Join us in congratulating Chabot College for its S-STEM five-year grant award of $649,893 from the National Science Foundation to establish its Fast Track Learning Community, which will provide comprehensive curricular, co-curricular, and financial supports to low-income, academically talented students interested in pursuing majors in STEM fields.
Congratulations to the San Mateo County Arts Commission for being awarded $42,750 in funding from the California Arts Council to support its development of a new long-term strategic cultural plan and launch of new community arts programming.
Grants In Education
Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program Purpose: To assist Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to expand educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students. DHSI Program grants enable HSIs to expand and enhance the academic offerings, program quality, faculty quality, and institutional stability of colleges and universities that are educating the majority of Hispanic college students and help large numbers of Hispanic students and low-income individuals complete postsecondary degrees Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education Applicant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $600,000 Projected Number of Awards: 40 Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2019
Project Prevent Grant Program Purpose: The Project Prevent grant program provides grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to increase their capacity to help schools in communities with pervasive violence to better address the needs of affected students and to break the cycle of violence in those communities. Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Applicant: LEAs, including charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law Amount: Total funding available $10 million Projected Number of Awards: 20 Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2019
School Climate Transformation Grant Program: Local Educational Agency Grants Purpose: The School Climate Transformation Grant Program—Local Educational Agency Grants (SCTG-LEA) provides competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to develop, enhance, or expand systems of support for, and technical assistance to, schools implementing a multi- tiered system of support, for improving school climate. Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Applicant: Local Education Agencies, or consortia of LEAs Amount: Up to $750,000 Projected Number of Awards: 80 Deadline: Monday, July 22, 2019
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Day Care Home (DCH) Expansion Funding Purpose: The CACFP provides administrative payments and reimbursement for meals and snacks to DCH Sponsors. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes additional administrative funds available to DCH sponsors to recruit, train, and enroll DCH providers in the CACFP in low-income or rural areas. Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations Amount: Total funding $195,000; Maximum award amount $11,800 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Monday, July 22, 2019
Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans Program Purpose: The purposes of the PPOHA Program are to: (1) expand postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students; and (2) expand the postbaccalaureate academic offerings, as well as enhance the program quality, in the institutions of higher education (IHEs) that are educating the majority of Hispanic college students and helping large numbers of Hispanic and low-income students complete postsecondary degrees. Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education Applicant: IHEs that offer a postbaccalaureate certificate or postbaccalaureate degree program and qualify as eligible Hispanic-Serving Institutions Amount: Up to $600,000 Projected Number of Awards: 21 Deadline: Friday, July 26, 2019
New! Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program Purpose: To support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies (LEAs). The goal of this program is to expand the pipeline of high-quality, trained providers to address the shortages of mental health service professionals in schools served by high-need LEAs. Funder: U.S. Department of Education Applicant: High-need LEAs; SEAs on behalf of one or more high-need LEA(s). Applicants must propose to work in partnership with an eligible IHE Amount: Varies Projected Number of Awards: 50 Deadline: Monday, August 5, 2019
New! Public Charter Schools Grant Program Purpose: The Federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program (PCSGP) is a discretionary grant program administered by the Charter Schools Division. Grant applications are reviewed by peer evaluators and are awarded to nonprofit entities and local educational agencies to assist in the development of new high quality charter schools. The primary focus of the PCSGP is to create high quality charter schools that will provide public school choice to Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations Amount: Ranges $175,000 to $375,000 (total funding $7 million) Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Thursday, August 15, 2019
Inclusive Early Education Expansion Grant Purpose: To increase access for young children birth to five years old to inclusive early learning and care programs. It supports the inclusion of children with disabilities and exceptional needs, including children with severe disabilities, in early learning and care settings pursuant to Parts B and C of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local educational agencies Amount: Varies; Total funding available $165,330,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: LOI is due Friday, June 28, 2019; application is due September 27, 2019
New! Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Purpose: To promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. Funder: National Science Foundation Applicant: Institutions of higher education Amount: Varies Projected Number of Awards: 45 to 75 Deadline: Thursday, October 3, 2019
