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
W.E.B. Du Bois Research on the Intersections of Race, Crime, Violence and the Administration of Justice
North Minneapolis has a disproportionately high number of residents with criminal records. An inter-sectional analysis is necessary to institute comprehensive solutions. Funds for research on the intersections of race, crime and violence would be especially valuable for a majority African-American population residing in North Minneapolis.
- Deadline: April 30, 2018
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
Stable & Secure Shelter for Homeless Youth
North Minneapolis has one of the lowest average median incomes (AMI) in the City, which can lead to periodic episodes of homelessness. Grant money could mitigate effects of homelessness to implement, enhance, and/or support effective strategies for successful transition to sustainable living for homeless youth.
- Deadline: April 5, 2018
- Award Ceiling: $283,322
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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.
CRIME, JUSTICE, & PUBLIC SAFETY
USDOJ: Department of Justice
National Institute of Justice
NIJ is seeking applications for research to apply
advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to support law
enforcement in preventing, responding to, and investigating gang violence,
human and drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, and/or child pornography.
NIJ is seeking research and evaluation related to hate
crime perpetration and victimization. The purpose of this solicitation is to
support research and evaluation to: 1) understand the motivations and pathways
to hate crime offending; 2) determine whether programs targeted at hate crime
offenders are effective at reducing reoffending; 3) determine whether programs
that work with victims of hate crimes and their communities are effective at
reducing the harms caused by hate crimes; and 4) provide information that will
improve investigative and prosecutorial outcomes. Other proposals that address
research related to hate crimes will be considered.
NIJ seeks investigator-initiated proposals in two funding
categories under the W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime: (1) Scholars
who are advanced in their careers; and (2) Fellows who are early in their
careers. The program supports research that places particular emphasis on the
intersections of race, crime, violence and the administration of justice within
the United States. It furthers the Department’s mission by advancing knowledge
regarding issues deemed critical by the U.S. Department of Justice.
NIJ is seeking applications for research and program
evaluation projects that inform efforts to reduce street gang activity and
violence in the United States. Gangs and gang members are responsible for a
large amount of crime and violence in many localities, and are responsible for
a disproportionate share in those communities most afflicted by crime and
violence. NIJ will support scientifically rigorous research and evaluation
projects designed to produce findings with high practical utility for gang
prevention, intervention, enforcement, or reentry strategies. This solicitation
supports the U.S. Department of Justice’s priority to prevent and reduce crime.
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for basic or
applied research and development projects. An NIJ forensic science research and
development grant supports a discrete, specified, circumscribed project that
will: (1) increase the body of knowledge to guide and inform forensic science
policy and practice, or (2) lead to the production of useful material(s),
device(s), system(s), or method(s) that have the potential for forensic
application. The intent of this program is to direct the findings of basic
scientific research; research and development in broader scientific fields
applicable to forensic science; and ongoing forensic science research toward
the development of highly-discriminating, accurate, reliable, cost-effective,
and rapid methods for the identification, analysis, and interpretation of
physical evidence for criminal justice purposes. Projects should address the
challenges and needs of the forensic science community. The operational needs
discussed at NIJ’s FY 2016 Forensic Science TWG meeting may be found on
NIJ.gov. Additional research needs of the forensic science community can be
found at the Organization of Scientific Area Committees website. While the
goals and deliverables of proposed projects do not necessarily need to result
in immediate solutions to the posted challenges or needs, they should speak to
them and produce knowledge that adds to work towards eventual resolutions.
PUBLIC & COMMUNITY HEALTH
HHS: Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
The ORWH and participating organizations and institutes
seek applications for Specialized Centers of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex
Differences. The Centers of Excellence will support interdisciplinary
approaches to advance translational research on sex differences. Each SCORE
institution should develop a research agenda bridging basic and clinical
research underlying a health issue that is pertinent to improving the health of
women.
National Institutes of Health
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) is to support observational or intervention research focused on reducing
cancer health disparities in tobacco use in the United States. Specifically,
this FOA is intended to stimulate scientific inquiry focused on innovative
tobacco control policies. Applicants may propose projects in which the primary
outcome of interest is on reducing tobacco use cancer health disparities in
vulnerable populations by utilizing tobacco prevention and control strategies.
