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April 10, 2007 |
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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Children/Youth
Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Street Outreach Program
Community Service
Skilled Service in the Gulf
Education
Title I - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged; Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Assistance to States for the Education of Children With Disabilities
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools
Enrichment and Accelerated Learning Programs for Children
Part II of Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies
Employment/Training
Program Year 2007 Workforce Investment Act Allotments and Additional Funds
Small Grassroots Organizations Connecting with the One-Stop Delivery System
Environment
Kodak American Greenways Awards
Region 8 Resource Conservation Grant Program
Alaska Tribal Multi-media Projects
Health
Clinical Interventions to Increase Organ Procurement
Draft Guidance for Clinical Investigators, Sponsors, and Investigational Review Board on Adverse Event Reporting - Improving Human Subject Protection
Public Awareness of Embryo Donation and/or Adoption Public Awareness Campaign
Draft Torts Act Policy Document
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Health Services Research Grant Program
Project Access: Improving Care for Children With Epilepsy
HIV/AIDS
Title IV: Grants for Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children and Youth
Homeland Security
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards
DHS Scientific Leadership Awards for Minority Serving Institutions
Housing
Reserve Account
Fiscal 2006 Funding Awards for Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Elderly/Persons With Disabilities Program
American Dream Downpayment Initiative and Amendments to Homeownership Affordability
Emergency Capital Repair Program
Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs
Justice
NIJ FY08 Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data
Refugees
Discretionary Funds for Refugee Microenterprise Development Projects
Substance Abuse
RWJF Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
State Farm/MADD Good Decisions Service-Learning Grants
Transportation
Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensed Driver Information
Tribal Transit Program
Tribal Transit Program
Disclaimer
Children/Youth
Mentoring Children of Prisoners — Deadline: June 4, 2007. Eligibility: State, local, tribal and special district governments, institutions of higher education and tribal and nonprofit organizations. Action: Modified the application procedures for the Mentoring Children of Prisoners program, affecting information found in Sections II, V and VIII of the published announcement. Contact: Courtney Workman,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13401&mode=VIEW.
Street Outreach Program — Deadline: June 4, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To conduct outreach services designed to build relationships between grantee staff and street youth. Contact: Kelli Matson-Geist,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13395&mode=VIEW.
Community Service
Skilled Service in the Gulf — Deadline: May 1, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and private institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To create a new national model for involving skilled workers in service in areas affected by disasters. Contact: Special Initiatives Hotline, 202-606-7507. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13302&mode=VIEW.
Education
Title I - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged; Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Assistance to States for the Education of Children With Disabilities — Effective: May 9, 2007. C.F.R.: 34 CFR Parts 200 and 300. Action: Amended regulations to give states additional flexibility regarding state, local educational agency and school accountability for the achievement of a small group of students with disabilities whose progress is such that, even after receiving appropriate instruction, the students' individualized education program teams are reasonably certain the students will not achieve grade-level proficiency within the year covered by the students' IEPs. Contact: Jacquelyn Jackson, 202-260-0826; Alexa Posny, 202-245-7459 ext. 3. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-1700.pdf.
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools — Deadline: May 21, 2007. Eligibility: Local educational agencies. Fund uses: To improve and strengthen school emergency management plans. Contact: Natasha Harding, 202-245-6119; Sara Strizzi, 202-708-4850. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13411&mode=VIEW.
Enrichment and Accelerated Learning Programs for Children — Deadline: June 1, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To increase access to accelerated learning and enrichment programs for low- to moderate-income students ages 5-12 who have exceptional academic promise (note that applications are accepted only from invited applicants; contact the foundation to recieve an invitation). Contact: Elizabeth Morgan, 703-723-8000 ext. 204;
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More information: http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org.
Part II of Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies — Deadline: May 3, 2007. Eligibility: Local educational agencies, certain schools funded by the Department of the Interior-Bureau of Indian Education and Indian tribes. Fund uses: To reform and improve elementary and secondary school programs that serve Indian students. Contact: EDFacts Partner Support Center, 877-457-3336;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6172.pdf.
