Congratulations to the Alameda County Office of Education for their award of $2,947,441 from the California Department of Education Community School Partnership Program. This grant will support community school programs in five districts and establish a new Community Schools Community of Practice for the county.
Congratulations to Bay Area Community Resources for their award of $1,863,567 from California Volunteers to establish the first cohort of the California Climate Action Corps — a summer AmeriCorps service to support environmental sustainability projects in some of the highest-impacted communities across the state.
Congratulations to the Contra Costa County Office of Education Youth Services (YS) program, which was awarded $900,000 for a one-year contract with an expected two-year extension ($2.7m total). This contract will allow YS to provide extensive employment and educational attainment services for foster, homeless, and probation youth in East and West County.
Education
Strengthening Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) Purpose: Provides local educational agencies with funding for the improvement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs. Funding is provided to (1) state institutions, including the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and State Special Schools (Section 112); (2) secondary education programs (Section 131); and (3) postsecondary education programs (Section 132). Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local educational agencies Amount: Varies; total funding available $60,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: varies Deadline: Saturday, May 15, 2021
Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program Purpose: The CCAMPIS Program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based child care services. Funder: U.S.Department of Education Applicant: Institutions of higher education that awarded a total of $250,000 or more of Federal Pell Grant funds during FY 2020 to students enrolled at the institution. Amount: Up to $443,492 Projected Number of Awards: 275 Deadline: Tuesday, June 1, 2021
New! California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Purpose: The California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG) is a state education, economic, and workforce development initiative with the goal of providing pupils in kindergarten through grades twelve, inclusive, with the knowledge and skills necessary to transition to employment and postsecondary education. Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local educational agencies Amount: Total amount available $150 million Projected Number of Awards: Varies, based on formula Deadline: Wednesday, June 2, 2021
New! Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) STEM and Articulation Program Assistance Purpose: To increase the number of Hispanic and low-income students attaining degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); and to develop model transfer and articulation agreements between two-year HSIs and four-year institutions in such fields. Funder: U.S.Department of Education Applicant: Institutions of higher education Amount: Ranges $700,000 to $1,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 96 Deadline: Monday, June 14, 2021
New! Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant: Literacy Lead Agency RFA Purpose: To build expertise in the priorities identified in the State Literacy Plan and implement the strategies as a multi-year small-scale pilot with local districts. These strategies must align with state guidance and policies, be evidence-based, and support the literacy needs of economically disadvantaged and high-needs students. Grantees will support teachers in their region to improve comprehensive literacy instruction with a focus on statewide literacy priorities for each age and grade span. Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local education agencies Amount: To funding available $35,636,825 Projected Number of Awards: 7 Deadline: Friday, June 25, 2021
New! Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (Partnership Grants) Assistance Listing Purpose: The GEAR UP program is a discretionary grant program that encourages eligible entities to provide support, and maintain a commitment, to eligible low-income students, including students with disabilities, to assist the students in obtaining a secondary school diploma (or its recognized equivalent) and to prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education. Under the GEAR UP program, the Department awards grants to two types of entities: (1) States and (2) partnerships consisting of at least one institution of higher education (IHE) and at least one local educational agency (LEA). Funder: U.S. Department of Education Applicant: Partnerships consisting of (a) at least one LEA and (b) at least one degree-granting IHE. Amount: Up to $5,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 28 Deadline: Monday, June 28, 2021
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 amount available $4,134,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
New! Racial Equity in STEM Education Purpose: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seeks to support bold, ground-breaking, and potentially transformative projects addressing systemic racism in STEM. Proposals should advance racial equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development through research (both fundamental and applied) and practice. Funder: National Science Foundation Applicant: Unrestricted Amount: Ranges $250,000 to $5,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 45 Deadline: Tuesday,July 13, 2021
Health, Social Services, Housing and Transportation
Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program Purpose: To fund applicants who have never received DFC funding to carry out the two goals of the DFC program. By statute, the DFC Support Program has two goals:1) 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 (individuals 18 years of age and younger).2) 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: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations Amount: Up to $125,000 Projected Number of Awards: 100 Deadline: Monday, May 17, 2021
New! Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) Grant Program Purpose: To enable community mental health centers to support and restore the delivery of clinical services that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and effectively address the needs of individuals with serious emotional disturbance (SED), serious mental illness (SMI), and individuals with SMI or SED and substance use disorders, referred to as co-occurring disorder (COD). SAMHSA recognizes the needs of individuals with behavioral health conditions, including minority populations and economically disadvantaged communities, have not been met during the pandemic and that CMHC staff and other caregivers have been impacted. Funder: SAMHSA Applicant: Community Mental Health Centers, including state and local government-operated Community Mental Health Centers Amount: From $500,000 to $2,500,000 per year Projected Number of Awards: 165 to 825 Deadline: Friday, May 21, 2021
Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR) Purpose: To achieve the goal of the CARES Act in protecting the American people from the public health impacts of COVID-19. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports this work through training and deployment of community health workers (CHWs) and by building and strengthening community resilience to fight COVID-19 through addressing existing health disparities in the population. Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations Amount: Ranges $350,000 to $5,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 70 Deadline: Monday, May 24, 2021
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program Purpose: The program provides Capital Advance funding for the development of supportive rental housing for Very-Low-Income persons aged 62 years or older and project rental subsidies in the form of a Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC) to maintain ongoing affordability. This program provides elderly persons with the opportunity to live independently, but with important voluntary support services such as nutritional, transportation, continuing education, and/or health-related services. Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Applicant: Nonprofit organizations Amount: Up to $20,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 45 Deadline: Wednesday, May 26, 2021
New! CalMoneySmart Purpose: To design, develop, or offer free classroom or web-based financial education and empowerment content intended to help unbanked and underbanked consumers achieve, identify, and access lower-cost financial products and services, establish or improve their credit, increase their savings, or lower their debt. Funder: California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) Applicant: Nonprofit organizations Amount: Up to $100,000; total amount available $1 million Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Friday, May 28, 2021
New! Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services Program: Existing Geographic Service Areas Purpose: To provide comprehensive primary health care and support services in an outpatient setting for low income, uninsured, and underserved people with HIV. Under this announcement, successful applicants must provide: (1) counseling for individuals with respect to HIV; (2) targeted HIV testing; (3) periodic medical evaluations of individuals with HIV and clinical and diagnostic services for HIV care and treatment; (4) therapeutic measures for preventing and treating the deterioration of the immune system, and for preventing and treating conditions arising from HIV; and (5) referrals for people with HIV to appropriate providers of health care and support services. Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations Amount: Varies Projected Number of Awards: 145 Deadline: Monday, June 21, 2021
New! Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Purpose: The Office of HIV/AIDS Housing manages the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program. HOPWA is the only Federal program dedicated to addressing the housing needs of low-income people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. Grantees partner with nonprofit organizations and housing agencies to provide housing and support to these beneficiaries. Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Applicant: Community Mental Health Centers, including state and local government-operated Community Mental Health Centers Amount: Ranges $300,000 to $2,250,000 Projected Number of Awards: 18 Deadline: Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Justice
New! Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program Purpose: The Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program encourages collaboration between state agencies, local government, and community- and faith-based organizations to address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for moderate to high-risk juvenile offenders returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations Amount: Up to $750,000 Projected Number of Awards: 13 Deadline: Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Economic & Workforce Development
Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs including CARES Act Funding Purpose: Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications from applicants in order to provide investments that support construction, non construction, planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s Public Works program and EAA program Funder: U.S. Department of Commerce Applicant: Nonprofits, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, city, state and county governments Amount: $100,000 to $30,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 3,000 Deadline: Rolling Basis
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