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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Arts/Culture
NEA Big Read

Children/Youth
Norris Foundation Youth Grants

Education
Foundations for Learning
Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program

Employment/Training
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations

Environment
Multistate Conservation Grant Program
North Dakota Conservation Innovation Grant
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
Resource Conservation Challenge Program
Coastal Program
Fund for Wild Nature Grants
Nutrients Benefits Valuation
NOAA Broad Agency Announcement

Health
Comprehensive Minority Institution/Cancer Center Partnership
The Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program
National Minority Organization Immunization Project
Black Lung Clinics
Local Initiative Funding Partners Program

Historic Preservation
Archives-Basic Projects
Archives-Detailed Processing Projects

HIV/AIDS
Tony Cox Community Fund

Housing
Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program for FY 2007
Section 202 Demonstration Pre-Development Grant Program

Justice
State and Local Data Collection on Human Trafficking Statistics
Project Safe Neighborhoods Anti-Gang Training Program

Libraries/Literacy
Books for Children

Native Americans/Alaska Natives
Indian Housing Block Grant Program
Social and Economic Development Strategies for Native Americans

Social Services
Income Level for Individuals Eligible for Legal Services Corporation Assistance

Veterans
VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program - Technical Assistance
VA Homeless Providers Per Diem Only Program
VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Special Need Program - New Projects
VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program - Current Providers

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Arts/Culture

NEA Big ReadDeadline: April 12, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To revitalize the role of literature in American popular culture and bring the transformative power of literature into the lives of its citizens by encouraging reading for pleasure and enlightenment. Contact: Arts Midwest, 612-341-0755. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12710&mode=VIEW.

Children/Youth

Norris Foundation Youth GrantsDeadline: March 31, 2007. 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; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.norrisfoundation.org/grant.html.

Education

Foundations for LearningDeadline: April 13, 2007. Eligibility: Local educational agencies, local councils, community and faith-based organizations, private nonprofit entities and combinations of such entities. Fund uses: To help eligible children become ready for school. Contact: Earl Myers, 202-708-8846; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3036.pdf.

Early Childhood Educator Professional Development ProgramDeadline: April 20, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, state and local educational agencies, state human services agencies, Head Start agencies, and other public agencies or private organizations. Fund uses: To enhance the school readiness of young children and prevent them from facing difficulties once they enter school by improving the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in communities with high concentrations of children living in poverty. Contact: Rosemary Fennell, 202-260-0792; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-2964.pdf.

Employment/Training

Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional OccupationsEffective: February 23, 2007. Action: Amended the supplementary information of its Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations grant solicitation to correct the number of sections. Contact: James Stockton, 202-693-3335. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3038.pdf.

Environment

Multistate Conservation Grant ProgramAction: Announced the fiscal year 2007 priority list of wildlife and sport fish conservation projects from which grantees under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program will be selected. Contact: John Stremple, 703-358-2156; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-830.pdf.

North Dakota Conservation Innovation GrantDeadline: April 6, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, individuals, institutions of higher education and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies. Contact: Linda McArthur, 701-530-2010. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12703&mode=VIEW.

Partners for Fish and Wildlife ProgramDeadline: September 28, 2007. Eligibility: Local and tribal governments, private landowners and educational institutions and organizations. Fund uses: To provide technical and financial assistance to private landowners to restore, enhance and manage fish and wildlife habitats on their own lands. Contact: Leopoldo Miranda-Castro, 703-358-2201. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12699&mode=VIEW.

Resource Conservation Challenge ProgramDeadline: April 11, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To increase recycling of municipal solid waste and industrial materials in Environmental Protection Agency Region 5. Contact: Susan Mooney, 312-886-3584. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12681&mode=VIEW.

Coastal ProgramDeadline: September 30, 2007. Eligibility: Federal, state, interstate and intrastate agencies, local and tribal governments, public nonprofit organizations, U.S. territories, and private landowners, including individuals and businesses. Fund uses: To conserve coastal ecosystems through assessment, protection and restoration. Contact: Sally Valdes, 703-358-7134. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12692&mode=VIEW.

Fund for Wild Nature GrantsDeadline: April 27, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support campaigns to save and restore native species and wild ecosystems, including actions to defend wilderness and biological diversity. Contact: Fund for Wild Nature, 503-230-0075; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.fundwildnature.org/proposal.html.

Nutrients Benefits ValuationDeadline: May 1, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, individuals, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To help states estimate monetary benefits associated with nutrient reductions as they strive to adopt numeric nutrient criteria into their water quality standards. Contact: Todd Doley, 202-566-1160. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12666&mode=VIEW.

NOAA Broad Agency AnnouncementDeadline: September 28, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, individuals, institutions of higher education and international, foreign, commercial and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support special projects and programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's strategic plan and mission goals that are not normally funded under its competitive discretionary programs. Contact: Steve Drescher, 301-713-0926. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12665&mode=VIEW.

Health

Comprehensive Minority Institution/Cancer Center PartnershipDeadline: April 14, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support collaborations among minority-serving institutions and cancer centers to develop stronger national cancer programs aimed at understanding the significant cancer disparities and related impacts on racial and ethnic minority and socio-economically disadvantaged populations. Contact: H. Nelson Aguila, 301-496-7344; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12718&mode=VIEW.

The Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research ProgramDeadline: April 23, 2007. Eligibility: State and local governments, universities, colleges and research institutions. Fund uses: To support independent investigator-initiated research to assess in persons from the Great Lakes states the adverse human health effects of water pollutants via diet, such as the consumption of contaminated fish from the Great Lakes. Contact: PGOTIMS, 770-488-2700. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12728&mode=VIEW.

