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October 21, 2008 |
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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Arts/Culture
Fund for National Projects
Children/Youth
Lois B. Cohan Museums to Go Grants
Community Development
Asian Giving Circle
Education
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services - Regional Technical Assistance and Continuing Education Centers
Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as Amended by the No Child Left Behind Act
Employment/Training
Community-Based Job Training Grants
Environment
Extension of Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule Deadline for Authorized Programs
State Innovation Grant Program
Coastal Impact Assistance Program for Construction or Construction with a Non-Construction Component (Alaska Recipients Only)
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for Non-Construction (Alaska Recipients Only)
Water Conservation Fields Services Program
Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act
Health
Disparities in Perinatal Health-Border, Alaska and Hawaii
Healthy Start Initiative - Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities
Characterizing the Blood Stem Cell Niche
Public Education Efforts to Increase Solid Organ Donation
Pediatric Cardiac Genomics Consortium
Cardiac Development Consortium
Housing
Housing Impact Grants
State Community Development Block Grant Program
Civil Money Penalties; Certain Prohibited Conduct
Public Housing Operating Fund Program
Section 202 Demonstration Pre-Development Grant Program
Rural Development/Services
Rural Development Grants
Telecommunications
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program
Transportation
Fiscal Year 2009 Safety Grants and Solicitation for Applications
SAFETEA-LU Magnetic Levitation Project Selection
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Fiscal Year 2009 Safety Data Improvement Program
Capital Assistance to States - Intercity Passenger Rail Service Program
2009 New Entrant Safety Assurance Program
Disclaimer
Arts/Culture
Fund for National Projects — Deadline: December 1, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and consortia consisting of multiple nonprofits. Fund uses: To support dance, jazz and theater performance projects nationwide. Contact: DDCF Headquarters & Grantmaking Programs, 212-974-7000. More information: http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=700.
Children/Youth
Lois B. Cohan Museums to Go Grants — Deadline: January 15, 2009. Eligibility: Nonprofit, nonsectarian child care programs licensed to operate in Pennsylvania. Fund uses: To help inner-city Philadelphia child care centers to bring age-appropriate cultural programs from local museums into their classrooms. Contact: Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation, 610-992-1140;
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More information: http://www.tllccf.org/pr_museums2go.php.
Community Development
Asian Giving Circle — Deadline: November 7, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations serving Asian populations in the Chicago metropolitan area with annual operating budgets of less than $100,000. Fund uses: To build the capacity and improve the organizational infrastructure of nonprofit entities serving Asian communities in the Chicago area. Contact: Asian Giving Circle, 312-616-7728;
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More information: http://www.cct.org/page30320.cfm.
Education
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services - Regional Technical Assistance and Continuing Education Centers — Deadline: November 19, 2008. Eligibility: State governments, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To support training centers that serve either a federal region or another geographical area and provide for a broad, integrated sequence of training activities that focus on meeting recurrent and common training needs of employed rehabilitation personnel throughout a multi-state geographical area. Contact: Christine Marschall, 202-245-7429;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24925.pdf.
Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as Amended by the No Child Left Behind Act — Effective: November 17, 2008. Action: The Department of Education proposed interpretations of several provisions of Title III of the ESEA regarding the annual administration of English language proficiency assessments to limited English proficient students and provided the final interpretation for each of the ten proposed interpretations. Contact: Richard L. Smith, 202-401-1402. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24702.pdf.
Employment/Training
Community-Based Job Training Grants — Effective: October 20, 2008. Action: The Employment and Training Administration amended the date for the Virtual Prospective Applicant conference that will be posted on ETA's Web site to Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Contact: Chari Magruder, 202-693-3313. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24867.pdf.
Environment
Extension of Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule Deadline for Authorized Programs — Effective: December 1, 2008. C.F.R.: 40 C.F.R. Part 3. Action: The Environmental Protection Agency amended the Final Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule deadline for authorized programs with existing electronic document-receiving systems to submit an application for EPA approval to revise or modify their authorized programs. Contact: Evi Huffer, 202-566-1697;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24824.pdf.
State Innovation Grant Program — Deadline: December 10, 2008. Eligibility: State and local governments. Fund uses: To encourage states to build on previous experience to undertake strategic innovation projects that promote larger-scale models for "next generation" environmental protection and promise better environmental outcomes and other beneficial results. Contact: Sherri Walker, 202-566-2186. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24589.pdf.
Coastal Impact Assistance Program for Construction or Construction with a Non-Construction Component (Alaska Recipients Only) — Deadline: April 30, 2009. Eligibility: State and county governments. Fund uses: To mitigate the impacts of outer continental shelf oil and gas activities. Contact: Kathleen Craig, 703-787-1332;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43060&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for Non-Construction (Alaska Recipients Only) — Deadline: April 30, 2009. Eligibility: State and county governments. Fund uses: To disburse funding to eligible producing states and coastal political subdivisions for the purpose of conservation, protection or restoration of coastal areas, including wetlands. Contact: Kathleen Craig, 703-787-1332;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43059&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Water Conservation Fields Services Program — Deadline: December 18, 2008. Eligibility: Entities with water delivery authority within the lower Columbia area. Fund uses: To seek partners with whom Reclamation can partner in implementing improved water management/water conservation activities. Contact: Rex Crumrine, 509-575-5848;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43078&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act — Effective: November 14, 2008. C.F.R.: 43 C.F.R. Part 46. Action: The Department of the Interior amended its regulations by adding a new part to codify its procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. Contact: Vijai N. Rai, 202-208-6661;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-23474.pdf.
