April Grants Newsletter 

Congratulations to the Alameda County Office of Education which was awarded $333,123 from the California Department of Education’s Inclusive Early Learning and Care Coordination grant program.

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.
Grants In Education
High School Equivalency Program (HEP)
Purpose: The HEP is designed to assist eligible persons to obtain the equivalent of a secondary school diploma and subsequently to gain improved employment, enter into military service, or be placed in an institution of higher education (IHE) or other postsecondary education or training.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: Public and State Institutions of Higher Education (IHE), nonprofit organizations, Private IHE
Amount: Varies $180,000 to $475,000
Projected Number of Awards: 14
Deadline: Tuesday, April 9, 2019

College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
Purpose: CAMP is designed to assist eligible persons who are enrolled or are admitted for enrollment on a full-time basis at an institution of higher education (IHE) complete their first academic year.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Applicant: Public agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $180,000 to $425,000
Projected Number of Awards: 12
Deadline: Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS)
Purpose: This program provides support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: A consortium of one or more LEAs; or The Bureau of Indian Education; and one or more community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, or public entities
Amount: Varies $75,000 to $2,500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 8
Deadline: Monday, April 15, 2019

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Computing in Undergraduate Education
Purpose: To support teams of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) in re-envisioning the role of computing in interdisciplinary collaboration within their institutions. In addition, NSF will encourage partnering IHEs to use this opportunity to integrate the study of ethics into their curricula, both within core CS courses and across the relevant interdisciplinary application areas.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US
Amount: Varies depending if ethics component is included or not; Up to $300,000 or $350,000
Projected Number of Awards: 12 to 15
Deadline: Thursday, May 9, 2019

Upcoming
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: Total funding available $3,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Available: April 15, 2019; Deadline Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Health & Social Services
Mild to Moderate Reentry Case Management Teams
Purpose: To provide behavioral health and other services to eligible transition age youth (TAY) and adults with mild to moderate mental illness reentering the community from the criminal justice system. ACBH seeks to establish three Reentry Case Management (CM) Teams to provide treatment and case management reentry services to the priority population: criminal justice-involved TAY and adults age 18 and up with mild to moderate mental health conditions (MM) (including cooccurring disorders) who are eligible for Assembly Bill (AB) 109-funded services.
Funder: Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Ranges 1) North County- $$850,000; 2) South, Central, and East County- $850,000; 3) Alameda County Probation Department (Oakland)- $800,000
Projected Number of Awards: 3
Deadline: Monday, April 15, 2019

New! Oral Health Infrastructure
Purpose: The Oral Health Infrastructure supplemental funding will support one-time infrastructure enhancements that enhance new or existing high quality, integrated oral health services in health centers.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: FQHCs. Your organization must be an existing Health Center Program award recipients to apply
Amount: Up to $300,000
Projected Number of Awards: 250
Deadline: Monday, April 22, 2019

Minority Aids Initiative: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at High Risk for HIV/AIDS
Purpose: To increase engagement in care for racial and ethnic minority individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD) who are at risk for HIV or are HIV positive that receive HIV services/treatment.
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Applicant: Public and private nonprofit entities. Grantees that received awards under TI‌-17-011 in FY 2017 and FY 2018 are not eligible to apply
Amount: $500,000 per year for up to 5 years
Projected Number of Awards: 24
Deadline: Monday, April 22, 2019

Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative
Purpose: This multi-category solicitation supports youth mentoring services (1:1, group or peer) provided by National and Multi-State mentoring organizations as well as mentoring for specific populations. Specific category titles might include: National Mentoring Programs; Multi-State Mentoring Programs; Mentoring Programs for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System; Mentoring Strategies for Youth Impacted by Opioids; and Statewide and Regional Mentoring Initiative for Youth Impacted by Opioids.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Applicant: For profit organizations other than small businesses, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Ranges $500,000 to $1,250,000
Projected Number of Awards: 35
Deadline: Monday, April 22, 2019

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

New! Small, Rural School Achievement Program
Purpose: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) awards grants on a formula basis to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to address the unique needs of rural school districts. In this notice, we establish the deadline and describe the submission requirements and procedures for fiscal year (FY) 2019 SRSA grant applications.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Applicant: LEA (including a public charter school that meets the definition of LEA in section 8101(30) of the ESEA)
Amount: Range $0-$60,000
Projected Number of Awards: 3900
Deadline: Friday, April 26, 2019

New! Crisis Residential Treatment Services at Jay Mahler Recovery Center
Purpose: To provide Crisis Residential Treatment (CRT) services for adults, 18 and over, with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) at the County-owned Jay Mahler Recovery Center (Jay Mahler).
Funder: Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Funding allocated $2,400,000
Projected Number of Awards: 1
Deadline: Wednesday, May 1, 2019

