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Digest of Federal Grants with Faith-Based and Community Organization Eligibility
The grant opportunities this week for community and faith-based organizations are through programs administered by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Justice, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Potential applicants should be aware that some grant programs require specific technical expertise, or experience in particular foreign countries. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Housing Service Qualified faith-based and other organizations may apply for Farm Labor Housing Technical Assistance Grants to encourage the development of domestic and migrant farm labor housing projects, and provide technical assistance to groups who qualify for FLH loans and grants. Successful applicants will: conduct outreach to broad-based nonprofit organizations, nonprofit organizations of farm workers, federally recognized Indian tribes, agencies or political subdivisions of state or local government, public agencies and other eligible; conduct at least twelve one-on-one meetings annually with groups who are interested in applying for FLH loans or grants and assist such groups with the loan and grant application process; assist loan and grant applicants in leveraging USDA Rural Development funds by securing funding additional funding from other sources; provide technical assistance during the development and construction phase of FLH proposals selected for funding; commit to targeting at least five areas within the grant proposal's region; submit at least a minimum specified number of loan application packages to the Agency for funding consideration; and provide training to applicants of FLH loans and grants to assist them in their ability to manage FLH. Up to $519,750 will be available for each of the Eastern and Western Grant Regions and up to $346,500 will be available for the Central Grant Region. One grant will be awarded for each of the three geographic regions. Applications are due March 14, 2008. The full announcement is in the Federal Register at The Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP) is listed in the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiative’s grant catalog “Federal Funds for Organizations That Help Those In Need” as a program of interest to small, faith-based and community groups. Applications are now being accepted for guaranteed loans under the GRRHP for the new construction of affordable rural rental housing, the acquisition with rehabilitation of affordable rural rental housing, the revitalization, repair, and transfer of existing direct section 515 housing, and properties involved in the Agency's multi-family preservation and revitalization program. A total of $129,090,000 will be awarded. Applications will be accepted until September 26, 2008, though applications received by April 25, 2008 will be given priority ranking and scoring. The full announcement can be found in the Federal Register at Qualified faith-based and other organizations may apply for The National Emergency or Disaster Grants to Assist Low-Income Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers. These grants will support projects that provide emergency services to areas where the Secretary of Agriculture determines that a local, state, or national emergency or disaster has caused low-income migrant or seasonal farmworkers to lose income, be unable to work, or to stay at home or return home in anticipation of work shortages. For purposes of this announcement, emergency services include any service that can be provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and may include: activities to support state and local emergency assistance; coordination of disaster relief provided by federal and non-federal organizations; technical and advisory assistance to state and local governments; emergency assistance through federal agencies; debris removal through grants to state and local governments; grants to individuals and households for temporary housing and uninsured personal needs; distribution of medicine, food and consumables; assistance in meeting rent or mortgage payments, utility bills, child care, transportation, school supplies, food, repair or rehabilitation of farmworker housing, and facilities related to farmworker housing. A total of $16 million will be awarded for this program. Applications are due April 4, 2008. The request for applications is in the Federal Register at DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Qualified faith-based and other applicants are invited to apply for the Standing Announcement for the Ethnic Community Self-Help Program. Successful applicants will connect newcomer refugees and their communities with community resources. The objective of this program is to strengthen organized ethnic communities comprised and representative of refugee populations to ensure ongoing support and services to refugees after initial resettlement. Respondents to this announcement will be of two general types: (1) National or Multi-site ethnic organizations that propose to develop or strengthen local ethnic groups and/or a national network of ethnic entities for purposes of linking refugees to community resources and promoting and strengthening community participation; or (2) Emerging local ethnic communities that seek to function as bridges between newly arrived refugees and mainstream local resources and organizations. Activities of national organization applicants include: organizing newly arriving refugees for self-help and mutual assistance, organizational and leadership development, civic participation; inspiring self-determination; linking technical assistance and resources for local ethnic communities; orientation on the background and potential of refugees to the larger community, including establishing and strengthening links with institutions such as schools, crime prevention and law enforcement entities, promoting mediation and constructive conflict resolution, promoting health and mental health services and augmenting agency linkages via internet connections; facilitating information dissemination on ethnic-specific issues; or convening of national or regional meetings and/or conference calls. Activities of local ethnic self-help applicants include: direct or referral