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November 18, 2008 |
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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Community Development
Project Orange Thumb Garden Grants
Education
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training: Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training: Rehabilitation of Individuals Who Are Mentally Ill
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training: Rehabilitation of Individuals Who Are Blind or Have Vision Impairments
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training: Job Development And Job Placement Services to Individuals With Disabilities
Shared Instrumentation Grant Program
Transition to Teaching Grant Program
Transition to Teaching Grant Program: National/Regional Projects
Transition to Teaching Grant Program: Statewide Projects
Transition to Teaching Grant Program: Local Projects
Employment/Training
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
Local Young Offender Planning Grants, State/Local Juvenile Offender Implementation Grants
Environment
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead
Health
Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education
Service Expansion in Mental Health/Substance Abuse
Service Expansion in Oral Health
Service Expansion in Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Program Titles and Funding Opportunity Announcements for Fiscal Year 2009
National Cancer Institute Program Project Applications
HIV/AIDS
CAM Approaches in the Management of HIV Disease and Its Complications
Homeland Security
National Infrastructure Protection Plan
Job Training/Employment
Young Offender Planning Grants/Implementation Grants
Justice
Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification Training and Technical Assistance Program
International Fund for Sexual Minorities
Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program
Research and Development on Impression Evidence
Research and Development in the Forensic Analysis of Trace Evidence
Forensic DNA Research and Development
Libraries/Literacy
National School Library Media Program of the Year Award
Native Americans/Alaska Natives
American Indian Areas Program for the 2010 Census; Final Criteria and Guidelines
Indian Trust Management Reform
Social Services
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Projects
Technology
Digital Signature Standard and Request for Comments
Transportation
United We Ride State/Tribal Mobility Management Coordination Grants
Natural Disaster Adjustments for Urbanized Area Apportionments
Fair Market Value and Design-Build Amendments
2009 Commercial Driver's License Information System Modernization Grant
Disclaimer
Community Development
Project Orange Thumb Garden Grants — Deadline: February 17, 2009. Eligibility: Gardening projects geared toward community involvement, neighborhood beautification, sustainable agriculture or horticultural education. Fund uses: To promote community involvement, neighborhood beautification, sustainable agriculture or horticultural education through nonprofit gardening projects. Contact: Project Orange Thumb, 800-500-4849 ext. 2812. More information: http://projectorangethumb.com/pot/.
Education
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training: Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment — Deadline: January 15, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities. Fund uses: To provide basic or advanced training leading to an academic degree in areas of personnel shortages in the field of rehabilitation. Contact: Theresa DeVaughn, 202-245-7321;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43376&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training: Rehabilitation of Individuals Who Are Mentally Ill — Deadline: January 15, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities. Fund uses: To provide a specified series of courses or program of study leading to the award of a certificate in areas of personnel shortages in the field of rehabilitation. Contact: Theresa DeVaughn, 202-245-7321;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43377&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training: Rehabilitation of Individuals Who Are Blind or Have Vision Impairments — Deadline: January 15, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities. Fund uses: To provide support for medical residents enrolled in residency training programs in the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Contact: Theresa DeVaughn, 202-245-7321;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43378&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training: Job Development And Job Placement Services to Individuals With Disabilities — Deadline: January 15, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities. Fund uses: To provide basic or advanced training leading to an academic degree in areas of personnel shortages in rehabilitation as identified by the Secretary. Contact: Theresa DeVaughn, 202-245-7321;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43379&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Shared Instrumentation Grant Program — Deadline: March 23, 2009. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To purchase or upgrade commercially available instruments that cost at least $100,000. Contact: Jenelle D. Wiggins, 301-435-0843;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43368&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Transition to Teaching Grant Program — Deadline: January 21, 2009. Eligibility: State and local educational agencies, and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To encourage the development and expansion of alternative routes to full state teacher certification and the recruitment and retention of highly qualified mid-career professionals, recent college graduates who have not majored in education, and highly qualified paraprofessionals. Contact: Thelma Leenhouts, 202-260-0223;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26870.pdf.
