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The California School-Based Health Alliance (CSHA) and the L.A. Trust for Children’s Health are hosting the 2019 California School-Based Health Conference: Advancing Wellness & Best Practices for the Future on May 9-10, 2019. Click here for more information about the conference and registration.

Congratulations to La Familia and the Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO), who were awarded $81,320 by the Alameda County Department of Housing and Community Development and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through their Continuum of Care grant program. This grant will support FESCO’s transitional housing site, Banyan House, in providing temporary housing and wraparound support services for homeless families with children in Alameda County.
Grants In Education
New! ESSA School Improvement Funding for LEAs
Purpose: Requires state educational agencies to determine school eligibility for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI). Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) with schools that are eligible for CSI must partner with stakeholders to develop and implement a school plan for the school to improve student outcomes.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies
Amount: Total funding available $128,814,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2019

New! Middle School Foundation Academies Planning Grant
Purpose: To establish Middle School Foundation Academies to prepare students for acceptance into a California Partnership Academies at the local high
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies
Amount: $25,000
Projected Number of Awards: 10
Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2019

New! School Breakfast Program and Summer Meal Programs Start-up and Expansion
Purpose: Funding is for nonrecurring expenses incurred in initiating or expanding a (1) School Breakfast Program (SBP), serving students in kindergarten through grade twelve or (2) Summer Meal Program (SMP), serving children and youth eighteen years of age and under during school breaks.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies
Amount: $15,000 per recipient
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2019

New! K12 Strong Workforce Program
Purpose: Create, support, and/or expand high-quality career technical education programs at the K-12 level that are aligned with and the workforce development efforts occurring through the Strong Workforce Program and regional priorities, to improve students’ transitions from secondary school to post-secondary and careers. Letter of Intent to apply is due February 15.
Funder: California Community College Chancellor’s Office
Applicant: Local educational agencies or consortia of LEAs, in collaboration with at least one community college
Amount: $150,000,000 available statewide, with specific allocations to regions
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2019

New! Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
Purpose: To provide students with a variety of free fresh fruit and vegetable snacks during the school day as a supplement to, and not part of, the school breakfast and lunch programs, and to teach students about good nutrition. The FFVP encourages schools to partner with other entities in the community to support their efforts.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies, other organizations or agencies
Amount: Will receive funds based on an allocation of $50 to $75 per student
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2019

New! Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Education Agencies
Purpose: To support local educational agencies (LEAs), Indian Tribes and organizations, and other eligible entities in developing elementary and secondary school programs that serve Indian students.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Native American tribal organizations
Amount: Ranges $4,000 to $3,254,999
Projected Number of Awards: 1300
Deadline: Saturday, March 16, 2019

New! Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Purpose: To enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education at HSIs and to increase retention and graduation rates of undergraduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at HSIs. In addition, the HIS Program seeks to build capacity in undergraduate STEM education at HSIs that typically do not receive high levels of NSF grant funding.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Institutions of higher education offering programs STEM programs and satisfy the HIS definition
Amount: Track 1: Building Capacity up to $2.5 million for up to 5 years; Track 2: HSIs New to NSF up to $300,000 for up to 3 years
Projected Number of Awards: 15
Deadline: Saturday, March 16, 2019

New! Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program: Early-phase Grants
Purpose: To support the development, implementation, and feasibility testing of a program, which prior research suggests has promise, for the purpose of determining whether the program can successfully improve student achievement and attainment for highneed students.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: (a) An LEA; (b) An SEA; (c) The Bureau of Indian Education; (d) A consortium of SEAs or LEAs; (e) A nonprofit organization; and (f) An SEA, an LEA, a consortium
Amount: Up to $4 million
Projected Number of Awards: 28
Deadline: Tuesday, April 2, 2019

New! Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program: Mid-phase Grants
Purpose: To fund implementation and a rigorous evaluation of a program that has been successfully implemented under an Early-phase grant or other effort meeting similar criteria, for the purpose of measuring the program’s impact and cost-effectiveness, if possible using existing administrative data
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: (a) An LEA; (b) An SEA; (c) The Bureau of Indian Education; (d) A consortium of SEAs or LEAs; (e) A nonprofit organization; and (f) An SEA, an LEA, a consortium
Amount: Up to $8 million
Projected Number of Awards: 15
Deadline: Tuesday, April 2, 2019

New! Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program: Expansion Grants
Purpose: To create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students; and rigorously evaluate such innovations
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: (a) An LEA; (b) An SEA; (c) The Bureau of Indian Education; (d) A consortium of SEAs or LEAs; (e) A nonprofit organization; and (f) An SEA, an LEA, a consortium
Amount: Up to $15 million
Projected Number of Awards: 3
Deadline: Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Upcoming
ESSA School Improvement Funding for COEs
Purpose: To provides resources and assistance to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) with schools eligible for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI). Consistent with the System of Support’s focus on increasing the capacity of LEAs to meet the needs of all students.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: A County Office of Education (COE) with an LEA or LEAs in its county with schools that meets the criteria for CSI are eligible to apply for funding
Amount: Total funding available $10 million
Projected Number of Awards: Varies;
Deadline: Application available February 11, 2019; deadline Friday, March 1, 2019

Youth Engagement to Address Tobacco-Related Disparities
Purpose: To offer a youth engagement approach in addressing youth tobacco education to maximize student, staff, peer and community involvement and accelerate and monitor the rate of decline in tobacco-related disparities for the purpose of eliminating tobacco-related disparities.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies
Amount: TBD; Total funding available $3 million
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Application available March 1, 2019; deadline Monday, April 1, 2019
Social Services
Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations
Purpose: To develop and implement outreach strategies targeted at, and provide victim services to, adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education
Amount: Up to $450,000
Projected Number of Awards: 10
Deadline: Wednesday, February 13, 2019

New! Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program
Purpose: To help HUD’s customers navigate complex housing and community development challenges by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, tools, capacity, and systems to implement HUD programs and policies successfully and sustainably and provide effective administrative and managerial oversight of HUD funding.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, IHEs and public agencies
Amount: Up to $20 million
Projected Number of Awards: 20
Deadline: Thursday, February 14, 2019

New! Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program
Purpose: This program encourages state, local, and tribal governments and courts to treat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice system.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
Applicant: states; Indian tribal governments; state and local courts (including juvenile courts); units of local government; state, tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions; or victim service providers
Amount: Ranges $500,000 to $750,000
Projected Number of Awards: 45
Deadline: Tuesday, February 26, 2019

New! Oakland Unite – Violence Prevention and Intervention Services
Purpose: To bring together a network of community providers and system partners to support people as they move towards safety, healing, and growth. The network relies on skilled workers with a personal understanding of trauma, who meet people where they are and form strong relationships.
Funder: Oakland Unite
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, public agencies, entities fiscally sponsored by an eligible applicant
Amount: Total funding is approximately $10 million
Projected Number of Awards: Varies depending on Strategy Area
Deadline: Online proposals are due February 28; hard copy proposals are due Friday, March 1, 2019

New! OECE Pilot Innovation Fund 2.0
Purpose: To test new ideas with a focus on results related to one or more of the Office’s impact areas from the San Francisco Citywide Plan for Early Care and Education: 1) Racial Equality and Diversity 2) Quality Improvement 3) Family Engagement 4) Professional Development and Workforce
Funder: City and County of San Francisco, Office of Early Care and Education
Applicant: Public and private nonprofit organizations
Amount: Total funding available $1-$2 million
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2019