services to address unmet needs of refugees in the areas of English language training, employment, housing, health and mental health services or self-help organizing efforts and orientation designed to inform the refugee community about issues essential to functioning effectively in the new society; focused orientation and assistance to parents in connecting with school systems; dissemination of information on access to community health and mental health services, including health care for the uninsured, health insurance, health maintenance organizations, the importance of preventive health, required immunizations, and available universal coverage; pairing refugee individuals or families with community volunteers; enhancing and facilitating refugee rural resettlement efforts; information and training on the roles of men and women in the U.S. culture, such as, information on healthy marriage education programs and partnerships with healthy marriage community and faith-based programs; information on laws regarding child welfare, child abuse and neglect; information on sexual harassment and coercion, and domestic violence; bilingual staff assistance for women's shelters, and techniques for self-protection and safety; activities designed to improve relations between refugees and law enforcement entities; community training for such activities as civic organizing, resource strategies, and non-profit management and accountability. The next deadline for applications is March 24, 2008. An anticipated 3-8 grants ranging from $20,000-$50, 000 will be awarded totaling an estimated $600,000 over a 36 month project period. A link to the full announcement can be found here Qualified faith-based and other applicants are invited to apply for the Standing Announcement for Supplemental Services for Recently Arrived Refugees. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) invites the submission of applications for funding, on a competitive basis, for Supplemental Services for Recently Arrived Refugees to provide services to arriving refugees or sudden and unexpected large secondary migration of refugees where communities are not sufficiently prepared in terms of linguistic or culturally appropriate services. ORR invites applications that propose seventeen month projects for a minimum of 100 refugees annually. This grant program is intended to provide services to arriving refugees or sudden and unexpected large secondary migration of refugees where communities are not sufficiently prepared in terms of linguistic or culturally appropriate services. In providing services to refugees who have arrived in the country less than three years earlier, applicants should view these resources as a temporary solution to insufficient services currently available to meet emerging needs of recently-arrived refugees in a specific community. Funding is intended to enhance the allocation of social services within the state, due to the immediacy of arrivals and their need for services. Examples of allowable social or emergency services to recently arrived refugees include: information and referral services, outreach services, social adjustment services, emergency services, health-related services, home management services, day care for children, transportation, translation and interpretation, case management, citizenship and naturalization preparation services, employment services, employability assessment, on-the job training, English language instruction, vocational training, skills recertification and any additional services approved by the Director of ORR as supporting the objectives of the announcement. The Director will observe March 24, 2008, as the first closing date for applications. Thereafter, the Director will observe February 24, 2009 and February 24, 2010 as the closing dates for applications. An anticipated 10-20 grants ranging from $75,000-$500,000 will be awarded totaling an estimated $4.3 million. A link to the full announcement can be found here: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Qualified faith-based and other organizations are encouraged to apply for the Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Novel Strategies to Reduce Inappropriate Antimicrobial Use in Community and Healthcare Settings grant. Healthcare quality improvement and patient safety are major concerns. Within this arena, little attention has been given to antimicrobial prescribing practices compared to issues of chronic disease management. Judicious use of antimicrobial agents improves healthcare outcomes, helps to decrease unnecessary drug-related adverse events, reduces the development of antimicrobial-resistant infections, and promotes quality medical care both in community and healthcare settings. For some medical conditions, antimicrobial use could be significantly reduced, which would likely improve patient outcomes and reduce adverse events. Successful applicants will develop, implement, and evaluate algorithms for diagnosis and treatment of infectious illnesses, including acute bronchitis, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections that will reduce inappropriate antimicrobial use and improve patient outcomes. Proposed projects will: acquire information on the frequency of inappropriate antimicrobial agent prescribing for acute bronchitis, ventilator-associated pneumonia, or catheter-associated urinary tract infections; develop a diagnosis and treatment algorithm for one or more of these infections that is designed to optimize care; demonstrate that the algorithm-based interventions reduce inappropriate prescribing and improve patient outcomes; and evaluate the impact of the algorithms on healthcare costs, antimicrobial resistance rates, antimicrobial use, and patient safety/outcomes. Applications are due March 26, 2008. Approximately $1 million will be awarded for 3-4 grants. The average award amount will be approximately $250,000-$333,000. An applicant may request a project period of up to three years. A link to the full announcement can be found here at Health Resources and Services Administration Qualified faith-based hospitals are encouraged to apply for the Targeted Rural Health Research Grant Program. Recipients of grants will conduct and disseminate policy-relevant research on issues of national significance in the area of rural health services as they relate to the following topic