2011-04 Midmonth Update

The FundBookApril 2011 Mid-month Update

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Upcoming Grants Timeline Grant descriptions follow

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May 15

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May 3NEH: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions - p.52

May 4NEH: Challenge Grants - p.46

May 5NEH: Small Grants to Libraries - p.50

May 25USDA: Distance Learning and Telemedicine - p.51

DHHS: Drug Free Communities Mentoring Program - p.47

Agriculture: Community Connect Grant Program - p.36

May 2DOL: National Farmworker Jobs Training Program (NFJP) - p.44

National Farmworker Jobs Training Program (NFJP) Housing Assistance - p.45

Jun 1DOI-FWS: Challenge Cost Share - p.47

DOI-FWS: Habitat Restoration and Visitor Services - p.48

May 15WaterS-MART: Climate Analysis Tools- p.51

HUD: Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly - p.43

Jun 10EDA: Joint Public Works, Economic Ad-justment, and GCCMIF Programs - p.40

Apr 21DOL: Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Train-ing - p.49

Apr 27Reclamation: WaterS-MART: System Optimi-zation Review Grants - p.48

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USDA: Distance Learning and Telemedicine - p.51

DHHS: Drug Free Communities Mentoring Program - p.47

DOI-FWS: Challenge Cost Share - p.47

DOI-FWS: Habitat Restoration and Visitor Services - p.48

May 23EPA: Community-Scale Air Toxics Ambient Monitoring - p.53

DOJ: Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program - p.54

HUD: Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly - p.43

Jun 10EDA: Joint Public Works, Economic Ad-justment, and GCCMIF Programs - p.40

Jun 30NEH: Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants - p.50

Jun 9HUD: Asthma Interventions in Public and Assisted Multifamily Housing - p.39

HUD: Healthy Homes Production Program - p.38

HUD: Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program - p.39

HUD: Lead Based Paint Hazard Con-trol Grant Program - p.37

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How to use the grants section of The FundBookBroadly, The FundBook is split

into two sections; this latter grants half focuses exclusively on currently open grant programs which are of interest to local gov-ernments. Grants are chronologi-cally listed on the timeline on the previous page, and their descrip-tions are grouped together themat-ically in the following pages.

Each program description has three multicolored boxes that are color-coded to indicate the due date, amount of funds to be awarded, and projected number of grants. Favor-able attributes are green, less favor-able are yellow, and least favorable are red. A caveat is that these col-ors can be misleading as a “small” (colored red) grant program may

still be exactly what your commu-nity is searching for regardless of program size. Additionally, larger programs often draw more appli-cants, so smaller grant programs may be less competitive.

There are links included in many of the grants descriptions and in the index at the end of the grants section. Each link is short-ened so that it is easier to type into your web browser. The FundBook uses “goo.gl/XXXX” as the format for these links. Please be aware that the shortened links are case-sensi-tive.

The process of applying for federal grant funding is almost always done through the website www.grants.gov. If your commu-

nity does not yet have an account on this site, it is advisable to sign up as soon as it is convenient. The process includes verification steps that can take as little as three busi-ness days or up to one month to complete.

Please keep in mind that any list-ed grant program’s attributes are subject to change without warning from The FundBook. Although ev-ery effort is made to ensure that de-tails are correct at the time of pub-lishing, be sure to closely monitor deadlines of any upcoming grant(s) your community might pursue. Additionally, grants included in this section are at the discretion of The FundBook. §

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Eligible projects must be in cen-sus-recognized areas where broad-band service currently does not ex-ist. (To verify this, applicants can check their communities on the Federal Communication Commis-sion’s National Broadband Map. In addition to serving customers within the area, grants awards must also be able to provide an ac-cess center with at least 10 com-puter access points which are free

This program makes funds avail-able to provide currently un-served areas with broadband transmission service that fos-ters economic growth and deliv-ers enhanced educational, health care, and public safety services.

The Basics:

Number of AwardsMany: 300

Amount AvailableMedium: $25,000,000

FOA #RDRUS-CC-2011

DeadlineSoon: May 3, 2011

Community Connect Grant Programfor use in the first two years. The minimum and maximum grant amounts are $50 thousand and $1.5 million respectively.

This funding opportunity has been issued as a carry over balance from FY10 appropriations, and as such will have a second announce-ment made when the FY11 federal appropriations process has com-pleted. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/6rVZN

AgencyDepartment of Agriculture



Amount AvailableUnknown

FOA #PUBLISHING-201110

AgencyNational Archives & Records

Administration

DeadlineNot soon: Oct 6, 2011

Grants are awarded for col-lecting, describing, preserving, compiling, editing, and publish-ing documentary source materials. Grants do not support preparation of critical editions of published works unless such works are just a small portion of the larger project.

