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
Library/Museums as Assets for Equitable and Sustainable Community Development
Successful projects can encompass various components of initiating community work—including
identifying the community opportunity and need, increasing collective understanding of the issues,
and generating viable ideas for solutions—that are appropriate to the applicant’s community context.
Proposed activities should demonstrate a likelihood that the project will lay the groundwork for a
breakthrough in addressing a community opportunity that is more effective, equitable, or sustainable
than existing approaches, and will have the potential to enhance the quality of Library, Archive, Museum (LAM) services
nationwide. The Institute of Museum and Library Services are especially interested in projects from individuals and families with diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Applications that benefit
communities within areas that are designated as Federal Promise Zones are encouraged to apply.
- Deadline: May 14, 2018
- Award Ceiling: $150,000
Effective Educator Development to Increase Academic Achievement, Graduation Rates, and Post-Secondary Education Matriculation
North Minneapolis Public Schools are chronically underfunded which often leads to lower academic achievement, graduation rates and post-secondary education matriculation. These grants will allow traditionally under-served Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to provide teachers opportunities to receive training in "Evidence Based Professional Development" certifications. Educators in North Minneapolis can become more effective resources for students when provided further training.
- Deadline: May 17, 2018
- Award Ceiling: TBA
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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.
EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING
DOT: Department of Transportation
DOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The CDLPI is a discretionary grant program that funds
State CDL program compliance and improvement projects, as well as projects that
support the improvement of the CDL process and motor vehicle safety. Eligible
recipients include but are not limited to State Driver Licensing Agencies
(SDLAs), CMV drivers and employers, the U.S. Armed Forces, State court officers,
and multi-State partnerships. The goal of the national FY 2018 CDLPI grant
program is to reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle
crashes in the United States by ensuring that only qualified drivers are
eligible to receive and retain a commercial driver’s license (CDL). This NOFO
focuses on maintaining the concept that every driver has only one driving
record and only one licensing document, commonly referred to as “One Driver –
One License – One Record.” States are required to conduct knowledge and skills
testing before issuing a CDL, to maintain a complete and accurate driver
history record for anyone who obtains a CDL, and to impose driver
disqualifications as appropriate.
DOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety
Training (CMVOST) grant program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit
applications from organizations that provide Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV)
operator training, including accredited public or private colleges,
universities, vocational-technical schools, post-secondary educational
institutions, truck driver training schools, associations and State and local
governments, including Federally-recognized Native American Tribal governments
that support CMVOST activities. The CMVOST grant is a nationwide Federal
financial assistance program intended to reduce the severity and number of
crashes on U.S. roads involving CMV by training operators and future operators
in the safe use of such vehicles.
DOS: Department of State
Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
The Professional Fellows Division in the Office of
Citizen Exchanges at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA) invites proposal submissions for the FY 2018 Special
Professional Fellows Program (PFP) for the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) in support of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI).The
Special Professional Fellows Program for the ASEAN is a two-way global exchange
program designed to promote mutual understanding, enhance leadership and
professional skills, and build lasting and sustainable partnerships between
mid-level emerging leaders from ASEAN countries and the United States. The
defining element of the program for ASEAN participants is a substantive five-
to six-week Fellowship program, including a four-week individually tailored
working placement with a U.S. organization.
REFUGEES
HHS: Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families - ORR
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) invites eligible entities to
submit competitive grant applications for funding under the Refugee Family
Child Care Microenterprise Development (RFCCMED) program. Through the RFCCMED
program, ORR will provide funding for applicants which, through internal
capacity and partnerships, will provide refugee participants with training and
technical assistance in professional child care, microenterprise development,
and financial literacy; assist refugee participants in navigating the child
care licensing process; and provide direct financial assistance as needed to
enable participants to prepare their homes for child care business operation.
The three main objectives of RFCCMED are: 1) help refugees to achieve economic
self-sufficiency by establishing licensed FCC businesses; 2) help refugee
families gain access to licensed FCC businesses which will meet the early care
and developmental needs of refugee children; and 3) assist refugees in learning
how to navigate mainstream child care services.