The long-term goal of this FOA is to reduce cancer health disparities in health
outcomes thereby reducing the excess disease burden of tobacco use within these
groups. Applicants submitting applications related to health economics are
encouraged to consult NOT-OD-16-025 to ensure that the research projects align
with NIH mission priorities in health economics research.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting
applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Statewide Consumer Network Program
grants (Short Title: SCN). The purpose of this program is to improve efforts to
address the needs of adults with serious mental illness (SMI) by developing
and/or expanding peer support services, peer leadership, and peer engagement
strategies statewide. The population of focus is adults with SMI, including
those who are underserved and under-represented (e.g., consumers from ethnic,
racial, and cultural minority groups); veterans; individuals who are
chronically homeless; individuals with co-occurring disorders (COD) ; sexual
orientation and gender identity minorities; and individuals who have been
involved in the criminal justice system. It is expected that this program will
increase access to and quality of mental health services for adults with SMI;
increase the sustainability of consumer-operated organizations; and enhance state
capacity and infrastructure to support the recovery of adults with SMI and
their families. The SCN grant program builds upon prior work of SAMHSA to
establish recovery-oriented, consumer-driven services for adults with SMI.
Although significant progress has been made, further support is needed to
ensure the development of self-sufficient, empowered networks throughout a
state. By developing appropriate training, education, resources, collaboration,
and tools, statewide consumer networks are best poised to bring peer voice,
guidance, and foresight into systems change. The goals of the SCN Program are:
• Improve quality of and access to statewide peer support and
recovery-oriented, integrated, and coordinated treatment, services, and
supports. Emphasize and build statewide consumer leadership within
consumer-operated organizations and in the community. Build capacity and sustainability of statewide consumer networks. • Work with
policy makers, service providers, and other stakeholders to fully support the
needs of adults with SMI and their families.
Administration for Community Living
The goal of the Pension Counseling & Information
Program is to help individuals understand and exercise their pension rights The
regional counseling projects promote protection of the rights, financial
security, and independence of older individuals and empower them to make
informed choices for a secure retirement. Successful applicants will
demonstrate a proven record of advising and representing individuals who have
been denied employer or union-sponsored pensions or other retirement savings
plan benefits, and will have the capacity to deliver services on a regional
basis.
Administration for Children & Families
The Administration for Children and Families,
Administration on Children, Youth and Families' Family and Youth Services
Bureau (FYSB) announces the availability of funds under the Transitional Living
Program (TLP) and Maternity Group Home (MGH). The purpose of FYSB’s TLP and MGH
grant programs are to implement, enhance, and/or support effective strategies for
successful transition to sustainable living for runaway and homeless youth ages
16 to under 22 and/or pregnant and parenting youth ages 16 to under 22 and
their dependent child(ren). Both projects must provide safe, stable, and
appropriate shelter for 18 months. Under extenuating circumstances, shelter
stay can be extended to 21 months with comprehensive services that supports the
transition of homeless youth to self-sufficiency and stable, independent
living. Through the provision of shelter and an array of comprehensive
services, TLP youth will realize improvements in four core outcome areas (i.e.,
safe and stable housing, education/employment, permanent connections, and
social and emotional well-being.) GRANTS AWARDED under this announcement will
have a start date of May 1, 2018 and the project period will be 41 months. The
initial award will be for 17 months and run from May 1, 2018 through September
29, 2019. Applicants should not request more than $283,322 for the initial
award. In addition to the initial 17 month award, the 41 month project period
will include two 12-month non-competing continuation awards of not more than
$200,000 each. The total 41 month project period should not exceed $683,322.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting
applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Statewide Family Network grant program.