Projects may focus on the pa-pers of major figures from Ameri-can life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, social reform, the arts,

This program provides funds to promote the preservation and use of America’s documentary heri-tage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture.

The Basics:

Publishing Historical Recordsand other aspects of the national experience. The historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project.

Cost sharing is required and can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contri-butions, and any income earned directly by the project. The Com-mission ordinarily provides no more than 50 percent of total proj-ect costs for publishing historical records projects.

This announcement is specifi-cally for Colonial and Early Na-tional Period Projects. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/hSwbO

Broadly this program was cre-ated in 2009 in order to improve housing conditions across the country. Applicants can also re-quest up to $150 thousand dol-lars through their applications to this program to address multiple health related hazards as identified in the Healthy Homes Production program. Up to $5,000,000 will be set aside specifically for new appli-cants to this program. Applicants an apply to either the Lead-Based

This program provides funds for comprehensive programs to iden-tify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned rental or owner-occupied housing.

The Basics:

Number of AwardsMany: Unknown

Amount AvailableLarge: $100,000,000+

FOA #FR-5500-N-02A

DeadlineTwo months: Jun 9, 2011

Lead Based Paint Hazard Control Grants NEW

Paint Hazard Control (LBPHC) Grant Program or the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) Grant Program but not both. The maximum grant amount for new applicants is $1.15 million for new applicants and $3.15 million for current or previous grantees. A minimum local match of 10 per-cent federal funds is required. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/n89nh

AgencyDept. of Housing & Urban Development


This program addresses the chal-lenge of increasing vehicle conges-tion in and around our national parks and other federal lands by providing funding for alter-native transportation systems, such as shuttle buses, rail con-nections and even bicycle trails.

The Basics:



FOA #FTA-2011-013-TPM-TRIP


Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks

AgencyDepartment of Transportation

Federal Transit Administration

Local governments with juris-diction in the vicinity of an eligible area are eligible to apply. Funded through the last federal highway bill (SAFETEA-LU), this is likely to be the last application round for this grant program before funding for it is reconsidered.

Eligible capital projects include all aspects of ‘‘acquiring, con-structing, supervising, or inspect-

ing equipment or a facility for use in public transportation, expenses incidental to the acquisition or construction (including designing, engineering, location surveying, mapping, and acquiring rights-of-way), payments for the capital por-tions of rail trackage rights agree-ments, transit-related intelligent transportation systems, relocation assistance, acquiring replacement housing sites, and acquiring, con-structing, relocating, and rehabili-tating replacement housing.’’ §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/V4UYU

Number of AwardsUnknown

Amount AvailableUnkown

FOA #FR-5500-N-03


NEW


The Healthy Homes Program is designed for applicants to specifi-cally focus on allergens and asth-ma, asbestos, combustion of heat-ing and cooking appliances, insect and rodent pests, lead paints, mold and moisture, pesticide residues, radon progeny, hazardous factors taken home from outside/work, and other unintentional injuries or fire. Projects that integrate healthy homes principles and prac-tices into existing housing reha-bilitation, property maintenance,

This program provides funds to take a comprehensive approach to addressing multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home.

The Basics:

Healthy Homes Production Programweatherization, energy efficiency improvements, and other housing improvement programs will be fa-vored as applicants.

A minimum local match of ten percent federal funds is requested. Applicants will be favored when matching funds above the required amount. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/x7JHW


This demonstration program is designed to specifically develop in-terventions, protocols, programs, policies, and evaluation procedures for controlling asthma in feder-ally assisted housing. Applicants should be sure to describe how they will incorporate meaning-ful community participation. The maximum size for proposed proj-ects is $500,000 per year for three

This program provides funds to fund demonstration projects to improve asthma control among children and others currently re-siding in federally assisted mul-tifamily housing developments.

The Basics:



FOA #FR-5500-N-06


Asthma Interventions in Public and Assisted Multifamily Housing

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years. There is no required cost match, but “leveraging” resources will be favored. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/MmxJV



Amount AvailableUnkown

FOA #FR-5500-N-02B



Applicants an apply to either the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Con-trol (LBPHC) Grant Program or the Lead Hazard Reduction Dem-onstration (LHRD) Grant Program but not both. The maximum grant amount for all applicants is $3.5 million. A minimum local match of 25 percent federal funds is re-quired. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/fVwWM

This program provides funds spe-cifically for urban jurisdictions’ comprehensive programs to iden-tify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned rental or owner-occupied housing.