Administration for Children and Families - ORR
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) invites eligible entities to
submit competitive grant applications for projects to establish and manage
Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) for low-income refugee participants.
Eligible refugee participants who enroll in these projects will open and
contribute systematically to IDAs for specified Savings Goals, including home
ownership, business capitalization, vehicles for educational or work purposes,
professional certification, and education (limited to postsecondary and/or
continuing education, college entrance exam fees, Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) and General Education Development General (GED) preparation
and test fees). Grantee organizations may use ORR funds to provide matches for
the savings in the IDAs of up to $2,000 per individual refugee and $4,000 per
refugee household. Applications will be screened and evaluated as indicated in
the published funding opportunity announcement. Selection of awards will be
contingent on the outcome of the competition and the availability of funds. The
“match” mentioned in this announcement does not refer to the applicant finding
additional funds to match funds being provided by the Federal government; it is
the portion of federal funds to be allocated for matching clients' IDA savings.
Successful grantees will be expected to coordinate their policies and
procedures for developing and administering refugee IDA projects with ORR and
with the existing refugee IDA network.
DOS: Department of State
Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population,
Refugees, and Migration (PRM) welcomes the submission of proposals for the
Reception and Placement (R&P) Program for FY 2019. The deadline for
submission of proposals is Monday, May 14, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. noon (EDT). The
purpose of the R&P Program is to promote the successful reception and
placement of all persons who are admitted to the United States under the U.S.
Refugee Admissions Program. For the purpose of this announcement, refugee is defined as a person admitted
to the United States under section 207(c) of the INA, as amended, or a person
to whom eligibility for the resettlement assistance available to individuals
admitted under section 207 (c) has been extended by statute. The Bureau intends
to award Cooperative Agreements (CA) for FY 2019 to well-qualified non-profit
organizations able to offer a range of services throughout networks of multiple
locations across the United States. This will include applicants that have
demonstrated satisfactory performance under previous agreements with the Bureau
and/or applicants that meet the selection criteria described below and have
demonstrated the ability to provide required services. Applicants should
understand that participation in the FY 2018 R&P Program is neither a
pre-condition for nor a guarantee of continued participation in FY 2019. In
order to be considered for participation in the program, applicants must: A. Be
well-established social service providers with demonstrated case management
expertise and experience managing a network of affiliates that provide
reception and placement or similar services to refugees or other migrant
populations in the United States; B. Have been in operation for at least three
full years in 501(c)(3) non-profit status; C. Document the availability of
private financial resources to contribute to the program; and D. Operate
multiple locations across the U.S.
EDUCATION
ED: Department of Education
Purpose of Program: The Credit Enhancement program
provides grants to eligible entities to demonstrate innovative methods of
helping charter schools to address the cost of acquiring, constructing, and
renovating facilities by enhancing the availability of loans and bond
financing. Background: Since FY 2002, the Department has made new Credit
Enhancement grants each year, which has resulted in a portfolio of grantees
using Federal funds to enhance the credit of charter schools so that they can
access private-sector and other non-Federal capital in order to acquire,
construct, and renovate facilities at a reasonable cost. This notice contains
application requirements from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA),\1\ and
selection criteria and a competitive preference priority for charter schools
operating in high-need communities and geographic areas from program
regulations at 34 CFR part 225. This notice also includes an invitational priority
that encourages applicants to partner with other entities to leverage new or
previously untapped capital and other resources to expand support to more
schools and students as well as improve their ability to support schools and
students. Under this priority, an applicant could propose, for example, to
partner with a newly created State-funded credit enhancement program designed
to improve charter schools' credit ratings on bonds, thereby enabling charter
school facility financing at lower interest rates and lower borrowing costs.
Purpose of Program: The SEED program, authorized under
section 2242 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA or
Act), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (20 U.S.C. 6672),\1\
provides funding to increase the number of highly effective educators by
supporting the implementation of Evidence-Based \2\ practices that prepare,
develop, or enhance the skills of educators. These grants will allow eligible
entities to develop, expand, and evaluate practices that can serve as models
that can be sustained and disseminated.
