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Story of the WeekHUD Releases Guidelines for McKinney-Vento Grants, Other Programs The Housing and Urban Development Dept. (HUD) releases the guidelines for the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance competitive grants that are open to groups which provide both homeless prevention and emergency assistance to families and at-risk youth. The guidance is part of a multipart Notice of Fu... read more 06/07/2010 1:47 PM |
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| (FY 2011 BUDGET) Advocates Worry Over Slowed Budget Process, Potential Cuts Children and youth advocates worry that a near obsession on Capitol Hill with the federal deficit is creating legislative deadlock as lawmakers wrestle with attempting to pass spending bills in the House and Senate. At issue is the lack of a congressional budget resolution in either chamber. Such r... read more 06/07/2010 08:59 AM |
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| (EDUCATION FUNDING) Applicants Express Caution About Race to the Top Grants Despite optimism about the potential impact of the $4.3 billion Race to the Top grants competition, applicants expressed concerns about the grants which ranged from the amount of reporting required by winning states to the possibility that the competition could expand the achievement gap between win... read more 06/08/2010 10:04 AM |
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| (EDUCATION) DoEd Seeks Comments on New Analysis of Funding for Low Performing Schools The Education Dept. seeks comments on its plans to conduct a funding study called Identifying Potentially Successful Approaches to Turning around Chronically Low Performing Schools. Comment Deadline: July 7. The data would be used by DoEd to identify funding policies, programs and practices assoc... read more 06/11/2010 4:02 PM |
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| (YOUTH) HHS Provides Funding for Homeless Street Outreach Programs Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families, ACF); Program: Street Outreach Program -- Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth (CFDA Number: 93.557) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2010-ACF-ACYF-YO-00... read more 06/08/2010 4:09 PM |
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| (AT-RISK YOUTH) DOJ Offers Funding for Center to Focus on Juveniles Agency: Justice Dept. (Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, OJJDP); Program: National Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center (NJJEC) (CFDA Number: 16.540) (Funding Opportunity Number: OJJDP-2010-2778); Eligibility: Governments, institutions of higher education, tribes and nonprofits;... read more 06/11/2010 6:13 PM |
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| (PUBLIC SAFETY) DOJ Offers $2.4M for Central Data Analyst Agency: Justice Dept. (Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, OJJDP); Program: National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program (CFDA Number: 16.540) (Funding Opportunity Number: OJJDP-2010-2776); Eligibility: Governments, institutions of higher education, nonprofits and trib... read more 06/08/2010 4:59 PM |
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| (K-12 EDUCATION) DoEd Provides $17.5M in Impact Aid Construction Grants Agency: Education Dept. (Office of Elementary and Secondary Education); Program: Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program (CFDA Number: 84.041C); Eligibility: Federally impacted school districts; Funding: $17.5 million for 11 awards of up to $5 million each; Deadline: Ju... read more 06/10/2010 4:54 PM |
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| (UNDERSERVED) DoEd Offers $1.5M for Interpreter Training Centers Agency: Education Dept. (Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services); Program: Regional Interpreter Education Centers for Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind (CFDA Number: 84.160A); Eligibility: States and public... read more 06/09/2010 3:04 PM |
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| (EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION) Agency To Emphasize Early Education as Part of $65M in Neighborhood Funding The Housing and Urban Development Dept. (HUD) plans to reward applicants that include early childhood education components as part of their submissions to the $65 million Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) discretionary grants competition this year. In a HUD pre-funding Notive of Funding Applic... read more 06/08/2010 06:04 AM |
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| (UNDERSERVED) HUD Releases Guidelines for After School Grants The Housing and Urban Development Dept. (HUD) releases the guidelines for its FY 2010 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), offering some details about upcoming HUD competitions that are open to after school groups and nonprofits seeking education-related funding. The guidance is part of a multipa... read more 06/09/2010 4:51 PM |
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| (EARLY LEARNING) New HUD Grants Will Require Early Learning Link In what is good news for education and after school grant-seekers, the Housing and Urban Development Dept. (HUD) will require applicants for its FY 2010 competitions to link their applications to early-learning programs. HUD released the guidelines for its FY 2010 Notice of Funding... read more 06/09/2010 4:52 PM |
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| (NEW FUNDING) HUD 2010 Grants Benefit Wider Range of Groups Taking a sharp departure from its overall mission of creating affordable housing, the Housing and Urban Development Dept.'s (HUD) 2010 grants seek to reward applicants who address not only housing, but a variety of social issues, including early childhood education. In what is good news for educati... read more 06/10/2010 4:48 PM |
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| (TABLE) HUD Funding Opportunities Anticipated for FY 2010 HUD Funding Opportunities Anticipated for FY 2010 Program Office Program Estimated Time for NOFA Publication 1. Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC) Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants June 2010 2.... read more 06/11/2010 2:34 PM |
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| (BEST PRACTICES) Foundation's $1M Grants Reward Geographic Focus, Capacity As afterschool funding seems to be drying up, grant-seekers should attempt to emulate the approach taken by the Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) organization that recently won $1 million in grants from the New York Life Foundation (NYLF). The four-year, $1 million grant to BELL will suppor... read more 06/08/2010 4:42 PM |
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| (BUDGET) House Fails to Pass Spending Measure to Bail Out Schools, Teachers As lawmakers rushed to get out of town before the Memorial Day recess, the House fails to pass its version of the FY 2010 Supplemental Appropriations Act (HR 4899), which would have set aside $23 billion to prevent layoffs of as many as 300,000 teachers due to strained state and local budgets. The... read more 06/07/2010 4:46 PM |
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| (ED) Ronald McDonald House Global Deadline: Sept. 7. The Ronald McDonald House Charities is accepting letters of inquiry for programs or projects that are national or global in scope, and that directly improve the health and well-being of children. Nonprofit organizations seeking funding should have a specific program that directly... read more 06/11/2010 4:59 PM |
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| (HOMELESS) Oak Foundation Deadline: Rolling. The Oak Foundation is committing resources to address issues of global social and environmental concerns, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. A primary focus remains in preventing homeless... read more 06/10/2010 4:49 PM |
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| (MINORITIES) Open Meadows Foundation Deadline: Aug. 14. The Open Meadows Foundation is a grant-making organization which funds for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls. It offers grants up to $2,000 to projects that are: designed and implemented by women and girls; reflect the diversity of the community served by the... read more 06/11/2010 1:59 PM |
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| (RECREATION) Liberty Mutual Deadline: Nov. 30 (tentative). Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Community Grants fund youth sports organizations in the United States. League administrators must register their organization at the Responsible Sports website. Then coaches, parents, administrators, and youth sports supporters can... read more 06/11/2010 4:02 PM |
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