The Basics:

Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration NEW

receives FY11 appropriations of approximately the same level as in FY10, EDA expects to use approxi-mately 30 percent of its appropria-tions for the Public Works, Eco-nomic Adjustment Assistance, and GCCMIF programs to fund those applications submitted before the publication of its recent announce-ment. The remaining 70 percent will be used to fund three funding cycles in FY11. During each of the first two funding cycles, EDA ex-pects to fund projects totaling ap-proximately 30 percent of EDA’s FY11 appropriation for the three programs. In the third cycle, if funds remain, EDA expects to fund projects with the remaining 10 percent of the agency’s FY11 ap-propriation and with any funds that may become available during the first two funding cycles.

Public Works & Economic Development Facilities Program

EDA will provide strategic Pub-lic Works investments to support the construction or rehabilitation of essential public infrastructure and facilities to help communities and regions leverage their resourc-es and strengths to create new and better jobs, drive innovation, be-come centers of competition in the global economy, and ensure resilient economies. For example, EDA may provide funding to a county to expand a rural economic development center, allowing the center to increase its capacity to provide services to the State’s most underserved and vulnerable com-munities and small businesses.


The Economic Development Administration recently an-nounced that for FY11 it will no longer process applications for its Public Works, Economic Adjust-ment Assistance, and GCCMIF programs on a continuing basis. Instead, the agency will implement a new process under which it con-siders applications at a set time in roughly quarterly funding cycles. This new process is intended to en-hance the competitiveness, trans-parency, and efficiency of EDA’s grants-making process.

EDA will continue to accept applications on a continuing ba-sis, but if an applicant wishes to be considered for a particular funding cycle, EDA must receive a complete application before one of the FY11 funding cycles closes. For FY11, the funding cycle deadlines are as follows: December 15 for funding cycle 1; March 10 for funding cycle 2; June 10 for funding cycle 3; and September 15 for funding cycle 1 of FY12. Applications for financial assistance submitted under EDA’s Planning, Partnership Planning, Local Technical Assistance, Uni-versity Center, and Research and National Technical Assistance Programs are not subject to same deadlines.

Because EDA is currently op-erating under a continuing resolu-tion that allocates funding based on FY10 funding levels until the enactment of the FY11 appropria-tions, we are still left to speculate how much funding will be avail-able for the first cycle of the above grant programs. Assuming EDA

Joint Public Works, Economic Adjustment, and GCCMIF Programs Opportunity

EDA allocated $133,280,000 for the Public Works and Economic Development Facilities Program in FY10. The average size of a Public Works investment was ap-proximately $1.7 million, though investments ranged in size from $500,000 to $2,000,000.

Economic Adjustment Assistance Program

Through the Economic Adjust-ment Assistance Program, EDA provides a wide range of construc-tion and non-construction as-sistance, including public works, technical assistance, strategies, and revolving loan fund (RLF) projects, in regions experiencing severe eco-nomic dislocations that may occur suddenly or over time. This pro-gram is designed to respond flex-ibly to pressing economic recov-


Amount AvailableLarge: $25,000,000

FOA #EDA10142010EDAP

AgencyEconomic Development Agency

DeadlineRound 3: Jun 10, 2011


ery issues and is well suited to help address challenges faced by U.S. communities and regions. For ex-ample, EDA might provide fund-ing to a university or community college to launch a Regional Inno-vation Cluster (RIC) strategy that supports or provides technical as-sistance to smaller manufacturers to promote the growth of varied industrial clusters, stem job losses in manufacturing businesses as a result of foreign competition, ac-celerate the commercialization of research, support high-growth en-trepreneurship, and promote the successful diversification of the region’s economy. As another ex-ample, EDA might provide fund-ing to a city for the construction of a multi-tenant business and indus-trial facility to house early-stage businesses that successfully gradu-ate from a business incubator that EDA also funded.

EDA allocated $38,620,000 to the Economic Adjustment Assis-tance Program in FY10. The av-erage size of an Economic Adjust-ment Assistance investment was approximately $550,000, though investments ranged from $100,000 to $1,250,000.

Global Climate Change Mitigation Incentive Fund

EDA allocates funds for the Global Climate Change Mitigation Incentive (GCCMIF) to support projects that foster economic com-petitiveness while advancing the green economy. Grants awarded support projects that create jobs through and increase private capi-tal investment in initiatives to limit the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels, enhance energy effi-ciency, curb greenhouse gas emis-sions, and protect natural systems. GCCMIF assistance is available to

finance a variety of sustainabil-ity focused projects, including re-newable energy end-products, the greening of existing manufactur-ing functions or processes, and the creation of certified green facili-ties. For example, EDA might pro-vide funding to a non-profit work-ing in cooperation with a county to construct a technology-focused business incubator that achieves platinum status under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leader-ship in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system and to expand job training opportuni-ties in industrial and green tech-nologies.

