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FEDERAL
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Volume 9, Issue 1
Assets for Independence Programs
Deadline: March 25, 2009
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration
for Children and Families, will accept applications for grants to
establish and administer Assets for Independence projects.
This program enables individuals and families with low incomes to
become economically self-sufficient for the long-term. A
primary feature of this project is participants are given access to
special matched savings accounts called Individual Development
Accounts (IDA), in which participants save earned income for the
purchase of a home, for business capitalization, or to attend higher
education or training. Participants have access to financial
literacy education and coaching including training on money
management and consumer issues. Eligible applicants include state,
tribal, county, or local governments, school districts, higher
education institutions, public housing authorities and other
governments or agencies. Non-profit entities that do not have
501(c)(3) status may apply as a joint applicant with an entity that
is certified.
Contact Information: James Gatz,
Manager, Assets for Independence Program, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW,
Suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20008 at (202) 401-4626 or
afiprogram@acf.hhs.gov
www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EI-0053.html
Bureau of Justice Assistance Program
Deadline: March 26, 2009
The U.S. Department of Justice is accepting applications under
the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program which increases
public safety through innovation, cross-system collaboration for
individuals with mental illness who come into contact with the
criminal or juvenile justice systems. The program is also
designed to increase access to mental health and other treatment
services for adult and juvenile individuals with mental illness or
co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Applicants are limited to for-profit (commercial) organizations,
nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations and
institutions of higher learning.
Contact Information: Rebecca Rose, BJA Policy Advisor at
(202) 514-0726 or Rebecca.Rose@usdoj.gov
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/09JMHCPStatesol.pdf.
Crime Victims Funding
Deadline: Ongoing
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office
of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is
receiving applications for Project Helping Outreach Programs to
Expand. The objective of the project is to provide resources to
grass roots community-based organizations to improve outreach and
services to crime victims. Nonprofit grass roots
community-based victim service programs that do not receive federal
Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) victim assistance grant funding may
apply for a one-time grant, up to $5,000, to support program
development, networking, coalition building, and service delivery.
Funds may be used to develop program literature, train advocates,
produce a newsletter, support victim outreach efforts, and recruit
volunteers. This is an ongoing solicitation and is contingent upon
the availability of funds.
Contact Information: Office for
Victims of Crime (OVC), 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531
or 202-307-5983
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/expandingoutreach/welcome.html
NON-GOVERNMENTAL
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Human and Community Development
Deadline: Ongoing
The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's
Program on Human and Community Development will focus its
grant-making strategies on community change and juvenile justice.
The Juvenile Justice effort maintains a national scope and
promotes an effective juvenile justice system that is linked to
relevant agencies, is acknowledged to play a critical role in the
community and is held accountable for public safety as well as the
rehabilitation of young offenders. Grant award funding levels vary.
Eligible applicants for the Juvenile Justice program include a
variety of organizations in the United States.
Contact Information: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation, 140 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603-5285 or
(312) 726-8000
www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.938141/k.FEFC/Domestic_Grantmaking
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