In this edition of Minneapolis Promise Zone Updates:
- Recent Federal Grant and Partnership Opportunities
- About the Minneapolis Promise Zone
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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 & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
HUD: US Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Purpose and Summary. The Jobs Plus program develops
locally-based, job-driven approaches that 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 program
addresses poverty among public housing residents by incentivizing and
enabling employment through earned income disregards for working residents
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 residents the
norm. The Jobs Plus program comprises these three core components (further
described below): 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. Background
HUD, the Rockefeller Foundation, and MDRC, through a public-private
partnership, designed and supported the Jobs Plus program model between
1998 and 2003. HUD has issued two separate evaluation reports on the
demonstration, in an effort to identify and document the most promising
approaches to increasing employment among families in public housing.
Program Overview: The Resident Opportunity & Self
Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) program is designed to assist
residents of Public and Indian housing make progress towards economic
self-sufficiency. Self-sufficiency is an individual's ability to support
their household by maintaining financial, housing, and personal/family
stability. To achieve self-sufficiency, an individual moves along a
continuum towards economic independence and stability; such movement is
facilitated by state of well-being that enables and supports achievement of
personal goals. To help residents accomplish this goal, ROSS provides grant
funding to eligible applicants to hire Service Coordinators to assess the
needs of Public and Indian housing residents and link them to supportive
services that enable participants to move along a continuum towards
economic independence and stability. In the case of elderly/disabled
residents, the Service Coordinator links participants to supportive
services which enable them to age/remain in place.
Program Description The purpose of the Lead Based Paint
Hazard Reduction (LHR) grant program is to assist states, cities,
counties/parishes, Native American Tribes or other units of local
government in undertaking comprehensive programs to identify and control
lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately-owned rental or
owner-occupied housing populations.
INNOVATION
& ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DOC: Department of Commerce
EDA is committed to fostering connected,
innovation-centric economic sectors that support the conversion of research
into products andservices, businesses, and ultimately jobs through
entrepreneurship. See Section 27. Funding is available for
capacity-building programs that provide proof-of-concept and commercialization
assistance to innovators and entrepreneurs and for operational support for
organizations that provide essential early-stage funding to startups. Under the
RIS Program, EDA is soliciting applications for two separate competitions:
- the 2018 i6 Challenge; and
- the 2018 Seed Fund Support (SFS) Grant
Competition.
Applicants must provide a matching share
from non-Federal sources of at least 50 percent of the total project cost;
i.e., applicants must match each Federal dollar requested with at least one
dollar of local match. See Section C.2 (p. 9) of this NOFO.
Pursuant to Section 3(4) of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. § 3122(4))
and 13 C.F.R. § 300.3 (Eligible Recipient), eligible applicants for and
recipients of EDA RNTA investment assistance include: a District Organization;
an Indian Tribe or a consortium of Indian Tribes; a State; a city or other
political subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State
or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development
activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; an institution of higher
education or a consortium of institutions of higher education; a public or
private non-profit organization or association acting in cooperation with
officials of a political subdivision of a State; private individual; or a
for-profit organization.
The purpose of
this notice is to request applications for special projects and programs
associated with the Minority Business Development Agency’s (MBDA) strategic
plans and mission goals, as well as to provide the general public with
information and guidelines on how MBDA will select proposals and administer
discretionary Federal assistance under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA).
INFRASTRUCTURE
& DISASTER RESILIENCE
NSF: National Science Foundation
The Civil
Infrastructure Systems (CIS) program supports fundamental and innovative
research in the design, operation and management of civil infrastructure that
contributes to creating smart, sustainable and resilient communities at local,
national and international scales. This program focuses on civil infrastructure
as a system in which interactions between spatially- and functionally-
distributed components and intersystem connections exist. All critical civil
infrastructure systems are of interest, including transportation, power, water,
pipelines and others. The CIS program encourages potentially disruptive ideas
that will open new frontiers and significantly broaden and transform relevant research
communities. The program particularly welcomes research that addresses novel
system and service design, system integration, big data analytics, and
socio-technological-infrastructure connections. The program values diverse
theoretical, scientific, mathematical, or computational contributions from a
broad set of disciplines. While component-level, subject-matter knowledge may
be crucial in many research efforts, the program does not support research with
a primary contribution pertaining to individual infrastructure components such
as materials, sensor technology, extreme event analysis, human factors, climate
modeling, structural, geotechnical, hydrologic or environmental engineering.
The Humans, Disasters and the Built Environment (HDBE) program
supports fundamental, multidisciplinary research on the interactions between
humans and the built environment within and among communities exposed to
natural, technological and other types of hazards and disasters. The program's
context is provided by ongoing and emerging changes in three interwoven elements
of a community: its population, its built environment (critical
infrastructures, physical and virtual spaces, and buildings and related
structures) and the hazards and disasters to which it is exposed. The HDBE
program seeks research that integrates these elements and that can contribute
to theories that hold over a broad range of scales and conditions. Examples
include but are not limited to unified frameworks and theoretical models that
encompass non-hazard to extreme hazard and disaster conditions, theoretical and
empirical studies that consider how interactions between a community's
population and its built environment may suppress or amplify hazard exposure or
its effects, and studies that seek to inform scholarship through the
development of shared data and related resources. In these and other areas
funded through the HDBE program, research that challenges conventional wisdom
on the interactions among humans, the built environment and hazards and
disasters is particularly encouraged. Given the richness of the phenomena under
study, the HDBE program seeks research that advances theories, methods and data
within and across diverse disciplines, whether in engineering, the social
sciences, computing or other relevant fields. Ultimately, research funded
through this program is expected to inform how communities can cultivate and
engage a broad range of physical, social and other resources to ensure improved
quality of life for their inhabitants.