EDA allocated $25,000,000 in FY10 for the GCCMIF, with invest-ments ranging between $200,000 and $1,500,000. §

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Technical assistance grants are perfect for smaller communities to pursue because they can generally demonstrate the greatest need for such technical assistance. A typical project might include figuring out how to better utilize an abandoned facility in the area in keeping with a larger regional strategy.

An additional positive aspect of this program is that once created,

The Local Technical Assistance Program helps community leaders create regional economic develop-ment plans in order to stimulate and guide the economic development efforts of a community or region.

The Basics:

Number of AwardsMedium: 27

Amount AvailableSmall: $1,350,000

FOA #EDA11242010PAT

DeadlineRolling

Planning and Local Technical Assis-tance Programs Opportunity

a Comprehensive Economic De-velopment (CED) plan will allow the local community to more ef-fectively pursue additional funds from the EDA and other agencies.

Total funds will be divided be-tween the six regional offices. Sub-ject to the availability of appropri-ations, there will be approximately 4.5 projects per region. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/VmKqH


“Emergency capital repairs” are repairs at a project to correct a situation that presents an im-mediate threat to the life, health and safety of project tenants. Ap-plications are processed on a first-come-first-serve basis, so while the closing date for applications is al-most a year away, it is best to apply as soon as possible. The maximum grant size is $500,000 with no local cost match requirement. §

This program provides funds to make emergency capital re-pairs to multifamily projects that are designated for oc-cupancy by elderly tenants.

The Basics:



FOA #FR-5415-N-28

DeadlineNot soon: Nov 29, 2011

Emergency Capital Repair Grants for Multifamily Elderly Housing Projects


More information is available at http://goo.gl/S3R9W


This program is not available to local governments, but if your area has a lack of elderly housing, this would be good to refer to lo-cal non-profits. Capital advances through this program must be used for the construction, rehabilita-tion, or acquisition of a structure.

85 percent of the total capital advance amount is allocated to metropolitan areas and 15 percent to nonmetropolitan areas. §More information is available at http://goo.gl/qLz6E

This program provides non-prof-its with capital advances and con-tracts for project rental assistance.

The Basics:



FOA #FR-5415-N-38


Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly



CFDA #10.886

DeadlineRolling

As the two examples of success-ful projects in Alabama and Michi-gan illustrate, by providing access to 6,000 and 5,000 residents over areas of 3,500 square miles, this program is intended for rural ap-plicants only. Loans can be one of three types: at the cost of interest that borrowing from the depart-ment of Treasury is, at a flat 4 per-cent cost of interest, or a private

This program makes loans and guarantees to finance the con-struction, leasing, improvement, acquisition, refinance loans on rural broadband infrastructure.

The Basics:

Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program

loan which the Rural Utilities Ser-vice will guarantee 80 percent of. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/c2Ff9



Program staff say that local governments have ap-plied to and been successful with this loan program be-fore. Staff specifically advise local government appli-cants to know the require-ments for this kind of busi-ness and have experienced staff on hand to implement the operation.

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EDA encourages (and favorably selects for) the submission of appli-cations geared to the development and implementation of long-term, regionally-based, collaborative economic redevelopment strate-gies. EDA will give further prior-ity to applications that propose early construction start dates to

This program provides funds to help devise long-term economic redevelopment strategies and car-ry out implementation activities and public works projects to ad-dress economic development chal-lenges in regions impacted by cer-tain severe storms and flooding.

The Basics:



FOA #CNCS-GRANTS-02102011

DeadlineNot soon: Feb 9, 2014

Supplemental Appropriations Disaster Relief Opportunity


jump-start infrastructure forma-tion and job creation.

Currently only applicants in the states of Rhode Island, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Kentucky are eli-gible to apply because of their hav-ing enough counties with such di-saster declarations between March and May 2010. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/ipVS4

This grant competition opens once every two years to select NFJP grantees. Typically there is a single NFJP grantee per state, but CA will have 4-6 grantees, while CT and RI and DE and MD will have a single grantee to cover the two-state area. Applicants do not have to be a current or prior Workforce In-vestment Act section 167 grantee. Obviously applicants will have to

This program provides fund-ing for job training and employ-ment assistance for migrants and seasonal farmworkers (MS-FWs) and their dependents.