New! Social Equity Forest Improvement Grant Program
Purpose: Provide greenhouse gas reduction benefits to underserved areas by supporting nonprofit and community-based organizations with funding for tree- planting projects and related green infrastructure that meet the critical need of reducing Greenhouse Gasses (GHGs) while simultaneously addressing other statutory and regulatory requirements developed by CalFIRE, the California Air Resources Board, the State Legislature, and other state agencies.
Funder: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Applicant: Incorporated nonprofit organizations and unincorporated community-based groups (with a fiscal sponsor) located in California
Amount: Ranges $10,000 to $75,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Sunday, March 3, 2019

New! Consolidated Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Assault and Engage Men and Boys as Allies
Purpose: To address the needs of children and youth impacted by sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking. The CYEM Program also funds prevention efforts that engage men and boys as allies to combat violence against women and girls.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
Applicant: nonprofit, nongovernmental entities; tribal organizations; Indian tribal governments; and units of local government or an agency of a unit of local government
Amount: Up to $500,000 for purpose area 1, 2, or 3; Up to $350,000 for purpose area 4
Projected Number of Awards: 17
Deadline: Wednesday, March 6, 2019

New! REACH Ashland Youth Center Career Services
Purpose: To propose a service delivery model and provide Career and Employment programming and services at REACH AYC serving the Eden/Ashland area of Alameda County. REACH AYC is seeking one organization to become the REACH AYC Program Lead for Career and Employment; and one-to- three organizations to become Career Pathways Partners in the areas of Health, Arts, and/or Technology.
Funder: Alameda County, Health Care Services Agency
Applicant: Nonprofit and for-profit organizations
Amount: Program Lead up to $200,000; Up to $75,000 for Career Pathways
Projected Number of Awards: 1 to 4
Deadline: Thursday, March 7, 2019

New! Street Medicine Outreach
Purpose: To provide services to unsheltered homeless Alameda County residents. This includes: street outreach, engagement and building rapport, medical and behavioral care and triage, limited medication services, case management, referrals to specialty care, and referrals to dental and eye services.
Funder: Alameda County, Health Care Services Agency
Applicant: Public and nonprofit agencies
Amount: Up to $350,000; Total funding available $1,050,000
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, March 14, 2019

New! Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program
Purpose: To develop and strengthen trauma-informed victim services and strategies to prevent, investigate, and respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on campus.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
Applicant: Institutions of higher education
Amount: Ranges $300,000 to $750,000
Projected Number of Awards: 45-50
Deadline: Thursday, March 14, 2019

New! Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants
Purpose: To prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12-20 in communities throughout the United States. The activities that are implemented in the project will aim to address community norms regarding alcohol use by youth, reduce opportunities for underage drinking by limiting youth access to alcohol, create changes in underage drinking enforcement efforts, address penalties for underage use, and/or reduce the prevalence of negative consequences associated with underage drinking (e.g., motor vehicle crashes, sexual assaults)
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Applicant: Public and private nonprofit entities that are current or former Drug-Free Communities Support Program (DFC) recipients. Past STOP Act recipients are also eligible to apply
Amount: Up to $50,000
Projected Number of Awards: 20
Deadline: Friday, March 22, 2019

New! Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Capacity Development Program
Purpose: To strengthen organizational capacity to respond to the changing health care landscape and increase access to high quality HIV primary health care services for low income, uninsured, and underserved people living with HIV (PLWH).
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public and nonprofit private entities, faith-based and community-based organizations, and Tribes and tribal organizations
Amount: Up to $150,000
Projected Number of Awards: 26
Deadline: Friday, March 22, 2019

New! Targeted Capacity Expansion: Special Projects
Purpose: To develop and implement targeted strategies for substance use disorder treatment provision to address a specific population or area of focus identified by the community. The purpose of the TCE program is to address an unmet need or underserved population
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Applicant: Nonprofit and public agencies
Amount: Up to $375,000
Projected Number of Awards: 22
Deadline: Monday, March 25, 2019

New! Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success
Purpose: To prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance abuse and its related problems while strengthening prevention capacity and infrastructure at the community level. The program is intended to address one of the nation’s top substance abuse prevention priorities – underage drinking among persons aged 9 to 20
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Applicant: 1) Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal organizations, Urban Indian Organizations and 2) domestic public or private non-profit entities
Amount: Up to $300,000
Projected Number of Awards: 127 (at least 25 awards will be made to tribes/tribal organizations)
Deadline: Friday, March 29, 2019

New! Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F Dental Reimbursement Program
Purpose: To improve access to oral health care services for low income, uninsured, and underserved people living with HIV (PLWH) and to support related education and training for the delivery of dental care to PLWH.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: accredited dental schools and other accredited dental education programs, such as dental hygiene programs or those sponsored by a school of dentistry, a hospital, or a public or private institution
Amount: Varies; total funding available $8.7 million
Projected Number of Awards: 56
Deadline: Thursday, April 25, 2019

 

Justice Grants
Prison to Employment Initiative Direct and Supportive Service Grants
Purpose: To support regional planning efforts, fund regional plan implementation, and provide resources for direct services to the formerly incarcerated and other justice-involved individuals. The funds offered under this RFA are for the implementation of regional plans to serve the formerly incarcerated and other justice involved individuals in California.
Funder: California Workforce Development Board
Applicant: Each region must designate one entity as the applicant and fiscal agent for each grant. Signature proof of this agreement must be included in the application.
Amount: Total funding available $34 million (up to $14 million for FY 2018-19 and up to $20 million for FY 2019-20)
Projected Number of Awards: 14
Deadline: Friday, February 15, 2019

New! Adult Reentry Grant Program
Purpose: The grant program is aimed at providing support to individuals formerly incarcerated in state prison. This Request for Proposals (RFP) will address funding available for the 1) Rental Assistance and 2) Warm Hand-Off Reentry Services components of the grant. The RFP does not include a process for applying for grantfunding for the third component of the grant: Rehabilitation of Existing Property. This component of the project will be addressed separately at a future date.
Funder: California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
Applicant: California nonprofit community-based organizations
Amount: Rental assistance up to $3 million; Warm hand-off reentry up to $500,00 for the grant period
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Monday, March 25, 2019

New! Youth Reinvestment Grant Program
Purpose: This grant program is aimed at diverting low-level offenders from initial contact with the juvenile justice system using approaches that are evidence- based, culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate.
Funder: California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
Applicant: California counties and cities
Amount: Ranges $50,000 up to $1 million
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, March 29, 2019

New! Youth Reinvestment Grant – Tribal Youth Diversion Grant
Purpose: to divert Indian children from entering, or furthering their involvement in, the juvenile justice system. Funded grant programs will use trauma- informed, community-based, and wellness-based interventions to deliver diversion programs and/or services to Indian children in communities where there are: High rates of juvenile arrests; High rates of suicide; High rates of alcohol and substance abuse; Average high school graduation rates that are lower than 75 percent.
Funder: California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
Applicant: Federally recognized Indian Tribes in California
Amount: Total funding $1,119,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, March 29, 2019

New! Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
Purpose: To enhance the quality and quantity of services available to assist minor (under the age of 18) victims of human trafficking. Organizations funded under this program will provide (directly and through partnerships) a comprehensive array of services that minor victims of human trafficking often require to address their needs for safety, security, and healing.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime
Applicant: states, territories, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 40
Deadline: Thursday, April 4, 2019

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
Purpose: To provide 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.
Funder: Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
Applicant: Only California’s 58 counties are eligible to apply, individually or in partnership with other counties.
Amount: Funding is set aside to equitably distribute it between the small (population less than 200,001), medium (population 200,001-700,000), and large counties (population over 700,000). The funding threshold is up to $220,000 annually for small counties, up to $715,000 annually for medium counties, and up to $1,045,625 annually for large counties. Applications including multiple counties can apply for higher amounts, as detailed in the RFP.
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, April 25, 2019
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