Employment/Training
Program Year 2007 Workforce Investment Act Allotments and Additional Funds — Comments: May 7, 2007. Action: Announced states' program year 2007 WIA Title I Youth, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities programs allotments, additional funding from WIA Section 173(e) for eligible states, final allotments for Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Services activities and Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit program allotments for fiscal year 2007. Contact: Haskel Lowery, 202-693-3608; LaSharn Youngblood, 202-693-3606; Mike Qualter, 202-693-3014. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6487.pdf.
Small Grassroots Organizations Connecting with the One-Stop Delivery System — Deadline: May 8, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit grassroots organizations. Fund uses: To establish a network of programs and providers in co-located and integrated settings that are accessible for individuals and businesses alike to help all Americans achieve their career goals. Contact: Linda Forman, 202-693-3416. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6306.pdf.
Environment
Kodak American Greenways Awards — Deadline: June 1, 2007. Eligibility: State and local governments and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To stimulate the planning and design of greenways in American communities. Contact: The Conservation Fund, 703-525-6300;
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More information: http://www.conservationfund.org/?article=2372.
Region 8 Resource Conservation Grant Program — Deadline: May 18, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To address solid waste reduction, recycling, management, priority chemical reduction and waste tires management and recycling issues at the local, state, regional and national levels. Contact: Benjamin Bents, 303-312-6435. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13390&mode=VIEW.
Alaska Tribal Multi-media Projects — Deadline: May 16, 2007. Eligibility: State and Native American tribal governments, higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To improve environmental protection for tribes in rural Alaska. Contact: Satina Gay, 800-781-0983;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13322&mode=VIEW.
Health
Clinical Interventions to Increase Organ Procurement — Deadline: May 20, 2007. Eligibility: Tribes, tribal and nonprofit organizations, and other public agencies. Fund uses: To assist in the implementation, evaluation and dissemination of interventions to increase procurement of organs in the setting of controlled and/or uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 301-998-7373, 877-464-4772;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13444&mode=VIEW.
Draft Guidance for Clinical Investigators, Sponsors, and Investigational Review Board on Adverse Event Reporting - Improving Human Subject Protection — Comments: June 8, 2007. Action: Announced the availability of a draft guidance titled "Guidance for Clinical Investigators, Sponsors, and IRBs; Adverse Event Reporting - Improving Human Subject Protection" to assist the research community in interpreting requirements for submitting reports of unanticipated problems, including certain adverse events reports, to the Institutional Review Board. Contact: Terrie L. Crescenzi, 301–827–7864. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6595.pdf.
Public Awareness of Embryo Donation and/or Adoption Public Awareness Campaign — Deadline: June 5, 2007. Eligibility: Public agencies and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To increase public awareness of embryo donation and/or adoption. Contact: Evelyn Kappeler, 240-453-2837;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6433.pdf.
Draft Torts Act Policy Document — Comments: May 31, 2007. Action: Requested comments on draft Department of Health and Human Services guidance to clarify the scope of Federal Torts Claims Act coverage for FTCA-deemed Health Center Program grantees during an emergency. Contact: Shannon Dunne Faltens, 301-594-4060. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6366.pdf.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Health Services Research Grant Program — Deadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Historically black colleges and universities. Fund uses: To conduct small applied research projects that relate to identifying and evaluating solutions for eliminating health disparities among the African American population. Contact: Joi Grymes,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13353&mode=VIEW.
Project Access: Improving Care for Children With Epilepsy — Deadline: May 16, 2007. Eligibility: Public and private entities. Fund uses: To improve access to comprehensive, coordinated health care and related services for children and youths with epilepsy residing in medically underserved areas and rural areas. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 301-998-7373;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13324&mode=VIEW.
HIV/AIDS
Title IV: Grants for Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children and Youth — Deadline: May 2, 2007. Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit entities that provide or arrange for primary care and that are currently funded by Title IV programs whose project period expires on July 31, 2007, or that propose to replace the current grantee. Fund uses: To improve access to primary medical care, research and support services for HIV-infected women, infants and children, and to provide services for their affected family members. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 301-998-7373;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13323&mode=VIEW.