The Basics:



FOA #SGA-DFA-PY-10-05

DeadlineSoon: May 2 2011

National Farmworker Jobs Training Program (NFJP)

be in areas where there is a high population of MSFWs.

There is no cost sharing or matching required for this pro-gram. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/85QBY

AgencyDepartment of Labor


Brownfields Assessment Grants provide funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprof-its to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites.

The Basics:


Amount AvailableSmall: $300,000

FOA #FWS-R5-MB-11-070

DeadlineNot soon: Jul 30, 2011

Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation





Projects should adhere to the guiding principles of the program in that: housing assistance should leverage improved economic out-comes for farmworkers, housing assistance services, and the strate-gies used to deliver them, should meet the needs of all farmworkers, housing developed with Work-force Investment Act 167 (NFJP) funding should be actively mar-

This program provides funding for housing assistance as a supportive service offered to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MS-FWs) to retain employment, or enter into or complete training.

The Basics:

National Farmworker Jobs Training Program (NFJP) Housing Assistance

keted, and broadly accessible to NFJP-eligible farmworkers.

It should be noted that grant-ees typically provide housing as-sistance in more than one area of a state, or sometimes even across state borders. So while local gov-ernment agencies are eligible to apply, the project should probably still be regional in scope. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/ZZFu2

AgencyDepartment of the Interior

Fish and Wildlife Service


Employment and Training Administration

Program staff say that, while local governments are eligible, they cannot remember one below the size of a state applying. This is because the projects are generally large and region-al, and they are unsure how a local government might be able to contribute in that capacity.

More information is available at http://goo.gl/YYKwd

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FOA #20110504-CH


This is a very flexible program in that its funding can either be used to establish small endow-ments or fund single-expenditure projects with long term effects.

Special encouragement is given to projects that respond to NEH’s Bridging Cultures initiative, plans to strengthen the technological in-frastructure of humanities institu-tions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and two-year colleges.

Most relevant to local govern-

This program provides funds to secure long-term improve-ments in and support for their hu-manities programs and resources.

The Basics:

Challenge Grants


AgencyEndowment for the Humanities

ments: 4- and 2-year colleges and universities, museums, public li-braries, and historic sites are all eligible to apply. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/fUwJ3

BJA identifies some underly-ing principles of quality mentor-ing that provide the foundation around which effective mentoring systems are built as: 1) Program support and commitment to the mentoring process, 2) Careful se-lection of qualified mentors, and processes to match mentors and offenders, 3) Professional develop-ment for mentors, 4) Mentoring content (i.e., resources, materials,

This program provides funds for mentoring projects to promote the safe and successful reintegra-tion into the community of adults who have been incarcerated.

The Basics:



FOA #BJA-2011-2935

DeadlineSoon: Apr 21, 2011

Second Chance Act Adult Mentoring Grants to Nonprofit Organizations

AgencyBureau of Justice Assistance

training, etc.) based on recognized adult basic, education instructional skills and knowledge, and content and strategies individualized to the needs of participants, and 5) Ongo-ing data collection and evaluation systems to foster continuous im-provement.

Only non-profits are eligible. Perhaps you would like to refer this grant to one in your commu-nity. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/NSuUW

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All projects must be on or near National Wildlife Refuge land. To progress in the application process, get in touch with the appropriate refuge field station.

Note that all National Wildlife Refuge are mandated to have com-prehensive conservation plans (CCPs) created by 2012, and so this is the final year of this competition before the CCPs are instated.

This program has a cost share of 50 percent. §

This program provides fund-ing opportunities for both wild-life and habitat conservation and visitor services (outreach and education) in National Wild-life Refuges in the northeast.

The Basics:



FOA #FWS-R5-RW-11-002


Challenge Cost ShareMore information is available at http://goo.gl/4E1Ln



AgencyDept. of Health & Human Services

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration



FOA #SP-11-003


It is expected that grantees will 1) strengthen their mentee coali-tion’s organizational structure, 2) increase their mentee coalition’s leadership and community readi-ness to address youth substance use problems in the mentee’s commu-nity, and 3) assist the mentee’s co-alition in working through a stra-tegic planning process that will result in a comprehensive commu-nity action plan.

In FY10 there were 16 new DFC

This program provides funds to existing DFC grantees to assist (mentor) newly forming coali-tions in becoming eligible to ap-ply for DFC funding on their own.

The Basics:

Drug Free Communities Mentoringmentoring grants and 7 mentoring continuation grants. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/HWTpJ


All projects must be on or near National Wildlife Refuge land. To progress in the application process, get in touch with the appropriate refuge field station.

Note that all National Wildlife Refuge are mandated to have com-prehensive conservation plans (CCPs) created by 2012, and so this is the final year of this competition before the CCPs are instated.

