The Community Advisory Board of American Seafoods Company, a seafood processor, has announced that it is accepting applications for its Alaska community grant program.
The CAB community grant program awards $75,000 annually to community projects throughout rural Alaska. In the December 2009 round of grants, CAB will allocate a total of $30,000 to various Alaskan community projects that tackle issues such as hunger, housing, safety, education, research, natural resources, and cultural activities.
Applications for the grant program are available at the American Seafoods Web site: www.americanseafoods.com
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, encourages the use of health impact assessment (HIA) to help decision-makers better assess proposed policies, projects and programs with respect to their impact on health, in order that they may avoid adverse health consequences and costs and improve health. We are issuing this call for proposals (CFP) to demonstrate the effectiveness of HIAs and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal and federal decision-making. This CFP will support organizations that wish to undertake an HIA of a proposed policy, project or programmatic decision currently under consideration.
The Health Impact Project call for proposals (CFP) is seeking applicants to undertake health impact assessment (HIA) demonstration projects. The goal of the CFP and subsequent HIAs is to demonstrate the effectiveness of HIAs and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal, and federal decision-making. Government agencies, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will receive grants of $25,000 to $150,000.
Eligibility Criteria:
· State, tribal, or local agencies;
· Tax-exempt educational institutions; or
· Publicly supported charitable organization that are exempt from federal income tax as an organization described by Section 501(c)(3) of the Code.
Total Awards:
· Up to 15 demonstration projects will be awarded in this round of funding.
· Grants will range from $25,000 to $150,000 and must be completed within 24 months. Proposals for more than $150,000 may be considered under rare and exceptional circumstances. For proposals above $150,000 please contact the Health Impact Project at (202) 540-6012 or healthimpactproject@pewtrusts.org before submitting a letter of interest
Key Dates:
· October 20, 2009 – start date for submission of letters of interest.
· November 5, 2009 (1:30 p.m. EST) – Web conference call for interested applicants. Registration is required. Please visit project web site for details.
For more information please visit -
www.healthimpactproject.org
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has awarded $650M to HHS (primarily through CDC) to fund community-based projects to assist the ARRA project of "Communities Putting Prevention to Work." Native American communities are eligible for the funding and overall approaches are to fight obesity, diabetes, and support health wellness. All applications are due December 1.
CDC will be hosting teleconference calls beginning today for the various time zones.
Pre-Application Conference Calls:
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) information will be available for potential applicants on three separate conference calls, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as follows:
The purpose of the conference calls is to 1) help potential applicants understand the scope and intent of the FOA for the Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative and 2) become familiar with the Public Health Services funding policies and application and review procedures.
Click here for the link to the grant information.
On Monday, May 11, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of grants worth $50 million from the Strengthening Communities Fund, a new fund created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The fund will strengthen nonprofit and faith-based organizations that aid families and communities who are struggling in the economic downturn.
The Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF) is divided into two parts. The Nonprofit Capacity Building program will make one-time, two-year awards of up to $1 million to lead organizations that will use the funds to support other faith-based or secular nonprofit organizations.
The State, Local and Tribal Government Capacity Building program will make one-time, two-year awards of up to $250,000 to state, city, county and Indian/Native American tribal governments. Governments will use these grants to strengthen nonprofit organizations and increase the nonprofits’ involvement in projects that help turn our economy around.
Grantees for both programs must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved cost of the project from non-federal funds. This match may be met by cash or in-kind contributions.
HHS’ Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Community Services will administer the SCF programs. Applicants interested in applying for funds should visit www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/recovery.html