In this edition of Minneapolis Promise Zone Updates:
- Grant Spotlight
- Recent Federal Grant and Partnership Opportunities
- About the Minneapolis Promise Zone
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 Grant Spotlight
Funding to End Youth Homelessness
North Minneapolis already has some amazing organizations working to end homelessness. There is currently an opportunity to increase your organization's capacity by applying for the federal grant listed above. Ideally the Department of Housing and Urban Development seeks applicants who implement a coordinated community approach, as well as integrate leadership opportunities for youth through their innovative homelessness prevention programs.
- Deadline: April 17, 2018
- Award Ceiling: $15,000,000
Funding to Increase Access to Capital for Community Development Projects and Small Business Owners
The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund is looking to increase access to affordable financial products and services. If you are already certified as a CDFI, apply for this grant to build your financial capacity to lend to residents and small business owners of North Minneapolis.
- Deadline: March 2, 2018
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
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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.
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
HUD: US Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD will select up to 11 communities to participate in
the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) to develop and execute a
coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Treasury: US Department of the Treasury
Through the CDFI Program, the CDFI Fund provides (i) FA
awards of up to $1 million to Certified Community Development Financial
Institutions (CDFIs) to build their financial capacity to lend to their Target
Markets, and (ii) TA grants of up to $125,000 to build Certified, Certifiable,
and Emerging CDFIs’ organizational capacity to serve their Target Markets. For
more detailed information, please refer to the NOFA found on the CDFI Fund's
website.
EDUCATION & STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Math
USDA: Department of Agriculture Forest Service
The Secretary of Agriculture has a congressionally
designated advisory council that assists the U.S. Forest Service in
establishing the grant categories and recommendations of final proposals for
the Forest Service to consider. This is the National Urban and Community
Forestry Advisory Council (Council). The Council serves to advise the Secretary
of Agriculture on the status of the nation’s urban and community forests and
related natural resources. The Council seeks to establish sustainable urban and
community forests, by encouraging communities of all sizes to manage and
protect their natural resources, which, if well managed, improves the public’s
health, well-being, economic vitality, and creates resilient ecosystems for
present and future generations.
VETERANS
VA: Department of Veterans Affairs Loan Guaranty Service
The Loan Guaranty Service (LGY), which is an office of
the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA), is announcing the availability of funds for the Specially Adapted Housing
Assistive Technology (SAHAT) Grant Program. The objective of the grant is to
encourage the development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted
housing. Veterans Affairs acknowledges there are many emerging technologies
that could improve home adaptations or otherwise enhance a Veteran’s or
Servicemember’s ability to live independently. Therefore, VA has defined ‘‘new
assistive technology’’ as an advancement the Secretary determines could aid or
enhance the ability of a Veteran or Servicemember to live in an adapted home.
PLEASE NOTE: SAHAT funding does not support the construction or modification of
residential dwellings for accessibility. Veterans and Servicemembers interested
in receiving assistance to adapt a home are encouraged to contact their local
Veterans Affairs Regional Benefits Office, Regional Loan Center, or Medical
Center for more information, or visit: http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/adaptedhousing.asp
**Note: Some documents may contain an application expiration date of February
25, 2018, that date has been extended to March 4, 2018.
USDOJ: Department of Justice
National Institute of Corrections
Veterans treatment courts respond to the unique
circumstances of veterans entering the justice system. The first veterans
treatment court was established in 2008. As of this writing, there are more
than 350 in the country, with scores more being planned. The rapid
proliferation of veterans treatment courts has created a heightened need for
evidence-based tools to identify the criminogenic risks and clinical needs of
court-involved veterans and to promote best practices such as multidisciplinary
case planning and client monitoring. Research has consistently shown that
clinical interventions are most effective when they are based on
risk-need-responsivity principles, which hold that the type and intensity of
treatment and supervision services should be proportional to an offender's risk
of re-offending and should target their specific criminogenic needs. This
project will add more pilot sites and create the first specialized risk-need
assessment and case planning tools for veterans treatment courts.
PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY HEALTH & SAFETY
DHS: Department of Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security - FEMA
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal
Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Grants Programs Directorate is responsible
for the implementation and administration of the Assistance to Firefighters
Grant (AFG) Program. The Grant Programs Directorate administers the Fire
Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grant Program as part of the AFG Program. The
purpose of the FP&S Grant Program is to enhance the safety of the public
and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards by assisting
fire prevention programs and supporting firefighter health and safety research
and development. FP&S Grants are offered to support projects in two
activities: (1) activities designed to reach high-risk target groups and
mitigate the incidence of death, injuries, and property damage caused by fire
and fire-related hazards ("Fire Prevention and Safety Activity") and
(2) research and development activities aimed at improving firefighter safety,
health, or wellness through research and development that reduces firefighter
fatalities and injuries ("Firefighter Safety Research and Development
Activity"). The program guidance document provides potential applicants
with the details of the requirements, processing, and evaluation of an
application for financial assistance for both of these activity areas.
HHS: Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control - OSTLTS
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO)
is to announce a program to strengthen the nation's public health
infrastructure, ensure a competent, current and connected public health system,
and improve delivery of essential services through capacity building assistance
(CBA). CBA is defined as activities that strengthen and maintain the
infrastructure and resources necessary to sustain or improve system,
organizational, community or individual processes and competencies. CBA is
delivered through technical assistance, training, information sharing,
technology transfer, materials development, or funding that enables
organizations to serve customers better and operate in a comprehensive,
responsive, and effective manner. The goal is to fund organizations that have
the capability, expertise, resources, reach, and history of providing capacity
building relevant to implementing this program’s key strategies, activities,
and outcomes. The program strategies include strengthening the capacities of
health systems infrastructure; leadership and workforce; data and information
systems; communication and information technology; partnerships; laws and
policies; and programs and services. Capacity building efforts of this program
are expected to strengthen and optimize the public health system and services
to improve the nation’s health.
National Institutes of Health
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages
R01 grant applications to conduct rigorous health services and economic
research to maximize the delivery of efficient, high-quality drug, tobacco, and
alcohol prevention, treatment, and recovery support services. Examples of such
research include: (1) clinical quality improvement; (2) quality improvement in
services organization and management; (3) implementation research; (4) economic
and cost studies; and (5) development or improvement of research methodology,
analytic approaches, and measurement instrumentation used in the study of drug,
alcohol, and tobacco prevention, treatment, and recovery services.
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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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