From US Representative Val Demings of the 10th Congressional District of Florida
As your Representative in Congress, it is my privilege to deliver this newsletter with opportunities for federal grants in District 10.
Grants are available to individuals, non-profit organizations, and state or local government entities.
As you may know, federal funding is extremely competitive and limited in availability. It is my hope that this newsletter will be a helpful resource for you in the grants process.
For more information about getting started and the application process, please visit www.grants.gov, or contact Erin Waldron, my Director of Economic and Community Development, at 321-388-9808.
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| Recently Awarded in District 10 |
FEMA Hurricane Irma Project Grant – Department of Homeland Security
Recipient: Orange County Fire Rescue
Award: $1,078,833
Description: This grant will fund the Orange County Fire Rescue Department wind retrofit project located at 6590 Amory Court, Winter Park, FL 32792. The proposal is to remove all existing storefront glass, doors, and frames, and replace them with impact rated glass. The project also includes the removal of exterior hollow metal doors and replace them with impact rated hollow doors. In addition, the project will cover areas with impact rated screens, where vents are located. Wind protections shall be provided on any other opening such as vents, louvers and exhaust fans. All installations will be in strict compliance with the Florida Building Code or Miami Dade Specifications, and all materials will be certified to meet wind and impact standards. The local municipal or county building department will inspect and certify installation according to the manufacturer specifications. The project shall provide protection against a 149 MPH winds or the wind speed protection and impact requirements indicated by the effective Florida Building Code at the time permits are issued. This award is pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants – Department of Health and Human Services
Recipient: Orange County Government
Award: $10,086,333
Description: This grant awards funds for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part A HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program. The RWHAP Part A program funds provide direct financial assistance to an eligible metropolitan area or a transitional grant area that has been severely affected by the HIV epidemic. Grants assist eligible program areas in developing or enhancing access to a comprehensive continuum of high quality, community-based care for low-income individuals and families with HIV through the provision of formula, supplemental, and Minority AIDS Initiative funds.
Health Center Cluster Grants – Department of Health and Human Services
Recipient: Community Health Centers of Winter Garden
Award: $8,584,436
Description: This grant awards funds for community-based and patient-directed organizations that deliver comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services. Health centers also often integrate access to pharmacy, mental health, substance use disorder, and oral health services in areas where economic, geographic, or cultural barriers limit access to affordable health care services. Health centers deliver care to the Nation’s most vulnerable individuals and families, including people experiencing homelessness, agricultural workers, residents of public housing, and the Nation’s veterans.
HUD Continuum of Care Grants – Department of Housing and Urban Development
Recipient: Homeless Services Network of Central Florida
Award: $6,330,492
Description: The Continuum of Care Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and State and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
HUD Continuum of Care Grants – Department of Housing and Urban Development
Recipient: Orange County Housing and Community Development Division
Award: $738,105
Description: The Continuum of Care Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and State and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
| Upcoming Grant Opportunities |
Modeling the Effect of Workplace Social Distancing Measures in Reducing Influenza Transmission – Department of Health and Human Services
Award Ceiling: $350,000
Application Deadline: March 19, 2019
Description: The purpose of this project is to conduct research that describes individual social contact and mixing patterns in workers in non-healthcare work settings in the United States. The goal is to have a better estimate of social contacts in workplaces to support the development of prevention and control strategies for reducing or slowing the transmission of pandemic influenza.
More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=307644
WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2019 – Department of the Interior
Award Ceiling: $1,500,000
Application Deadline: March 19, 2019
Description: The objective of this funding opportunity is to invite states, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, and other organizations with water or power delivery authority to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on projects that seek to conserve and use water more efficiently; increase the production of hydropower; mitigate conflict risk in areas at a high risk of future water conflict; enable farmers to make additional on-farm improvements in the future, including improvements that may be eligible for Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) funding; and accomplish other benefits that contribute to water supply reliability in the western United States.
More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=312533
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program – Institute of Museum and Library Services
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Application Deadline: March 20, 2019
Description: The Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (LB21) supports developing a diverse workforce of librarians to better meet the changing learning and information needs of the American public by: enhancing the training and professional development of library and archives professionals, developing faculty and library leaders, and recruiting and educating the next generation of library and archives professionals.
More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=306364
Weather and Air Quality Research Programs – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Application Deadline: March 20, 2019
Description: There will be eight grant competitions from this notification valued at approximately $16,200,000 as follows:
High Impact Weather Testbeds,
Joint Technology Transfer Initiative (JTTI),
Air Quality Research and Forecasting, Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment - Southeast U.S. (VORTEX-SE),
Infrasound Detection of Tornadoes and High Impact Weather,
Next Generation of Mesoscale Weather Observing Platforms,
Snowpack and Soil Moisture Observations and Data Assimilation to Improve the National Water Model (NWM), and
Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S).
More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=309267
Automated Driving System (ADS) Demonstration Grants – Department of Transportation
Award Ceiling: $10,000,000
Application Deadline: March 21, 2019
Description: USDOT is soliciting applications for an Automated Driving System (ADS) Demonstration Program to fund planning, direct research, and demonstration grants. USDOT intends to offer up to $60,000,000 total in Federal funding to fund multiple demonstration projects that test the safe integration of automated driving systems into the Nation's on-road transportation system.
More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=310839
2018 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) – Department of Homeland Security
Award Total: $350,000,000
Application Deadline: March 22, 2019
Description: The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Program is designed to strengthen the nation’s ability to respond to fire and fire-related hazards and improve the nation’s overall level of preparedness. The SAFER Program is composed of two activities:
Hiring Activity is to award grants directly to volunteer, combination, and career fire departments to help the departments increase the number of frontline firefighters in the fire department.
Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters activity is to create a more favorable working environment for volunteer firefighters to encourage current volunteers to continue with their volunteerism as well as entice new volunteers to join.
More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=312762
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