Thursday, June 26, 2008

National Service Agency to Award $3.5 Million in Funding to Serve Disadvantaged Youth

Deadline for applications is 5 p.m. Eastern Time, July 29.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is seeking organizations to apply for $3.5 million in funding to support youth from disadvantaged circumstances in achieving better outcomes. The Corporation anticipates making two awards. The first award, for approximately $2.5 million, will be made to a nonprofit organization that can best advance a national agenda for helping children and youth by mobilizing volunteers and identifying resources to support other youth serving organizations. The second award, for approximately $1 million, will go to a national nonprofit that can implement a high-quality, innovative, direct-service program that brings volunteers and other community resources into local schools on a national scale. The term of both grants is three years. Depending on the number and quality of applications received, the Corporation may make more than two awards.

The competition is open to national nonprofit organizations that have ongoing, demonstrable relationships with youth-serving organizations or public school systems in at least 10 states. To create and submit an application, access e-Grants at www.nationalservice.gov/egrants/. To read the full text of this announcement, visit www.nationalservice.gov.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Disney Minnie Grants

Deadline: August 30

Youth Service America and Disney are pleased to launch a second round of Disney Minnie Grants to engage children and youth, ages 5-14 as community volunteers. The selected applications will receive $500 to support their youth-led service projects. The deadline is August 30 and projects must take place October 15-November 15, 2008. Grantees from the first round of Disney awards of 2008 are eligible to apply.

Visit www.YSA.org/awards for more information and application materials.

Monday, June 16, 2008

2009 Youth Garden Grants Program

Application deadline (postmark date): November 1, 2008

NGA awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements:
  • educational focus or curricular/program integration
  • nutrition or plant-to-food connections
  • environmental awareness/education
  • entrepreneurship
  • social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning

Who should apply: Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups throughout the United States are eligible. Applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years. Previous Youth Garden Grant winners who wish to reapply may do so, but must wait one year (e.g., if you won in 2008, you can apply again in 2010) and have significantly expanded their garden programs.

For more info
www.kidsgardening.com/YGG.asp

Strengthening the Urban Community

Application Due Date: August 1, 2008

The Fund supports work by communities with few resources who are confronting significant social, economic, and environmental challenges. The two areas of focus for the Fund are to a) create green and open space, and b) support youth as agents of social change. These grants are limited to grassroots programs in New York, New York; Providence, Rhode Island; and Boston, Massachusetts.

For more information
www.merckff.org/programs_strengthening.html

Discretionary Grants, Family Violence Prevention and Services Program

Due Date For Letter of Intent: 06/30/2008
Due Date for Applications: 07/14/2008


The primary purpose of this funding announcement is to provide financial support for the development of family violence intervention services and prevention efforts that are consistent with the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 USC 10401 et. seq.). The goal of the programs and activities supported by these funds is to improve the capacity of domestic violence programs to offer services that are culturally relevant, and accessible to victims with complex needs. Some examples of projects and activities that may be funded include, but are not limited to, training on culturally sensitive practices to prevent and respond to domestic violence in culturally-specific communities, program self-assessment to identify and develop plans to address service barriers, and training and technical assistance to develop domestic violence program capacity to serve victims of domestic violence with multiple challenges.

For more information
www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-EV-0066.html

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships

Deadline: Jul 8, 2008

Program Area: Vulnerable Populations

Purpose: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships (LFP) forge relationships between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers to fund promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities.

Program Information: Overview (PDF)

DOJ Latino Youth Mentoring Program

Application Due Date: June 20, 2008

Youth gangs continue to have a significant adverse impact on youth, families, and communities. In some communities, Latino youth face a number of personal, economic, social, and cultural challenges that make them vulnerable to aggressive recruiting efforts by Latino gangs. Once recruited into such gangs, youth enter an environment that demands complete loyalty to the gang. Often, they can only leave the gang at risk of death. Research has shown that gang involvement is a significant problem in the Latino communities of today. This solicitation focuses on developing and supporting a peer mentoring program that proactively reaches youth before they are recruited by gangs to develop and strengthen protective factors against gang involvement and other problem behaviors. Successful applicants will include local school districts with a demonstrable Latino gang problem committed to or already working with nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and other community partners to provide mentoring services to at-risk youth. Targeted programs will feature schools with large populations of non-native, Hispanic youth.

