The California Grants Portal has launched!
The California State Library has announced the launch of the California Grants Portal, a single website to find all state grant and loan opportunities offered on a first-come or competitive basis. Visit the new portal at grants.ca.gov
August Newsletter
HTA congratulates Alameda County Office of Education for its award of $1,274,130 from the California Department of Education’s Tobacco-Use Prevention Education program to support prevention and intervention services for students across the county.
Education
CARES Act: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Purpose: The CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-IHE/Student Aid provides funding to institutions to provide emergency financial aid grants to students whose lives have been disrupted, many of whom are facing financial challenges and struggling to make ends meet. Funder: U.S. Department of Education Applicant: Institutions of higher education Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Faculty Early Career Development Program Purpose: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from early-career faculty at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply. Funder: National Science Foundation Applicant: Nonprofits, research labs, museums, institutions of higher education Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Special Needs School Transportation Camera (SN) Program RFP Purpose: The SN Program is intended to provide cameras on school transportation used by pre-K through high school students with disabilities/special needs to identify abusive behavior that may occur between students and/or between students and bus drivers/school personnel. Funder: Cal OES Applicant: To be eligible to submit a proposal, the applicant must be a school district or local/county education agency operating within California. Amount: Up to $138,022 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Monday, August 17, 2020
Special Education Research Purpose: In awarding these grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, (2) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (3) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). Funder: Department of Education Applicant: State, City and County Governments, private and public institutions of higher education, nonprofits, small businesses. Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Thursday, August 20, 2020
New! Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Early-Phase and Mid-Phase Competitions Purpose: The EIR program provides funding to create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students; and rigorously evaluate such innovations. The EIR program is designed to generate and validate solutions to persistent education challenges and to support the expansion of those solutions to serve substantially larger numbers of students. Funder: Department of Education Applicant: Nonprofits, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education Amount: $178,600,000 estimated available funds; Early-Phase grant awards of $3 million to $12 million over 60 months, depending on Absolute priority; Mid-Phase grant awards up to $8 million Projected Number of Awards: 11-17 awards for Early-Phase grants, 16-20 Mid-Phase grants Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2020
Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment Purpose: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS or Service) National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) is accepting proposals to develop introductory educational experiences in natural resource careers to young people and veterans, including culturally, ethnically and economically diverse students, and underserved communities that traditionally have low participation in outdoor recreation activities through hands-on experience and mentoring at a variety of USFWS programs including but not limited to, national wildlife refuges, fish hatcheries, and ecological services offices. Under this program, individuals and/or groups of youth, young adults, and veterans. Funder: Department of the Interior Applicant: Private and public institutions of higher education, state governments, city governments, nonprofits Amount: Varies $1,000-$2,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 250 Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
New! Head Start and/or Early Head Start Expansion Purpose: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Head Start (OHS) announces funding for the purpose of expanding access to high- quality, comprehensive early learning services for newly-enrolled, income-eligible pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and children from birth to compulsory school age. This funding opportunity announcement will solicit applications only from agencies with an existing Head Start, Early Head Start, or Early Head Start – Child Care Partnership grant award. ACF expects that expansion of an existing Head Start or Early Head Start program can include any of the following: adding slots within existing center-based classrooms or family child care programs; adding new classrooms to an existing center; adding or establishing entirely new centers or family child care homes; and/or adding new slots to a home-based program option. Funder: Department of Health and Human Services Applicant: nonprofits, county governments, city of township governments, institutions of higher learning. Amount: Varies from $300,000-$4,027,770 Projected Number of Awards: 30 Deadline: Monday, September 21, 2020
New! Discovery Research PreK-12 Purpose: The DRK-12 program invites proposals that address immediate challenges that are facing preK-12 STEM education as well as those that anticipate radically different structures and functions of preK-12 teaching and learning. The DRK-12 program has three major research and development strands: (1) Assessment; (2) Learning; and (3) Teaching. The program recognizes the synergy among the three strands and that there is some overlap and interdependence among them. However, proposals should identify a clear focus of the proposed research efforts (i.e., assessment, learning, or teaching) consistent with the proposal’s main objectives and research questions. Funder: National Science Foundation Applicant: Unrestricted Amount: Varies from $450,000-$5,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 60 Deadline: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
New! Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants Purpose: The Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants program will build the capacity of community colleges to collaborate with employers and the public workforce development system to meet local and regional labor market demand for a skilled workforce. Funder: Department of Labor Applicant: Community colleges Amount: up to $5,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 16 Deadline: Thursday, October 8, 2020
New! Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Purpose: The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program is an alliance-based program. The program’s theory is based on the Tinto model for student retention referenced in the 2005 LSAMP program evaluation.The overall goal of the program is to assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce by increasing the number of STEM baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to populationshistorically underrepresented in these disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. Funder: National Science Foundation Applicant: Institutions of higher education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members Amount: Varies from $100,000-$3,500,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Friday, November 20, 2020
Health, Social Services, Housing and Transportation
Healthy Start Group Health Consulting Services Purpose: To provide consulting services in support of improving women’s and children’s health from preconception to early childhood. Funder: Alameda County Applicant: Licensed clinicians who have provided Healthy Start Group Consulting Services for at least 5 years, with clinical expertise in the field of Maternal, Child Health, and strong experience working with urban African-American populations Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Friday, August 14, 202
Veterans Housing Rehabilitation and Modification Pilot Program Purpose: The grants may be used to modify or rehabilitate eligible veterans’ primary residences or to provide grantees’ affiliates with technical, administrative, and training support in connection with those services. Funder: Department of Housing and Urban Development Applicant: The organization must provide nationwide or statewide programs that primarily serve veterans or low-income individuals Amount: Varies $700,000- $1,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Tuesday, August 18, 2020
New! Family Self-Sufficiency Renewal Purpose: The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program supports the Department’s strategic goal of increasing economic opportunity for HUD-assisted families. FSS provides grants to Public Housing Authorities to support the salaries and training needs of Program Coordinators who assist participating families receiving housing assistance through the Housing Choice Voucher and Public Housing programs. Funder: Department of Housing and Urban Development Applicant: Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: 700 Deadline: Thursday, August 20, 2020
Identification and Management of Behavioral Symptoms and Mental Health Conditions in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional) Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement encourages research grant applications focusing on identification and management of behavioral symptoms and mental health conditions in individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). Specific areas of interest for this funding opportunity are (1) proposals to develop and validate assessment tools that reliably identify behavioral symptoms or diagnose mental health conditions in individuals with ID, and (2) proposals studying the pharmacokinetics, safety and efficacy of specific psychotropic medications for treatment of behavioral symptoms or mental health conditions in individuals with ID. Funder: Department of Health and Human Services Applicant: State, City and County Governments, private and public institutions of higher education, nonprofits, small businesses, for-profit organizations Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Monday, September 7, 2020
New! Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants NOFA Purpose: Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants support the development of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans which focus on directing resources to address three core goals: Housing, People and Neighborhood. To achieve these core goals, communities must develop and implement a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy, or Transformation Plan. Funder: Department of Housing and Urban Development Applicant: City or township governments, nonprofits, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities. Amount: Up to $450,000 Projected Number of Awards: 10 Deadline: Monday, September 14, 2020
Ensuring the Safety and Security of Immigrants Purpose: SVCF seeks to fund nonprofit organizations that will provide support, safety and security to immigrants during these challenging times Funder: Silicon Valley Community Foundation Applicant: San Mateo and/or Santa Clara county-serving organizations Amount: Open Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
New! Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) Purpose: The purpose of this program is to support innovative, community-based initiatives to improve the health status of infants, children, adolescents, and families in rural and other underserved communities by increasing their access to preventive care and services. This program supports the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) goals to improve access to quality health services, achieve health equity, and enhance population health. Recipients will implement community-based programs and evidence-based models of care that build on existing community resources and evaluate to demonstrate program impact. Funder: Department of Health and Human Services Applicant: Any domestic public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization. Domestic community-based organizations, including faith- based organizations, are eligible to apply. Amount: Up to $50,000 Projected Number of Awards: 10 Deadline: Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Stand Down Grants Purpose: To support local Stand Down events that assist homeless veterans by providing a wide variety of employment, social, and health services, to enhance employment and training opportunities or to promote the self-sufficiency of homeless veterans through paid work. Funder: Department of Labor Applicant: State and Local Workforce Development Boards, Veteran Service Organizations, local public agencies, tribal governments, and non-profit organizations including community and faith-based organizations Amount: Varies $7,000-$10,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Thursday, December 31, 2020