IMLS
The goal of the National Leadership Grant Programs (NLG)
is to support projects that address significant challenges and opportunities
facing the library, archive, and museum (LAM) fields and have the potential to
advance theory and practice. Activating Community Opportunities Using
Museums/Libraries as Assets is a special NLG initiative with the goal of
examining how LAMs can work with their communities to leverage their unique
abilities to affect positive community change.
CRIME, JUSTICE, & PUBLIC SAFETY
USDOJ: Department of Justice
National Institute of Justice
The purpose of this solicitation is to support research
to produce sustainable community-level reductions in violence. NIJ seeks to
develop scientific evidence and build practical knowledge of the factors that
contribute to achieving enduring violence reductions in communities. NIJ is
interested in receiving proposals for research with both empirical and
theory-building elements that will lead to practical and generalizable
recommendations. These recommendations should inform community-focused efforts
to produce substantial and lasting violence reductions in communities that have
suffered from persistently high levels of violence.
National Institute of Justice
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for
funding for multidisciplinary research projects addressing four topics: impact
of fatigue and stress on officer performance; impact of occupational prestige
and job satisfaction on officer stress resilience; enhancing strategies for
officer interaction with mentally ill individuals; and reducing traffic-related
officer fatalities and injuries through technology enhancement and policy.
National Institute of Justice
The goal of NIJ’s 2017 Project Based DNA Capacity
Enhancement, Unit Efficiency, and Backlog Reduction program is to support and
enable long term solutions for more efficient processing, recording, screening,
and analysis of forensic DNA and/or DNA database samples and to increase the
capacity of public forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories to process more
DNA samples, thereby helping to reduce the number of forensic DNA and DNA
database samples awaiting analysis. Under this COMPETITIVE program, in general,
eligible applicants are given the opportunity, based on their individual needs,
to propose a project based solution to enhance the capacity of their DNA
laboratory, improve its efficiency, or address a particular subset of
backlogged cases for analysis.
Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center
Integration (CGIC) Initiative, administered by BJA in partnership with the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), is a competitive
grant program that provides funding to state and local government entities that
are experiencing precipitous increases in gun crime to implement comprehensive
and holistic models to reduce violent crime and illegal firearms within their
jurisdictions by enabling them to integrate with their local ATF Crime Gun
Intelligence Centers (CGICs). The purpose of this initiative is to encourage
local jurisdictions to work with their ATF partners to utilize intelligence,
technology, and community engagement to swiftly identify firearms used
unlawfully and their sources, and effectively prosecute perpetrators engaged in
violent crime.
National Institute of Justice
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for research and
evaluation projects that will: 1. Identify and inform the forensic community of
best practices through the evaluation of existing laboratory protocols; and 2.
Have a direct and immediate impact on laboratory efficiency and assist in
making laboratory policy decisions. The intent of this program is to direct the
findings of the research and evaluation toward the identification of the most
efficient, accurate, reliable, and cost-effective methods for the
identification, analysis, and interpretation of physical evidence for criminal
justice purposes.
National Institute of Justice
NIJ seeks applications for funding
investigator-initiated, interdisciplinary research and evaluation projects
related to the administration of justice in three priority areas: (1)
eyewitness evidence; (2) front-end intervention strategies (diversion and
deflection, pretrial notification protocols and court appearance compliance,
and justice system-led strategies aimed at young-adult offenders); and (3)
enhancing investigation and prosecution (body worn cameras, and jury
nullification). Strong applications that address the administration of justice
in the U.S. but fall outside these areas may also be considered.
Bureau of Justice Assistance
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice
Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for
the FY 2018 National Initiatives: Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement
Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative.
This national initiative furthers the Department mission by improving the
criminal justice system; enhancing law enforcement safety, wellness,
resilience, and survivability; and providing support to efforts including
training and technical assistance programs strategically targeted to address
law enforcement safety and wellness needs.
National Institute of Justice
With this solicitation, the National Institute of Justice
(NIJ) seeks proposal for research and/or evaluation projects to examine the
impact of police crime-reduction practices and strategies on four variables.
