HTA helps partners win $44 million in grant funding; new opportunities for schools, health, justice, arts, and economic development programs in the Bay Area.

 

Congratulations to the following HTA clients:

Oakland Unified School District, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, and YMCA of the Silicon Valley for their successful applications for 21st Century Community Learning Centers and 21st Century High School Assets grants awarded by the California Department of Education, to support after school programs at multiple schools.

La Familia for winning contracts from Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services to provide substance use disorder services through three distinct programs in Oakland, for adults, adolescents, and the perinatal population.

Pittsburg Unified School District for its award of $1,521,000 as part of the California Department of Education’s Learning Communities for School Success Program, to advance its full service community schools initiative.

Mission Neighborhood Centers for receiving an award from the City and County of San Francisco’s Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) program, which will enable it to expand its services for low-income seniors and adults with disabilities.

To the Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO), which was awarded $30k by the Crescent Porter Hale Foundation to support its emergency, transitional, and permanent housing and wraparound support service programs for homeless families with children in Alameda County.

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Grants In Education

Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP)
Purpose: To increase the multicultural diversity of the food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce, and advance the educational achievement of all Americans by providing competitive grants to colleges and universities.
Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Applicant: Land-Grant Institutions, Colleges and Universities having significant minority enrollments, institutions of higher education
Amount: Unknown
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Wednesday, June 20, 2018

New! Language Resource Centers Program
Purpose: To establish, strengthen, and operate centers that serve as resources for improving the Nation’s capacity for teaching and learning foreign languages through teacher training, research, materials development, assessment, and dissemination projects.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: Institutions of higher education
Amount: Varies $130,000 to $197,000
Projected Number of Awards: 16
Deadline: Monday, June 25, 2018

New! National Resource Centers Program
Purpose: To establish, strengthen, and operate comprehensive and undergraduate centers that will be national resources for for (a) Teaching of modern foreign languages; (b) instruction in fields needed to provide a full understanding of world regions where the modern foreign languages are used; (c) research and training in international studies and international and foreign language aspects of professional and other fields of study; and (d) instruction and research on issues in world affairs.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: Institutions of higher education
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 100
Deadline: Monday, June 25, 2018

New! Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program
Purpose: To improve student achievement; improve the quality of prospective and new teachers by improving the preparation of prospective teachers and enhancing professional development activities for new teachers
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: Public agencies, local education agency, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Range from $300,000 to $1,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: 20
Deadline: Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Assistance for Arts Education Development and Dissemination
Purpose: To promote arts education for students, including disadvantaged students and students who are children with disabilities. The AAEDD program specifically supports the development and dissemination of accessible instructional materials and arts-based educational programming.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: Local education agencies or consortium of LEAs
Amount: Varies $525,000 to $625,000
Projected Number of Awards: 25
Deadline: Monday, July 02, 2018

New! Assistance for Arts Education Program: Arts in Education National Program
Purpose: To promote arts education for students, including disadvantaged students and students who are children with disabilities. Specifically, the AENP supports national-level high-quality arts education projects and services for children and youth, with special emphasis on serving children from low-income families and children with disabilities through community and national outreach activities that strengthen and expand partnerships among schools, local educational agencies, communities, or centers for the arts, including national centers for the arts.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: National nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $8,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: 1
Deadline: Friday, July 06, 2018

Social Services

Mainstream Voucher Program
Purpose: To assist non-elderly persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional or other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless. In addition, points will be awarded for PHAs that formalize partnerships with and leverage resources from State Medicaid Agencies and various health and human services partner agencies or organizations.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Only public housing authorities (PHAs) and non-profit organizations that already administer
Housing Choice Vouchers are eligible to apply
Amount: Varies $75,000 to $5,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: 40
Deadline: Monday, June 18, 2018

Street Outreach Program
Purpose: To ensure that evidence-informed prevention and intervention strategies are in place for runaway, homeless, and street youth to: (1) build skills that will contribute to the healthy, positive, productive functioning of children and the healthy transition of youth into adulthood, (2) end the sexual victimization of youth, and (3) identify youth victims of labor and sex trafficking.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
Amount: Varies $90,000 to $150,000
Projected Number of Awards: 37
Deadline: Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Tribal Behavioral Health Grant Program
Purpose: To prevent and reduce suicidal behavior and substance use, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote mental health among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth through the age of 24 years.
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Applicant: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal organizations, consortia of tribes or tribal organizations, or Urban Indian Organizations.
Amount: Up to $250,000 per year/ Up to 5 years
Projected Number of Awards: 30
Deadline: Friday, June 22, 2018

Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Implementation and Expansion Grants
Purpose: To support 5-year grants (cooperative agreements) between ACF and federally-recognized Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations that are currently operating an evidence-based home visiting program and propose to expand or sustain their established infrastructure for home visiting services in tribal communities.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, Native American tribal organizations
Amount: Varies $250,000 to $800,000
Projected Number of Awards: 5
Deadline: Monday, June 25, 2018

New! Delinquency Prevention Network (Programs)
Purpose: To implement, enhance, and/or support effective strategies for successful transition to pro social behaviors for at-risk and justice-involved youth (informal and formal probation), ages 8 to 18, including Transition Age Youth (TAY), ages 18 to 21 (with active probation involvement or Non-Minor Dependents), non-probation involved and truant youth.
Funder: Alameda County
Applicant: Private and nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $10,500 to $265,000
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Wednesday, June 27, 2018

New! Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative
Purpose: To support the implementation and delivery of one-on-one, group, peer, or a combination of these types of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk and high risk for juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice system involvement through applicant mentoring organizations and their active chapters or subawardees.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Applicant: Public agencies, for profit organizations, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $500,000 to $4,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: 42
Deadline: Thursday, June 28, 2018

Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program
Purpose: To replicate and scale up programs that include the protective factors shown to be effective in the prevention of risk behaviors, including teen pregnancy.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, small businesses, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $200,000 to $500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 270
Deadline: Friday, June 29, 2018

New! Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
Purpose: To develop a data-driven coordinated response to identify and address challenges resulting from opioid abuse that are impacting youth and community safety
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $1,010,253
Projected Number of Awards: 7
Deadline: Monday, July 02, 2018

New! Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program
Purpose: To implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. The services are targeted to participants that reside in areas with high rates of teen births and/or are at greatest risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $300,000 to $450,000
Projected Number of Awards: 30
Deadline: Thursday, July 05, 2018

New! Basic Center Program
Purpose: To establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth up to age 18 years of age and their families. BCPs provide youth with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $50,000 to $200,000
Projected Number of Awards: 89
Deadline: Thursday, July 05, 2018

New! Targeted Capacity Expansion: Medication Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction
Purpose: To expand/enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for persons with an opioid use disorder (OUD) seeking or receiving MAT.
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $524,670 per year
Projected Number of Awards: 125
Deadline: Monday, July 09, 2018

New! Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants
Purpose: To increase access to and improve the quality of community behavioral health services through the expansion of CCBHCs.
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Applicant: certified community behavioral health clinics or community-based behavioral health clinics who may not yet be certified but meet the certification criteria and can be certified within 4 months of award
Amount: Up to $2,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: 25
Deadline: Monday, July 09, 2018

New! Training & TA on Accurate Diagnosis and Appropriate Medication Treatment and Healing Practices for African Americans
Purpose: To ensure African American consumers receive accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment for mental health conditions. The Training and TA program will engage medication prescribers and assessment staff and provide them with the education and tools needed to provide appropriate care for the priority population.
Funder: Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Applicant: For profit organizations, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $334,581
Projected Number of Awards: 1
Deadline: Thursday, July 12, 2018

Family Unification Program
Purpose: To provide housing assistance to two groups: 1. Families who lack adequate housing. 2. Youth at least 18 years and not more than 24 years of age, who left foster care, or will leave foster care within 90 days.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: PHAs
Amount: Varies $44,000 to $1,071,000
Projected Number of Awards: 60
Deadline: Tuesday, July 24, 2018

New! Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program
Purpose: To provide direct financial assistance to an eligible metropolitan area (EMA) or a transitional grant area (TGA) that has been severely affected by the HIV epidemic.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public or private non-profit agencies
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 52
Deadline: Friday, September 21, 2018

Community Based Transitional Housing Program
Purpose: To provide transitional housing and support services. This program is intended to primarily target offenders released from state prisons and county jails. However, cities and counties may apply for funds to serve other populations that they believe will benefit from the Program’s services.
Funder: California Department of Finance
Applicant: Public agencies
Amount: Up to $2,000,000 each
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Monday, October 01, 2018

 

Justice Grants
New! Innovations In Reentry Pilot Projects
Purpose: To spur innovative, creative ideas to address the needs of the adult reentry population and to reduce criminal justice recidivism through investment in community-based programs.
Funder: Alameda County
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $100,000 to $200,000
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Monday, June 25, 2018New! Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Reducing Recidivism Through Systems Improvement
Purpose: To support jurisdictions to identify, coordinate, develop and implement comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address policies and procedures for successful reentry. Improving systems that result in an increase in public safety and reduction in recidivism for individuals reentering communities from incarceration who are at moderate to high risk for recidivating.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice
Applicant: Public agencies
Amount: Up to $1,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: 8
Deadline: Monday, June 25, 2018New! Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services
Purpose: To implement or expand hospital-based/affiliated programs to support crime victims using evidence-based models and practices with victim- centered approaches (Purpose Area 1). Additionally, the solicitation will fund one applicant to provide comprehensive technical assistance (TA) to the demonstration sites and develop TA resources and tools to support this effort (Purpose Area 2).
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $2,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: 9
Deadline: Monday, July 02, 2018New! Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims
Purpose: To support crime victims and to enhance community-driven responses to the current opioid crisis.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $300,000 to $2,500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 33
Deadline: Tuesday, July 10, 2018Upcoming
Be on the lookout for JAG RFPs from the California Board of State and Community Corrections in the coming months.

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program provides critical funding necessary to support state and local initiatives, to include: technical assistance, strategic planning, research and evaluation (including forensics), data collection, training, personnel, equipment, forensic laboratories, supplies, contractual support, and criminal justice information systems.

Arts
New! NEA Art Works 2, FY2019
Purpose: To support public engagement with, and access to, various forms of excellent art across the nation, the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life.
Funder: National Endowment for the Arts
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Range from $10,000 to $100,000
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, July 12, 2018Art Grant Programs
The California Arts Council posts applications for various art grant programs. Click here to view the list of open programs.
Economic & Workforce Development Grants
New! YouthBuild
Purpose: To help organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to at-risk youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities.
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor
Applicant: Public or private non-profit agencies
Amount: Varies $700,000 to $1,100,000
Projected Number of Awards: 85
Deadline: Tuesday, September 18, 2018Stand Down Grants
Purpose: To enhance employment and training opportunities or to promote the self-sufficiency of homeless veterans through paid work
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $7,000 to $10,000
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, December 31, 2020

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