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Congratulations to the Contra Costa County Office of Education on being selected as one of California Department of Education’s Homeless Education Technical Assistance Centers. Contra Costa County Office of Education will serve as a statewide leader in the provision of support, guidance, and expertise to all County Office of Education homeless liaisons throughout the state regarding the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

Congratulations to Mission College for being awarded a California Apprenticeship Initiative High Road Training Partnership $125,000 Phase I Planning Grant from the California Community College Chancellor’s Office to expand their public transit apprenticeship program.

Congratulations to Bay Area Community Resources for its most recent three-year federal award for its BAYAC AmeriCorps program.

Education
New! Schools Not Prisons
Purpose: The California Department of Education (CDE) is accepting applications from nonprofit public charities in California to fund academic and career readiness programs that seek to break the school-to-prison pipeline.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations
Amount:  Ranges $10,000 to $75,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, October 29, 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

New! Start-Up Sub-Grant for Planning, Implementation, Replication, Expansion
Purpose: The Federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program (PCSGP) is a discretionary grant program administered by the Charter Schools Division. PCSGP applications are reviewed by peer evaluators and awarded to school developers to assist in the development and initial operations of newly established/conversion charter schools, as well as assist in the expansion/replication of high-quality charter schools.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount:  Total available funding $13,100,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Monday, November 08, 2021

New! Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation
Purpose: The Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) umbrella program seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in cyberinfrastructure (CI). This solicitation expands the CSSI program by adding a new project class: Transition to Sustainability. The program continues to emphasize integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for delivery and usage of these services, and community creation.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount:  Varies
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Wednesday, December 08, 2021

New! Environmental Literacy Program: Increasing community resilience to extreme weather & climate change
Purpose: The goal of this funding opportunity is for communities to have sufficient collective environmental literacy to take actions that build resilience to extreme weather and climate change in ways that contribute to community health, social cohesion, and socio-economic equity.
Funder: U.S. Department of Commerce
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount:  Ranges $250,000 to $500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 12
Deadline: Thursday, March 17, 2022

New! Project to Support America’s Families and Educators (Project SAFE) Grant Program
Purpose: The Project SAFE grant program is intended to improve students’ safety and well-being by providing resources to local educational agencies (LEAs) that adopt and implement strategies to prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and that are financially penalized for doing so by their State educational agency (SEA) or other State entity.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies
Amount:  Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 13
Deadline: Rolling basis

Health, Social Services, Housing and Transportation 
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

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

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

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

New! Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services Program: New Geographic Service Areas
Purpose: This competition is open to current RWHAP Part C EIS recipients and new organizations proposing to provide RWHAP Part C EIS funded services in a new geographic service area(s). A new service area is a defined geographic area with a demonstrated need for comprehensive primary health care and support services in an outpatient setting for low income underserved people with HIV not adequately covered by other sources of support.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribal organizations
Amount:  Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 15
Deadline: Friday, December 10, 2021

New! Family-to-Family Health Information Centers
Purpose: To provide information, education, technical assistance, and peer support to families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and the professionals who serve them.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribal organizations
Amount:  Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 59
Deadline: Wednesday, January 05, 2022

Justice 
New! Emerging Family Justice Center (FE) Program
Purpose: The 2021-22 California State Budget designated $10,000,000 of General Funds for a one-time program for grants to FJCs, $1,100,000 of which will be distributed competitively. The California Penal Code § 13750 defines FJCs. The purpose of the FE Program is to support emerging FJCs to meet the criteria defined in California Penal Code § 13750.
Funder: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Applicant: Public agencies
Amount:  Up to $220,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Economic & Workforce Development
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! Recreational Trails Program (RTP)
Purpose: The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) provides funds to develop and maintain Recreational Trails and trail-related facilities for motorized Recreational Trail uses. This includes acquisition, development and rehabilitation of trails and facilities, construction and maintenance of trails, purchase or lease of equipment, trail conditions assessments, and the development and distribution of educational messages.
Funder: California Department of Parks and Recreation
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount:  Total funding available $2.7 million
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, October 29, 2021

New! Equity and Special Populations Program
Purpose: Applicants will design, develop, and implement projects that accelerate equity in employment and tailor re-employment strategies for special populations and residents of geographic locations most impacted by the novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19). The projects will create effective linkages with California’s employer and workforce community, with a focus on in-demand industries that provide quality jobs with livable-wages.
Funder: California Employment Development Department
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, private for-profit organizations
Amount:  Total funding available $11.5 million
Projected Number of Awards: 20-30
Deadline: Monday, November 01, 2021

New! Stronger Together: Improving Library Access
Purpose: To help libraries eliminate barriers and implement new ways to bring literacy, technology and other services to those who face challenges visiting their local public library. When Californians lack transportation, live far from their library, or work long hours, mobile libraries and expanded program delivery make it possible to access library services and programs.
Funder: California State Library
Applicant: Public agencies
Amount:  Ranges $50,000 to $250,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Monday, November 15, 2021

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 , Economic Development Administration
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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