HTA congratulates Oakland Unified School District for being awarded a Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families. At a time when both the commercial sexual exploitation and labor trafficking of children is on the rise in the East Bay, OUSD will partner with local non-profit MISSSEY to plan and deliver a human trafficking prevention education program to educators, other school staff, and students, and to develop and implement a Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol.
We are also excited about two recent grants obtained by Familias Unidas:
$98,000 in funding from Kaiser Permanente for the agency’s Trauma-Informed Care in Schools program for students and their families at Lovonya DeJean Middle School in Richmond.
$50,000 from the California Department of Health Care Services, to enhance the agency’s capacity to provide behavioral health services virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Education
Institutional Resilience and Expanded Postsecondary Opportunity (IREPO) Grants Purpose: To provide financial support to institutions of higher education (IHEs) with the greatest unmet needs related to coronavirus to enable them to resume operations, serve the needs of students, reduce disease transmission, and develop more resilient instructional delivery models, such as distance learning, to continue educating students who cannot or choose not to attend classroom-based instruction due to coronavirus. Funder: U.S.Department of Education Applicant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education Amount: Estimated total program funding $28 million Projected Number of Awards: 19 Deadline: Tuesday, October 20, 2020
New! Early Literacy Support Block Grant: Expert Lead in Literacy Purpose: The California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence invite county offices of education (COEs) to apply for a grant to serve as the Expert Lead in Literacy to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) eligible for funding authorized by the Early Literacy Support Block (ELSB) Grant Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: County Office of Education (COE) Amount: $3,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 1 Deadline: Friday, October 23, 2020
New! Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): Open Textbooks Pilot Program Purpose: The Open Textbooks Pilot program supports projects at eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) that create new open textbooks (as defined in this notice) and expand the use of open textbooks in courses that are part of a degree-granting program, particularly those with high enrollments. Funder: U.S. Department of Education Applicant: Public and state controlled institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $2,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 12 Deadline: Monday, November 16, 2020
New! CalWORKs: California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids 2020-21 Purpose: CalWORKs funding is only for public school adult education programs and regional occupational centers and programs. It provides education and training to: (1) prepare CalWORKs eligible clients for entry level employment; (2) assist employed clients receiving subsidies or supportive services to advance toward higher employment and self-sufficiency; and (3) divert CalWORKs eligible clients into short-term education and training programs leading to employment. Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Funding is restricted to public school adult education programs and regional occupational centers and programs that serve welfare recipients. Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Wednesday, November 18, 2020
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 populations historically 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
New! Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program Purpose: The purpose of this program is to facilitate the enrollment, attendance, and success in school of homeless children and youth; and ensure homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate, public education as provided to all other students. These funds can be used to facilitate coordination and collaboration among local educational agencies, service providers, and community agencies. Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local educational agencies Amount: Up to $250,000 Projected Number of Awards: 48 Deadline: Thursday, February 4, 2021
Health, Social Services, Housing and Transportation
New! Interventions to Prevent Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use Among Adolescents Purpose: The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to support (1) research to test the efficacy or effectiveness of interventions to prevent initiation and/or escalation of ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery system) use among adolescents; and (2)research on the impact of tobacco control policies, including ENDS-specific policies, on adolescent ENDS use behavior. Funder: U.SDepartment of Health and Human Services Applicant: State governments, nonprofits, institutions of higher education, county governments Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Monday, October 19, 2020
New! California Community Reinvestment Grant Purpose: The CalCRG program awards grants to Local Health Departments and qualified Community-based Nonprofit Organizations to support job placement, mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, system navigation services, legal services to address barriers to reentry, and linkages to medical care for communities disproportionately affected by past federal and state drug policies, also known as the War on Drugs. Funder: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Applicant: Nonprofits, Public Agencies Amount: Varies from $100,000-$900,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Monday, November 2, 2020
New! Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Program Purpose: To assist residents of Public and Indian Housing make progress towards economic and housing self-sufficiency by removing the educational, professional and health barriers they face. Self sufficiency is defined as an individual’s ability to support their household by maintaining financial, housing, and personal/family stability. To achieve self-sufficiency, an individual moves along a continuum towards economic independence and stability; such movement is facilitated by the achievement of individual educational, professional, and health-related goals. Funder: U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development Applicant: Native American tribal governments, nonprofits, Resident Associations Amount: Range $100,000-$$717,750 Projected Number of Awards: 120 Deadline: Thursday, November 19, 2020
New! Assessing and Addressing Community Exposures to Environmental Contaminants Purpose: This funding opportunity announcement encourages applications using community-engaged research methods to investigate the potential health risks of environmental exposures of concern to the community and to implement an environmental public health action plan based on research findings. The overall goal is to inform changes and to support efforts to prevent or reduce exposure to harmful environmental exposures and improve the health of a community. Funder: U.S Department of Health and Human Services Applicant: Small businesses, state governments, nonprofits, institutions of higher education, county governments Amount: Up to $400,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Friday, December 4, 2020
Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant Program Purpose: To support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are expected to achieve the following three core goals: 1. Housing: Replace distressed public and assisted housing with high-quality mixed-income housing that is well-managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhood; 2. People: Improve outcomes of households living in the target housing related to employment and income, health, and children’s education; and 3. Neighborhood: Create the conditions necessary for public and private reinvestment in distressed neighborhoods to offer the kinds of amenities and assets, including safety, good schools, and commercial activity, that are important to families’ choices about their community. Funder: U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development Applicant: Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; city or township governments Amount: Up to $35,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 5 Deadline: Wednesday, December 16, 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
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! Department of Violence PreventionMini-Grant Opportunity Purpose: The Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) for the City of Oakland, is proud to announce the 2020-21 Violence Prevention Mini-Grants funding opportunity, in partnership with Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY), Urban Peace Movement (UPM), Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ), Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS), and Roots Community Health Center (Roots). Violence Prevention Mini-Grants support innovative, resident-led and community-based violence reduction projects. Funder: Oakland Department of Violence Prevention Applicant: Nonprofits with annual budgets less than $500,000, individual community members Amount: Varies from $5,000-$10,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Sunday, October 18, 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: U.S 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: U.S 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
UpcomingYouth 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
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