National Minority Organization Immunization ProjectDeadline: April 23, 2007. Eligibility: Indian tribes, governments and organizations and faith-based and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To assist national minority organizations with the promotion and improvement of childhood, adolescent and adult immunization coverage levels among racial and ethnic minorities. Contact: CDC Technical Information Management Section, 770-488-2700. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12712&mode=VIEW.

Black Lung ClinicsDeadline: March 27, 2007. Eligibility: Current grantees whose projects expire in fiscal year 2007, states, and public and private nonprofit organizations proposing to serve the same areas or populations being served by existing programs. Fund uses: To provide treatment and rehabilitation for black lung patients and others with occupationally related pulmonary diseases. Contact: Kristin Martinsen, 301-594-4438; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12687&mode=VIEW.

Local Initiative Funding Partners ProgramDeadline: July 10, 2007. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support through a dollar-for-dollar match local grantmakers who are funding a community-based project that focuses on the health or health care problems of people who are not reached by traditional health and social services programs. Contact: Pauline M. Seitz, 609-275-4128; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.lifp.org/html/apply/cfp.html.

Historic Preservation

Archives-Basic ProjectsDeadline: October 1, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support backlog processing and collections cataloging, preservation planning and/or collections development. Contact: David Davis, 202-357-5022. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12736&mode=VIEW.

Archives-Detailed Processing ProjectsDeadline: October 1, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support detailed processing and preservation of collections of national significance. Contact: David Davis, 202-357-5022. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12738&mode=VIEW.

HIV/AIDS

Tony Cox Community FundDeadline: March 16, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and AIDS service organizations. Fund uses: To encourage community-based AIDS organizations and cable outlets to partner in community outreach efforts, or to produce and distribute new, locally focused HIV/AIDS-related programs and public service announcements. Contact: Thomas Henning, 212-459-1606; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.cablepositive.org/programs-tonycox.html.

Housing

Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program for FY 2007Deadline: September 28, 2007. Eligibility: State and local housing finance agencies and businesses. Fund uses: To develop affordable rural rental housing. Contact: C.B. Alonso, 202-720-1624; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3172.pdf.

Section 202 Demonstration Pre-Development Grant ProgramDeadline: March 28, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations selected for fiscal 2006 Fund Reservation Awards under the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program. Fund uses: To provide predevelopment funding for architectural and engineering work, site control and other planning-related expenses that are eligible for funding under the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program. Contact: Brenda Butler, 202-708-3000; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3142.pdf.

Justice

State and Local Data Collection on Human Trafficking StatisticsDeadline: March 29, 2007. Eligibility: For-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To develop and implement a data collection protocol for state and local criminal justice information on human trafficking offenders. Contact: Lisa Price-Grear, 202-616-3561. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12693&mode=VIEW.

Project Safe Neighborhoods Anti-Gang Training ProgramDeadline: March 20, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To develop anti-gang curricula and deliver training to local law enforcement agencies and other justice agencies in conjunction with the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. Contact: Joe Husted, 202-353-4411. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12668&mode=VIEW.

Libraries/Literacy

Books for ChildrenDeadline: April 15, 2007. Eligibility: Rural public libraries. Fund uses: To help rural libraries acquire new, quality, hardcover children's books they could not otherwise afford to buy. Contact: Barbara J. McKillip, 541-747-9655; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.librifoundation.org.

Native Americans/Alaska Natives

Indian Housing Block Grant ProgramComments: April 23, 2007. Action: Reopened the public comment period on the use of multi-race data in computing the Indian Housing Block Grant program formula. Contact: Rodger Boyd, 202-401-7914. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-2832.pdf.

Social and Economic Development Strategies for Native AmericansDeadline: March 26, 2007. Eligibility: Tribal governments, organizations and consortia; urban Indian centers; Alaska Native villages, consortia and nonprofit regional corporations/associations; tribally controlled institutions of higher education or those that serve Native Pacific Islanders; and nonprofit organizations serving Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Hawaiians or people from Guam, American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Fund uses: To promote economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Alaska Natives and other Native American Pacific Islanders. Contact: ANA Applicant Help Desk, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12672&mode=VIEW.

Social Services

Income Level for Individuals Eligible for Legal Services Corporation AssistanceEffective: February 23, 2007. C.F.R.: 45 CFR Part 1611. Action: Updated the maximum income levels for individuals eligible for legal assistance, reflecting the annual amendments to the federal poverty guidelines. Contact: Mattie Cohan, 202-295-1624; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3074.pdf.

Veterans

VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program - Technical AssistanceDeadline: April 4, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To provide technical assistance to nonprofit community-based groups with experience in providing assistance to homeless veterans to help these groups apply for grants. Contact: Guy Liedke, 877-332-0334. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3020.pdf.

VA Homeless Providers Per Diem Only ProgramDeadline: April 4, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, and community and faith-based organizations and programs that serve women veterans with dependent children. Fund uses: To offer services to homeless veterans, especially women veterans with dependent children, by providing aid for supportive housing. Contact: Guy Liedke, 877-332-0334. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3024.pdf.

VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Special Need Program - New ProjectsDeadline: April 4, 2007. Eligibility: Currently operational Grant and Per Diem providers. Fund uses: To create new projects that will deliver services to the homeless special need veteran population, which includes the seriously mentally ill, women, the frail elderly and the terminally ill, in an effort to end chronic homelessness among the nation's veterans. Contact: Guy Liedke, 877-332-0334. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3029.pdf.

VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program - Current ProvidersDeadline: April 4, 2007. Eligibility: Currently operational Grant and Per Diem Special Need recipients and their collaborative VA partners. Fund uses: To continue to deliver services to the homeless special need veteran population, which includes the seriously mentally ill, women, the frail elderly and the terminally ill, in an effort to end chronic homelessness among the nation's veterans. Contact: Guy Liedke, 877-332-0334. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3031.pdf.

 
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