New! California Community Schools Partnership Program Purpose: The California Department of Education is accepting applications from local educational agencies for the California Community Schools Partnership Program. Grant funding may be used for any of the following purposes: expanding and sustaining existing single, or a network of, community schools, which may include direct grants to LEAs. Coordinating and providing health, mental health, and pupil support services to pupils and families at community schools. Providing training and support to LEA personnel to help develop best practices for integrating pupil supports. Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local educational agencies Amount: $500,000-$3,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Friday, December 4, 2020
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
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, 2020CalWORKs: 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, 2020Louis 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, 2020New! LOIs for Bay Area Literacy Programs Purpose: Grants will be awarded to Bay Area organizations in support of K-5 literacy programs serving students from under resourced public schools. The initiative supports programs that improve early-reading readiness, grade- level attainment by the end of third grade, and students ready to leave fifth grade ready for the more challenging work of middle and high school (including college preparatory courses). Funder: Fleishhacker Foundation Applicant: Organizations located primarily in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sonoma, San Mateo, or Santa Clara Counties Amount: Unknown Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Health, Social Services, Housing and Transportation
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! Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) Pilot Program Purpose: The Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) for the City of Oakland is proud to announce this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify qualified agencies to provide emergency crisis response services for the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) pilot program. MACRO provides a community response, crisis support model to improve access to support services in Oakland. Funder: Oakland Department of Violence Prevention Applicant: Organization or collaborative that has at least 5 years experience providing crisis services. Amount: Up to $1,600,000 Projected Number of Awards: 1 Deadline: Friday, November 20, 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, 2020Choice 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, 2020Stand 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, 2020The 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
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
New! Career Services Collaborative Purpose: ACWDB seeks responses from experienced organizations with the capacity to act as the Career Services Collaborative (CSC) lead and coordinator for provision of WIOA Career Services for Adult and Dislocated Workers. Funder: Alameda County Workforce Development Board Applicant: Organizations with experience providing employment and training services to adults and dislocated workers. Delivery of services must be available in- person and virtually, as appropriate. Amount: Up to $1,200,000 Projected Number of Awards: 1 Deadline: Friday, November 20, 2020New! Youth Innovation and Future Force Career Program Purpose: ACWDB is requesting proposals for the in person and virtual delivery of youth and young adult services. Eligible applicants are organizations with experience providing employment and job training and career exploration services to high-risk youth and young adults that traditionally lack access to programs and resources that lead to career and educational advancement. Delivery of services must be available in person and virtually as appropriate. Funder: Alameda County Workforce Development Board Applicant: Qualified applicants must have a minimum of two (2) years of documented successful experience in providing the full range of youth workforce development services for eligible individuals 16 through 24 years. Amount: Up to $1,200,000 Projected Number of Awards: 1 Deadline: Friday, November 20, 2020
New! Veterans Employment-Related Assistance Program Purpose: The goal of this initiative is to promote the use of regional industry-sector strategies as the framework to help unemployed and underemployed veterans with significant barriers to employment transition from military careers to rewarding civilian employment. Funder: Employment Development Department (EDD) with the California Workforce Investment Board, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Governor’s Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy Applicant: Local Areas, education and training providers, private non-profit organizations, private for-profit organizations, and faith and/or community-based organizations Amount: $250,000-$500,000 Projected Number of Awards: 10-12 Deadline: Tuesday, December 8, 2020
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
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