From the Office of Rep. Val Demings
As your Representative in Congress, every month Val Demings shares the most recent opportunities for federal grants in District 10.
Grants are available to individuals, non-profit organizations, and state or local government entities. Federal funding is extremely competitive and limited in availability. It is Demings' hope that this information 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, Demings' Director of Economic and Community Development, at 202-225-2176. Additional Information Are you eligible for a federal grant? Learn how to write grant applications
Local Community-Based Workforce to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Access – Department of Health and Human Services Total Program Funding: $121,000,000 Application Deadline: June 9, 2021 Description: The purpose of the program is to establish, expand, and sustain a public health workforce to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19. This includes mobilizing community outreach workers, which includes community health workers, patient navigators, and social support specialists, to educate and assist individuals in accessing and receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. This includes activities such as conducting face-to-face outreach and reaching out directly to community members to educate them about the vaccine, assisting individuals in making a vaccine appointment, providing resources to find convenient vaccine locations, assisting individuals with transportation or other needs to get to a vaccination site. Partnering organizations may include entities such as: Community-based organizations (including faith-based organizations, social service organizations) Local chapters of national associations Local health departments Health centers and other community-based health providers Minority-serving organizations or institutions Tribes and Tribal organizations Philanthropic organizations Local municipal entities, such as fire and EMS departments Social service providers (e.g. food banks, community transportation, childcare) Community Action Coalitions, Chambers of Commerce, Health Equity Councils, and other community groups More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333701 COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program Solicitation – Department of Justice Award Ceiling: $500,000 Application Deadline: June 15, 2021 Description: The 2021 COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program is a competitive program that provides funding directly to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies to be used to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through evidence-based school safety programs. Up to $53 million is available for this program. More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333395 COPS Office Hiring Program Solicitation - Department of Justice Award Ceiling: $50,000,000 Application Deadline: June 15, 2021 Description: The 2021 COPS Hiring Program is a competitive grant program designed to provide funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire existing career law enforcement officers to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes of CHP awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agencies to engage in community policing activities. All local, state, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies that have primary law enforcement authority are eligible to apply. More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333396 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic – Department of the Treasury Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 Application Deadline: June 18, 2021 Description: Provide representation, education and advocacy for low income and English as a Second Language taxpayers. Eligible applicants include: Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333195 American Rescue Plan Grants – Institute of Museum and Library Services Award Ceiling: $50,000 Application Deadline: June 28, 2021 Description: The IMLS American Rescue Plan grants program supports museum and library services in addressing community needs created or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and in assisting with recovery. Projects may continue, enhance, or expand existing programs and services, or they may launch new ones to address emergent needs and unexpected hardships. More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333821 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program – Department of Justice Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 Application Deadline: July 16, 2021 Description: This grant opportunity will provide extended integration services with a focus on individualized programming to former refugees and asylees to attain the skills and knowledge required for successful citizenship. It will also provide other services that foster a sense of belonging and attachment to the United States. The program has expanded eligibility to include lawful permanent residents who were admitted or entered the United States as Cuban or Haitian entrants or individuals admitted on a Special Immigrant Visa. Applicants must design an integration support program that provides a suite of services to program beneficiaries to promote long-term civic integration and citizenship. More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333615 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program; Citizenship Instruction and Naturalization Application Services – Department of Homeland Security Award Ceiling: $8,200,000 Application Deadline: July 16, 2021 Description: This opportunity will fund public or nonprofit organizations that offer both citizenship instruction and naturalization application services to lawful permanent residents. More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333614
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