August 19, 2008

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill Community Development State Wildlife Grants Competitive Program Boating Infrastructure Grant Program Request for Proposals Employment/Training Senior Community Service Employment Program Assistance to Conform to Sections 3013(h) and 3031 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act Environment Venture Philanthropy Fund Grant Shell Marine Habitat Program: Alaska and Gulf of Mexico Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act; Expected Changes to the Grant Allocation Formula Grants Management Financial Reporting for Grants and Cooperative Agreements; Federal Financial Report Health 2008 Community Mini-Grant Program Partners Investing in Nursing's Future Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Fire Safety Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities, Automatic Sprinkler Systems State Protection and Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury Program Enhanced HIV/AIDS Surveillance for Perinatal Prevention Housing Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless Housing for Everyone Grants Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program; Notice of Funding Availability; Deadline for Applications and Technical Corrections Libraries/Literacy Connecting to Collections Statewide Planning Grants Recreation Boating Safety Grants Rural Development/Services Interconnection of Distributed Resources Veterans Priority of Service for Covered Persons Disclaimer Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill — Deadline: September 8, 2008. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Contact: Trista Etzig, 202-690-4942; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=42629&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Community Development State Wildlife Grants Competitive Program — Deadline: November 17, 2008. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To implement strategies and actions contained in approved comprehensive wildlife conservation plans. Contact: Steve Jose, 703-358-2156; 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=42534&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Boating Infrastructure Grant Program Request for Proposals — Deadline: October 31, 2008. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To construct, renovate, and maintain either publicly or privately owned boating infrastructure tie-up facilities for transient, nontrailerable recreational vessels. Contact: Steve Jose, 703-358-1851; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=42611&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Employment/Training Senior Community Service Employment Program — Comments: October 14, 2008. C.F.R.: 20 C.F.R. Part 641. Action: The Department of Labor proposed changes in the Senior Community Service Employment Program resulting from the 2006 Amendments to Title V of the Older Americans Act to clarify various policies. Contact: Sherril Hurd, 202-693-3700. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-17802.pdf. Processing Applications for Assistance to Conform to Sections 3013(h) and 3031 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act — Effective: October 1, 2008. Action: The Department of Labor changed its guidelines for the administration responsibility under the federal transit law. Contact: Ann Cormer, 202-693-0126; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-18497.pdf. Environment Venture Philanthropy Fund Grant — Deadline: September 26, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations in New York City with an annual operating budget of less than $200,000. Fund uses: To support an organization working to improve the environment in New York City. Contact: NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://nycvpf.org/grantseekers/. Shell Marine Habitat Program: Alaska and Gulf of Mexico — Deadline: September 2, 2008. Eligibility: State and local government agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To fund conservation and restoration projects off the coast of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico that protect marine ecosystems. Contact: Suzanne Sessine, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Browse_All_Programs&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=32&ContentID=10091. Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act; Expected Changes to the Grant Allocation Formula — Action: The Environmental Protection Agency considered changes to the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act's allocation formula for the award of grants in 2010 and is providing states, territories and tribes advance notice of expected changes. Contact: Lars Wilcut, 202-566-0447; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-18739.pdf. Grants Management Financial Reporting for Grants and Cooperative Agreements; Federal Financial Report — Comments: September 13, 2008. Action: The Office of Management and Budget is consolidating and replacing four existing financial reporting forms with a single Federal Financial Report to give recipients of grants and cooperative agreements a standard format for reporting the financial status of their grants and cooperative agreements. Contact: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 202-395-7316; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-18783.pdf. Health 2008 Community Mini-Grant Program — Deadline: September 30, 2008. Eligibility: Community-based oral health programs in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Fund uses: To support programs that improve oral health, particularly for low-income children. Contact: Delta Dental Foundation, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.deltadentalmi.com/ddf/DDF_CMGP08.htm. Partners Investing in Nursing's Future — Deadline: October 2, 2008. Eligibility: Public charities and private, grant-making charitable foundations. Fund uses: To fund partnerships with local and regional foundations to promote work on nursing workforce issues. Contact: Judith L. Woodruff, J.D., 971-230-0093; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20461. Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Fire Safety Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities, Automatic Sprinkler Systems — Effective: October 14, 2008. C.F.R.: 42 C.F.R. Part 483. Action: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will require all long-term care facilities to be equipped with sprinkler systems by Aug. 13, 2013. Contact: Danielle Shearer, 410-786-6617. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-18670.pdf. State Protection and Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury Program — Deadline: September 11, 2008. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To provide services to support the rights of people with traumatic brain injury through provision of information, referrals and advice; individual and family advocacy; legal representation; and specific assistance in self-advocacy. Contact: David Hepple, 301-998-7373; 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=18224&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Enhanced HIV/AIDS Surveillance for Perinatal Prevention — Deadline: September 26, 2008. Eligibility: The governments of Chicago, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Houston, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Philadelphia, Puerto Rico, South Carolina and Texas. Fund uses: To target and follow the progress toward maximal reduction of perinatal transmission. Contact: Carolyn Thomas, 404-639-8054; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=18223&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Housing Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless — Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development identified unused, underutilized, excess and surplus federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless. Contact: Kathy Ezzell, 202-708-1234. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-18664.pdf. Housing for Everyone Grants — Deadline: September 12, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit housing organizations located in a TD Bank, N.A. CRA assessment area. Fund uses: To provide funding for operating expenses and capacity building at local nonprofit organizations that develop housing for low-income persons. Contact: Michael L. Rayder, Jr., 207-756-6947; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.commerceonline.com/communityrelations/housing_for_everyone_guidelines.cfm. Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program; Notice of Funding Availability; Deadline for Applications and Technical Corrections — Deadline: September 26, 2008. Eligibility: Public housing authorities and private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To reduce the incidence of homelessness in communities by assisting homeless individuals and families to move to self sufficiency and permanent housing. Contact: E-snaps Help Desk, 877-637-6277. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-18662.pdf. Libraries/Literacy Connecting to Collections Statewide Planning Grants — Deadline: October 16, 2008. Eligibility: All applications are required to reflect multiple partnerships, including representatives of libraries, museums, archives, statewide service organizations and state agencies. Fund uses: to address the recommendations of the Heritage Health Index, which found the collections held in the public trust by libraries, museums and archives to be at great risk. Contact: Christine Henry, 202-653-4674; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=42592&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Recreation Boating Safety Grants — Deadline: November 1, 2008. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To fund boating safety education programs for local waterways. Contact: Grant Administrator, 800-245-2628 ext. 8354; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.boatus.com/foundation/Grants/index.htm. Rural Development/Services Interconnection of Distributed Resources — Comments: October 14, 2008. C.F.R.: 7 C.F.R. Part 1730. Action: The Rural Utilities Service proposed to require that Rural Development Electric Program borrowers will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a written standard policy relating to the interconnection of distributed resources. Contact: Georg Shultz, 202-720-1900; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-18800.pdf. Veterans Priority of Service for Covered Persons — Comments: October 14, 2008. C.F.R.: 20 C.F.R. Part 1010. Action: The Department of Labor proposed a rule to implement priority of service in qualified job training programs prescribed in Section 2(a)(1) of the Jobs for Veterans Act. Contact: Pamela Langley, 202-693-4708; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-18869.pdf.   This newsletter contains links to external sites that are not owned or controlled by Thompson. 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