EDUCATION &
STEM: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, & MATH
DOT: Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
The purpose of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation
Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Local Competition is to stimulate interest among students
attending an Institution of Higher Education (IHE) of Minority Serving
Institutions (MSI) and community colleges to conduct transportation-related
research, pursue transportation-related degrees, to enter the transportation
workforce, and to enhance the breadth, scope and diversity of knowledge of the
entire transportation community in the United States. The DDETFP Local
Competition provides funding for students to pursue Associate, Bachelor,
Master, and Doctoral Degrees in transportation-related disciplines in all modes
of transportation. The MSI and community colleges are encouraged to apply to
administer the DDETFP Local Competition at their IHE. The IHE must be
accredited by a federally-recognized accrediting agency and must be located
within the United States or its territories.
NSF: National Science Foundation
The Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students
in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU
projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in
research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation
features two mechanisms for support of student research: (1) REU Sites are
based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a
number of students in research. REU Sites may be based in a single discipline
or academic department or may offer interdisciplinary or multi-department
research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme. Proposals with an
international dimension are welcome. (2) REU Supplements may be included as a
component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements
or may be requested for ongoing NSF-funded research projects. Undergraduate
student participants in either REU Sites or REU Supplements must be U.S.
citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents of the United States.
Students do not apply to NSF to participate in REU activities. Students apply
directly to REU Sites or to NSF-funded investigators who receive REU
Supplements. To identify appropriate REU Sites, students should consult the
directory of active REU Sites on the Web at
ED: Department of Education
Purpose of Program: The FSCS program is newly authorized
by sections 4621-4623 and 4625 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA). This program provides
support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community
schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and
effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children
attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools.
Purpose of
Program: The GEAR UP program is a discretionary grant program that encourages
eligible entities to provide support, and maintain a commitment, to eligible
low-income students, including students with disabilities, to assist the
students in obtaining a secondary school diploma (or its recognized equivalent)
and to prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education. Under the GEAR UP
program, the Department awards grants to two types of entities: (1) States and (2)
partnerships consisting of at least one institution of higher education (IHE)
and at least one local educational agency (LEA).
Purpose of Program: The CCAMPIS Program
supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education
through the provision of campus-based child care services.
Purpose of Program: The purposes of this program
are to (1) help address State-identified needs for personnel preparation in
special education, early intervention, related services, and regular education
to work with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and
(2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge,
derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based
research and experience, to be successful in serving those children.
Purpose of Program: The purposes of this
program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for personnel
preparation in special education, early intervention, related services, and
regular education to work with children, including infants and toddlers, and
youth with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary
skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through
scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those
children.
Purpose of Program: The purposes of this program are to (1) help
address State-identified needs for personnel preparation in special education,
early intervention, related services, and regular education to work with
children, including infants and toddlers, and youth with disabilities; and (2)
ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived
from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research
and experience, to be successful in serving those children.
Purpose of Program: The UISFL program provides
grants for planning, developing, and carrying out programs to strengthen and
improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign
languages in the United States.
Purpose of Program: The major purposes of
the CSP are to expand opportunities for all students, particularly
traditionally underserved students, to attend public charter schools (as
defined in this notice) and meet challenging State academic standards; provide
financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial
implementation of charter schools; increase the number of high-quality charter schools
(as defined in this notice) available to students across the United States;
evaluate the impact of charter schools on student achievement, families, and
communities; share best practices between charter schools and other public
schools; encourage States to provide facilities support to charter schools; and
support efforts to strengthen the charter school authorizing process. Through
CSP National Dissemination Grants (CFDA number 84.282T), the Department
provides funds on a competitive basis to support efforts by eligible entities
to support the charter school sector and increase the number of high-quality
charter schools available to our Nation's students by disseminating best
practices regarding charter schools
ARTS &
HUMANITIES
NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
The National Historical Publications and
Records Commission seeks projects that encourage public engagement with
historical records, including the development of new tools that enable people
to engage online. The NHPRC is looking for projects that create models and technologies
that other institutions can freely adopt. In general, collaborations between
archivists, documentary editors, historians, educators, and/or community-based
individuals are more likely to create a competitive proposal. Projects that
focus on innovative methods to introduce primary source materials and how to
use them in multiple locations also are more likely to create a competitive
proposal. Projects might create and develop programs to engage people in the
study and use of historical records for institutional, educational or personal
reasons. For example, an applicant can: • Enlist volunteer “citizen archivists”
in projects to accelerate access to historical records, especially those
online.
