengthening communities through the strategic use of trees. Contact: United States Conference of Mayors,
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More information: http://usmayors.org/trees/communitytrees2008_guidelines.pdf.
Education
Pathways Out of Poverty — Deadline: February 12, 2008. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations located in the District of Columbia, the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, and the city of Alexandria in Virginia, and Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland. Fund uses: To help needy young people and adults gain a quality education. Contact: Marcela Brane, 202-223-8801;
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More information: http://www.herbblockfoundation.org/HerbBlockFoundation/content.aspx?page=4778624&_redir=109.
Environment
West Coast Estuaries Initiative for Puget Sound — Deadline: January 31, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations and private institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To support the protection and restoration of high-value Puget Sound aquatic resources in areas threatened by growth pressure through holistic watershed protection and management approaches at the local level. Contact: Sally Hanft, 206-553-1207;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15976&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Implementation of the Compliance/Prevention Underground Storage Tank Program and the Cleanup of Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program — Deadline: December 21, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To promote the prevention, identification, corrective action and management of releases from federally regulated underground storage tanks through training of state and tribal personnel, forums for information exchange, electronic dissemination of the results of studies and research, and coordination that promotes cooperation among federal, state and tribal programs. Contact: Steven McNeely, 703-603-7164;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15973&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
State Innovation Grant Program — Deadline: January 3, 2008. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To support projects that promote the testing of innovative approaches in state permitting programs that strive to create a performance-based regulatory system, promote environmental stewardship and beyond-compliance business operation, and/or promote a culture of creative environmental problem solving. Contact: Sherri Walker, 202-566-2186;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15983&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
2008 Weatherization Formula Grants — Deadline: August 1, 2008. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low-income persons, reduce their total residential expenditures, and improve their health and safety. Contact: Jacqulyn M. Wilson, 304-285-4135;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15957&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Investigation of the Associations Between Air Pollution and Health Using Alternative Estimates of Human Exposure — Deadline: January 30, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and individuals. Fund uses: To demonstrate the utility of improving the exposure assignments made in the commonly performed epidemiologic studies of effects of ambient air pollution on human health. Contact: Walter Stutts, 513-569-7487;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15949&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319 — Deadline: January 15, 2008. Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian tribes and intertribal consortia. Fund uses: To implement approved nonpoint source management programs with the primary goal of controlling NPS pollution through implementation of management measures and practices to reduce pollutant loadings resulting from each category or subcategory of NPS identified in a tribe's NPS assessment report. Contact: Andrea Matzke, 202-566-1150;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15945&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Health
New Jersey Health Initiatives: Safe Dates — Deadline: January 24, 2008. Eligibility: State and local government entities and public nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support projects that provide dating violence prevention programs targeted to adolescents utilizing the "Safe Dates" curriculum. Contact: Gretchen Hartling, 856-225-6733;
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More information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20101.
Service Expansion in Mental Health/Substance Abuse, Oral Health and Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (Pharmacy) — Deadline: January 17, 2008. Eligibility: Section 330-funded health center grantees. Fund uses: To improve the health status of communities served by health centers and reduce disparities in access to health care by providing mental health, substance abuse, oral health and comprehensive pharmacy services to targeted populations. Contact: Kristi Messer, 301-594-4300;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15955&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Service Expansion in Mental Health/Substance Abuse, Oral Health and Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (Oral Health) — Deadline: January 16, 2008. Eligibility: Section 330-funded health center grantees. Fund uses: To improve the health status of communities served by health centers and reduce disparities in access to health care by providing mental health, substance abuse, oral health and comprehensive pharmacy services to targeted populations. Contact: Kristi Messer, 301-594-4300;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15953&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Service Expansion in Mental Health/Substance Abuse, Oral Health and Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (Mental Health/Substance Abuse) — Deadline: January 15, 2008. Eligibility: Section 330-funded health center grantees. Fund uses: To improve the health status of communities served by health centers and reduce disparities in access to health care by providing mental health, substance abuse, oral health and comprehensive pharmacy services to targeted populations. Contact: Kristi Messer, 301-594-4300;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15954&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service — Deadline: January 7, 2008. Eligibility: The 17 current ADD grantees that are designated UCEDDs whose five-year funding will end on June 30, 2008. Fund uses: To carry out four core functions: interdisciplinary pre-service preparation and continuing education of students and fellows; community services, including training, technical assistance, and demonstration and model activities; research; and dissemination of information. Contact: Jennifer G. Johnson,
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15941&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
HIV/AIDS
Tony Cox Community Fund — Deadline: March 15, 2008. Eligibility: Partnerships of local cable companies and AIDS service organizations, community-based organizations or other private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To produce and distribute new locally focused HIV/AIDS-related programs and public service announcements. Contact: Lauren Horowitz, 212-459-1504;
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More information: http://www.cablepositive.org/programs-tonycox.html.
Homeland Security
Rapid Technology Application Program - Explosives Detection — Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To promote the rapid prototyping of systems for explosives detection. Contact: Linda Mulligan,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=40060&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Rapid Technology Application Program - Communications & Maritime Safety — Deadline: December 20, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, for-profit organizations, public housing authorities, private nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Indian tribal organizations and individuals. Fund uses: To solicit white papers and proposals for the rapid prototyping of systems in communications and maritime safety. Contact: Linda Mulligan,
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=40059&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for DHS Science & Technology — Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To promote long-range science and technology projects and innovative prototypes that offer potential for advancement and improvement of homeland security missions and operations. Contact: Linda Mulligan,
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=40057&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Housing
Project-Based Voucher Rents for Units Receiving Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; Final Rule — C.F.R.: 24 CFR Part 983. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a final rule revising the low-income housing tax credit rent provisions of HUD's project-based voucher program regulations. Contact: David Vargas, 202-708-2815. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-22526.pdf.
Justice
Notice of Intent To Award - Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients Beginning January 1, 2008 — Comments: December 19, 2007. Action: The Legal Services Corporation announced its intention to award grants and contracts to provide economical and effective delivery of high-quality civil legal services to eligible low-income clients, beginning January 1, 2008. Contact: Reginald Haley, 202-295-1545;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-22539.pdf.
Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program — Deadline: January 10, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To implement an adult drug court, which can be a specially designed court calendar or docket as well as a specialized court program, to target nonviolent offenders. Contact: Christopher Casto, 202-353-7193;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15939&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Social Services
SSA Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Projects — Deadline: December 31, 2007. Eligibility: Current Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program grantees who have a current budget period end date of March 31, 2008. Fund uses: To provide work incentives planning, assistance and outreach. Contact: Gary Stammer, 410-965-9501;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=40056&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Transportation
2008 Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program High Priority and New Entrant Grant Funding — Deadline: January 5, 2008. Fund uses: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published an opportunity to apply for FY 2008 MCSAP High Priority and New Entrant grant funding on the Grants.gov Web site. Contact: Jack Kostelnik, 202-366-5721. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-22187.pdf.
Congestion-Reduction Demonstration Initiatives — Deadline: December 31, 2007. Action: The Department of Transportation solicited proposals to enter into certain agreements to support congestion pricing along with complementary transportation solutions proposed by jurisdictions designated as recipients of federal assistance. Contact: David Horner, 202-689-4464. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-22117.pdf. |
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