In this edition of Minneapolis Promise Zone Updates:
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News and Events
- Recent Federal Grant and Partnership Opportunities
- About the Minneapolis Promise Zone
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News
Open Streets events inspire health, unite Minneapolis neighbors (09/01 - Star Tribune)
It’s called Open Streets, a series of free events that help people get out, be active and explore local businesses on a weekend afternoon in their communities. Open Streets, in its sixth year, is an initiative of Our Streets Minneapolis — an organization that aims to make biking, walking and rolling “easy and comfortable for everyone” — in partnership with the city of Minneapolis and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Center for Prevention.
University of St. Thomas partnership brightens food deserts (09/01 - Star Tribune)
BrightSide Produce launched in 2014 as a partnership between St. Thomas and Community Table, a nonprofit that supports entrepreneurs who contribute to local food systems. Outside of the garden, BrightSide’s core operation includes buying fresh fruits and vegetables from wholesalers and partnering with young people — university students and paid local teenagers — to deliver to corner stores throughout the city’s low-income neighborhoods.
North Minneapolis youths bring fresh beets - and beats (09/01 - Star Tribune)
Lataijah Powell was growing tired of the fast food. There were 38 fast food restaurants within seven square miles in her north Minneapolis neighborhood, she said, but a lack of nearby grocery stores with fresh produce. “I was tired of that stuff,” said Powell, 19, who graduated from Minneapolis Patrick Henry High School in 2015.
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Events
West Broadway Open Streets
September 9, 2017 - 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
West Broadway Ave
Northstar Public Health Conference on Gun Violence
September 13-14, 2017 - 9 a.m.
Courtyard Marriott Hotel - 1500 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis
Feedback and updates on Southwest + Bottineau LRT projects!
September 14, 2017 - 6-7 p.m.
Harrison Neighborhood Association - 503 Irving Ave N, Minneapolis
4th Ward City Council Forum
September 14, 2017 - 6:30-8 p.m.
Cleveland Neighborhood Association - 3333 Penn Ave N, Minneapolis
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The following content is for informational purposes only. For additional details on the opportunities below, and to find additional opportunities, please visit www.grants.gov.
Promise Zone
Preference Points
If a discretionary funding opportunity indicates Promise Zone
(PZ) preference points are available, please visit http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/promisezone/WCMSP-190631
for additional information on forms and contacts to request preference point
certification from the City of Minneapolis Promise Zone. Please submit your preference point request at least two weeks prior to the application deadline for Promise Zone certification approval consideration.
If a funding
opportunity does not indicate PZ preference points, you are still encouraged to
contact the Promise Zone Manager, Julianne Leerssen
(612-225-7721), about potential partnership opportunities to strengthen your
application.
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
HUD: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Program Overview: The
Resident Opportunity & Self Sufficiency (ROSS) Service Coordinator (SC)
program funds eligible applicants to hire Service Coordinators to coordinate
use of assistance under the Public Housing program with public and private
resources, for supportive services and resident empowerment activities. Service
Coordinators assess the needs of public and Indian housing residents and link
them to supportive services that enable participants to increase earned income,
reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and make progress toward
achieving economic independence and housing self-sufficiency. In the case of
elderly/disabled residents, the Service Coordinator links participants to
supportive services which enable them to age/remain in-place thereby avoiding
costlier forms of care.Funds awarded to applicants may be used for (1) service
coordinator functions, (2) training and travel related to professional and/or
program development, (3) and administration cost.
HUD expects to make at
least 2 awards from the funds available under this NOFA: Project 1 -
Understanding Child Trajectories in HUD-Assisted Housing (HUD may award one or
more cooperative agreements for this project). Project 2 - The Social and
Economic Impacts of the Community Development Block Grant Program (HUD may
award one or more cooperative agreements for this project).
The CoC Program (24
CFR part 578) is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of
ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers,
States, and local governments to quickly re-house homeless individuals,
families, persons fleeing domestic violence, and youth while minimizing the
trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; to promote access to and
effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless; and to optimize
self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.
EDUCATION and STEM: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
NSF: National Science Foundation
Inclusion across the
Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in
Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) is a comprehensive national initiative
designed to enhance U.S. leadership in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) discoveries and innovations focused on NSF's commitment to
diversity, inclusion,and broadening participation in these fields.The
initiative is developing a National Network composed of NSF INCLUDES Design and
Development Launch Pilots, NSF INCLUDES Alliances, NSF-funded broadening
participation projects, other relevant NSF-funded projects, scholars engaged in
broadening participation research, and other organizations that support the
development of talent from all sectors of society to build the STEM workforce.
To facilitate the Network’s operation, the program is soliciting
proposals for a NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub that will drive and support the
work of the NSF INCLUDES National Network over the lifecycle of the initiative
by: (a) promoting the NSF INCLUDES guiding vision and strategy; (b) developing
a collaborative infrastructure to support the activities of the various
entities partnering in the NSF INCLUDES National Network; (c) fostering
progress among Network partners toward shared models, measurement practices,
and evaluation criteria; (d) communicating the discoveries of and generating
enthusiasm for the NSF INCLUDES National Network; and (e) advancing the
expansion and scale of the NSF INCLUDES National Network by connecting expertise
from multiple sectors and other private and public funders.
