December 3, 2008

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Community Development Service Grants Program Education Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities and Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Overview Information; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research - Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research - Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program Rehabilitation Training Employment/Training Strategic State Plan and Plan Modifications For Title I of the Workforce Investment Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act Environment Tribal Wildlife Grants: Implementation Grants Laura Jane Musser Fund Grants Health Draft Guidance on Important Considerations for When Participation of Human Subjects in Research is Discontinued Application by the Joint Commission for Continued Deeming Authority for Hospices Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2010 Adaptations of Evidence-Based Parenting Programs to Engage Fathers in Child Maltreatment Prevention Capacity Building to Develop Standard Electronic Client Information Data Systems Premiums and Cost Sharing Historic Preservation Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants Interpreting America's Historic Places: Implementation Grants Housing Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Plans Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities Related to Certain Types of Section 8 Project-Based Developments and Sections 202, 221(d)(3) and 236 Developments Family Unification Program Emergency Capital Repair Grants for Multifamily Housing Projects Justice BJA FY 09 Tribal Courts Assistance Program International Programs to Combat Trafficking in Persons Nutrition Great American Dine Out Grants Technology Geo Challenge Grants Program Year 2009 Weatherization Formula Grants Transportation Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program Veterans Per Diem for Nursing Home Care of Veterans in State Homes Community Residential Care Program Victim Assistance Violence Against Women Act Conforming Amendments Disclaimer Community Development Service Grants Program — Deadline: March 1, 2009. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations located in and serving the residents of the New York City, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. Fund uses: To provide nonprofit organizations with high-quality, professional consulting services to help them better serve their communities. Contact: Taproot Foundation, 415-359-1423; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.taprootfoundation.org/npo/. Education Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities and Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities — Effective: December 31, 2008. C.F.R.: 34 C.F.R. Part 300. Action: The Department of Education issued final regulations governing the Assistance to States for Education of Children with Disabilities Program and the Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities Program. Contact: Tracy R. Justeen, 202-245-7605. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28175.pdf. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Overview Information; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research - Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program — Deadline: January 27, 2009. Eligibility: State and tribal governments and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To develop methods, procedures and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. Contact: Joyce Mays, 202-245-6122; 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=43472&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research - Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program — Deadline: January 27, 2009. Eligibility: State and tribal governments and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To develop methods, procedures and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. Contact: Joyce Mays, 202-245-6122; 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=43473&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Rehabilitation Training — Comments: December 26, 2008. C.F.R.: 34 C.F.R. Part 385. Action: The Department of Education proposed to amend the regulations governing the Rehabilitation Training Program to clarify the membership of advisory committees for projects funded under this program. Contact: Ruth Brannon, 202-245-7274; 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/E8-28010.pdf. Employment/Training Strategic State Plan and Plan Modifications For Title I of the Workforce Investment Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act — Action: The Employment and Training Administration provided planning guidance for use by states in submitting their Strategic State Plans for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Wagner-Peyser Act, as well as plan modifications. Contact: Gay Gilbert, 202-693-3980. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28404.pdf. Environment Tribal Wildlife Grants: Implementation Grants — Comments: March 2, 2009. Action: The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to change its implementation guidelines for the Tribal Wildlife Grants program. Contact: Pat Durham, 703-358-1728. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28341.pdf. Laura Jane Musser Fund Grants — Deadline: February 18, 2009. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status and local government entities. Fund uses: To support programs that manage environmental resources that involve a broad community of stakeholders or resolve controversial environmental issues without recourse to litigation. Contact: Mary Karen Lynn-Klimenko, 612-825-2024; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.musserfund.org/enviro.php. Health Draft Guidance on Important Considerations for When Participation of Human Subjects in Research is Discontinued — Comments: January 30, 2009. Action: The Office for Human Research Protections announced the availability of a draft guidance document entitled, "Guidance on Important Considerations for When Participation of Human Subjects is Discontinued," and is seeking comments on the draft guidance. Contact: Michael A. Carome, 240-453-6900; 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/E8-28369.pdf. Application by the Joint Commission for Continued Deeming Authority for Hospices — Comments: December 29, 2008. Action: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid acknowledged the receipt of a deeming application from the Joint Commission for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for hospices that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Contact: Alexis Prete, 410-786-0375. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28178.pdf. Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2010 — Effective: October 1, 2008. Action: The Department of Health and Human Services issued the Federal Medical Assistance Percentages and Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages for fiscal year 2010. Contact: Thomas Musco, 202-690-6870. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28233.pdf. Adaptations of Evidence-Based Parenting Programs to Engage Fathers in Child Maltreatment Prevention — Deadline: February 23, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To help advance our knowledge of effective strategies for engaging the participation of fathers and male caregivers in evidence-based parenting programs that may prevent child maltreatment. Contact: Terrian Dixon, 770-488-2774; 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=43445&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Capacity Building to Develop Standard Electronic Client Information Data Systems — Deadline: February 26, 2009. Eligibility: Ryan White Programs funded under Parts C & D of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment and Modernization Act of 2006 with experience in delivering HIV primary care services to HIV-positive, underserved individuals. Fund uses: To support organizations funded under Parts C & D of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment and Modernization Act of 2006 that will promote the development of standard electronic client information data systems to improve the ability of grantees to report client-level data to the Department of Health and Human Services. Contact: Adan Cajina, 301-443-3180; 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=43443&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Premiums and Cost Sharing — Effective: January 24, 2009. C.F.R.: 42 C.F.R. Parts 447 and 457. Action: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provided state Medicaid agencies with increased flexibility to impose premium and cost-sharing requirements on certain Medicaid recipients. Contact: Donna Schmidt, 410-786-5532. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-27717.pdf. Historic Preservation Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants — Deadline: January 28, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To address themes and issues central to American history and culture, including those that advance knowledge of how the founding principles of the United States have shaped and been shaped by American history and culture for more than 200 years. Contact: Division of Public Programs, 202-606-8269; 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=43486&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Interpreting America's Historic Places: Implementation Grants — Deadline: January 28, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To address themes and issues central to American history and culture, including those that advance knowledge of how the founding principles of the United States have shaped and been shaped by American history and culture for more than 200 years. Contact: Division of Public Programs, 202-606-8269; 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=43487&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Housing Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Plans — Deadline: January 30, 2009. Eligibility: Public housing authorities. Fund uses: To assist non-elderly disabled families that would have been housed by a public housing authority if occupancy in the designated public housing project/building were not restricted to elderly households. Contact: Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, 202-708-0667. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28234.pdf. Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities Related to Certain Types of Section 8 Project-Based Developments and Sections 202, 221(d)(3) and 236 Developments — Deadline: January 30, 2009. Eligibility: Public housing authorities. Fund uses: To assist non-elderly disabled families who are not currently receiving housing assistance in certain project-based developments due to the owner's establishment of preferences for the admission of elderly families. Contact: Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, 202-708-0667. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28237.pdf. Family Unification Program — Deadline: January 28, 2009. Eligibility: Public housing authorities. Fund uses: To provide vouchers to families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the imminent placement of the family's child, or children, in out-of-home care or the delay in returning the child, or children, to the family. Contact: Public and Indian Housing Resource Center, 800-955-2232. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43441&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Emergency Capital Repair Grants for Multifamily Housing Projects — Deadline: October 1, 2009. Eligibility: Private nonprofit owners of eligible multifamily assisted housing developments designated for occupancy by elderly tenants. Fund uses: To make emergency capital repairs to eligible multifamily projects owned by private nonprofit entities that are designated for occupancy by elderly tenants to address an immediate threat to tenants' health, safety and quality of life. Contact: G. DeWay Kimbrough, 202-708-3000; 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=43438&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Justice BJA FY 09 Tribal Courts Assistance Program — Deadline: February 12, 2009. Eligibility: Tribal governments. Fund uses: To develop new tribal courts, improve the operations of existing tribal courts, and provide funding for technical assistance and training of tribal court staff. Contact: Eunice Pierre, 202-514-1473; 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=43286&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. International Programs to Combat Trafficking in Persons — Deadline: January 21, 2009. Eligibility: For-profit and nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education and individuals. Fund uses: To improve the response to programs against trafficking in persons outside of the United States. Contact: Christina Johnson, 202-312-9716;. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=43478&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Nutrition Great American Dine Out Grants — Deadline: January 16, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and hospitals and clinics. Fund uses: To combat childhood hunger through the proceeds of the Great American Dine Out. Contact: Share Our Strength, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://join.strength.org/site/PageServer?pagename=GADO_learn_grants. Technology Geo Challenge Grants — Deadline: December 22, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To help nonprofit organizations operate more effectively through the use of maps and related geographic data. Contact: Google.org, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.google.org/geochallenge.html. Program Year 2009 Weatherization Formula Grants — Deadline: August 1, 2009. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low-income persons, reduce their total residential expenditures, and improve their health and safety. Contact: Lisa Kuzniar, 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=18627&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Transportation Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program — Action: The Federal Transit Administration corrected project identification numbers included in its Aug. 22, 2008, announcement of Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program grant recipients. Contact: Blenda Younger, 202-366-2053. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-27283.pdf. Veterans Per Diem for Nursing Home Care of Veterans in State Homes — Comments: December 29, 2008. C.F.R.: 38 C.F.R. Part 51 and 58. Action: The Department of Veterans Affairs proposed to amend its regulations that set forth a mechanism for paying per diem to state homes providing nursing home care to eligible veterans. Contact: Theresa Hayes, 202-461-6771. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28171.pdf. Community Residential Care Program — Comments: January 26, 2009. C.F.R.: 38 C.F.R. Part 17. Action: The Department of Veterans Affairs proposed to amend its Community Residential Care regulations to update the standards for VA approval of facilities, including standards that would be adopted for fire safety and heating and cooling systems. Contact: Daniel Schoeps, 202-461-6763. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28122.pdf. Victim Assistance Violence Against Women Act Conforming Amendments — Effective: December 29, 2008. Comments: January 27, 2009. C.F.R.: 24 C.F.R. Parts 5, 91, 880, 882, 883, 884. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development published an interim rule that conforms HUD's regulations to the self-implementing provisions of the statutory provisions of the Violence Against Women Act. Contact: Nicole Faison, 202-708-0744. 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