New! Special Day Classes for Oakland Unified School District
Purpose: To provide effective interventions that improve classroom dynamics and promote effective student learning, allowing educators to teach. Specifically, the goals are to: Increase the ability of children and adolescents to acquire new knowledge and skills in the school setting; Improve social- emotional functioning scores; Improve academic achievement, as shown by an increase in classroom participation and completion of in-class work and homework assignments; Be successful in less restrictive educational environments; Develop and maintain positive and supportive relationships with adults and peers in the school setting; and Continue to enhance the quality of student and family life and community.
Funder: Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Three program allocations: 1. Elementary School I-CESDC – $2,187,580 2. Elementary, Middle, and High School CESDC – $911,250 3. Middle School and High School I-CESDC – $1,755,000
Projected Number of Awards: 15
Deadline: Thursday, May 2, 2019

New! Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
Purpose: This program will support states, units of local government, and/or tribal governments in implementing data-driven strategies and programs through strategic partnerships that will (1) develop a multidisciplinary task force with working groups to identify specific areas of concern; (2) collect and interpret data that will assist the task force in developing strategies and programming that will be used to better coordinate response efforts and resources; and (3) implement services that will address public safety concerns, intervention, prevention, and diversion services for children, youth, and families directly impacted by opioid abuse.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Applicant: States (including territories), units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior
Amount: Up to $1 million
Projected Number of Awards: 10
Deadline: Tuesday, May 7, 2019

New! Youth Engagement in Sports: Collaboration to Improve Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition
Purpose: To support projects that address the HHS priority to expand youth participation in sports and encourage regular physical activity, especially for youth populations with lower rates of sports participation and communities with limited access to athletic facilities or recreational areas
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations
Amount: Varies $325,000 to $400,000
Projected Number of Awards: 14
Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2019

 

Justice Grants
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

New! Comprehensive School-based Approach to Youth Violence and Victimization
Purpose: To address youth violence and victimization through implementing prevention, intervention and accountability efforts in a school-based setting. The goals of the program are to: 1) reduce the incidence of school violence through accountability efforts for offenders; 2) respond to victimization whether as a result of violence that occurs in the school or community; 3) improve overall school safety; and 4) prevent violence, delinquency and victimization in the targeted school/community.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
Amount: Up to $800,000
Projected Number of Awards: 9
Deadline: Monday, May 20, 2019

New! COPS-COMMUNITY-POLICING-DEVELOPMENT-2019
Purpose: To advance the practice of community policing in law enforcement agencies through training and technical assistance demonstration projects, the development of innovative community policing strategies, guidebooks, and promising practices that are national in scope and responsive to the solicitation topic requirements.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice
Applicant: public governmental agencies, profit and nonprofit institutions, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations
Amount: Varies $100,000 to $500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 50
Deadline: Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Economic & Workforce Development Grants
New! Reentry Projects (RP-3) – Young Adults
Purpose: To enhance reentry strategies through collaboration with the field to identify and respond to emerging or chronic reentry challenges. This initiative intends to assist communities in planning and implementing comprehensive reentry programs to help young adults who have been involved in the juvenile justice system make successful transitions back to the community. The Department plans to award up to $4,500,000 each to approximately 7 intermediary organizations, approximately 6 proposing to serve young adults. DOL also plans to award up to $1,500,000 each to approximately 34 non-intermediary organizations, approximately 14 proposing to serve young adults.
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Applicant: Nonprofit and public agencies
Amount: Up to $4,500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 20
Deadline: Thursday, April 25, 2019

New! Reentry Projects (RP-3) – Adults
Purpose: To enhance reentry strategies through collaboration with the field to identify and respond to emerging or chronic reentry challenges. This initiative intends to assist communities in planning and implementing comprehensive reentry programs to help formerly incarcerated adults who have been involved in the adult justice system make successful transitions back to the community. The Department plans to award up to $4,500,000 each to approximately 7 intermediary organizations, approximately 1 proposing to serve adults. DOL also plans to award up to $1,500,000 each to approximately 34 non-intermediary organizations, approximately 20 proposing to serve adults.
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Applicant: Nonprofit and public agencies
Amount: Up to $4,500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 21
Deadline: Thursday, April 25, 2019

Stand 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
Arts
Arts in Corrections Program – Coordinating Organizations
Purpose: To provide arts classes with teaching artists (herein referred to as Arts Providers) in cultural, folk & traditional arts, literary, media, performing, and visual arts to people currently incarcerated in California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) adult facilities.
Funder: California Arts Council
Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Monday, April 8, 2019

New! Arts in Corrections – Program Development
Purpose: To develop skills, gain knowledge, expand the prison arts field and/or build capacity to provide arts-based programming specifically for people experiencing incarceration in CDCR facilities. Projects must have specific goals and include any activities that further these goals to achieve the intended short- and longterm outcomes.
Funder: California Arts Council
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $25,000
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Monday, April 22, 2019

Art Grant Programs
The California Arts Council provides funding to arts programs, with funding available for youth programs, creative projects, and operation support. Click here to view the list of open programs.
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