In this edition of Minneapolis Promise Zone Updates:
- Promise Zone Volunteers Begin the New Service Year
- Getting to Know Northside Residents at Open Streets
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News and Events
- Recent Federal Grant and Partnership Opportunities
- About the Minneapolis Promise Zone
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Promise Zone Volunteers Begin the New Service Year, Meet
Colleagues from Camden and IndyEast Promise Zones
Summer vacation has come to an end, and a new cohort of five AmeriCorps VISTAs began their year of service. Members from other Promise Zones visited North Minneapolis to share lessons learned, words of encouragement and advice from their peers around the country. Discussions with the staff from the Camden, NJ and IndyEast (Indianapolis), IN Promise Zones highlighted some of the shared challenges and opportunities faced by Promise Zones. In Camden, collaboration with local partners to implement a mobile farmer's market increased visibility and cultivated a relationship of trust between the Promise Zone and community members. IndyEast shared tips for engaging partners around large events such as the Super Bowl.The MPZ hopes to apply these types of lessons learned from other Promise Zones for the upcoming service year.
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 L to R: Sam Calahan, Economic Development VISTA; Kattie Evans, Resource Development VISTA; Kate Thompson, Data Analyst VISTA; Michael Waldegerma, Research Analyst VISTA; Sara Kramer, Convening Leader Camden Promise Zone; Brittany Kronmiller, Director of Children and Youth Services IndyEast Promise Zone; Dean Johns, Chief Program Officer IndyEast Promise Zone; Jenny Melin, Marketing and Communications VISTA; Julianne Leerssen, Minneapolis Promise Zone Manager; Architect Andrew McGlory
Getting to Know Northside Residents at Open Streets
West Broadway's
Open Streets showcased how much North Minneapolis has going on. Between the great food, art, dance, and social events there is no shortage of creativity in North Minneapolis. A Promise Zone exhibit asked Open Streets attendees what they need from the City. Ideas ranged from more home ownership programs to culturally relevant mental health services. Just down the street the Minneapolis Police and Fire Departments hosted their fifth annual Battle of the Badges. Food was served to over 3,100 community members, and the Minneapolis Police Department reclaimed their trophy for the best ribs.
Northside residents filled the white board with ideas when asked what they need from the City of Minneapolis
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Events
Northside Preparedness Jam
September 23- 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Freedom Square- 2034 W. Broadway Avenue, Minneapolis
CodeSwitch
September 23-24
Union Depot- 240 East Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul
Ward 5 Candidate Forum on Climate, Housing and Energy Justice
September 27- 6:30-8:15 p.m.
Harrison Neighborhood Association- 503 Irving Avenue N, Minneapolis
Blacks in Technology Meetup at Best Buy
September 27- 6-8 p.m.
Best Buy Corporate Office- 7601 Penn Avenue S, Richfield
Hawthorne Annual Meeting
September 28- 6-8:30 p.m
Farview Park- 621 28th Avenue N, Minneapolis
Day of Dignity
October 7- 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Masjid An-Nur- 1729 Lyndale Ave N, Minneapolis
Minnesota Black Authors Expo
November 18- 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Juxtaposition Arts- 1108 W. Broadway Ave, 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.
PROMISE ZONE PREFERENCE
HUD: Department of Housing and Urban Development
The purpose of the Jobs Plus Pilot program is to develop locally-based, job-driven approaches to increase earnings and advance employment outcomes through work readiness, employer linkages, job placement, educational advancement, technology skills, and financial literacy for residents of public housing. The place-based Jobs Plus Pilot program addresses poverty among public housing residents by incentivizing and enabling employment through earned income disregards for working families, and a set of services designed to support work including employer linkages, job placement and counseling, educational advancement, and financial counseling. Ideally, these incentives will saturate the target developments, building a culture of work and making working families the norm. The Jobs Plus Pilot program consists of the following three core components: Employment-Related Services Financial Incentives; Jobs Plus Earned Income Disregard (JPEID) Community Supports for Work Applicants are encouraged to develop key partnerships to connect participants with any other needed services to remove barriers to work. An Individualized Training and Services Plan (ITSP) should be developed for each participant to establish goals and service strategies, and to track progress.