Transition to Teaching Grant Program: National/Regional Projects — Deadline: January 21, 2009. Eligibility: State and local educational agencies and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To encourage the development and expansion of alternative routes to full state teacher certification. Contact: Thelma Leenhouts, 202-260-0223;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43354&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Transition to Teaching Grant Program: Statewide Projects — Deadline: January 21, 2009. Eligibility: For-profit organizations and state and local educational agencies. Fund uses: To encourage the development and expansion of alternative routes to full state teacher certification. Contact: Thelma Leenhouts, 202-260-0223;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43353&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Transition to Teaching Grant Program: Local Projects — Deadline: January 21, 2009. Eligibility: For-profit organizations and state and local educational agencies. Fund uses: To encourage the development and expansion of alternative routes to full state teacher certification. Contact: Thelma Leenhouts, 202-260-0223;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43352&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Employment/Training
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 — Effective: January 16, 2009. C.F.R.: 29 C.F.R. Part 825. Action: The Wage and Hour Division provided final regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Contact: Richard M. Brennan, 202-693-0066. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26577.pdf.
Local Young Offender Planning Grants, State/Local Juvenile Offender Implementation Grants — Deadline: December 18, 2008. Eligibility: State and local governments. Fund uses: To allow selected localities to develop comprehensive blueprints for serving both juvenile and young adult offenders returning from correctional facilities. Contact: B. Jai Johnson, 202-693-3296. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-27151.pdf.
Environment
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead — Effective: January 12, 2009. C.F.R.: 40 C.F.R. Parts 50, 51, 53, and 58. Action: The Environmental Protection Agency made revisions to the primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead to provide requisite protection of public health and welfare. Contact: Deirdre Murphy, 919-541-0729;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-25654.pdf.
Health
Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education — Deadline: January 23, 2009. Eligibility: Nursing schools and other health care organizations, particularly nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status that are not private foundation. Fund uses: To help schools of nursing expand their teaching capacity, and better recruit and retrain nursing students. Contact: Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education, 732-932-4670;
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More information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20504.
Service Expansion in Mental Health/Substance Abuse — Deadline: January 16, 2009. 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. Contact: Tiffani Redding, 301-594-4300;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43372&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Service Expansion in Oral Health — Deadline: January 8, 2009. Eligibility: Section 330-funded health centers. Fund uses: To improve the health status of communities served by health centers and reduce disparities in access to health care. Contact: Tiffani Redding, 301-594-4300;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43374&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Service Expansion in Comprehensive Pharmacy Services — Deadline: January 9, 2009. Eligibility: Section 330-funded health centers. Fund uses: To improve the health status of communities served by health centers and reduce disparities in access to health care. Contact: Tiffani Redding, 301-594-4300;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43371&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Program Titles and Funding Opportunity Announcements for Fiscal Year 2009 — Action: The Administration for Children and Families gave notice to the public that certain programs within the agency will administratively impose a matching requirement on grants awarded under certain program titles and funding opportunity announcements for fiscal year 2009. Contact: Karen Shields, 202-401-5112;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26889.pdf.
National Cancer Institute Program Project Applications — Deadline: January 4, 2012. Eligibility: State governments, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To support investigator-initiated program projects that address any of the broad areas of cancer research, including (but not limited to) cancer biology, cancer treatment, cancer diagnosis, cancer prevention and cancer control. Contact: Rebecca A. Brightful, 301-846-6703;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43347&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
HIV/AIDS
CAM Approaches in the Management of HIV Disease and Its Complications — Deadline: March 27, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To propose research on complementary interventions that are frequently used and hypothesized to be effective in the management of HIV disease and the complications associated with antiretroviral therapy. Contact: George Tucker, 301-594-9102;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43370&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Homeland Security
National Infrastructure Protection Plan — Comments: December 1, 2008. Action: The Department of Homeland Security informed the public that it is currently revising the 2006 National Infrastructure Protection Plan and is soliciting public comment on issues and language in this draft document that need to be updated during this triennial review cycle. Contact: Larry L. May, 703-235-3648;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-27106.pdf.
Job Training/Employment
Young Offender Planning Grants/Implementation Grants — Deadline: December 18, 2008. Eligibility: City and county governments. Fund uses: To develop comprehensive blueprints for serving both juvenile and young adult offenders returning from correctional facilities. Contact: B. Jai Johnson, 202-693-3296;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43383&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Justice
Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification Training and Technical Assistance Program — Deadline: December 18, 2008. Eligibility: For-profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To protect crime victims from further victimization and help ensure their legal rights are upheld by providing registered victims with timely and accurate information about any changes to the status of their offender. Contact: Chris Casto, 202-353-7193;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43287&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
International Fund for Sexual Minorities — Deadline: February 2, 2009. Eligibility: Nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations working to promote social justice for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex populations in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America, the Caribbean or the Middle East. Fund uses: To promote social change and justice to benefit lesbian populations and allied communities overseas. Contact: Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice, 212-529-8021;
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More information: http://www.astraeafoundation.org/grants/grant-applications-and-deadlines/#Sexual_Minorities.
Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients — Comments: December 15, 2008. 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, 2009. Contact: Reginald Haley, 202-295-1545;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26931.pdf.
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program — Deadline: January 15, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To ensure that victim safety is a paramount consideration in the development of any strategy to address violent crimes against women. Contact: Anne Hamilton,
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43367&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Research and Development on Impression Evidence — Deadline: December 29, 2008. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To enhance crime laboratories' ability to identify, characterize, capture, visualize and preserve impression evidence. Contact: Lois Tully, 202-307-0694;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43363&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Research and Development in the Forensic Analysis of Trace Evidence — Deadline: December 29, 2008. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To improve crime laboratories' ability to locate and identify trace evidence and analyze trace evidence. Contact: Lois Tully, 202-307-0694;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43362&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Forensic DNA Research and Development — Deadline: December 29, 2008. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To enhance the forensic uses of DNA technologies that result in faster, more robust, more informative, less costly or less labor-intensive identification, collection, preservation and analysis of DNA evidence collected from crime scenes. Contact: Lois Tully, 202-307-0694;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43361&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Libraries/Literacy
National School Library Media Program of the Year Award — Deadline: January 2, 2009. Eligibility: Public and private schools, and public school districts. Fund uses: To reward school library programs that help students and teachers use information effectively by integrating the library's programs into the broader school curriculum. Contact: Andrea Parker, 800-545-2433 ext. 1396. More information: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslawards/natlslmprogram/aaslnational.cfm.
Native Americans/Alaska Natives
American Indian Areas Program for the 2010 Census; Final Criteria and Guidelines — Effective: November 14, 2008. Action: The Bureau of the Census provided notification of final criteria and guidelines for American Indian Areas for the 2010 Census. Contact: Geographic Standards and Criteria Branch, 301-763-3056;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-27119.pdf.
Indian Trust Management Reform — Effective: December 15, 2008. C.F.R.: 25 C.F.R. Parts 15, 18, and 179; 43 C.F.R. Parts 4 and 30. Action: The Bureau of Indian Affairs amended several of its regulations related to Indian trust management in the areas of probate, probate hearing and appeal; trial probate codes; and life estates and future interests in Indian land. Contact: Michele Singer, 505-563-3805. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26487.pdf.
Social Services
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Projects — Deadline: December 31, 2008. Eligibility: Organizations that have already been awarded by SSA for the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and have a current budget period end date of March 31, 2009. Fund uses: To provide work incentives planning, assistance and outreach. Contact: Audrey Adams, 410-965-9469;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43364&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Technology
Digital Signature Standard and Request for Comments — Comments: December 12, 2008. Action: The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a second public review and comment period for Draft Federal Information and Processing Standard 186-3, Digital Signature Standard. Contact: Elaine Barker, 301-975-2911;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26841.pdf.
Transportation
United We Ride State/Tribal Mobility Management Coordination Grants — Deadline: February 12, 2009. Eligibility: State and tribal governments. Fund uses: To provide states and tribal associations with financial support to help their local or regional education, health care, workforce development and human service agencies and provider networks address their customers' transportation needs. Contact: Doug Birnie, 202-366-1666;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-27124.pdf.
Natural Disaster Adjustments for Urbanized Area Apportionments — Effective: November 13, 2008. Action: The Federal Transit Authority announced its National Transit Database policy on natural disaster adjustments for data used in urbanized area apportionments. Contact: John D. Giorgis, 202-366-5430;
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More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26888.pdf.
Fair Market Value and Design-Build Amendments — Comments: November 21, 2008. C.F.R.: 23 C.F.R. Parts 620, 635, 636, and 710. Action: The Federal Highway Administration published a notice of proposed rule making to amend existing regulations to clarify that fair market value must be negotiated for and received under a concession agreement, and to amend the design-build regulations to allow contracting agencies to incorporate unsuccessful proposers' ideas into a contract upon payment of a stipend. Contact: Marcus J. Lemon, 202-366-0740. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26936.pdf.
2009 Commercial Driver's License Information System Modernization Grant — Deadline: February 15, 2009. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To help states change their licensing systems to incorporate the new Commercial Driver's License Information System specifications when they are released in the winter of 2009. Contact: Brandon Poarch, 202-366-3030;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43332&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
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