Congratulations to BACR!
Congratulations to Bay Area Community Resources on obtaining grants from the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to run Beacon Centers at four SFUSD schools and other youth programs in San Francisco for the next five years, and to Mission Neighborhood Centers for receiving seven DCYF grants for different after-school, enrichment, leadership, cultural enrichment, and career awareness programs.
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Grants In Education

California Learning Communities for School Success Program
Purpose: To support programs aimed at improving student outcomes by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies
Amount: Varies $15,000 to $2 million
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Statewide Sector Navigators
Purpose: To supply in-demand skills for employers, create relevant career pathways and stackable credentials, promote student success, and get Californians into open jobs.
Funder: California Community College Chancellor’s Office
Applicant: California Community College District
Amount: $372,000 per Sector Navigator grant
Projected Number of Awards: 1 per sector (10 sectors)
Deadline: Friday, March 16, 2018

New! Middle School Foundation Academies Planning Grant
Purpose: To establish Middle School Foundation Academies to prepare students for acceptance into a California Partnership Academy at the local high.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local education agencies
Amount: $25,000
Projected Number of Awards: 10
Deadline: Friday, March 23, 2018

New! Hispanic-Serving Institutions – Education Grants Program
Purpose: To promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences.
Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Applicant: Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, April 05, 2018

New! Migrant Education Program
Purpose: To ensure that all migratory students can meet the same challenging state academic standards that all children are expected to meet. Funding supports high quality comprehensive educational programs to help overcome educational disruption, cultural and language barriers, social isolations, varying health related problems and other factors that inhibit the ability of such children to succeed in schools.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local education agencies
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 20
Deadline: Monday, May 07, 2018

New! Computer Science for All
Purpose: To provide all U.S. students the opportunity to participate in computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) education in their schools at the preK-12 levels.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 24
Deadline: Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Upcoming

Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grants to Developers for the Opening of New Charter Schools & the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Amount: Varies $150,000 to $250,000
Projected Number of Awards: 15Promise Neighborhoods Implementation Grants
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 3
Projected Application Notice: April 15, 2018
Social Services

New! Substance Use Disorder Services
Purpose: To provide Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery residence services to adolescents, adults and older adults who are residents of Alameda County.
Funder: Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F Dental Reimbursement Program
Purpose: To improve access to oral health care services for low income, uninsured, and underserved people living with HIV (PLWH) and to support related education and training for the delivery of dental care to PLWH.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 60
Deadline: Friday, March 23, 2018

Drug Free Communities – Competing Continuation
Purpose: To establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies; as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Community-based coalitions
Amount: Up to $125,000 each
Projected Number of Awards: 120
Deadline: Thursday, March 29, 2018

Drug Free Communities – New
Purpose: To establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies; as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Community-based coalitions
Amount: Up to $125,000 each
Projected Number of Awards: 120
Deadline: Thursday, March 29, 2018

New! Transitional Living Program and Maternity Group Homes
Purpose: To implement, enhance, and/or support effective strategies for successful transition to sustainable living for runaway and homeless youth ages 16 to under 22 and/or pregnant and parenting youth ages 16 to under 22 and their dependent child(ren).
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $100,000 to $283,322
Projected Number of Awards: 63
Deadline: Thursday, April 05, 2018

New! Adult Protective Services – Case Management Services
Purpose: To provide case management services to Alameda County residents who are elder or dependent adults and who have experienced, or are experiencing abuse or neglect, including self-neglect.
Funder: Alameda County Social Services Agency
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Unknown
Projected Number of Awards: 1
Deadline: Tuesday, April 10, 2018

New! Substance Abuse Treatment for Children and Adolescents
Purpose: To identify and reduce differences in access, service use, and outcomes of services among females and racial and ethnic minority populations to address health disparities.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 27
Deadline: Tuesday, April 10, 2018

New! Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV Prevention
Purpose: To help school districts and schools develop and implement sustainable program activities to:1) Reduce HIV infection and other STDs among adolescents; and 2) Reduce disparities in risk for HIV infection and other STD infection.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $12,000 to $350,000
Projected Number of Awards: 135
Deadline: Friday, April 13, 2018

New! SMART FY 18 Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative
Purpose: To implement the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and promotes innovation and best practices in protecting the public from sexual violence.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $5,000 to $350,000
Projected Number of Awards: 1
Deadline: Monday, April 16, 2018

New! Full Service Partnerships
Purpose: To maximize the recovery, resilience and wellness of all eligible Alameda County residents who are developing or experiencing serious mental health, alcohol or drug issues.
Funder: Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Applicant: Community based organizations
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 11
Deadline: Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program
Purpose: To learn how communities can successfully approach the goal of preventing and ending youth homelessness by building comprehensive systems of care for young people rather than implementing individual or unconnected projects that serve this population.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $1,000,000 to $15,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: 11
Deadline: Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Community Based Transitional Housing Program
Purpose: To provide transitional housing and support services. This program is intended to primarily target offenders released from state prisons and county jails. However, cities and counties may apply for funds to serve other populations that they believe will benefit from the Program’s services.
Funder: California Department of Finance
Applicant: Public agencies
Amount: Up to $2,000,000 each
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Monday, October 01, 2018

 

Justice Grants
Juvenile Justice Prevention Act – Community Supervision Program
Purpose: To align the resources of the client’s family, school, and neighborhood to optimize preventive services and eliminate behaviors leading to chronic delinquency.
Funder: Alameda County
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 1
Deadline: Wednesday, March 14, 2018Upcoming
Be on the lookout for JAG RFPs from the California Board of State and Community Corrections in the coming months.The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program provides critical funding necessary to support state and local initiatives, to include: technical assistance, strategic planning, research and evaluation (including forensics), data collection, training, personnel, equipment, forensic laboratories, supplies, contractual support, and criminal justice information systems.
Arts
Reentry Through the Arts
Purpose: To support high-quality arts programs for adults who have been convicted of a criminal offense and have served time in correctional institutions.
Funder: California Arts Council
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $50,000 each
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, March 22, 2018FY17-18 Arts Education
Purpose: To expand access to meaningful arts learning opportunities by supporting these activities in a diversity of settings and contexts.
Funder: California Arts Council
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, March 22, 2018NEA Challenge America, FY2019
Purpose: To extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations — those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability.
Funder: National Endowment for the Arts
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $10,000
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, April 12, 2018

Art Grant Programs
The California Arts Council posts applications for various art grant programs. Click here to view the list of open programs.
Economic & Workforce Development Grants
Stand Down Grants
Purpose: To enhance employment and training opportunities or to promote the self-sufficiency of homeless veterans through paid work
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $7,000 to $10,000
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, December 31, 2020