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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Agriculture
Donated Foods National Average Minimum Value
Critical Agricultural Materials
Rural Economic Transition Assistance Hawaii Program II
New Hampshire Grazing Lands Technical Assistance
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
Economic Development
Native American Business Enterprise Center Program
Education
Educational Adviser Training and Support Services
Employment/Training
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive Funding Availability for Program Year (PY) 2005; Correction
Multiple Education Pathways Blueprint Grants (MEPB)
Environment
Fund for Wild Nature Grants
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Grants To Protect the Health and Environment of Communities Threatened by Toxics
Idaho Challenge Cost Share Program
Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
Pollution Prevention Information Network Grants Program
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: Projects in EPA Regions 1, 5, 8 and 10
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Nature of Learning Program
Health
Aging and Disability Resource Center Initiative: Integrating Access to Long-Term Care
National Public Health Leadership Institute
Historic Preservation
Tourism Cares Worldwide Grant Program
HIV/AIDS
Resource and Evaluation Center
Homeland Security
Law Enforcement Officer Reimbursement Agreement Program
Housing
Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers Program, National Farmworker Jobs Program, Housing Assistance Addendum
Individuals With Disabilities
Transition and Employment for Youth with Disabilities National Technical Assistance Center
Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) to Assist Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As) to Establish or Improve Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities
Job Training/Employment
Labor-Management Cooperation Program
Justice
FY 2007 Sex Offender Management Training and Technical Assistance Program
Edward Byrne Memorial Discretionary Grants
Native Americans/Alaska Natives
Native American Business Enterprise Center - North Carolina, New Mexico and Oklahoma
Transportation
OSDBU's Small Business Transportation Resource Centers (SBTRC) Under the Minority Resource Center (MRC) Program
Commercial Driver's License Program Improvement
Disclaimer
Agriculture
Donated Foods National Average Minimum Value — Action: Corrected the average value of donated foods or cash in lieu of donated foods to be provided in school year 2007 for each lunch served in the National School Lunch Program and for each lunch and supper served by institutions participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program from 16.75 cents to 17 cents. Contact: No contact information listed. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-9194.pdf.
Critical Agricultural Materials — Deadline: June 11, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To support the domestic production and manufacture of crop-based materials that are of strategic and industrial importance to benefit the economy, defense and general well-being of the nation. Contact: CSREES Help Desk, 202-401-5048. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13880&mode=VIEW.
Rural Economic Transition Assistance Hawaii Program II — Deadline: June 12, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To fund infrastructure and/or technology demonstrations that support sustainable development of agricultural products and services in Hawaii. Contact: CSREES Help Desk, 202-401-5048. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13881&mode=VIEW.
New Hampshire Grazing Lands Technical Assistance — Deadline: May 31, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To maintain and improve the management, productivity and health of privately owned grazing land.. Contact: Noreen McDonald, 603-868-7581;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13862&mode=VIEW.
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program — Deadline: September 30, 2007. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops, which include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops. Contact: Trista Etzig, 202-690-4942;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13848&mode=VIEW.
Economic Development
Native American Business Enterprise Center Program — Deadline: June 15, 2007. Eligibility: Native American business development centers serving Arizona statewide, California statewide, Minnesota/Iowa statewide, New Mexico statewide, North Carolina/Cherokee/Ashville, North/South Dakota statewide, Northwest and Oklahoma statewide. Fund uses: To provide technical assistance and business consultation to Native American- and other minority-owned businesses. Contact: Efrain Gonzalez, 202-482-1940. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-9096.pdf.
Education
Educational Adviser Training and Support Services — Deadline: July 13, 2007. Eligibility: Public and private institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To develop training programs and provide support services for Department of State-affiliated overseas educational advisers. Contact: Hans Posey, 202-203-7466;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13868&mode=VIEW.
Employment/Training
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive Funding Availability for Program Year (PY) 2005; Correction — Action: Corrected the funding availability announcement first published on April 30, 2007, for the Workforce Investment Act incentive awards program to include the complete list of states that are eligible for funding. Contact: Karen A. Staha, 202-693-3031;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-9262.pdf.