This program provides fund-ing opportunities for both wild-life and habitat conservation and visitor services (outreach and education) in National Wild-life Refuges in the northeast.

The Basics:



FOA #FWS-R5-RW-11-001

DeadlineSoon: Jun 1, 2011

Habitat Restoration and Visitor Services

This program has a cost share of 50 percent. §More information is available at http://goo.gl/7iAHd



Projects can be proposed up to the maximum of $300 thousand. 2009’s winners can be found here: http://goo.gl/09sXJ §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/HKu0W

Program staff say that if they could give a single tip to local government appli-cants, it would be to reach out to the regional Recla-mation office near them for technical assistance and advice when developing a program or submitting a proposal.

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This grant provides funding to assess the potential for wa-ter management improvements and identify specific ways to im-plement those improvements.

The Basics:

Number of AwardsFew: 6


FOA #R11SF80356


WaterSMART: System Optimization Review Grants

Essentially, once a grant is award-ed, the activities that are funded are the assessment of an area, and the creation of a report including specific recommendations for im-provement. Successful generation of such a report to identify poten-tial projects and develop the sup-porting documentation necessary to apply for the related Water and Energy Efficiency Grants under the WaterSMART Program.

AgencyBureau of Reclamation

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This is the first year of this large, four year grant program. Parallel-ing other Trade Adjustment As-sistance grant programs -- like the

This program provides funds to community colleges and other eligi-ble 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, are suited for workers who are eligible for training under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Work-ers program, and prepare program participants for employment in high-wage, high-skill occupations.

The Basics:

Number of AwardsMany: 20-400





Trade Adjustment Assistance Commu-nity College and Career Training Grants

current one from the Economic Development Agency -- this in-vestment signals adjustment to in-creasing competition for jobs from abroad. Under the program, each State is allotted $2.5 million. The remaining 50 percent of funds is competitively awarded. SEAs and LEAs are not eligible to apply. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/hHeib

Existing RCSP grantees can in-crease the capacity of their exist-ing programs through enhanced and/or expanded service provision to key populations or focused on key topic areas. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/8dJ1O

This program provides funding to de-liver peer-to-peer recovery support services that help prevent relapse and promote sustained recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders.

The Basics:

Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP) Supplements



FOA #TI-11-004




Program staff were help-ful to point out that the eligible applicants for this program are the extremely limited few who have previ-ously been awarded RCSP grant funding.

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While the prospect may sound cumbersome, wildlife manage-ment projects can fit well with many types of land use -- especial-ly farming and ranching. Types of restoration projects vary by state and the types of natural resources present in each region.

Projects in the Partners program are typically small, but are a wel-come funding aid to for conserva-tion efforts. This annual program

The Partners program provides direct technical and financial as-sistance to private landowners interested in restoring, enhanc-ing, and managing fish and wild-life habitats on their own lands.

The Basics:

Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

Number of AwardsMany: 1,000


FOA #PARTNERS-11

DeadlineNot soon: Sep 30, 2011



is quite reliably funded and as it generates significant local interest and cost-matching. The first step for this program is to contact your local state program coordinator. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/MwIA

Projects are intended to be re-gional preservation field services that provide a wide range of edu-cation and training, master’s de-gree programs in preservation and conservation, or workshops that address preservation and ac-cess topics of national significance and broad impact.

While local governments are eligible to apply, the more typical lead applicant is a local nonprof-

This program provides funding to assist staff of cultural institu-tions obtain the knowledge and skills needed to serve as effective stewards of humanities collections.

The Basics:



FOA #20110630-PE

DeadlineNot soon: Jun 30, 2011

Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants

it or university. Local cost share must be at least twenty percent of the project costs. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/zrU2S


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Successful projects will likely focus on information gaps out-lined in the report “Addressing Climate Change in Long-Term Water Resources Planning and Management: User Needs for Im-proving Tools and Information.” Specifically the eight gaps identi-fied are: 1) summarizing relevant literature, 2) obtaining climate change information, 3) making decisions about how to use the

This program provides funding to enhance the management of wa-ter resources, including develop-ing tools to assess the impacts of climate change on water resources.

The Basics:



FOA #R11SF80344


WaterSMART: Grants to Develop Climate Analysis Tools

climate change information, 4) as-sessing natural systems’ response, 5) assessing socioeconomic and institutional response, 6) assess-ing system risks and evaluat-ing alternatives, 7) assessing and characterizing uncertainties, and 8) communicating results and un-certainties to decision-makers. The full report is accessible here: http://goo.gl/Aobgw §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/Vm0Xm

AgencyBureau of Reclamation

Awarded funds, ranging be-tween $50 and $500 thousand, can specifically be used to fund tele-communications-enabled informa-tion, audio and video equipment and related advanced technolo-gies which extend educational and medical applications into rural lo-cations. The more rural the loca-tion, the more the application is favored.