Homeland Security
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards — Effective: June 8, 2007. C.F.R.: 6 CFR Part 27. Action: Established risk-based performance standards for the security of the nation's chemical facilities. Contact: Dennis Deziel, 703-235-5263. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6363.pdf.
DHS Scientific Leadership Awards for Minority Serving Institutions — Deadline: July 31, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To establish homeland security scientific leadership programs in areas critical to homeland security. Contact: Rosemary Springer, 202-447-5608;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13372&mode=VIEW.
Housing
Reserve Account — Comments: June 4, 2007. C.F.R.: 7 C.F.R. Part 3560. Action: Proposed to change the Reserve Account requirements for the Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing program and the Section 515 Rural Renting Housing program to address reserve account requirements of new construction rental housing funded under the programs. Contact: Tammy Daniels, 202-720-0021;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6287.pdf.
Fiscal 2006 Funding Awards for Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Elderly/Persons With Disabilities Program — Action: Announced funding decisions made by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the fiscal year 2006 Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Elderly/Persons With Disabilities Program. Contact: Iredia Hutchinson, 202-358-0221. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6391.pdf.
American Dream Downpayment Initiative and Amendments to Homeownership Affordability — Effective: May 4, 2007. C.F.R.: 24 C.F.R. Part 92. Action: Made final the March 30, 2004, interim rule establishing regulations for a downpayment assistance component under the HOME Investment Parternships Program, and in addition, made final a Nov. 22, 2004, interim rule that revised and clarified the HOME Program homeownership affordability requirements of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. Contact: Virginia Sardone, 202-708-2470. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-5960.pdf.
Emergency Capital Repair Program — Action: Announced Emergency Capital Repair Grant funding decisions made in fiscal year 2006. Contact: Willie Spearmon, 202-708-3000. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6164.pdf.
Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs — Action: Announced funding decisions for the Healthy Homes Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs and the Reopened Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant program. Contact: Jonnette Hawkins, 202-755-1785, ext. 7593. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6163.pdf.
Justice
NIJ FY08 Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data — Deadline: July 16, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To replicate previous findings and conduct original research extending data from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, which houses quantitative and qualitative data from NIJ-funded research and provides online access to files as well as data dictionaries, study abstracts and geographic data. Contact: Ronald Wilson, 202-305-8711. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13374&mode=VIEW.
Refugees
Discretionary Funds for Refugee Microenterprise Development Projects — Deadline: June 4, 2007. Eligibility: State and local governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To sustain long-term commitment in microenterprises and to support refugee programs and their work in refugee microenterprise development. Contact: Belay Embaye,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13397&mode=VIEW.
Substance Abuse
RWJF Substance Abuse Policy Research Program — Deadline: May 8, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To increase understanding of public and private policy interventions to prevent, treat and reduce the harm caused by the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. Contact: Substance Abuse Policy Research Program, 336-286-4548;
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More information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19835.
State Farm/MADD Good Decisions Service-Learning Grants — Deadline: May 1, 2007. Eligibility: Teachers, school-based service-learning coordinators and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To implement a service-learning project focusing on underage alcohol use prevention, vehicle safety and adult impaired driving. Contact: MADD National Program Office, 800-438-6233;
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More information: http://www.pypm.org/about_us/index.cfm.
Transportation
Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensed Driver Information — Action: Changed the driver's license data definition for teenage drivers, to eliminate the collection of information on disqualified commercial drivers licenses and to develop enhanced software to receive and process motor vehicle registration and licensed driver data more efficiently. Contact: Ralph Erickson, 202-366-9235; Wilbert Baccus, 202-366-1396. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6531.pdf.
Tribal Transit Program — Action: Announced the selection of projects to be funded under the Tribal Transit Program. Contact: Lorna Wilson, 202-366-2053;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6192.pdf.
Tribal Transit Program — Deadline: August 2, 2007. Eligibility: Native American or Alaska Native tribes, villages, groups and communities. Fund uses: To support transportation capital prjects, operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation, planning and the acquisition of public transportation services. Contact: Lorna Wilson, 202-366-2053;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6199.pdf.
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