Recent Grant Alert 

May 2012
Federal Grants Newsletter

Dear Friend:

The Federal Government has many programs that provide funding to non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and local governments to carry out important public policy initiatives.  To assist organizations in our area, I regularly send out the most recent listing of federal grant opportunities that are accepting funding applications.

Should you decide to apply for funding, you must find the full grant announcement by clicking on the links below.  In general, Grants.gov is a useful tool for obtaining information on specific grant programs, eligibility criteria, descriptions of the activities that can be funded, and the amount of federal dollars that have been allocated for the program for the year.  Most grants require that you apply online or by downloading the application from this website.

Please let me know at the earliest possible time if you decide to apply for a federal grant, as I would welcome the opportunity to lend my support to your application.

My staff and I want to assist you in your efforts to obtain federal grant funding and are available to help in any way we can.  For assistance, please contact Michael Tou in my San Fernando Valley Office at (818) 501-9200 or michael.tou@mail.house.gov.

I hope that you find the enclosed information useful.  I look forward to working together to obtain funding that will afford your organization greater opportunities to serve the residents of our community.
       
Sincerely,
                       

BRAD SHERMAN
Member of Congress                                    

Agriculture

2012 Farmers Market Promotion Program Grants
Deadline: May 21, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 150
Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000,000
Eligible Applicants: Agricultural cooperatives, producer networks, producer associations, local governments, non-profit organizations, economic development corporations, and regional farmers market authorities
Description: Funds can be used to expand direct producer-to-consumer market opportunities including new farmers markets, roadside stands, community supported agriculture (CSA) programs, agri-tourism activities, and other direct producer-to-consumer infrastructures.
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5097799&acct=fmpp

Farm to School Grant Program
Deadline: June 15, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 140
Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,500,000
Eligible Applicants: K-12 School Food Authorities (SFAs) that participate in the National School Lunch or Breakfast Programs, state and local agencies, non-profit organizations
Description: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 established a Farm to School program in order to assist eligible entities, through grants and technical assistance, in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/F2S/f2_grant_program.htm
 

Arts

Challenge America Fast-Track
Deadline: May 24, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, school districts, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations
Description: The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations – those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability.
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP13/Challenge.html
 

Health and Human Services

Advanced Nursing Education Program
Deadline: May 18, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 24
Estimated Total Program Funding: $9,000,000
Eligible Applicants: Collegiate schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers, State or local governments, and other public or private nonprofit entities accredited by a national nurse education accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Description: The purpose of this program is to provide federal funding for projects that support the enhancement of advanced nursing education and practice.  Eligible projects would engage advanced nursing education students and other health occupation trainees in shared clinical technology learning opportunities to develop competency in technologically-supported interprofessional practice.
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=ED37ACD3-26AD-4B1F-B73B-1E702C4BD8D2&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=

Teen Court Program
Deadline: May 30, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations
Description: The purpose of this program is to provide substance abuse treatment services and related recovery support services to youth with substance abuse and/or co-occurring treatment needs involved in a teen court program.
http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2012/ti_12_004.aspx

Community Economic Development (CED) Projects
Deadline: June 5, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 35
Estimated Total Program Funding: $27,000,000
Eligible Applicants: Community Development Corporations (CDCs)
Description: CED funding may be used to provide technical and financial assistance in order to create sustainable new employment and business opportunities for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other low-income individuals whose income level does not exceed 125 percent of the Federal poverty level.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-OCS-EE-0274
 

Homeland Security

Citizenship Instruction and Naturalization Application Services
Deadline: May 7, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 31
Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
Eligible Applicants: State, county and city governments, colleges and universities, and non-profit organizations that are recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and have a BIA-accredited representative on staff or an in-house attorney who provides or supervises the naturalization application services.
Description:  The goal of the grant program is to expand the availability of quality citizenship preparation services for permanent residents in communities across the nation.  Activities that support this goal include making citizenship instruction and naturalization application services accessible to low-income and other underserved permanent resident populations; developing, identifying, and sharing promising practices in citizenship preparation; supporting innovative and creative solutions to barriers faced by those seeking naturalization; increasing the use and access to technology in citizenship preparation programs; and engaging receiving communities in the citizenship and civic integration process.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=ea0e0b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=ea0e0b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD

Housing


Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing
Deadline: May 14, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: $15,000,000
Eligible Applicants: Owners of eligible HUD-assisted multifamily housing.
Description: The Service Coordinator in Multifamily Housing program allows multifamily housing owners to assist elderly individuals and nonelderly people with disabilities living in HUD-assisted housing and in the surrounding area to obtain needed supportive services from the community, to enable them to continue living as independently as possible in their homes.
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/grants/fundsavail/nofa12/scmf

Assisted Living Conversion Program
Deadline: May 15, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: $25,000,000
Eligible Applicants: Private non-profit owners of eligible multifamily assisted housing developments.
Description: The Assisted Living Conversion Program provides funding for the physical costs of converting some or all of the units of an eligible multifamily development into an Assisted Living Facility or Service-Enriched Housing.
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/grants/fundsavail/nofa12/alcp

Humanities

Preservation and Access Research and Development Grants
Deadline: May 16, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: State, county and city governments, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations
Description: Preservation and Access Research and Development grants support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PARD.html