The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) hold much promise as sectors of the economy where we can expect to see
continuous vigorous growthin the coming decades. STEM job creation is expected
to outpace non-STEM job creation significantly, according to the Commerce
Department, reflecting the importance of STEM knowledge to the US economy. The
National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a leadership role in development and
implementation of efforts to enhance and improve STEM education in the United
States. Through the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE)
initiative, the agency continues to make a substantial commitment to the
highest caliber undergraduate STEM education through a Foundation-wide
framework of investments. The IUSE: EHR program is a core NSF undergraduate
STEM education program that seeks to improve the effectiveness of undergraduate
STEM education for both majors and non-majors. The program is open to
application from all institutions of higher education and associated
organizations. NSF places high value on educating students to be leaders and
innovators in emerging and rapidly changing STEM fields as well as educating a scientifically
literate populace. In pursuit of this goal, IUSE: EHR supports projects that
have the potential to improve student learning in STEM through development of
new curricular materials and methods of instruction, and development of new
assessment tools to measure student learning. In addition to innovative work at
the frontier of STEM education, this program also encourages replications of
research studies at different types of institutions and with different student
bodies to produce deeper knowledge about the effectiveness and transferability
of findings. IUSE: EHR also seeks to support projects that have high potential
for broader societal impacts, including improved diversity of students and
instructors participating in STEM education, professional development for
instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques that
meet the changing needs of students, and projects that promote institutional
partnerships for collaborative research and development.
The goal of the RCN
program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education
by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their
research, training and educational activities across disciplinary,
organizational, geographic and international boundaries. The RCN program
provides opportunities to foster new collaborations,including international
partnerships, and address interdisciplinary topics. Innovative ideas for
implementing novel networking strategies, collaborative technologies, training,
broadening participation, and development of community standards for data and
meta-data are especially encouraged. RCN awards are not meant to support
existing networks; nor are they meant to support the activities of established
collaborations. RCN awards also do not support primary research. Rather, the
RCN program supports the means by which investigators can share information and
ideas, coordinate ongoing or planned research activities, foster synthesis and
new collaborations, develop community standards, and in other ways advance
science and education through communication and sharing of ideas. Additional
information about the RCN program and its impacts may be found in Porter et al.
2012 Research Coordination Networks: Evidence of the relationship between
funded interdisciplinary networking and scholarly impact. Bio Science, 62:
282-288 Proposed networking activities directed to the RCN program should focus
on a theme to give coherence to the collaboration, such as a broad research
question or particular technologies or approaches. Participating programs in
the Directorates for Biological Sciences(BIO), Computer and Information Science
and Engineering (CISE), Geosciences (GEO),Education and Human Resources (EHR),
Engineering (ENG) and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) will
accept RCN proposals. PIs are encouraged (for CISE required) to discuss
suitability of an RCN topic with a program officer that manages the appropriate
program. Several other NSF solicitations accept RCN proposals, or support
research networking activities if appropriate to the solicitation. Please see
section IX. Other Information of this solicitation for a listing of these
programs. PIs are strongly advised to contact the appropriate Program Director
before submitting an RCN proposal.
VOLUNTEERING
CNCS: Corporation for National and Community Service
AmeriCorps grants are
awarded to eligible organizations proposing to engage AmeriCorps members in
evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. An
AmeriCorps member is an individual who engages in community service through an
approved national service position. Members may receive a living allowance and
other benefits while serving. Upon successful completion of their service,
members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award from the National Service Trust
that members can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified
student loans.
ARTS and HUMANITIES
NEA: National Endowment for the Arts
The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on May 1, 2018, or
any time thereafter. Grants generally may cover a period of performance of up
to two years, with an exception for projects that include primary data
collection as part of the proposed activity. Projects that include primary data
collection may request up to three years. Projects that extend beyond one year
will be required to submit an annual progress report. A grantee may not receive
more than one National Endowment for the Arts grant for the same project during
the same period of performance. Program Description In September 2012, the
National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA) Office of Research & Analysis
published a five-year research agenda, supported by a system map and
measurement model. Titled How Art Works, the report offers a framework for
studying research topics critical to a broader public understanding of the
arts' value and/or impact for individuals and communities. In December 2016,
the NEA’s research office updated its five-year agenda for 2017-2021, which
reflects a tighter focus on Arts Participation and Arts/Cultural Assets as
essential research topics. Arts Participation, in the new agenda, remains
inclusive of various modes of participation and specific arts activities. These
modes are: attending arts events; reading literature; creating or performing
art; consuming art via electronic media; and learning in the arts.
Arts/Cultural Assets denotes artists and arts workers, arts venues and
platforms, and arts organizations and industries. The NEA is interested in
research seeking to identify and to examine:• Factors that enhance or inhibit
Arts Participation or Arts/Cultural Assets;• Detailed characteristics of Arts
Participation or Arts Cultural/Assets, and their interrelationships;•
Individual-level outcomes of Arts Participation, including those corresponding
with the following domains: o social and emotional well-being o creativity,
cognition, and learning o physiological processes of health and healing; and•
Societal or community-level outcomes, including those corresponding with the
following domains: o civic and corporate innovation o attraction for
neighborhoods and businesses o national and/or state-level economic growth
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About the Minneapolis Promise Zone
Promise Zones are federally designated, high poverty communities where the federal government partners with local leaders to increase economic activity, improve educational opportunities, and leverage private investment. The Minneapolis Promise Zone (MPZ) plan is a comprehensive, community-driven revitalization strategy that builds on and aligns numerous initiatives to address the persistent unemployment, crime, housing blight, and poor educational outcomes that affect that area.
Contact information: Juli Leerssen, (612) 225-7721
For more information, please visit www.minneapolismn.gov/promisezone
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