Health & Social Services
Service Area Competition Purpose: The Health Center Program supports public and private nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved populations. The purpose of the SAC NOFO is to ensure continued access to affordable, quality primary health care services for communities and populations currently served by the Health Center Program. Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations Amount: Varies Projected Number of Awards: 85 Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2019
Mental Health Technology 2.0 Purpose: to develop, test, launch, host and evaluate the benefit of a mobile application pilot project for two (2) years on an individual and system level. The proposed mobile application should be shown to be reasonably capable of producing evidence-based practice results to increase access to mental health services for one, but no more than two, of the following targeted populations: 1) Caregivers of family members who suffer from a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) or a Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED); 2) Youth/Transition Age Youth (TAY) who are victims of trauma induced by violence, particularly gun violence; 3) Attempted Suicide Survivors; or 4) Immigrants, Asylees, and Refugees. Funder: Alameda County Applicant: Community based organizations Amount: Up to $230,000 for 2-year contract term Projected Number of Awards: 8 Deadline: Thursday, July 25, 2019
Maternity Group Home Program Purpose: to provide safe, stable, and appropriate shelter only for pregnant and/or parenting youth ages 16 to under 22 and their dependent child(ren) for 18 months and, under extenuating circumstances, up to 21 months. Service providers must accommodate for the needs and safety of the dependent children to include facility safety standards for infants and children on the premises. Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations Amount: Up to $250,000 Projected Number of Awards: 18 Deadline: Thursday, July 25, 2019
New! Expansion of Practitioner Education Purpose: To expand the integration of substance use disorder (SUD) education into the standard curriculum of relevant healthcare and health services education programs. Through the mainstreaming of this education, the ultimate goal is to expand the number of practitioners to deliver high-quality, evidence-based SUD treatment. Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Applicant: public or private non-profit professional organizations representing healthcare professionals in the fields of medicine, physician assistants, nursing, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, health services administration Amount: Up to $250,000 Projected Number of Awards: 10 Deadline: Friday, August 2, 2019
Service Area Competition Purpose: The Health Center Program supports public and private nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved populations. The purpose of the SAC NOFO is to ensure continued access to affordable, quality primary health care services for communities and populations currently served by the Health Center Program. Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations Amount: Varies Projected Number of Awards: 50 Deadline: Monday, August 5, 2019
New! Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program Purpose: To maximize the number of children under the age of six years protected from lead poisoning by assisting states, cities, counties/parishes, Native American Tribes or other units of local government in undertaking comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately-owned target housing. Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Applicant: Public agencies Amount: Ranges $1 million to $9 million Projected Number of Awards: 70 Deadline: Friday, August 9, 2019
Justice Grants
Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims Purpose: To address an urgent gap in crime victim services related to the opioid epidemic and to expand upon existing or establish new programs to provide services to children and youth who are victimized as the result of the opioid crisis. OVC anticipates that this solicitation will support service providers in expanding their current scope and expertise to ensure that children and youth (the most vulnerable victims impacted by the opioid crisis) are supported as they heal from the impact of crime and substance abuse. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $750,000 Projected Number of Awards: 24 Deadline: Thursday, July 11, 2019
New! Strengthening Investigative Tools and Technology for Combating Child Sexual Exploitation Purpose: to increase the technological investigative capacity and associated training of law enforcement, prosecutors, and other professionals. The program’s overall objective is to support the development, refinement, and advancement of widely used investigative tools, methods, and technologies that address child pornography, exploitation, and sex trafficking. To be aligned with the investigation and prosecution objectives outlined in the National Strategy, these proposed projects should target emerging technologies, offender organizations, and high value individual offenders; and enhance international collaboration. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education Amount: UP to $1.5 million Projected Number of Awards: 6 Deadline: Monday, July 29, 2019
New! Specialized Services and Mentoring for Child and Youth Victims of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Purpose: To support the efforts of organizations to develop or enhance their mentoring capacity, facilitate outreach efforts, and increase the availability of direct services for child and youth victims of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic sex trafficking. Under this initiative, experienced organizations work with OJJDP’s existing training and technical assistance provider to develop or enhance mentoring service models and mentor training based on best practices to focus on the needs of girls and boys, who are at risk or are victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations Amount: Up to $450,000 Projected Number of Awards: 11 Deadline: Monday, July 29, 2019
