August Grants Newsletter- New STEM funding, funding for California Libraries

New! Charter School Authorizer Technical Assistance Providers
Purpose: The Federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program is a discretionary grant program administered by the Charter Schools Division. This funding will allow the California Department of Education to award up to two sub-grants to external parties to provide technical assistance to charter school authorizers in California and work in partnership to develop a Rural Charter School Authorizer Network
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local Education agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Ranges
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Tuesday, September 14, 2021

New! Critical Friends Group Coach
Purpose: The Federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program is a discretionary grant program administered by the Charter Schools Division. This funding will allow the California Department of Education (CDE) to award up to five sub-grants to eligible applicants across the state to serve as Critical Friends Group (CFG) Coaches, tasked with developing regional CFGs for charter schools in California, over a three year period, pending the approval of one No-Cost Extension for fiscal year (FY) 2023-24.
Applicant: Local Education agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Wednesday, September 8, 2021

New! Middle School Foundation Academies Planning and Implementation Grant
Purpose: The funds are from the Proposition 98 – Career Technical Education Initiative, included in the 2021-22 State Budget. The program aims to establish MSFAs to prepare students for participation in a complete, high-quality career technical education pathway at the local high school.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local Education agencies
Amount: Up to $50,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, September 10, 2021

New! Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP) Grant
Purpose: Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP) provides start-up funds for the establishment of new specialized programs in grades 9-12 in California high schools. The programs are expected to develop new standards-based model curriculum that promote an in-depth study of a targeted content area. The Legislature intends for SSP to benefit the state economy by having schools located in close proximity to related industries. Funding is available for planning and implementing new programs.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local education agencies
Amount: Up to $100,000 in first phase
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Projected Release Date: Friday, September 10, 2021

New! Advanced Technological Education
Purpose: With a focus on two-year Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program supports the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation’s economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions (grades 7-12, IHEs), industry, and economic development agencies to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary institution school levels.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Unrestricted
Amount: Ranges based on track $70,000 to $7,500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 45 to 80
Deadline: Thursday, October 14, 2021

GERMINATION: Germination of Research Questions for Addressing Critical Societal Challenges
Purpose: To foster the development of pedagogical frameworks, platforms and/or environments to enable participants to formulate research questions and ideas with potentially transformative outcomes. The extraordinary response of the STEM research community to the COVID-19 pandemic, exemplified by the record-breaking speed of novel vaccine development, highlights the outstanding capabilities at all levels of the research enterprise. The GERMINATION program seeks to harness the immense capacities of academic researchers to similarly address other critical global challenges through supporting the development of new pedagogical approaches that train researchers to formulate and develop key research questions.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher educations
Amount:  Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 10
Deadline: Friday, October 29, 2021

SNAP Online Purchasing Participation Assistance for Farmers and Farmers Markets
Purpose: The primary goal of the grant is to provide greater participant access to SNAP-authorized FMs and DMFs by providing assistance to FMs and DMFs that wish to accept SNAP benefits through online transactions. The grantee will use resources from this grant to assist FMs and DMFs in becoming SNAP authorized Internet Retailers and supporting the participation of and processing of online transactions by these FMs and DMFs.
Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $4 million
Projected Number of Awards: 4
Deadline: Monday, August 23, 2021

New! Service Area Competition
Purpose: To improve the health of the Nation’s underserved communities and vulnerable populations by assuring continued access to comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 58
Deadline: Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Sexual Assault Law Enforcement Specialized Units (ST) Program
Purpose: To support and enhance specialized units to provide a coordinated response to adolescent (age 11 and older) and adult victims of sexual assault through compassionate investigative interviewing, immediate victim advocacy, training for patrol officers/first responders, and the development/updating of effective protocols and practices.
Funder: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Applicant: Public agencies
Amount: Up to $189,895
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Wednesday, August 25, 2021

New! Eviction Protection Grant Program
Purpose: To support experienced legal service providers, not limited to legal service corporations, in providing legal assistance at no cost to low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction. HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research is making available grant funds to non-profit or governmental entities to provide services in areas with high rates of evictions or prospective evictions, including rural areas.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Ranges $1 million to $3 million
Projected Number of Awards: 20
Deadline: Friday, September 10, 2021

Humanities Connections
Purpose: To expand the role of the humanities in undergraduate education at two- and four-year institutions. Awards support innovative curricular approaches that foster partnerships among humanities faculty and their counterparts in the social and natural sciences and in pre-service or professional programs (such as business, engineering, health sciences, law, computer science, and other technology-driven fields), in order to encourage and develop new integrative learning opportunities for students.
Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Applicant: Institutions of higher education
Amount: Up to $150,000
Projected Number of Awards: 21
Deadline: Tuesday, September 14, 2021

New! Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator 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.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $737,550
Projected Number of Awards: 125
Deadline: Friday, September 17, 2021

New! Community Connections
Purpose: To eliminate barriers that prevent people from accessing vital community resources, particularly in the areas of housing, health, nutrition, employment, and education through establishing community resource navigators in up to ten California Public Libraries.
Funder: California State Library
Applicant: This grant opportunity is available to public libraries in California
Amount: Ranges $30,000 to $60,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Tuesday, September 28, 2021

New! Outdoor Equity Program
Purpose: The Outdoor Equity Grants Program (OEP) will increase the ability of residents in low income urban and rural communities to participate in outdoor experiences at state parks and other public lands.
Funder: California Department of Parks and Recreation
Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $700,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, October 8, 2021

New! AB 617 Community Air Grants Program
Purpose: To provide community-based organizations with logistical and technical assistance to support their efforts in improving local air quality. Projects are intended to further the purposes of AB 617 and AB 32 by designing and executing projects that build capacity in communities through supporting community-based organizations’ and community members’ participation in the Community Air Protection Program.
Funder: California Air Resource Board
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations
Amount:  Up to $300,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Investment in Mental Health Wellness Grant Program for Children and Youth (3rd Round)
Purpose: To improve access to mental health crisis services in California for children and youth, ages 21 and under by funding a statewide expansion of mobile crisis support teams (MCSTs), crisis stabilization and Children’s Crisis Residential Program beds, and family respite care via grants available to counties.
Funder: California State Treasurer’s Office
Applicant: Counties and counties applying jointly are eligible applicants. Counties and counties applying jointly may also designate a private nonprofit corporation or public agency to receive grant funding
Amount: Total available $23,723,189
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2021