Health
Disparities in Perinatal Health-Border, Alaska and Hawaii — Deadline: December 5, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, public and Indian housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators in communities within 62 miles of the U.S./Mexico border or in Alaska and Hawaii. Contact: Beverly Wright, 301-443-5691. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43141&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Healthy Start Initiative - Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities — Deadline: December 5, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, independent school districts, public housing authorities and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators among Hispanics, Americans Indians, African Americans, Alaska Natives, Asian/Pacific Islanders, immigrant populations due to differences in education, income, disability or geographic location. Contact: Maribeth Badura, 301-443-0543;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43140&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Characterizing the Blood Stem Cell Niche — Deadline: January 6, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, independent school districts, institutions of higher education and public housing authorities. Fund uses: To foster collaborative research projects and insightful approaches to dissect the cellular components and factors involved in the hematopoietic stem cell niche. Contact: Robert Vinson, 301-435-0171;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43121&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Public Education Efforts to Increase Solid Organ Donation — Deadline: January 30, 2009. Eligibility: Public and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support the implementation of public education and outreach programs that show promise of increasing organ donation. Contact: Madeleine Hess, 301-443-6866;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43051&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Pediatric Cardiac Genomics Consortium — Deadline: February 6, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To support collaborative genetic and genome research leading to a comprehensive understanding of the causes and outcomes of congenital heart disease. Contact: Anthony Agresti, 301-435-0166;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=18454&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Cardiac Development Consortium — Deadline: February 6, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To support basic collaborative research leading to a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory networks controlling cardiovascular development. Contact: Anthony Agresti, 301-435-0186;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=18453&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Housing
Housing Impact Grants — Deadline: December 15, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support affordable housing across the country. Contact: The Home Depot Foundation,
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More information: http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal/Grants.
State Community Development Block Grant Program — Comments: December 16, 2008. C.F.R.: 24 C.F.R. Part 570. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed to make changes to several sections of the regulations for the Community Development Block Grant program for states. Contact: Steven Higginbotham, 202-708-1322. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24572.pdf.
Civil Money Penalties; Certain Prohibited Conduct — Comments: December 16, 2008. C.F.R.: 24 C.F.R. Part 30. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced plans to revise regulations that govern the imposition of civil money penalties. Contact: Dane Narode, 202-708-2350;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24574.pdf.
Public Housing Operating Fund Program — Effective: November 17, 2008. Comments: December 15, 2008. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development passed an interim rule that would amend the regulations of the Public Housing Operating Fund Program to reflect recent statutory amendments that mandate the maximum term of an energy performance contract between public housing authority and an entity other than HUD to be 20 years. Contact: Elizabeth Hanson, 202-475-7949. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24573.pdf.
Section 202 Demonstration Pre-Development Grant Program — Deadline: December 16, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To assist sponsors of projects that receive fund reservation awards for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program by providing pre-development grant 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: Denise Taylor-Parker, 202-402-2892;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43044&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Rural Development/Services
Rural Development Grants — Comments: December 15, 2008. C.F.R.: 7 C.F.R Parts 1703, 1780, 3570, 4280, 4284 and 5002. Action: The Rural Utilities Service proposed a unified grant platform for enhanced delivery of eight Rural Development grant programs: Community Facility, Distance Learning and Telemedicine, Economic Impact Initiatives, Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects, Rural Cooperative Development, Tribal College, Value-Added Producer, and Water and Waste Disposal Facilities. Contact: Michael Foore, 202-690-4730;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-23286.pdf.
Telecommunications
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program — Deadline: December 18, 2008. Eligibility: Public or noncommercial educational broadcast station, noncommercial telecommunications entities, systems of public telecommunications entities, nonprofit organizations and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To assist in the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities. Contact: William Cooperman, 202-482-5802. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24849.pdf.
Transportation
Fiscal Year 2009 Safety Grants and Solicitation for Applications — Action: The Department of Transportation announced the FY 2009 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration safety grant opportunities and provided schedules and directions for those grant programs posted on Grants.gov. Contact: Please consult the contacts section at the end of the notice for program-specific contact information. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24697.pdf.
SAFETEA-LU Magnetic Levitation Project Selection — Deadline: February 13, 2009. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To fund preconstruction planning activities and capital costs of the fixed guideway infrastructure of a magnetic levitation project. Contact: Wendy Messenger, 202-493-6396. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24567.pdf.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Fiscal Year 2009 Safety Data Improvement Program — Deadline: January 30, 2009. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To improve the quality of crash and inspection data for large trucks and buses reported by the states to FMCSA. Contact: Magdalene Skretta,
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43058&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Capital Assistance to States - Intercity Passenger Rail Service Program — Comments: December 5, 2008. Action: The Federal Railroad Administration announced it is no longer accepting applications for FY 2008 funding and requested that past and prospective applicants submit comments regarding their experience with the program and suggestions for possible improvements. Contact: Peter Schwartz, 202-493-6360. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-24524.pdf.
2009 New Entrant Safety Assurance Program — Deadline: December 1, 2008. Eligibility: State and local governments. Fund uses: To reduce the number and severity of crashes and hazardous materials incidents involving commercial motor vehicles through consistent, uniform and effective safety programs. Contact: Arthur L. Williams, 202-366-3695;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43057&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
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