Those are: (1) crime, (2) officer safety, (3) criminal investigations, and (4)
criminal prosecutions. NIJ will accept proposals for research examining person-
or place-based practices and strategies. NIJ is particularly interested in
examining the practice of proactive policing and its related strategies,
especially focused deterrence. NIJ will not accept proposals for projects that
do not include crime as a variable, nor will NIJ accept proposals that only
address crime without consideration of at least one other of the three
remaining variables. NIJ is particularly interested in proposals for research
that address all four variables. Additionally, applicants should consider the
role of intervening variables such as department and neighborhood
characteristics. Practices and strategies can impact police officers and their
leadership in unanticipated ways, such as affecting morale, stress and fear,
and the actual praxis of the officers in the street. Neighborhood
characteristics (e.g., social capital, collective efficacy, and perceptions of
procedural justice), also, may be intervening variables. Researchers may
consider if these relationships are intervening variables between the effects
of the practices and strategies on crime, officer safety, criminal
investigations and criminal prosecutions.
National Institute of Justice
This solicitation seeks applications for funding for
research and evaluation projects that will address the knowledge gaps related
to trafficking in persons, with clear implications for criminal justice policy
and practice in the United States. NIJ has funded research on trafficking in
persons for over a decade, and is particularly interested in proposals that
build upon and complement its earlier research investments. NIJ’s current
portfolio of human trafficking research comprehensively addresses such topics
as: scope, prevalence, and perpetration of the crime; effective criminal
justice responses and challenges thereto; victimization experiences and meeting
victim needs; and how best to reduce the demand for trafficking victims.
Applicants should familiarize themselves with this prior NIJ-funded research
and include relevant research in their literature review. For a summary of
NIJ-funded research projects on the subject of human trafficking, see www.nij.gov/nij/topics/crime/human-trafficking/welcome.htm.
DOS: Department of State
Office to Monitor-Combat Trafficking in Persons
The 2018 TIP Office Program to End Modern Slavery (PEMS)
Funding Opportunity invites applicants to submit innovative proposals
describing how they will advance transformational programs and projects that
seek to achieve a measurable and substantial reduction of the prevalence of
modern slavery in targeted populations in priority countries or jurisdictions.
PUBLIC & COMMUNITY HEALTH
HHS: Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
is to reduce risky alcohol use among women of childbearing age through
system-level implementation of alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI)
in health systems providing women’s health services. Risky alcohol use can
result in a variety of negative health and social consequences, such as motor
vehicle crashes, intimate partner violence, and fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders. It is costly, results in over 88,000 deaths annually, and can affect
serious medical conditions, such as hypertension, liver disease and certain
types of cancer. Health professionals are uniquely positioned to intervene with
patients with acute and chronic health conditions caused or exacerbated by
risky alcohol use. Alcohol SBI implementation efforts within health systems
will focus on development and implementation of: a training and technical
assistance plan; alcohol SBI protocols in primary care clinics; system-level
approaches that facilitate uptake (e.g., electronic health record integration
and performance metrics); an evaluation plan assessing feasibility and impact
of system-level implementation; a dissemination plan on promising models and
lessons learned; and a sustainability plan. Expected performance outcomes
include documenting provider/clinic readiness to conduct alcohol SBI,
documenting implementation barriers and proposed solutions, tracking
clinic-level data on alcohol SBI, and assessing the use of system-level strategies.
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
DOS: Department of State
Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division,
of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open
competition for the FY 2018 TechGirls Central Asia Program. U.S. public and
private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal
Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to conduct a
four-week exchange program in the United States in summer 2019 for
approximately 25 high school girls from Central Asia focused on promoting the
high-level study of technology. Echoing the goals of the TechWomen program,
TechGirls supports development in the field of technology and enables young
women to reach their full potential in the technology industry. The program
builds on the U.S. global commitment to advance the rights of women and girls
around the world and promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
education.