USDA: Department of Agriculture
In FY 2018, NIFA's CFP intends to solicit applications and fund
two types of grants. The types are entitled (1) Community Food Projects (CFP)
and (2) Planning Projects (PP). The primary goals of the CFP are to: Meet the
food needs of low-income individuals through food distribution, community
outreach to assist in participation in Federally assisted nutrition programs,
or improving access to food as part of a comprehensive service; Increase the
self-reliance of communities in providing for the food needs of the
communities; Promote comprehensive responses to local food access, farm, and
nutrition issues; and Meet specific state, local or neighborhood food and
agricultural needs including needs relating to: Equipment necessary for the
efficient operation of a project; Planning for long-term solutions; or The
creation of innovative marketing activities that mutually benefit agricultural
producers and low-income consumers.
HOUSING
HUD: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants support the
implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are
expected to achieve the following three core goals: 1. Housing: Replace
distressed public and assisted housing with high-quality mixed-income housing
that is well-managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding
neighborhood; 2. People: Improve intergenerational mobility with a focus on
children and families; employment, health, and education outcomes; and 3.
Neighborhood: Create the conditions necessary for public and private
reinvestment in distressed neighborhoods to offer the kinds of amenities and
assets, including safety, good schools, and commercial activity, that are
important to families; choices about their community.
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 following is a general description of the Education
and Outreach Initiative (see chart in section III. A. for all eligibility
requirements and a listing of related components): Education and Outreach
Initiative (EOI). This Initiative provides funding to organizations that inform
the general public about their rights and obligations under the Fair Housing
Act. EOI applicants may be funded under the following components based on
eligibility:1. Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI) - $7,450,000 a.
National-Based Programs - National Media Campaign Component (EOI-NMCC) -
$1,000,000 b. Regional/Local/Community Based Program - General Component
(EOI-G) - $6,450,000 Under the EOI NOFA, applicants may apply for funding under
multiple components as long as the applicant meets the specific eligibility
requirements for each component (see eligibility chart in Section III.A.1).
Applicants will be funded in accordance with the funding restrictions listed
under Section IV.F.5.In addition, applicants may apply for funding under
multiple Initiatives, as long as the applicant applies under the correct NOFA
and in accordance with the funding restrictions listed for each NOFA. The
application deadline was extended to October 6, 2017 for all applicants.
The following is a general description of FHOI (see
chart in section III. A. for all eligibility requirements and component
listing):Fair Housing Organization Initiative (FHOI). This Initiative provides
funding to establish new fair housing enforcement organizations and to support
the continued existence of fair housing organizations in building their
capacity to enforce the prohibitions on discrimination set forth in the Fair
Housing Act.HUD will award grants/cooperative agreements under FHOI for each
component. based on eligibility:a. Fair Housing Organization Initiative (FHOI)
- (1) Continued Development General Component (CDGC) - $500,000; Applicants may
apply for funding under each FHIP NOFA and under multiple Components as long as
the applicant meets the specific eligibility requirements for each Component
(see eligibility chart in Section III.A.1). A separate application must be
submitted for each component. However, applicants will be funded in accordance
with the funding restrictions listed under Section IV.F.5.Applicants may also
apply for funding under multiple Initiatives, as long as the applicant applies
under the correct NOFA and in accordance with the funding restrictions listed
in each NOFA.