Multiple Education Pathways Blueprint Grants (MEPB) — Deadline: June 7, 2007. Eligibility: Mayors of cities whose populations range from 75,000 to 350,000 as determined by the 2000 Census and who have a cohort dropout rate of more than 40 percent. Fund uses: To support small cities in the development of detailed blueprints for multiple education pathways systems that provide a mix of alternative learning environments serving youths who have already dropped out of school and youths who are at risk of dropping out of school. Contact: B. Jai Johnson, 202-693-3296. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13842&mode=VIEW.
Environment
Fund for Wild Nature Grants — Deadline: April 27, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support campaigns to save and restore native species and wild ecosystems, including actions to defend wilderness and biological diversity. Contact: Fund for Wild Nature, 503-230-0075;
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More information: http://www.fundwildnature.org/proposal.html.
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Grants To Protect the Health and Environment of Communities Threatened by Toxics — Deadline: September 30, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support organizations, primarily at the state and regional levels, that bring together activists to work on toxics exposure and contamination, and promote initiatives and public policies that reduce the use of toxins and hold corporations accountable for their impact on the environment. Contact: Millie Buchanan, 212-684-6577;
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More information: http://www.noyes.org/apply.html#elig.
Idaho Challenge Cost Share Program — Deadline: September 30, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To promote cost-sharing partnerships with non-federal entities for the purpose of public land management of important resources. Contact: Melinda Ritacco, 208-373-4018. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13863&mode=VIEW.
Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy — Deadline: September 29, 2007. Eligibility: County governments. Fund uses: To promote a cost-sharing partnership with the state of Idaho for the purpose of public land management of important fish, wildlife, rare plants and the habitat on which they depend. Contact: Melinda Ritacco, 208-373-4018. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13864&mode=VIEW.
Pollution Prevention Information Network Grants Program — Deadline: June 11, 2007. Eligibility: State and tribal governments and public institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To identify businesses for whom lack of information is an impediment to implementing source reduction and provide training in source reduction techniques. Contact: Beth Anderson, 202-564-8833;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13831&mode=VIEW.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: Projects in EPA Regions 1, 5, 8 and 10 — Deadline: July 18, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To build state and tribal capacity for using statistically valid monitoring data for reporting on the condition of aquatic resources. Contact: Jo Thompson, 202-529-5198;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13840&mode=VIEW.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Nature of Learning Program — Deadline: June 15, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, schools and community groups. Fund uses: To promote a greater understanding of conservation issues while enhancing student academic achievement through a community-based program that uses national wildlife refuges as outdoor classrooms. Contact: Ellen Gabel,
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More information: http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Browse_All_Programs&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=4787.
Health
Aging and Disability Resource Center Initiative: Integrating Access to Long-Term Care — Deadline: June 29, 2007. Action: Announced modifications to the Aging and Disability Resource Center Initiative: Integrating Access to Long-Term Care grant program. Contact: Joseph Lugo,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search/do?oppId=13904@mode=VIEW.
National Public Health Leadership Institute — Deadline: July 10, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments; for-profit, nonprofit, tribal, and community- and faith-based organizations; small, minority and women-owned businesses; colleges and universities; research institutions; and hospitals. Fund uses: To enhance the leadership knowledge and competencies of federal, state and local health officials and other public health professionals by continuing to develop and conduct an annual National Public Health Leadership Program. Contact: CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 770-488-2700;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13867&mode=VIEW.
Historic Preservation
Tourism Cares Worldwide Grant Program — Deadline: June 1, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To protect, restore or conserve sites of exceptional cultural, historic or natural significance or educate local host communities and the traveling public about the conservation and preservation of sites of exceptional cultural, historical or natural significance. Contact: Carolyn Viles, 781-821-5990;
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More information: http://www.tourismcares.org/Worldwide_Grant_Program.aspx.