New! The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Grant Round 6 Purpose: AHSC provides funding for affordable housing developments (new construction or renovation) and transportation infrastructure. This may include sustainable transportation infrastructure, such as new transit vehicles, sidewalks, and bike lanes; transportation-related amenities, such as bus shelters, benches, or shade trees; and other programs that encourage residents to walk, bike, and use public transit. Funder: Governor’s Office of Planning & Research Applicant: Local governments, Transportation and transit agencies, Non-profit and for-profit housing developers, Joint powers authorities, K-12 school, college and university districts Amount: $1,000,000-$30,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Thursday, February 11, 2021
Justice
New! Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health, and Integrated Treatment for Drug Courts Purpose: The Court seeks the services of highly qualified treatment providers to deliver residential, outpatient, intensive outpatient, urinalysis testing, recovery residence, and transportation services to Drug Court clients as requested by the Drug Court staff. Funder: Superior Court of California, County of Alameda Applicant: Service providers operating in Alameda County and have at least two years of experience in the proposed treatment modality. Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Thursday, August 27, 2020
New! Responding to Staff Trauma and Organizational Stress in Prisons and Jail Settings Purpose: Accessing and reviewing available and emerging research and information on the subject of vicarious trauma, secondary trauma, compassion fatigue and job-related stress in prisons, jails and related disciplines will provide the background for determining the current understanding of this issue. It will also provide the foundation for interviews/focus groups/surveys/polling and other information gathering activities. Funder: Department of Justice Applicant: nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, community, and tribal organizations), for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). Amount: up to $175,000 Projected Number of Awards: 1 Deadline: Friday, August 28, 2020
So Love Can Win Rapid Response Fund Purpose: The So Love Can Win Rapid Response Fund will provide general operating grants of up to $10,000 to support the sustainability and vibrancy of the Oakland, CA, racial justice movement ecosystem during the pandemic. Organizations, groups, formations, or collectives who are based in Oakland and are led by Black, Indigenous, or other people of color are eligible to apply. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through September 15, 2020, or until funds are exhausted. Funder: Akonadi Foundation Applicant: Nonprofit organizations or fiscally sponsored based in Oakland Amount: Up to $10,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Detecting and Preventing Suicide Behavior, Ideation and Self-Harm in Youth in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System Purpose: This initiative supports research to test the effectiveness of combined strategies to both detect and intervene to reduce the risk of suicide behavior, suicide ideation, and non-suicidal self-harm by youth in contact with the juvenile justice system. Opportunities for detection and prevention start at early points of contact (e.g., police interaction, the intake interview) and continue through many juvenile justice settings (e.g., pre-trial detention, juvenile or family court activities, court disposition, placement and on-going care in either residential or multiple community settings.) This FOA invites intervention strategies that are designed to be delivered in typical service settings using typically available personnel and resources, to enhance the implementation of interventions that prove effective, enhance their future uptake in diverse settings, and thereby reduce risk of suicide and self-harm in this population. Funder: Department of Health and Human Services Applicant: private and public institutions of higher education, state governments, city governments, nonprofits, small businesses, public housing authorities Amount: Up to $500,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Thursday, January 7, 2021
Economic & Workforce Development
Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs including CARES Act Funding Purpose: To provide investments that support construction, non-construction, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under the Economic Development Administration’s Public Works and EAA programs. Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities Funder: Department of Commerce Applicant: State, City and County Governments, private and public institutions of higher education, nonprofits Amount: $100,000-$3,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 3,000 Deadline: Thursday, December 31, 2020
Upcoming Youth Build Purpose: The YouthBuild program is a community-based alternative education program for youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who are high school dropouts or who previously dropped out and subsequently re-enrolled, adjudicated youth, youth in and aging out of foster care, youth with disabilities, and other disadvantaged youth populations. YouthBuild simultaneously addresses several core issues important to low-income communities. Such as, affordable housing, education, employment, and leadership development. Funder: U.S. Department of Labor Amount: Total anticipated funding $85 million Anticipated Release Date: Winter 2020
Arts
New! California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners Purpose: The California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners is a response to the economic crisis, and ensuing financial needs of individuals, that has resulted from the coronavirus pandemic. Funder: CA Arts Council Applicant: Must be a current, full-time resident of the state of California. Must be an artist or cultural practitioner. Amount: up to $1,000 Projected Number of Awards: 920 Deadline: Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Innovations + Intersections Purpose: The I+I program provides funding for large-scale and/or long-term innovative projects working at the intersections of (1) arts and technology, and (2) arts and wellness. The purpose of this program is to support arts organizations that are doing groundbreaking work in response to community needs. The California Arts Council is looking for projects that elevate imagination into spaces that have yet to be created or identified. Funder: California Arts Council Applicant: Applicants must either be a California-based nonprofit arts organization, arts-based unit of municipal or county government, or tribal government Amount: Up to $500,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Letter of Intent submission deadlineFriday, May 1, 2020; Finalist Application Deadline July 22, 2020
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