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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Arts/Culture
American Masterpieces: Chamber Music
American Masterpieces: Presenting
American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring

Children/Youth
Communities Empowering Youth Program
Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation Grants

Community Service
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Grant

Criminal Justice
Research on Sex Offenders

Economic Development
Market Development Cooperator Program

Environment
Youth Garden Grants
ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Migratory Bird Program
Contamination Warning System Pilots
Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation

Health
Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Cooperative Agreement
High Impact Electronic Health Records Implementation
Transitional Living Program and Maternity Group Homes
Community-Based Participatory Research Initiative in Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities: Intervention Research Phase
The Eldercare Locator

HIV/AIDS
HIV Testing for Disproportionately Affected Populations

Housing
Multi-Family Housing, Single Family Housing
Self-Insurance Plan Under the Indian Housing Block Grant Program

Justice
Juvenile Drug Courts/Reclaiming Futures

Law Enforcement
Institutionalizing Community Policing
School and Campus Safety
Methamphetamine Training and Technical Assistance
COPS Homeland Security
COPS Technology
Tribal Policing
COPS Open/Other Topics
Online Community Policing Self-Assessment Tool
Violent Crime and Gangs
COPS Ethics and Integrity
COPS Recruitment and Hiring

Recreation
Bikes Belong Coalition Facility Grants

Rural Development/Services
Grants to Assist Small, Minority Producers

Senior Citizens
Tax Counseling for the Elderly
Model Approaches to Statewide Legal Assistance Systems

Welfare
National Poverty Research Center

Disclaimer


Arts/Culture

American Masterpieces: Chamber MusicDeadline: October 15, 2007. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, tribal organizations and governments. Fund uses: To acquaint Americans with chamber music through performances and related residencies. Contact: David Low; 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=14226&mode=VIEW.

American Masterpieces: PresentingDeadline: October 1, 2007. Eligibility: Tribal organizations and governments, state and local governments, private nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To bring presentations of the performing, visual, media, design and literary arts to American communities. Contact: David Low, 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=14229&mode=VIEW.

American Masterpieces: Visual Arts TouringDeadline: September 21, 2007. Eligibility: State and local governments, private nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, tribal governments and organizations. Fund uses: To create and present major art exhibitions to American communities. Contact: David Low, 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=14230&mode=VIEW.

Children/Youth

Communities Empowering Youth ProgramDeadline: July 10, 2007. Eligibility: Faith-based and community organizations, tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education and small businesses. Fund uses: To build the organizational capacity of organizations and community partners to better meet the needs of disadvantaged youth. Contact: Thom Campbell, 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=14212&mode=VIEW.

Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation GrantsDeadline: August 31, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support organizations dedicated to serving developing innovative programs, disseminating ideas or providing direct care or services for children with special needs, acute illnesses or chronic disabilities. Contact: Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation, 305-861-5352; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.iwpf.org/application/index.html.

Community Service

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service GrantDeadline: June 28, 2007. Eligibility: 2007 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service grant recipients. Fund uses: To mobilize more Americans to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday as a day of service in communities, to encourage people who do serve on this holiday to make a long-term commitment to community service and to bring people together around the common focus of service to others. Contact: James Willie, 202-606-6845; 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=14100&mode=VIEW.

Criminal Justice

Research on Sex OffendersDeadline: July 16, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To fund two research projects on sex offender issues that study the effectiveness of risk prediction models, boundary restrictions and residency restrictions. Contact: Marlene Beckman, 202-616-3562; 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=14231&mode=VIEW.

Economic Development

Market Development Cooperator ProgramDeadline: July 13, 2007. Eligibility: For-profit and nonprofit organizations, trade associations and state trade departments. Fund uses: To help underwrite the start-up costs of new ventures that result in increased exports or market share for non-agricultural U.S. goods and services. Contact: Brad Hess, 202-482-2969, 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=14187&mode=VIEW.

Environment

Youth Garden GrantsDeadline: November 1, 2007. Eligibility: Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities and intergenerational groups. Fund uses: To support child-centered, outdoor garden programs. Contact: National Gardening Association, 800-538-7476 ext. 115; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://assoc.garden.org/grants/.

ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Migratory Bird ProgramDeadline: September 1, 2007. Eligibility: Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Delaware Bay. Fund uses: To support bird habitat conservation projects in areas where ConocoPhillips has an operating presence. Contact: Peter Stangel, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Browse_All_Programs&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=5332.

Contamination Warning System PilotsAction: The Environmental Protection Agency announced its intent to solicit competitive applications for cooperative agreements to support contamination warning system demonstration pilots. Contact: Dan Schmelling, 202-564-5281; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-10241.pdf.

Maine Atlantic Salmon ConservationDeadline: July 31, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, schools, and nonprofit and tribal organizations.. Fund uses: To restore access to historic habitat, remove threats from degraded habitat and look for opportunities to inexpensively secure long-term habitat protection. Contact: Christal Cutler, 413-253-8233. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14109&mode=VIEW.

Health

Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Cooperative AgreementDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Rural public or private nonprofit entities. Fund uses: To continue HRSA-funded project examining the effectiveness and appropriateness of FESC in providing health care services in four remote Alaska sites. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 877-464-4772; 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=14208&mode=VIEW.

High Impact Electronic Health Records ImplementationDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Public and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support the use of EHRs as a tool to improve the safety, quality, efficiency and effectiveness of health care delivery. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 877-464-4772; 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=14128&mode=VIEW.

Transitional Living Program and Maternity Group HomesDeadline: July 30, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, tribal organizations and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To provide an alternative to involving runaway and homeless youth in the law enforcement, child welfare, mental health and juvenile justice systems. Contact: Victoria Marquez, 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=14163&mode=VIEW.