HIV/AIDS
Resource and Evaluation Center — Deadline: June 22, 2007. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit entities that serve predominantly minority populations, including schools and academic health sciences centers. Fund uses: To support a resource and evaluation center, which will coordinate and maintain a central repository of training materials for HIV/AIDS peer treatment educators, assist in dissemination of successful training strategies and evaluate outcomes of the peer education training sites. Contact: Yolanda Cavalier, 301-443-8045;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13826&mode=VIEW.
Homeland Security
Law Enforcement Officer Reimbursement Agreement Program — Deadline: June 15, 2007. Eligibility: State, local or other public institutions or organizations responsible for commercial airport operations at airports within their jurisdiction that have incurred law enforcement officer service costs after the Sept. 11, 2001, security mandates. Fund uses: To support deployment of sufficient law enforcement officers by airports to ensure passenger safety and counter risks to transportation security. Contact: Aimee Jackson, 571-227-1532;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13828&mode=VIEW.
Housing
Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers Program, National Farmworker Jobs Program, Housing Assistance Addendum — Action: Published an addendum to the announcement of the availability of funds for the housing assistance portion of the National Farmworkers Jobs Program. Contact: James Stockton, 202-693-3335. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-9003.pdf.
Individuals With Disabilities
Transition and Employment for Youth with Disabilities National Technical Assistance Center — Deadline: June 25, 2007. Eligibility: Consortia made up of a minimum of three entities, which may include a combination of nonprofit or for-profit organizations, including faith-based organizations, and universities and colleges. Fund uses: To build capacity within and across both generic and disability-specific youth service delivery systems to help youth with disabilities successfully transition from high school to post-secondary education and/or employment in high-demand career areas. Contact: Cassandra Mitchell, 202-693-4570;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-9117.pdf.
Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) to Assist Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As) to Establish or Improve Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities — Deadline: July 9, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To provide training and technical assistance to protection and advocacy systems in their promotion of full participation in the electoral process for individuals with disabilities. Contact: Melvenia Wright,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13856&mode=VIEW.
Job Training/Employment
Labor-Management Cooperation Program — Deadline: September 30, 2007. Fund uses: To establish and operate labor-management committees that are organized jointly by employers and labor organizations established for the purpose of improving relationships, job security and organizational effectiveness; enhancing economic development; and involving workers in decisions affecting their working lives. Contact: Linda Stubbs, 202-606-8181;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-8996.pdf.
Justice
FY 2007 Sex Offender Management Training and Technical Assistance Program — Deadline: June 5, 2007. Eligibility: Private institutions of higher education, private nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To focus on developing and providing training and technical assistance to state, local and tribal jurisdictions in addressing the reduction of recidivism for and accountability of sex offenders. Contact: Stefanie Harris, 202-353-9272. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13905&mode=VIEW.
Edward Byrne Memorial Discretionary Grants — Deadline: June 4, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments; public and Indian housing authorities; nonprofit, for-profit and tribal organizations; small businesses; and public and private institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To help local communities improve the capacity of local justice systems and provide for national support efforts including training and technical assistance programs strategically targeted to address local needs. Contact: Stefanie Harris, 202-353-9272;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13885&mode=VIEW.
Native Americans/Alaska Natives
Native American Business Enterprise Center - North Carolina, New Mexico and Oklahoma — Deadline: June 15, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, special district governments and private institutions of higher education. Action: Solicited competitive applications from organizations to operate Native American Business Enterprise Centers in North Carolina, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Contact: Efrain Gonzalez, 202-482-1940;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13883&mode=VIEW.
Transportation
OSDBU's Small Business Transportation Resource Centers (SBTRC) Under the Minority Resource Center (MRC) Program — Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, private nonprofit organizations and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. Action: Requested proposals from business-centered, community-based organizations, transportation-related trade associations, institutions of higher education and chambers of commerce to participate in the Small Business Transportation Resource Centers program to operate the seven remaining centers. Contact: Arthur Jackson, 202-366-5344;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13844&mode=VIEW.
Commercial Driver's License Program Improvement — Deadline: May 21, 2007. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To improve states' implementation of the commercial driver's license program. Action: Announced the availability of Commercial Driver's License Program Improvement funding, as authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users. Contact: Lloyd E. Goldsmith, 202-366-2964. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13900&mode=VIEW.
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