The purpose of this program is to better respond to the needs of children and
adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and their families by
providing information, referrals, and support; and to create a mechanism for
families to participate in state and local mental health services planning and
policy development. SAMHSA expects that this program will be a catalyst for
transforming mental health and related systems in the state by strengthening
coalitions among family organizations and between family members, policy
makers, and service providers. The SFN grant program builds upon prior work of
SAMHSA to establish a child/adolescent and family focus in programs serving
children and adolescents with mental health challenges. Although significant
progress has been made, further support will help to ensure the development of
self-sufficient, empowered networks that will participate in state and local
mental health services planning and health care reform activities associated
with improving community-based services for children, youth, adolescents, and
young adults with SED. The goals of the SFN program are to: Strengthen
network organizational, leadership, and management skills. Foster leadership
skills among families of children and adolescents with SED. Work effectively with policy makers and
service providers that support the needs of children and adolescents with SED. Promote peer support and social inclusion of families with children and
adolescents with SED.
National Institutes of Health
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages
grant applications from investigators interested in conducting basic,
mechanistic research into the biological/genetic causes of cancer health
disparities. These research project grants (R01) will support innovative
studies designed to investigate biological/genetic bases of cancer disparities,
such as (1) mechanistic studies of biological factors associated with cancer
disparities, including those related to basic research in cancer biology or
cancer prevention strategies, (2) the development and testing of new
methodologies and models, and (3) secondary data analyses. This FOA is also
designed to aid and facilitate the growth of a nationwide cohort of scientists
with a high level of basic research expertise in cancer health disparities
research who can expand available resources and tools, such as biospecimens,
patient derived models, and methods that are necessary to conduct basic
research in cancer health disparities.
Centers for Disease Control - NCHHSTP
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
proposes to allocate funds to implement Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
PS18-1807, Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention.
The project period will be 5 years, with a 12-month budget period and an
anticipated award date of August 1, 2018.This NOFO will provide support for
education agencies to help school districts and schools develop and implement
sustainable program activities to:1) Reduce HIV infection and other STDs among
adolescents; and 2) Reduce disparities in risk for HIV infection and other STD
infection. Throughout the 5-year cooperative agreement, awardees will conduct
activities demonstrated to improve the health of middle school and high school
students by collection and use of quality surveillance data, the implementation
of effective prevention practices, and demonstration and evaluation of
innovative strategies within their jurisdictions.
Administration for Community Living
The No Wrong Door (NWD) System represents a collaborative
effort of the Administration for Community Living (ACL), the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Veterans Health Administration
(VHA), to support state efforts to streamline access to services in the community
for all populations in order to promote the collaboration of local service
organizations, making service delivery more efficient and person-centered.
States have successfully transformed their access systems with focus and
support from state governance, public outreach, streamlined eligibility and
person-centered counseling. Every state and territory, to some degree, has an
access system to home and community based services. However the need for
coordinated, NWD Systems continues to grow as the current population in need of
long term services and supports (LTSS) are faced with duplicate eligibility and
enrollment systems that vary by different populations and funding streams.
Individuals, families and caregivers become dependent on public programs, the
Federal and State Medicaid budgets continue to grow exponentially and resources
become scarce due to duplicative and inefficient processes. Challenges remain
that not all access systems are systematically able to track comprehensive
data, leading to an inability to track core outcomes and return on investment.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) would specifically fund up to 7
state grantees to support business case development for high performing,
streamlined LTSS access systems, or No Wrong Door Systems, in order to
demonstrate the value of home and community based services. Grantees will
enhance or modify their existing LTSS delivery systems in order to implement
innovative approaches to evaluating how the performance of streamlined access impacts
multiple payers, multiple populations, healthcare utilization, and the return
on investment at the State and Federal levels. The goal is to support states
with documenting efficiency and/or cost savings. Funds may be used to develop
an integrated data system, evaluate existing data elements, and/or implement a
training protocol to support the intervention being tested.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will provide
funding to academic research centers to participate in the network of Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers (PRC Network) to: Establish
and maintain a multi-disciplinary prevention research center (Center) that
conducts high-quality applied health promotion and disease prevention research;
Conduct one (1) applied public health prevention project (Core Research
Project) using a community engagement approach to address a major cause of
disease, disability, injury, or death in a population experiencing health
disparities; Disseminate research findings to community, practice, and academic
audiences; Translate evidence-based interventions for sustainability and
widespread scale-up; and Serve as a resource, as part of the PRC Network, for
developing, implementing, evaluating, disseminating, and translating evidence-based
public health interventions at local, state, tribal, or national levels.
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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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