Humanities Initiative: Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Deadline: June 27, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Description: NEH Humanities Initiatives are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.  These grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future.  Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/humanities-initiatives-hispanic-serving-institutions

Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants
Deadline: June 28, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations
Description: Grants aim to help the staff of cultural institutions, large and small, obtain the knowledge and skills needed to serve as effective stewards of humanities collections. Grants also support educational programs that prepare the next generation of conservators and preservation professionals, as well as projects that introduce the staff of cultural institutions to new information and advances in preservation and access practices.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-and-access-education-and-training

Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges
Deadline: August 14, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: State, county and local governments, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations
Description: NEH invites proposals for a cooperative agreement to develop and administer a national or regional (multistate) project to advance the role of the humanities at community colleges through curriculum and faculty development focused on the theme of Bridging Cultures.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/BridgingCulturesCCRFP.html

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums
Deadline: June 15, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 14
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,200,000
Eligible Applicants: a unit of state or local government or a non-profit organization
Description: These grants will support the planning and designing of up to 30 Learning Labs in libraries and museums throughout the country. The Labs are intended to engage middle- and high-school youth in mentor-led, interest-based, youth-centered, collaborative learning using digital and traditional media.
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=20

Justice

VOCA Children’s Advocacy Centers Subgrant Program
Deadline: May 8, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: State, county and city governments, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations
Description: This program will provide funding to manage a national grant awards program for local children’s advocacy center programs.  Children’s advocacy centers provide a coordinated response to victims of child abuse through multidisciplinary teams composed of representatives from the statutorily mandated and other involved agencies.
http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/VOCACACSubgrant.pdf

Second Chance Act Juvenile Offender Reentry Program, Demonstration Projects
Deadline: May 14, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: State, county and local governments
Description: The Second Chance Act of 2007 provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from jails, prisons, and juvenile residential facilities and are returning to communities.  This program helps ensure that the transition the youth make from a secure juvenile residential facility to the community is successful and promotes public safety.
http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/SecondChanceActDemo.pdf

Local Mentoring Coordinator Program
Deadline: May 14, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 3
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: State, county and local governments, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations
Description: This program will support salary and related expenses for a coordinator who will develop or enhance a collaborative of existing mentoring services provided by multiple organizations for youth in a localized geographical area who are identified as being at risk or high risk of entering the juvenile justice system.
http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/LocalMentoringCoordination.pdf

Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Program
Deadline: May 14, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: State, county and city governments, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations
Description: This demonstration program will support collaborations of qualified, established mentoring program sites that enhance (1) the matching of youth and mentors based on needs, skills, experiences, and interests; (2) initial and ongoing training for mentors, and (3) ongoing mentor support.  The program aims to improve the effectiveness of mentoring through systematic implementation of advocacy or teaching functions into mentors’ roles.
http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/MentoringEnhancementDemonstrationProgram.pdf

VOCA Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals
Deadline: May 15, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: N/A
Estimated Total Program Funding: N/A
Eligible Applicants: Colleges and universities, non-profit organizations
Description: This program will provide funding for the development and implementation of model technical assistance and training for child abuse professionals and to improve the judicial system’s handling of child abuse and neglect cases.  The purpose of this program is to improve the coordinated multidisciplinary investigation and response to child abuse.
http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/VOCATTAProfessionals.pdf

Labor

YouthBuild Grants
Deadline: May 8, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 75
Estimated Total Program Funding: $75,000,000
Eligible Applicants: Non-profit organizations
Description: The Department of Labor will award grants to organizations to oversee the provision of education, occupational skills training, and employment services to disadvantaged youth in their communities while performing meaningful work and service to their communities.  YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that simultaneously addresses several core issues facing low-income communities: affordable housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development.
http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/youthbuild_sga_dfa_py_11_06.pdf

Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program
Deadline: May 24, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 70
Estimated Total Program Funding: $500,000,000
Eligible Applicants: Colleges and universities
Description: The TAACCCT grant program provides eligible institutions of higher education with funds to expand and improve their ability to deliver education and career training programs that can be completed in two years or less, and are suited for workers who are eligible for training under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers Program, as well as other adults.  The primary intent of this program is to meet the educational or career training needs of workers who have lost their jobs or are threatened with job loss as a result of foreign trade.
http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/taaccct_sga_dfa_py_11_08.pdf

Sciences

Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Deadline: May 29, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 108
Estimated Total Program Funding: $35,800,000
Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted
Description: This program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students.  The program supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies to reflect advances both in STEM disciplines and in what is known about teaching and learning.  It funds projects that develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, prepare K-12 teachers, or conduct research on STEM teaching and learning.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10544/nsf10544.pdf

Research in Disabilities Education
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 17
Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
Eligible Applicants: Colleges and universities
Description: The Research in Disabilities Education program advances the goal of broadening the participation and achievement of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM.  This effort is realized by making strategic investments in educational and institutional Model Building and in basic and applied Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12542/nsf12542.pdf

Veterans

Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program
Deadline: May 30, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 30
Estimated Total Program Funding: $20,000,000
Eligible Applicants: State, county and city governments, public housing authorities, non-profit organizations
Description: The purpose of this program is to promote the development and provision of supportive housing and/or supportive services with the goal of helping homeless Veterans achieve residential stability, increase their skill levels and/or income, and obtain greater self-determination.
http://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/GPD.asp