Applicants can browse through the previous project summaries

This program provides funding for advanced telecommunica-tions technologies that provide enhanced learning and health care opportunities for rural residents.

The Basics:

Number of AwardsLarge: 250


FOA #RDUP-11-01-DLT

DeadlineSoon: Apr 25. 2011

Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT)

Program staff say that, although local governments are eligible, they are un-aware of a local government ever having applied for this program on their own. Nor-mally applicants include hospitals, school districts, and community colleges.


page to see examples of previously funded projects here: http://goo.gl/VBYH3 Importantly, libraries are eligible recipients for this pro-gram. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/RR1xJ

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Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institu-tions—such as libraries, museums, historical societies, cultural organi-zations, town and county records of-fices, and colleges and universities—improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections. These may include col-lections of books and journals, ar-chives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural and carto-

This program provides funds to small and mid-sized institu-tions to preserve and care for their humanities collections.

The Basics:



FOA #20110503-PG



Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions

graphic records, decorative and fine art objects, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, historical objects, or digital materi-als.

Preservation Assistance Grants may be used for general preserva-tion assessments, consultations with professionals, purchasing storage furniture and preservation supplies, purchasing environmental monitor-ing equipment for humanities collec-tions, and education and training.

Small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant are especially encouraged to ap-ply. Grants are up to $6,000 and there is no cost-sharing requirement. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/YWF6p

Specific focus is on providing chlamydia and gonorrhea screen-ing, treatment, reduce the inci-dence of primary and secondary and congenital syphilis.

These are cooperative agree-ment awards and CDC staff will be on site to help implement them. §

The purpose of this program is to reduce STD disparities, pro-mote sexual health, and advance community wellness using com-munity engagement methods and multi-sector partnerships to build local capacity to impact STD dis-parities in communities with disparately high STD burden.

The Basics:

Number of AwardsFew: 4


FOA #CDC-RFA-PS11-1114


Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases

More information is available at http://goo.gl/7WR6L

AgencyCenters for Disease Control and

Prevention

Program staff point out that this is a new funding opportunity and so there are no previous winners to study, however local health departments are competi-tive applicants.

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FOA #COASTAL-11

DeadlineNot soon: Sep 30, 2011

The FWS expects that approximate-ly $16 million will be available for grants in FY11. Awards typically range from $200,000 to a maximum of $1,000,000, and award announcements are expected in December 2010 or January 2011.

Coastal States bordering the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific and the Great Lakes are eligible to apply for this funding. While only State agencies can apply for and receive grants from this

Through the Coastal Grants Pro-gram, established by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (Act) of 1990, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) provides matching grants for acqui-sition, restoration, management or enhancement of coastal wetlands.

The Basics:

Coastal Programprogram, FWS encourages partnering with local governments on projects. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/b1Rr

Program staff’s most important tip for local governments is that they should “engage other local conservation partners to identify shared priorities and contact the local US-FWS Coastal Program.”

The program is designed to bring the flexibility to address lo-cal trends to the nationally avail-able prescriptive measures and also to integrate program management efforts across pollutant groups. Proposed projects can address one of the following: community-scale monitoring, methods evaluation, or analysis of existing data. Ideal proposed projects will involves characterization of particular pol-

This program provides fund-ing to identify, profile, assess, and characterize local air toxics problems, and track the progress of air toxics reduction activities.

The Basics:



FOA #EPA-OAR-OAQPS-11-05


Community-Scale Air Toxics Ambient Monitoring

lutants or a source category so that the knowledge can be applied to other areas with that pollutant as well.

Proposals that involve Envi-ronmental Justice communities are favored.

No cost sharing is required for this program. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/NfPw2

AgencyOffice of Justice Programs

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The program’s overall goal is to replicate programs, such as the Boston Gun Project, the Richmond Comprehensive Homicide Initia-tive, and the Chicago CeaseFire model, to reduce violence in tar-geted communities. These models each changed community norms regarding violence, provided al-ternatives to violence when gangs and individuals in the community are making risky behavior deci-sions, and increased awareness of

This program provides funding to support federal, state, and local partnerships to replicate proven multi-disciplinary, community-based strategies to reduce violence.

