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+ Last Week to Apply for Louisville Welcome Academy
 Applications are still open for the Office for Globalization's premier leadership training program with a focus on the international community.
Consider joining the 2022 cohort if you are:
- looking to build or start an initiative that can benefit international communities,
- willing to become a connector between the city's communications and communities, and
- looking to build leadership capacity.
The 2022 cohort will meet in-person with COVID-19 precautions to maintain the safety and health of participants and their families. Applications will be accepted until January 14, 2022.
Click here to learn more.
Click here to apply.
+ Apply for Capacity Building Fellowship Grant
 The Capacity Building Fellowship’s goal is to build capacity or/and support organizations within the city to facilitate evidence-based, equity-centered violence prevention efforts. This initiative is an opportunity to invest in and institutionalize violence prevention standards.
In doing so, the Office of Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods want to provide trainings and technical assistance as you bring your organization to the next level. The Fellowship aims to help grassroot organizations overcome their self-identified barriers to be more successful and sustainable in their mission.
Remember to read through all materials carefully and don’t forget the deadline: February 5, 2022. Please contact jacob.hazel@louisvilleky.gov with any questions.
Submit application here.
+ Kentucky Refugee Ministries Seeking Volunteers, Launches Book Club
Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) is looking for volunteers on Thursday, Jan. 20, to make contactless porch drop-offs of food to KRM families. Volunteers pick up boxes from KRM's parking lot and deliver to 2-3 families living nearby one another in Louisville.
Volunteers can sign-up to pick up during one of the following time slots:
11 a.m.-12 p.m. or 12-1 p.m.
If you would like to sign up, please email your name, preferred time to pick-up, and phone number to Arabella Paulovich at volunteer@kyrm.org.
KRM also is starting a new virtual book club that will focus on literary works shedding light on the immigrant and refugee experience in its many forms. To learn more about becoming a member, please email Arabella Paulovich at volunteer@kyrm.org.
+ Cool Roof Incentive Program offers $1/sf incentives for property owners
 In order to combat urban heat island, Louisville Metro Government offers an incentive of $1 per square foot to any residential or non-residential property that has installed a certified Cool Roof within the last 3 years. 70% of our funding is allocated to high heat districts, including Council Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, and 15. Presently, there is over $90,000 in funding remaining in these targeted districts for this fiscal year, and a small amount of funds in non-targeted districts as well. Louisville Metro encourages property owners to apply!
Learn more and apply for the Cool Roof Incentive Program. Also see the recent program feature in this Spectrum News story.
+ Apply for Define American Immigrant Creative Fellowship
 The Define American Fellowship supports artists and storytellers who are working in narrative art forms and who also happen to be immigrants. In 2022, we will select five fellows to participate in workshops and conversations around: defining and broadening their audiences, demystifying career paths and opportunities, and methods for building support for a creative practice both within their individual communities as well as in the larger national arts community.
If you have technical questions about the application form, please reach out to SurveyMonkey directly through their help portal. For specific questions regarding the fellowship, please email fellowship@defineamerican.com
The Define American Creative Fellowship is made possible through a grant from the Kresge Foundation with additional support from WarnerMedia and CAA Foundation
+ Louisville Metro Expands Eligibility for Small Business and Commercial Renovation Loans
Recently, Mayor Fischer announced expansion of eligibility for small business and commercial renovation loans.
In his announcement, Mayor Fischer shared that the METCO Board, which oversees all of Louisville Metro Government's small business loan programs, approved the expansion to its Business Accelerator and Commercial Renovation loan programs after Metro Council approved $1.5 million in new funds for the small business loan program in June.
The Business Accelerator Loan is now available to small businesses operating in any low- to moderate-income neighborhood in Jefferson County.
The Commercial Renovation Loan is now available to commercial properties that are in serious need of repair regardless of occupancy; the loans were previously restricted to properties that had been vacant for a substantial amount of time. By removing the vacancy requirement, METCO hopes to jumpstart the renovation of more spaces that could be occupied by a business.
Click here to learn more.
Click here to learn more about the city's small business loan program.
+ Appointments are now being accepted for the LIHWAP Program
 Appointments are now being accepted for the new Low Income Household Water program (LIHWAP). LIHWAP will assist eligible Jefferson County households within 150% of the federal poverty guidelines with water and wastewater assistance.
Click here to schedule an appointment or contact the automated scheduler at 502-991-8391.
+ The David Hershberg Scholarship for Summer Study Abroad is now accepting applications.
The David Hershberg Scholarship application is now open for study abroad in summer of 2022.
The David Hershberg Scholarship award recipients receive funds of at least $2,000 to be used to help defray the costs of international travel, lodging, and maintenance for a period of at least 21 days of study or research outside the United States.
The scholarship is administered by the World Affairs Council of Kentucky & Southern Indiana.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2022
Award Announcements: Mid-March 2022
Click here to apply.
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