The following is a general description of PEI (see
chart in section III. A. for all eligibility requirements ):Private Enforcement
Initiative (PEI). This Initiative provides funding to private, non-profit fair
housing enforcement organizations that meet statutory requirements to conduct
investigation and enforcement of alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act.PEI
applicants may be funded under the following Initiative based on eligibility:
Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) - $14,519,184(1) Multi-Year Funding
Component (PEI-MYFC) Total PEI Multi-Year Funding (PEI-MYFC) is $30,350,000
($14,519,184 of this total is set aside based upon appropriations for FY 2015
and FY 2016 Multi-year grantees. The remaining $15,830,816 will fund FY2017
grantees). Applicants may apply for funding under each FHIP NOFA as long as the
applicant meets the specific eligibility requirements for each
Initiative/Component
STEM: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH
HHS: Department of Health
and Human Services
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports
research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching
goal of this NIDDK R25 program is to support educational activities that
enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research
workforce. This R25 program encourages Professional Societies to design and
implement educational programs with the goal of recruiting of individuals from
underrepresented backgrounds to pursue careers in the biomedical, behavioral,
clinical, and social sciences workforce. Applications from Professional
Societies supporting the NIDDK mission areas are encouraged to develop
educational programs aimed at recruiting talented fellows, and junior faculty
from groups underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social
sciences research in the NIDDK mission areas. Professional Societies should
propose an educational program based upon an educational experiment which includes
a diversity management plan for the Society which should enhance the diversity
of the biomedical research workforce, and the pool of individuals from
under-represented groups in the organization's programs and leadership.
USDA: Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants Pursuant to section
1417 of the NARETPA of 1977 (99 Stat. 1548; 7 U.S.C. 3152), applications may be
submitted by: (1) land-grant institutions, (2) colleges and universities having
significant minority enrollments and a demonstrable capacity to carry out the
teaching of food and agricultural sciences, and (3) other colleges and
universities having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food,
and agricultural sciences. Research foundations maintained by an eligible
college or university are eligible to submit undergraduate and/or D.V.M.
training proposals under this RFA. Applicants should be institutions that
confer an undergraduate or D.V.M. degree in at least one of the disciplines in
the food and agricultural sciences. Students attending two-year colleges that
are legally authorized to offer a two-year or equivalent program of
college-level studies which are principally creditable toward a baccalaureate
degree, may be awarded a MSP Scholarship from eligible baccalaureate
institutions in cases where an articulation agreement, bridging agreement, or
other type of collaborative arrangement exists between the subject
baccalaureate-level institution(s) and the two year college. MSP Scholars from
2-year colleges are expected to transfer and complete their baccalaureate
degrees in the partner 4-year institution(s). In such instances, the
baccalaureate-level institution must be the applicant. Award recipients may
subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply provided such organizations
are necessary for the conduct of the project. Failure to meet an eligibility
criterion by the application deadline may result in the application being
excluded from consideration or, even though an application may be reviewed,
will preclude NIFA from making an award.
COMMUNITY HEALTH, TRAUMA, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
HHS:
Department of Health and Human Services
NCIPC is seeking research proposals
focused on rigorously evaluating previously or currently implemented federal,
state, local, tribal or organizational policies for impacts on multiple forms
of violence, including child abuse and neglect, youth violence, intimate
partner violence, sexual violence and/or suicide. The proposed research should
evaluate the impact of a selected policy on reducing rates of at least two of
these violence outcomes. The proposed research must focus on a policy that has
not yet been rigorously evaluated. Applicants are encouraged to assess the
impact of the policy on as many violence outcomes that is feasible as well as
risk and protective factors that are common to multiple forms of violence. The
proposed research will add to the limited evidence base regarding the impact of
policies on preventing multiple forms of violence by rigorously evaluating
federal, state, local, or organizational policy approaches.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center
for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated
research that will help expand and advance our understanding about what works
to prevent violence by rigorously evaluating primary prevention strategies,
programs, and policies to address specific gaps in the prevention of teen
dating violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and youth
violence. This initiative is intended to support the evaluation of primary
prevention strategies, programs or policies that target universal or selected
high-risk populations (i.e., populations that have one or more risk factors
that place them at heightened risk for perpetration of violence). Funds are available
to conduct such studies focused on preventing the perpetration of youth
violence and/or teen dating/intimate partner/sexual violence as detailed
elsewhere in this announcement.
USDOJ: Department of Justice
Enhanced Training And Services To End Abuse In Later Life Program
(Abuse in Later Life) provides or enhances training and services to address
elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, involving victims who are 50 years of
age or older. In FY 2017, OVW will fund projects that will focus on providing
training to assist criminal justice and other professionals in recognizing and
addressing instances of elder abuse; providing services for older victims of
abuse in later life; and supporting multidisciplinary collaborative community
responses to victims of abuse in later life.
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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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