The Basics:

Number of AwardsFew: 1+

Amount AvailableSmall: $2,200,000+

FOA #OJJDP-2011-2967

AgencyOffice of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention

DeadlineTwo months: May 23, 2011

Community-Based Violence Preventionthe perceived risks and costs of involvement in violence among high-risk young people.

Applicants must demonstrate a significant crime and violence problem affecting youth (specifi-cally, high levels of shootings and killings over an extended period of time) to be eligible for this pro-gram. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/BjG7H



FOA #FR-5415-N-39



While local governments them-selves are not eligible for this funding, local nonprofits are. Ap-plicants can request a waiver for their housing to be a specific type of disabled person-only.

There is no local cost match re-quired. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/DiqeJ

Brownfields Assessment Grants provide funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprof-its to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites.

The Basics:

Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities

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FOA #TI-11-009


Services should be delivered with the family and important re-lationships in mind. Focus popula-tions for projects should be wom-en, 18 and older, who are either pregnant or recently had a child, and have limited access to such ser-vices already. §

This program provides funds to expand the availability of com-prehensive, residential substance abuse treatment, prevention, and recovery support services for pregnant and postpartum wom-en and their minor children.

The Basics:

Services Grants for Residential Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women

More information is available at http://goo.gl/tTtRn



FOA #TI-11-008

DeadlineTwo months: May 27, 2011

The primary goal of this pro-gram is to ensure that people who are chronically homeless due to mental and substance use disor-ders have a supportive, permanent place to live that promotes well-ness and sustained recovery from addiction and mental disorders as

This program provides funds to support the development and/or expansion of local implementation and community infrastructures that integrates treatment and ser-vices for mental and substance use disorders, permanent housing, and other critical services for individu-als who are chronically homeless.

The Basics:

Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals

well as access to integrated behav-ioral health and primary care ser-vices. §

More information is available at http://goo.gl/ppFaB




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www.fundbook.org

Upcoming Grants Index Grant Name Page Link

Community Connect Grant Program 36 http://goo.gl/6rVZN

Lead Based Paint Hazard Control Grants NEW 37 http://goo.gl/n89nh

Publishing Historical Records 37 http://goo.gl/hSwbO

Healthy Homes Production Program NEW 38 http://goo.gl/x7JHW

Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks 38 http://goo.gl/V4UYU

Asthma Interventions in Public and Assisted Multifamily Housing NEW 39 http://goo.gl/MmxJV

Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration NEW 39 http://goo.gl/fVwWM

Joint Public Works, Economic Adjustment, and GCCMIF Programs 40 http://goo.gl/vs1t

Emergency Capital Repair Grants for Multifamily Housing Projects 42 http://goo.gl/S3R9W

Planning and Local Technical Assistance Programs Opportunity 42 http://goo.gl/VmKqH

Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 43 http://goo.gl/qLz6E

Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program 43 http://goo.gl/c2Ff9

National Farmworker Jobs Training Program (NFJP) 44 http://goo.gl/85QBY

Supplemental Appropriations Disaster Relief Opportunity 44 http://goo.gl/ipVS4

National Farmworker Jobs Training Program (NFJP) Housing Assistance 45 http://goo.gl/ZZFu2

Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation 45 http://goo.gl/YYKwd

Second Chance Act Adult Mentoring Grants to Nonprofit Organizations 46 http://goo.gl/NSuUW

Challenge Grants 46 http://goo.gl/fUwJ3

Challenge Cost Share 47 http://goo.gl/4E1Ln

Drug Free Communities Mentoring 47 http://goo.gl/HWTpJ

Habitat Restoration and Visitor Services 48 http://goo.gl/7iAHd

WaterSMART: System Optimization Review Grants 48 http://goo.gl/HKu0W

Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College & Career Grants 49 http://goo.gl/hHeib

Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP) Supplements 49 http://goo.gl/8dJ1O

Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program 50 http://goo.gl/MwIA

Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants 50 http://goo.gl/zrU2S

WaterSMART: Grants to Develop Climate Analysis Tools 51 http://goo.gl/Vm0Xm

Distance Learning and Telemedicine 51 http://goo.gl/RR1xJ

Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases 52 http://goo.gl/7WR6L

Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions 52 http://goo.gl/YWF6p

Coastal Program 53 http://goo.gl/b1Rr

Community-Scale Air Toxics Ambient Monitoring 53 http://goo.gl/NfPw2

Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities NEW 54 http://goo.gl/DiqeJ

Community-Based Violence Prevention 54 http://goo.gl/BjG7H

Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals NEW 55 http://goo.gl/ppFaB

Services for Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women NEW 55 http://goo.gl/tTtRn

p.56 ~ The Fundbook | May 2011

Documents

2011-04 Midmonth Update