May 2009
Federal Grants of Interest
The following federal grants of interest are due early this June or July, so if you find one that is of interest for your organization, don't delay in applying. Also, if you have not been on to the grants.gov website recently, this is a good time to visit the website.
The federal government has been so inundated with queries for grants due to the stimulus package release of funds, that the federal online mechanism for receiving applications is breaking down. Thus, they are introducing auxiliary means of receiving grant applications.
Follow this link to read about the new alternate systems in place to process grant applications.
Department of Health and Human Services: Street Outreach Program
Description: The purpose of Street Outreach Program (SOP) is to enable programs to assist young people in relocating from the streets to stable housing situations and in making other healthy personal choices regarding where they live and how they behave. To that end, the Street Program seeks to promote grantee efforts to build relationships between street outreach staff and runaway, homeless, and street youth. These relationship-building efforts are conducive to providing effective, supportive services that will assist youth in moving and adjusting to safe and appropriate alternative living arrangements and in becoming independent, self-sufficient, contributing members of society.
Eligibility: State and Local Governments, Special District Governments, Native American Tribal Governments and Organizations, Institutes of Higher Education, Regional Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, For profit Organizations other than Small Businesses, Small Businesses
Deadline: June, 08, 2009
Estimated Number of Awards: 50
Estimated Total Program Grant Funding: $5,000,000
Ceiling on Amount of Individual Awards: $200,000 per budget period
Contact: LeBretia White, 866-796-1591; fysb@dixongroup.com
DOJ: National Youth Mentoring Training and Technical Assistance Initiative Grant
Description: This program supports wide-ranging mentoring initiatives aimed at reducing juvenile delinquency, gang involvement, academic failure, victimization, and school dropout rates.
Eligibility: State and Local Governments, Institutes of Higher Education, Native American Tribal Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, For profit organizations other than small businesses
Deadline: June 15, 2009
Amount: Estimated funds available: None given
Estimated Number of Awards: None given
Estimated Grant Range: $1,500,000 award ceiling
Contact: Gwendolyn Dilworth, 202-514-4822; gwendolyn.dilworth@usdoj.gov
HHS: Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Description: This program supports the creation and maintenance of one-on-one mentoring relationships between children of incarcerated parents and caring, supportive adult volunteer mentors. The intent of this program is to support the establishment or expansion and operation of mentoring programs, using a network of public and private community entities, in areas with substantial numbers of children of incarcerated parents.
Eligibility: State and Local Governments, Special District Governments, Independent School Districts, Native American Tribal Governments and Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, Faith-Based and Community Organizations
Deadline: June 19, 2009
Amount: $9,000,000
Estimated Number of Awards: 70
Estimated Grant Range: $211,163 per budget period (3 12-month budget periods)
Contact: ACF Applications Help Desk, app_support@acf.hhs.gov
Administration for Children and Families: Assets for Independence Demonstration Program
Description: This program seeks to enable individuals and families with low incomes to become economically self-sufficient for the long-term. Supported projects offer participants access to special matched savings accounts, called Individual Development Accounts, that allow participants to save earned income for the purchase of a home, for business capitalization, or to attend higher education or training. Supported projects also ensure that participants have access to financial literacy education and coaching, including training on money management and consumer issues.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations; institutions of higher education; independent school districts; public and Indian housing authorities; Alaska Native-, Native Hawaiian-, and Hispanic-serving institutions; regional organizations; and federal, state, local, and tribal governments
Deadline: June 25, 2009.
Amount: $19,000,000
Estimated Number of Awards: 65
Estimated Grant Range: $350,000 to$1,000,000
Contact: James Gatz, 202-401-4626; afiprogram@acf.hhs.gov
National Institute of Health: School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity
Description: This program encourages the formation of partnerships between academic institutions and school systems in order to develop and implement controlled, school-based intervention strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of obesity in childhood. The program also encourages evaluative comparisons of different intervention strategies, as well as the use of methods to detect synergistic interactions between different types of interventions. Support is provided through the research project grant (R01), small research grant (R03), and exploratory/developmental grant (R21) mechanisms.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; institutions of higher education; Alaska Native-, Native Hawaiian-, and Hispanic-serving institutions; regional organizations; foreign organizations; and federal, state, local, and tribal governments
Deadline: July 06, 2009.
Estimated Funds Available: Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.
Contact: Lisa Moeller, 301-496-5482; moellerl2@mail.nih.gov
