September Newsletter

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Congratulations to the Contra Costa County Office of Education for its award of $5,001,660 from the California Department of Education to serve as the Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant lead agency.
Education
New! Institutions of Higher Education (IHE)- Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Program Assistance
Purpose: Grant awards under this program may be used to (1) defray expenses associated with the coronavirus, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff training, and payroll; and (2) provide financial aid grants to students (including students exclusively enrolled in distance education), which may be used for any component of the student’s cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to the coronavirus, such as tuition, food, housing, health care, mental health care, or childcare. In making financial aid grants to students, an IHE must prioritize grants to students with exceptional need, such as Pell recipient students. IHEs are urged to devote the maximum amount of funds possible to student financial aid grants.
Funder: U.S Department of Education
Applicant: Institutions of higher education
Amount: Estimated available funds $767,300,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, October 1, 2021

New! Institutions of Higher Education (IHE)- Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP)
Purpose: Grant awards under this program may be used to (1) defray expenses associated with the coronavirus, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with transitioning to distance education, faculty and staff training, and payroll; and (2) provide financial aid grants to students (including students exclusively enrolled in distance education), which may be used for any component of the student’s cost of attendance or emergency costs due to the coronavirus, such as tuition, food, housing, health care, mental health care, or child care. In making financial aid grants to students, an institution must prioritize grants to students with exceptional need, such as Pell recipient students. IHEs are urged to make financial aid grants to students to the maximum extent possible.
Funder: U.S Department of Education
Applicant: Institutions of higher education
Amount: Estimated available funds $421,600,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, October 1, 2021

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
Health, Social Services, Housing and Transportation
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! Healthy Homes Production Grant Program
Purpose: To address multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, public agencies, Tribal government
Amount: Ranges $1 million to $2 million
Projected Number of Awards: 15
Deadline: Tuesday, September 21, 2021

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

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! Homeless Youth Emergency Services and Housing Program
Purpose: To establish or expand access to a range of housing options that meet the needs of youth experiencing homelessness, and to provide crisis intervention and stabilization services so that the immediate crises these youth face can be resolved and they can focus on their futures.
Funder: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Applicant: Non-governmental organizations
Amount: Varies $2.25 million to $5 million
Projected Number of Awards: 1-12
Deadline: Monday, October 18, 2021

New! Conservation Outreach: Racial Equity and Justice Conservation Cooperative Agreements
Purpose: To expand the delivery of conservation assistance to historically underserved farmers and ranchers, including socially disadvantaged, limited resource, beginning, tribal and veteran. Proposals should support activities that introduce the concepts of climate-smart agriculture and to assist producers with planning and implementation of conservation practices and principles.
Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments and organizations
Amount: Ranges $100,000 to $1 million
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Monday, October 25, 2021

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

New! Service Area Competition
Purpose: To ensure continued access to comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services for communities and populations currently served by the Health Center Program.
Funder: U.S Department of Health and Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, Native American tribal governments and organizations
Amount: Estimated available funds $266,709,000
Projected Number of Awards: 84
Deadline: Monday, November 1, 2021

New! Continuum of Care Competition and Noncompetitive Award of Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Renewal and Replacement Grants
Purpose: To quickly re-house homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; to promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless; and to optimize self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $2 million
Projected Number of Awards: 7500
Deadline: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Justice
New! Victim Impact Grant
Purpose: To provide grant funds to eligible nonprofit organizations for delivery of victim impact programs at one or more California State Institutions. These programs must employ restorative justice principles, have an emphasis on offender accountability, and provide opportunities for offenders to understand the impact of the harm caused by crime.
Funder: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations
Amount: Total estimated available funding $2 million
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, November 12, 2021
Economic & Workforce Development
Library Workforce Partnership Initiative (LWPI)
Purpose: LWPI is a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding opportunity for ten California public libraries to partner with Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Boards). By extending and enhancing their ability to support employment, public libraries can establish a leadership role in their communities as California fights to recover from the effects of the pandemic.
Funder: California State Library
Applicant: This grant opportunity is available to public libraries in California
Amount: Up to $15,000
Projected Number of Awards: 10
Deadline: Tuesday, September 28, 2021

New! California Community Reinvestment Grants Program
Purpose: 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: California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, public agencies
Amount: Ranges $100,000 to $900,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: September 29, 2021

New! Registered Nurse Education Programs Capitation Application
Purpose: 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: California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, public agencies
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: October 1, 2021

New! CalHome Program Disaster Assistance
Purpose: To support existing Homeownership programs for Low and Very Low-Income Households, and thereby increase Homeownership, encourage neighborhood revitalization and sustainable development, and maximize use of existing homes.
Funder: California Department of Housing and Community Development
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, public agencies, Tribal government
Amount: Total estimated available funding $41 million
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Thursday, October 28, 2021

New! Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP)
Purpose: To support the development and ongoing success of rural Microentrepreneurs and Microenterprises, each as defined in 7 CFR 4280.302. To accomplish this purpose, RMAP provides direct loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDO). Grant funds are used by the MDO to provide technical assistance and entrepreneurship training to rural individuals and businesses.
Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, public agencies, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments
Amount: Up to $100,000
Projected Number of Awards: 15
Deadline: June 30, 2022

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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