Community-Based Participatory Research Initiative in Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities: Intervention Research PhaseDeadline: September 1, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, tribal and nonprofit organizations, school districts, institutions of higher education and public housing authorities. Fund uses: To support disease intervention research in reducing and eliminating health disparities using community-based participatory research jointly conducted by health disparity communities and researchers. Contact: NIH OER Webmaster, 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=14126&mode=VIEW.

The Eldercare LocatorDeadline: July 6, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and Indian tribal governments, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To provide for the continued operation, future redirection, maintenance and marketing of the Eldercare Locator. Contact: Sherri Clark, 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=14111&mode=VIEW.

HIV/AIDS

HIV Testing for Disproportionately Affected PopulationsDeadline: July 16, 2007. Eligibility: State and local governments. Fund uses: To increase HIV testing for populations disproportionately affected by HIV, primarily African-Americans who are unaware of their HIV status. Contact: CDC Technical Information Management Section, 770-488-2700; 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=14227&mode=VIEW.

Housing

Multi-Family Housing, Single Family HousingEffective: May 31, 2007. Action: The Rural Housing Service announced the availability of housing funds for fiscal year 2007. Contact: Myron Wooden, 202-720-4780; Tammy Daniels, 202-720-0021. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-2682.pdf.

Self-Insurance Plan Under the Indian Housing Block Grant ProgramEffective: June 28, 2007. C.F.R.: 24 C.F.R. Part 1000. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development established standards for Indian Housing Block Grant recipients to buy insurance through nonprofit insurance entities owned and controlled by Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities. Contact: Roger Boyd, 202-401-7914. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-10176.pdf.

Justice

Juvenile Drug Courts/Reclaiming FuturesDeadline: June 20, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To develop and establish juvenile drug courts conjointly with the Reclaiming Futures program model. Contact: Gwen Williams, 202-616-1611; 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=14205&mode=VIEW.

Law Enforcement

Institutionalizing Community PolicingDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, tribal organizations and governments, state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, public and Indian housing authorities. Fund uses: To help create a strong foundation for sustaining community policing within law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14207&mode=VIEW.

School and Campus SafetyDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, tribal governments and organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To develop and advance innovative community policing strategies to make educational institutions safe havens for learning. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14218&mode=VIEW.

Methamphetamine Training and Technical AssistanceDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To promote training and technical assistance initiatives that advance community policing and problem-solving strategies to combat methamphetamine abuse. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14220&mode=VIEW.

COPS Homeland SecurityDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, public and Indian housing authorities. Fund uses: To improve the ability of law enforcement to prevent, prepare and respond to homeland security issues through the use of community policing strategies. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14210&mode=VIEW.

COPS TechnologyDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, institutions of higher education, tribal organizations and governments, state and local governments, for-profit organizations, nonprofits, public and Indian housing authorities. Fund uses: To build upon the ways technology can be used to make law enforcement more efficient and effective in community policing. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14211&mode=VIEW.

Tribal PolicingDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, nonprofits, institutions of higher education, state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, for-profit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities. Fund uses: To develop or advance community policing strategies and approaches in Indian Country through development of tools, products and applied research. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14209&mode=VIEW.

COPS Open/Other TopicsDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, state and local governments, tribal organizations and governments, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, public and Indian housing authorities. Fund uses: To develop or advance innovative strategies and approaches to community policing topics that address emerging or unmet needs. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14222&mode=VIEW.

Online Community Policing Self-Assessment ToolDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To develop and administer an online version of the COPS Office Community Policing Self-Assessment Tool. Contact: COPS Office Response Center, 800-421-6770; 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=14221&mode=VIEW.

Violent Crime and GangsDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To develop or advance community policing strategies to reduce illegal gun and drug use, gang activity and other violent crime. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14217&mode=VIEW.

COPS Ethics and IntegrityDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education, nonprofits, for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To build mutual trust and respect between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14216&mode=VIEW.

COPS Recruitment and HiringDeadline: July 2, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To develop and advance innovative approaches to recruiting and hiring new law enforcement officers. Contact: John Oliphant, 202-307-3411; 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=14215&mode=VIEW.

Recreation

Bikes Belong Coalition Facility GrantsDeadline: August 27, 2007. Eligibility: State and local public agencies and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To connect existing facilities or create new facility opportunities, such as bike paths, trails, lanes, mountain bike facilities and BMX facilities. Contact: Elizabeth Train, 303-449-4893; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://bikesbelong.org/page.cfm?PageID=21.

Rural Development/Services

Grants to Assist Small, Minority ProducersDeadline: July 30, 2007. Eligibility: Minority cooperatives and minority associations of cooperatives. Fund uses: To fund technical assistance to small, minority agricultural producers in rural areas. Contact: USDA Rural Development Office, 202-720-4323. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-10301.pdf.

Senior Citizens

Tax Counseling for the ElderlyDeadline: August 1, 2008. Eligibility: Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments, private nonprofit organizations other than institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To provide training and technical assistance to volunteers who provide free tax counseling and assistance to elderly individuals. Contact: Lynn Tyler, 202-283-0189; 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=14214&mode=VIEW.

Model Approaches to Statewide Legal Assistance SystemsDeadline: July 13, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, faith- and community-based organizations, hospitals and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To develop integrated, coordinated state legal services delivery systems for elders. Contact: Valerie Soroka, 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=14160&mode=VIEW.

Welfare

National Poverty Research CenterDeadline: July 16, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To study the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality and develop policy and program responses to poverty and inequality. Contact: Don Oellerich, 202-690-8410; 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=14067&mode=VIEW.

 
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