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FEDERAL
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Volume 8, Issue 14
Weed and Seed Communities
Competitive Program
Deadlines:
September 9
The U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Community Capacity Development
Office (CCDO), is pleased to announce that it is seeking
applications from interested communities to participate in the Weed
and Seed Communities Competitive Program. This program
furthers the Department's mission to prevent, control and reduce
violent crime, drug abuse and gang activity. The Weed and Seed
initiative comprises a community-based, comprehensive multi-agency
approach to law enforcement, crime prevention and neighborhood
restoration. Applicants are limited to state, local or tribal
governments or nonprofit organizations in communities with high
levels of serious violent crimes that have not previously been Weed
and Seed sites.
Contact: Community Capacity
Development Office at 202-616-1152. For technical assistance
call 1-800-518-4726 or www.grants.gov
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ccdo/funding/appl_kit.html
Technology Grants for Rural
Schools Program
Deadline:
September 13, 2008
The Foundation for Rural Education
and Development (FRED) in cooperation with the Rural Telephone
Finance Cooperative (RTFC) created the technology grant for rural
schools program to help meet the growing need for innovative
technology in the classroom. Technology grants are available
to public schools that are working to enhance learning by the use of
technology in the classroom. This includes adding new programs
and curriculum for technology education and purchasing new
equipment. Any k-12 public school located in a small
independent telephone company area is eligible to apply.
Contact: Stephanie Patton,
Program Coordinator, FRED Technology Grants Committee, 21 Dupont
Circle NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036 or call 202-659-5990, sap@opastco.org
www.fred.org/tech.html
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: 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:
Innovations in American
Government
Deadline: September 30, 2008
Applications are being accepted for
Innovations in American Government Award from the Ash Institute for
Democratic Governance and Innovation. The Innovations in
American Government Program is a significant force in recognizing
and promoting excellence and creativity in the public sector.
Through its annual awards competition, the Program provides concrete
evidence that government can work to improve the quality of life for
citizens and that it deserves greater public trust.
Innovations Award winners receive national press attention, serve as
examples of model programs worthy of replication, and spark research
and teaching cases at schools across the country. All units of
government - federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial - within
the United States of America are eligible for recognition and
awards.
Contact: 79
John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 at 1-800-722-0074 or www.innovationsaward.harvard.edu
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.
Information:
www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.938141/k.FEFC/Domestic_Grantmaking
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