areas: Rural Health Clinics, Frontier Health Service Delivery, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Rural Health Leadership, Allied Health Workforce, and Public Health. Applications that propose research topics other than these will be considered non-responsive, and will be returned without review. All aspects of the research project must be national in scope; for example, if using both qualitative and quantitative data, both types of data must be national in scope. Applications must be submitted by April 2, 2008. Approximately $750,000 is expected to be available to fund up to five new awards. The maximum amount per award is $150,000. Funding will be for an 18 month project period. A link to the full announcement can be found here: National Institutes of Health Qualified faith-based and other organizations are invited to apply for the Alcohol Research Education Project Grants (R25). The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) of NIH supports creative and innovative Health Professions research education programs to advance understanding of the biological and behavioral processes involved in the development, expression, and consequences of alcoholism and other alcohol-related problems. The proposed research education program may complement other, ongoing research training and education occurring at the applicant institution, but the proposed educational experiences must be distinct from those research training and research education programs currently receiving federal support. The deadline for applications is September 25, 2008. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research education program will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. Although the financial plans of the NIAAA provide support for this program, awards pursuant to this funding opportunity are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. A link to the full announcement can be found at Qualified faith-based and other organizations are invited to apply for the National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA) NIDA research centers are expected to serve as national research resources in the drug abuse research field and are expected to have three essential and defining qualities. First, they are expected to be scientifically innovative-- it is expected that a Center will transform knowledge in the sciences it is studying. Second, each NIDA center is expected to be thematically coherent and is expected to demonstrate the highest caliber of multidisciplinary scientific work. The third quality of a NIDA center is synergy. Research supported at a NIDA research center is expected to reflect an inter-dependence of the individual research projects that would not occur simply from the collection of the individual components. Center support should be essential to the achievement of the proposed work. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. A letter of intent must be submitted by February 28, 2008. The application package is due March 26, 2008. The full announcement can be viewed here Qualified faith-based and other eligible organizations are encouraged to apply for the Health Behavior Change in People with Mental Disorders (R01, R03 and R21) funding opportunities. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) encourages studies on health behavior change related to function, disability, morbidity, and mortality in people with mental disorders. Successful applicants will identify potent, modifiable risk and protective health behavior factors amenable to intervention, and to translate the results of such studies into initial tests of theory-driven prevention and early intervention strategies aimed at improving function and decreasing disability, morbidity, and mortality among people with mental disorders. Risk and protective factors include biological, psychosocial, behavioral, and environmental contributors to health behaviors among people with mental disorders. It is incumbent upon the applicant to demonstrate the public health significance of the study by describing the severity and/or prevalence of the health behaviors, disability, morbidity, or mortality of the populations represented in the topics studied. The goals of the grant are to: improve the measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection, and statistical/analytical techniques; enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems in the United States. Applications for R01 grants are due June 5, 2008. Applications for R03 and R21 grants are due June 16, 2008. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received. A link to the full announcement for the R03 can be found at Qualified faith-based and other organizations are encouraged to apply for the Research Education Grants for Statistical Training in the Genetics of Addiction (R25). This announcement invites applications focused on research education for the development and testing of new statistical models to address genetics-based research problems in addiction. Applicants are expected to propose a well-integrated research education and training program in statistical models or computational methods in genetics for undergraduate, graduate, and/or postdoctoral level students. Since this is a novel program, participants may be supported for as long as five years, however shorter durations of funding of some individual participants are encouraged. Achieving the capacity of the institution to address the identified research area(s) is an additional goal of this award. During this award, institutions will be expected to implement strategies for enhancing research infrastructure and capacity building at their institution and in collaborative activities. For special considerations and examples of research education topics, please view the full announcement. Deadline to submit an application is September 25, 2008. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research education program will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received. A link to the full announcement can be found here: Qualified faith-based and other organizations are encouraged to apply for three types of research grants to investigate The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery grant. The three types of grants are Small Research Grant (R03), Exploratory/Developmental (R21), and NIH Research Project Grant (R01). All three will support research project grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to: improve the measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection, and statistical/analytical techniques; enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States. Awards issued under these grant programs are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. The deadline to submit an application for R03 and R21 grants is June 16, 2008 and for R01 grants is June 5, 2008. A link to the full announcement for the R03 grant can be found at Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Qualified faith-based and other organizations are encouraged to apply for the Prevention of Substance Abuse (SA) and HIV for At-Risk Racial/Ethnic Minority Subpopulations Grant. Despite the decline in AIDS cases in certain populations and regions resulting from improved HIV treatment, 2003 data reported by the CDC indicate that more people are living with HIV/AIDS than ever before. The CDC estimates that about 1 million people in the United States are living with HIV or AIDS and about one quarter of these people are unaware of their infection, which puts them and others at risk. SAMHSA is particularly interested in eliciting the interest of providers who can offer quality services to the following at-risk racial/ethnic minority subpopulations residing in a geographic area(s) with high SA and HIV/AIDS prevalence. Applicants are required to indicate one racial/ethnic minority subpopulation from the following list that they propose to target in their eligible catchment area: reentry populations (i.e., racial/ethnic minorities who have been released from prisons and jails within the past 2 years); men having sex with men; Black, Latina or Hispanic women; adolescents (age 12-17); young adults (age 18-24); and older adults, age 50 and over. While grantees will have substantial flexibility in designing their grant projects, all are required to base their projects on the five steps of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework: conduct a community needs assessment; mobilize and/or build capacity to address SA and HIV prevention needs; develop a comprehensive strategic plan; implement evidence-based prevention programs and infrastructure development activities; and assess performance. Specific activities within each of these areas can be found in the program announcement. The application must be submitted by April 1, 2008. The anticipated total funding for this project is $17.89 million. A total of 46 grants will be awarded up to $400,000 per year over a five year period. A link to the full announcement can be found at DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Rights Division Qualified faith-based and other organizations may apply for Immigration Related Employment Discrimination Public Education Grants. Successful applicants will design and implement public education campaigns to address immigration related unfair employment discrimination. Project activities will educate potential victims of employment discrimination about their rights and to educate employers about their responsibilities under the Immigration and Nationality Act’s antidiscrimination provision. Applications may propose to educate potential victims only, employers only, or both in a single campaign. Grants may range in size from $35,000 to $100,000. Applications are due March 31, 2008. The request for applications is at UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Qualified faith-based and other applicants are encouraged to apply for the Hastening Transition to Democracy in Cuba funding opportunity. The grant will support programs that expand the reach and impact of independent civil society in Cuba, and thereby hasten a peaceful transition to democracy. Successful applicants will provide assistance to Cuban individuals or independent Cuban nongovernmental organizations. In full compliance with U.S. Government policies, applicants will undertake activities to: break the information blockade by increasing access to, and the flow of, accurate information on democracy, human rights, and free enterprise to, from, and within Cuba; support advocacy efforts in Cuba that educate, train, provide equipment, and promote adoption of democratic rule of law, free market principles and internationally recognized human rights standards; aid the development of Cuban independent, nongovernmental groups and entities engaged in political competition and consensus-building activities that support democratic and representative processes; assist the Cuban people to develop peaceful, strong, and independent nongovernmental civil society organizations, professional associations, democratic political parties and other groups through capacity building, equipment assistance and technical training; develop and maintain a dialogue with Cuban human rights activists and other independent groups in Cuba, with special focus on Afro-Cuban and other marginalized communities, on specific issues that must be addressed by a future democratic transition in Cuba; and promote development of a free labor movement and small, independent enterprises. A total of $5 million will be awarded for grants ranging from $100,000-$5,000,000. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and all applications must be submitted by December 31, 2008. The program announcement is at Qualified faith-based and other applicants are encouraged to apply for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities USAID-Colombia grant. USAID/Colombia is seeking innovative concept papers from qualified non-governmental organizations capable of providing assistance to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in development cooperation, to find solutions to break down existing as well as potential barriers and to ensure full inclusion of people with disabilities in USAID activities and programs. The funds should be used to support projects and programs that will increase the participation of people with disabilities within the programs and strategies of USAID/Colombia. Programs and activities that could be adapted to better include people with disabilities could include, but is not limited to, programs in education, health, government, civil society building, rule of law, HIV/AIDS, |
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