For more information
ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2008/LatinoMentoring.pdf

DOJ Strengthening Youth Mentoring Through Community Partnerships

Application Due Date: June 20, 2008

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding under its Strengthening Youth Mentoring through Community Partnerships Program. This solicitation invites applicants to propose initiatives that will increase local communities’ capacity to develop and implement mentoring programs and provide mentoring services, particularly to populations of at-risk youth who are underserved due to location, shortage of mentors, special physical or mental challenges, or other situations identified by the community in need of mentoring services.

For more information
ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2008/CommMentoring.pdf

DOJ National Mentoring Programs

Application Due Date: June 20, 2008

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp), is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding under its National Mentoring Programs. This solicitation invites applicants to propose the implementation of ready initiatives that will assist in the development and maturity of community programs to provide mentoring services to populations that are underserved due to locations, shortage of mentors, special physical or mental challenges of the targeted population, or other such situations identified by the community in need of mentoring services.

For more information
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2008/NatlMentoring.pdf

Street Outreach Funding Now Available

Deadline for submissions is July 18, 2008.

The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Administration on Children, Youth and Families' (ACYF) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting applications for the Street Outreach Program (SOP). SOP is one the programs authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) sections 5701 through 5752, to address runaway and homeless youth problems. SOP's purpose is to conduct outreach services designed to build relationships between grantee staff and street youth. A range of education, intervention, and prevention services are offered to youth who are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse or exploitation. The goal of these efforts is to help young people leave the streets and assist in moving and adjusting to a safe and appropriate living arrangement.

For more information visit www.grantsolutions.gov

Monday, June 2, 2008

The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards

Deadline: June 16

The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards program distributes cash grants to outstanding grassroots organizations in the United States that have moved beyond charity to creating change in their communities. Organizations selected as Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners are judged outstanding for their innovative and creative approaches to fighting domestic hunger and poverty by empowering people and building self-reliance. For more information and to apply, go to: www.worldhungeryear.org/comm_conn/hcsra_app_2008.pdf

Proposals for PK-3 Research Small Grants Program

Deadline: July 15

The Foundation for Child Development has announced a small grants program with three major goals: to stimulate research that spans early education and early elementary education to inform PK-3 efforts across the United States; to foster multidisciplinary perspectives and build a field of research that examines how children's education and home contexts influence developmental outcomes from PK through at least third grade; and to increase the use of datasets that can inform FCD's PK-3 initiative. The program will provide a maximum of four awards of up to $50,000 each to be used over a period from one to two years.

www.icpsr.umich.edu/PK3/spotlight/rfp.html

VSA arts Invites Entries From Young Artists With Disabilities for Green Light Awards

Deadline: July 11

Sponsored by VSA arts with support from Volkswagen of America, Inc., the Green Light Awards program is open to young artists ages 16 to 25 living in the United States who have a physical, cognitive, or mental disability. A disability is defined as an impairment that substantially limits a major life activity.
The program invites entries of original artwork completed in the last three years, either representational or abstract. Artwork may illustrate actual aspects of what signals the artist's creative motivations such as the physical world or personal discoveries. Abstract work that relates to feelings or emotions is also encouraged. Work might also reflect the artist's experience of living with a disability and its role in shaping or transforming their work. Art must be an original work that has been completed in the last three years. The program will award a Grand Prize of $20,000, a First Award of $10,000, a Second Award of $6,000, and twelve Awards of Excellence of $2,000 each.
www.vsarts.org/PreBuilt/showcase/gallery/exhibits/vw/2007/