New! Title II Grant Program Purpose: To support delinquency prevention and juvenile justice system improvement. This grant will fund: 1) Aftercare/Reentry, 2) Alternatives to Detention, 3) Community-Based Programs & Services, 4) Diversion, 5) Mental Health Services and 6) Mentoring, Counseling & Training Programs. These projects will also target the reduction of the overrepresentation of youth of color in contact with the juvenile justice system. Funder: California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Applicant: California: counties, cities, school districts, nonprofit organizations, federally recognized Indian Tribes (Letter of Intent due July 12, 2019) Amount: Varies Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Deadline: Friday, August 9, 2019
New! Campus Sexual Assault (CT) Program Purpose: To create a comprehensive coordinated community response that is victim-centered, enhances victim safety (regardless if they report the crime to law enforcement or other investigatory bodies), provides confidential services to sexual assault victims, holds offenders accountable, and includes outreach activities. Funder: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Applicant: Be an institution of higher education as defined under the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 Amount: Up to $200,000 for individual applicants (Total funding $3.8 million) Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Friday, October 25, 2019
Economic & Workforce Development Grants
AB 1111 Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative Purpose: To provide services to target populations who are often not eligible for other state and federal programs. The list of eligible activities are inclusive, from basic education and adult education, to on-the-job training, to supportive services as well as the list of target populations. Funder: California Workforce Development Board Applicant: Local workforce development boards and community-based organizations Amount: Ranges $150,000 to $500,000 Projected Number of Awards: Total funding available $15 million Deadline: Letter of Intent was due Monday, June 24, 2019. RFA to be released in July 2019.
Statewide Park Program (SPP) – Round 3 Purpose: The Statewide Park Program (SPP) competitive grants purpose is to create new parks and new recreation opportunities in critically underserved communities across California through Proposition 68 funding. Funder: California Department of Parks and Recreation Applicant: Counties, cities, joint powers authorities, nonprofit organizations Amount: Ranges $200,000 to $8,5000,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Monday, August 5, 2019
YouthBuild Purpose: To provide funding to 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. In addition to construction skills training, YouthBuild applicants may include occupational skills training in other in-demand industries. This expansion into additional in-demand industries is the Construction Plus component, a priority in this grant competition. Funder: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration Applicant: Private non-profit or public agencies. These organizations include rural, urban, or Native American agencies that have previously served disadvantaged youth in a YouthBuild or other similar program Amount: Varies $700,000 to $1,500.000 Projected Number of Awards: 70 Deadline: Tuesday, August 6, 2019
New! Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap Purpose: The purpose of this program is to promote apprenticeships as a significant workforce solution in filling current middle- and high-skilled job vacancies and closing the skills gap between employer workforce needs and the skills of the current workforce. Funder: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration Applicant: the lead applicant in the apprenticeship partnership are an institution of higher education (IHE), or an IHE representing a consortium of IHEs Amount: Range $500,000 to $6,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 30 Deadline: Tuesday, September 24, 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
Upcoming Job Corps Scholars Program – Notice of Intent Purpose: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), will announce the availability of approximately $23,738,000 in grant funds authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Section 156 (a) (29 U.S.C.3193(a)) and Section 189(c) (29 U.S.C._3249(c)) for Job Corps Scholars Program Partnership. Funder: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration Applicant: Two-year, public community colleges; accredited, public two- and four-year historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs); and accredited tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) Amount: Varies $1,052,500 to $1,186,900 Projected Number of Awards: Unknown Projected Deadline: TBD; public comment period ends July 3, 2019
Arts
NEA Our Town, FY2020 Purpose: To support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes. Successful Our Town projects ultimately lay the groundwork for systemic changes that sustain the integration of arts, culture, and design into local strategies for strengthening communities. These projects require a partnership between a local government entity and nonprofit organization, one of which must be a cultural organization; and should engage in partnership with other sectors (such as agriculture and food, economic development, education and youth, environment and energy, health, housing, public safety, transportation, and workforce Funder: National Endowment for the Arts Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments Amount: Varies $25,000 to $200,000 Projected Number of Awards: 57 Deadline: Thursday, August 8, 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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