June Grants Newsletter: HTA Clients Awarded $25.4 Million for Education, Mental Health, and Workforce Programs; New Opportunities for Transitional Housing, Special Education, and Arts
Congratulations to Familias Unidas for receiving a $40,000 award from the City of Richmond’s ECIA program to provide trauma-informed mental health and violence prevention services for youth and their families at Lavonya Dejean Middle School, Richmond High, and the agency’s clinic in Richmond.
Congratulations to Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) for its award of $97,881 from the California Department of Education’s Career Technical Education Incentive Grant program, to strengthen career pathway programs for students in alternative schools in ACOE, Contra Costa County Office of Education, Alameda Unified School District, and Emery Unified School District.
Congratulations to Oakland Private Industry Council for their award of $414,990 each year for three years to serve as the Oakland Workforce Development Board’s coordinator for workforce and career services across Oakland, as well as directly provide case management, employment training, and job placement services to adults with high barriers to employment at three sites in West Oakland.
Please join us in congratulating Mission Neighborhood Centers for its award of $4,813,405 per year for five years, for its many Head Start and Early Head Start programs in San Francisco, from the federal Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Head Start.
Grants In Education
New! Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Purpose: To improve the quality of their agricultural career technical education programs. The goal is to maintain a high-quality, comprehensive agricultural career technical program in California’s public school system to ensure a constant source of employable, trained, and skilled individuals. Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local educational agencies Amount: Total funding available $4,134,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Sunday, June 30, 2019
New! Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel Purpose: To (1) help address State-identified needs for personnel preparation in special education, early intervention, related services, and regular education to work with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children. Funder: U.S. Department of Education Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $750,000 Projected Number of Awards: 24 Deadline: Monday, July 8, 2019
New! Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program Purpose: To assist Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to expand educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students. DHSI Program grants enable HSIs to expand and enhance the academic offerings, program quality, faculty quality, and institutional stability of colleges and universities that are educating the majority of Hispanic college students and help large numbers of Hispanic students and low-income individuals complete postsecondary degrees Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education Applicant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $600,000 Projected Number of Awards: 40 Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2019
Upcoming Charter Schools/Grants to Developers for the Opening of New Charter Schools Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Applicant: Eligible applicants are developers that have- Applied to an authorized public chartering authority to operate a charter school; and Provided adequate and timely notice to that authority. (Section 4310(6) of the ESEA).Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Projected Amount: $1,500,000 Projected Number of Awards: 20 Projected Release Date: June 6, 2019
Charter Schools/Developer Grants for Replication and Expansion of New Charter Schools Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Applicant: Eligible applicants are developers that have- Applied to an authorized public chartering authority to operate a charter school; and Provided adequate and timely notice to that authority. (Section 4310(6) of the ESEA).Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Projected Amount: $1,500,000 Projected Number of Awards: 20 Projected Release Date: June 6, 2019
Health & Social Services
STOP School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Training Program Purpose: To prevent and reduce school violence. Specifically, the BJA program will address: (1) training school personnel and educating students to prevent student violence; (2) development and operation of anonymous reporting systems against threats of school violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, and websites; and (3) development and operation of school threat assessment and crisis intervention teams that may include coordination with law enforcement agencies and school personnel. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice Applicant: States, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribes, and public agencies Amount: Varies $100,000 to $1,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 48 Deadline: Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Ethnic Community Self Help Program Purpose: To support Ethnic Community-Based Organizations (ECBOs) in providing refugee populations with critical services to assist them in becoming integrated members of American society. An ECBO is a non-profit organization that was founded and is led by a current or former refugee, or a group of current and former refugees and immigrants, primarily for the advancement of refugees. For the purposes of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), ORR considers an ECBO as a non-profit organization whose board of directors is comprised of at least 60 percent current and/or former refugees. Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families Applicant: Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, nonprofits, state governments, county governments institutions of higher education, independent school districts Amount: Varies $100,000 to $200,000 Projected Number of Awards: 13 Deadline: Tuesday, June 18, 2019
New! Basic Center Program Purpose: To provide temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. The BCPs work to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families Applicant: County governments, public housing authorities, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, Native American tribal organizations/governments Amount: Varies $50,000 to $200.000 Projected Number of Awards: 89 Deadline: Monday, July 1, 2019
New! Street Outreach Program Purpose: To provide prevention and intervention services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to or are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of trafficking in persons. The goal of the SOP is to increase young people’s personal safety, social and emotional well-being, self-sufficiency, and to help them build permanent connections with families, communities, schools, and other positive social networks. Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations/governments Amount: Varies $90,000 to $150,000 Projected Number of Awards: 52 Deadline: Monday, July 1, 2019
New! Transitional Living Program 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). Projects must provide safe, stable, and appropriate shelter for up to 18 months, which under extenuating circumstances, can be extended to 21 months and provide comprehensive services that supports the transition of homeless youth to self-sufficiency and stable, independent living. Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations Amount: Varies $100,000 to $250,000 Projected Number of Awards: 18 Deadline: Monday, July 1, 2019
New! Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program-New Purpose: The DFC Support Program has two goals: 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 abuse among youth*. Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse. Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Applicant: community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use that have never received a DFC Amount: Up to $125,000 Projected Number of Awards: 150 Deadline: Monday, July 8, 2019
New! Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program-Competing Continuation Purpose: the DFC Support Program has two goals: 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 abuse among youth*. Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse. Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Applicant: Community based coalitions that previously received a DFC grant Amount: Up to $125,000 Projected Number of Awards: 150 Deadline: Monday, July 8, 2019
New! Mental Health Technology 2.0 Purpose: to develop, test, launch, host and evaluate the benefit of a mobile application pilot project for two (2) years on an individual and system level. The proposed mobile application should be shown to be reasonably capable of producing evidence-based practice results to increase access to mental health services for one, but no more than two, of the following targeted populations: 1) Caregivers of family members who suffer from a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) or a Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED); 2) Youth/Transition Age Youth (TAY) who are victims of trauma induced by violence, particularly gun violence; 3) Attempted Suicide Survivors; or 4) Immigrants, Asylees, and Refugees. Funder: Alameda County Applicant: Community based organizations Amount: Up to $230,000 for 2-year contract term Projected Number of Awards: 8 Deadline: Thursday, July 25, 2019
Justice Grants
Youth Gang Suppression Implementation Grants Program Purpose: To support jurisdictions with an established gang presence to coordinate gang suppression efforts and activities by prosecutorial and law enforcement agencies. OJJDP has a long history of supporting community efforts to combat gang crime. Through OJJDP’s Comprehensive Gang Model, communities can implement a comprehensive approach to gang crime and youth violence reduction. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $230,000 Projected Number of Awards: 6 Deadline: Monday, June 24, 2019
Improving Reentry for Adults with Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Purpose: To help improve access to and delivery of services to offenders with co-occurring substance abuse and mental illness when they leave incarceration to reenter the community. The focus of the Program is to provide standardized screening and assessment; collaborative comprehensive case management; and pre- and post-release programming that address criminogenic risk and needs, including mental illness and substance abuse. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice Applicant: States, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribes Amount: Up to $1 million Projected Number of Awards: 10 Deadline: Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction Program Purpose: This program focuses on high crime communities with concentrated distress and hot spots of crime and directly supports the Department’s priorities to reduce violent crime (sometimes associated with gang activity), assist communities struggling with drug abuse, and support law enforcement officers by integrating officers and enforcement strategies into community-based crime reduction efforts. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $1,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 10 Deadline: Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Supporting Effective Interventions for Adolescent Sex Offenders and Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems Purpose: To develop a community-based, multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach to responding to youth with sexual behavior problems, their child victims, and their families as well as a training and technical assistance provider to support project sites in developing intervention models. The purpose of this program is to prevent sexual reoffending, promote healing, and provide services for victims and families. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $500,000 Projected Number of Awards: 4 Deadline: Tuesday, June 25, 2019
New! Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims Purpose: To address an urgent gap in crime victim services related to the opioid epidemic and to expand upon existing or establish new programs to provide services to children and youth who are victimized as the result of the opioid crisis. OVC anticipates that this solicitation will support service providers in expanding their current scope and expertise to ensure that children and youth (the most vulnerable victims impacted by the opioid crisis) are supported as they heal from the impact of crime and substance abuse. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $750,000 Projected Number of Awards: 24 Deadline: Thursday, July 11, 2019
Economic & Workforce Development Grants
New! AB 1111 Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative Purpose: To provide services to target populations who are often not eligible for other state and federal programs. The list of eligible activities are inclusive, from basic education and adult education, to on-the-job training, to supportive services as well as the list of target populations. Funder: California Workforce Development Board Applicant: Local workforce development boards and community-based organizations Amount: Ranges $150,000 to $500,000 Projected Number of Awards: Total funding available $15 million Deadline: Letter of Intent is dueMonday, June 24, 2019. RFA to be released in July 2019.
Statewide Park Program (SPP) – Round 3 Purpose: The Statewide Park Program (SPP) competitive grants purpose is to create new parks and new recreation opportunities in critically underserved communities across California through Proposition 68 funding. Funder: California Department of Parks and Recreation Applicant: Counties, cities, joint powers authorities, nonprofit organizations Amount: Ranges $200,000 to $8,5000,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Monday, August 5, 2019
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
Upcoming Job Corps Scholars Program – Notice of Intent Purpose: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), will announce the availability of approximately $23,738,000 in grant funds authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Section 156 (a) (29 U.S.C.3193(a)) and Section 189(c) (29 U.S.C._3249(c)) for Job Corps Scholars Program Partnership. Funder: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration Applicant: Two-year, public community colleges; accredited, public two- and four-year historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs); and accredited tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) Amount: Varies $1,052,500 to $1,186,900 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Projected Deadline: TBD; public comment period ends July 3, 2019
Arts
New! NEA Art Works 2, FY2020 Purpose: To support public engagement with, and access to, various forms of excellent art across the nation, the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. Projects may be large or small, existing or new, and may take place in any part of the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Funder: National Endowment for the Arts Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments Amount: Ranges $10,000 to $100,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Thursday, July 11, 2019
New! NEA Our Town, FY2020 Purpose: To support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes. Successful Our Town projects ultimately lay the groundwork for systemic changes that sustain the integration of arts, culture, and design into local strategies for strengthening communities. These projects require a partnership between a local government entity and nonprofit organization, one of which must be a cultural organization; and should engage in partnership with other sectors (such as agriculture and food, economic development, education and youth, environment and energy, health, housing, public safety, transportation, and workforce Funder: National Endowment for the Arts Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments Amount: Varies $25,000 to $200,000 Projected Number of Awards: 57 Deadline: Thursday, August 8, 2019
Art Grant Programs
The California Arts Council provides funding to arts programs, with funding available for youth programs, creative projects, and operation support. Click here to view the list of open programs.
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