DOC: Department of Commerce
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) is focused on providing the essential and highest quality environmental
information vital to our Nation’s safety, prosperity and resilience. Toward
this goal, the agency conducts and supports weather and climate research,
oceanic and atmospheric observations, modeling, information management, assessments,
interdisciplinary decision-support research, outreach, education, and
partnership development. Climate variability and change present society with
significant economic, health, safety, and security challenges and
opportunities. In meeting these challenges, and as part of NOAA’s climate
portfolio within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), the
Climate Program Office (CPO) advances scientific understanding, monitoring, and
prediction of climate and its impacts, to enable effective decisions. This
funding opportunity focuses on the Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP)
Program. The CVP Program supports research that enhances our process-level
understanding of the climate system through observation, modeling, analysis,
and field studies. This vital knowledge is needed to improve climate models and
predictions so that scientists and society can better anticipate the impacts of
future climate variability and change. To achieve its mission, the CVP Program
invests in NOAA mission-critical research, which is carried out at NOAA and
other federal laboratories, NOAA Cooperative Institutes, academic institutions
and private sector research entities. The Program also coordinates its
sponsored projects with major national and international scientific bodies
including the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) - especially CLIVAR
(Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change) and GEWEX (Global
Energy and Water Cycle Exchanges) programs - and the U.S. Global Change
Research program (USGCRP). Specific details of this funding opportunity are
contained in the Full Announcement Text.
DOT: Department of Transportation
DOT Federal Highway Administration
This is a cross posting for the FHWA 2018 Exploratory
Advanced Research Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) which is posted at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/FHWA/OAM/693JJ3-18-BAA-0001/listing.html.
Legislation established the Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program that
addresses longer-term, higher risk research and strives to develop partnerships
with public and private sector entities. The Department of Transportation's
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) identifies and scopes topics through
extensive initial-stage investigation and engages national and international
experts to assure use of the most recent advances in science and engineering.
FHWA is soliciting for proposals under its EAR Program for research projects
that could lead to transformational changes and truly revolutionary advances in
highway engineering and intermodal surface transportation in the United States.
This program shall support scientific investigations and studies to advance the
current knowledge and state-of-the-art in the sciences and technologies
employed in the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance and
management of the nation’s highways. Strategically, this research will enable
and expedite the development of revolutionary approaches, methodologies, and
breakthroughs required to drive innovation and greatly improve the efficiency
of highway transportation. FHWA may award either contracts or assistance
agreements as a result of this BAA. For more information, please refer to the
Federal Business Opportunities EAR Program BAA posting at the link provided.
DOD: Department of Defense
ACC-APG-Edgewood
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), W56JSR-18-S-0001, is
sponsored by the Army Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO). The RCO serves to
expedite critical capabilities to the field to meet Combatant Commanders’
needs. The Office enables the Army to experiment, evolve, and deliver
technologies in real time to address both urgent and emerging threats while
supporting acquisition reform efforts. The RCO executes rapid prototyping and
initial equipping of capabilities, particularly in the areas of cyber,
electronic warfare, survivability and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT),
as well as other priority projects that will enable Soldiers to operate and win
in contested environments decisively. This BAA is an expression of interest
only and does not commit the Government to make an award or pay proposal preparation
costs generated in response to this announcement. Questions concerning the
receipt of your submission should be directed: http://rapidcapabilitiesoffice.army.mil/eto/
Technical questions will be sent to the appropriate Technical Points of Contact
(TPOC), topic authors, and/or Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to request
clarification of their areas of interest. No discussions are to be held with
offerors by the technical staff after proposal submission without permission of
the Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Contracting
Officer.
Office of Naval Research
The MURI program supports basic research in science and
engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as
"universities") that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is
focused on multidisciplinary research efforts where more than one traditional
discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest
to the DoD. As defined in the DoD Financial Management Regulation: Basic
research is systematic study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding
of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts without
specific applications towards processes or products in mind. It includes all
scientific study and experimentation directed toward increasing fundamental
knowledge and understanding in those fields of the physical, engineering,
environmental, and life sciences related to long-term national security needs.
It is farsighted high payoff research that provides the basis for technological
progress (DoD 7000.14-R, vol. 2B, chap. 5, para. 050201.B). DoD’s basic
research program invests broadly in many fields to ensure that it has early
cognizance of new scientific knowledge.
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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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