The National Historical Publications and
Records Commission seeks projects that ensure online public discovery and use
of historical records collections. The Commission is especially interested in
collections of America’s early legal records, such as the records of colonial,
territorial, county, and early statehood and tribal proceedings that document
the evolution of the nation’s legal history. All types of historical records
are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and
analog audio and moving images.
Grant Program Description The National
Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks projects that will
significantly improve public discovery and use of major historical records
collections. The Commission is especially interested in collections of
America’s early legal records, such as the records of colonial, territorial,
county, and early statehood and tribal proceedings that document the evolution
of the nation’s legal history. All types of historical records are eligible, including
documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio and moving
images.
NEH: National
Endowment for the Humanities
The mission of this Challenge Grants program is
to strengthen the institutional base of the humanities by enabling
infrastructure development and capacity building. Awards aim to help
institutions secure long-term support for their core activities and expand
efforts to preserve and create access to outstanding humanities materials.
Applications are welcome from colleges and universities, museums, public
libraries, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites,
scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other public and
nonprofit humanities entities. Programs that involve collaboration among
multiple institutions are eligible as well, but one institution must serve as
the lead agent and formal applicant of record. Through these awards
organizations can increase their humanities capacity with funds invested in a
restricted, short-term endowment or other investment fund (or spend-down funds)
that generate expendable earnings to support and enhance ongoing program
activities. Eligible activities include the documentation of cultural heritage
materials that are lost or imperiled; the preservation and conservation of
humanities materials; and the sustaining of digital scholarly infrastructure.
Challenge grants may also support the purchase of equipment and software; the
design, purchase, construction, restoration, or renovation of facilities needed
for humanities activities; and collections sharing. Such expenditures bring
long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly. Up to
10 percent of total grant funds (federal matching funds plus certified gifts)
may be used for fundraising costs during the period of performance. Challenge
funds (both federal matching funds and required nonfederal gifts) must enhance
the humanities in the long term. Challenge grants should not merely replace
funds already being expended, but instead should reflect careful strategic
planning to strengthen and enrich an institution’s humanities activities.
Institutions may use challenge funds to meet both ongoing and one-time
humanities-related costs, provided that the long-term benefit of the
expenditure can be demonstrated.
DOD: Department of Defense
Defense Intelligence Agency
36 Month Grant for Critical Language and
Cultural Immersion Studies Program.
PUBLIC &
COMMUNITY HEALTH
DOD: Department of Defense
Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA
The LRP
Impact Award encourages applications that support the full spectrum of research
projects or ideas that specifically focus on scientific and clinical lupus
issues, which, if successfully addressed, have the potential to make a major
impact in lupus research. Applications should include a well-formulated,
testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale that is established
through inferential reasoning and/or critical review and analysis of the
literature. Inclusion of preliminary data is encouraged.
The LRP
Concept Award supports the exploration of highly innovative new concepts or
untested theories that address important problems relevant to lupus. This award
mechanism supports high-risk, high-reward studies that have the potential to
reveal entirely new avenues for investigation. The application must describe
how the new idea will enhance the existing knowledge of lupus or develop an
innovative and novel course of investigation. The Concept Award is not intended
to support an incremental progression of an already established research
project. Research completed through a Concept Award may generate sufficient
preliminary data to enable the Principal Investigator (PI) to prepare an application
for future research. Inclusion of preliminary data is not required.
HHS: Department of Health and Human Services
This notice solicits applications for the Health Center
Program’s Service Area Competition (SAC). The Health Center Program supports
public and private nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations
that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved
populations. The purpose of the SAC NOFO is to ensure continued access to
affordable, quality primary health care services for communities and vulnerable
populations currently served by the Health Center Program. This NOFO details
the SAC eligibility requirements, review criteria, and awarding factors for
organizations seeking funding for operational support to provide primary health
care services to an announced service area. For the purposes of this document,
the term "health center" encompasses Health Center Program award
recipients funded under the following subsections: Community Health Center (CHC
– section 330(e)), Migrant Health Center (MHC – section 330(g)), Health Care
for the Homeless (HCH – section 330(h)), and/or Public Housing Primary Care
(PHPC – section 330(i)).
This notice solicits applications for the Health Center
Program’s Service Area Competition (SAC). The Health Center Program supports
public and private nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations
that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved
populations. The purpose of the SAC NOFO is to ensure continued access to
affordable, quality primary health care services for communities and vulnerable
populations currently served by the Health Center Program. This NOFO details
the SAC eligibility requirements, review criteria, and awarding factors for
organizations seeking funding for operational support to provide primary health
care services to an announced service area. For the purposes of this document,
the term "health center" encompasses Health Center Program award
recipients funded under the following subsections: Community Health Center (CHC
– section 330(e)), Migrant Health Center (MHC – section 330(g)), Health Care
for the Homeless (HCH – section 330(h)), and/or Public Housing Primary Care
(PHPC – section 330(i)).
Health Resources and Services Administration
The purpose of the ANE-SANE funding is to provide
advanced nurse education to increase the number of Registered Nurses (RNs),
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs[1]) and Forensic Nurses who are
trained and certified as sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) in communities
on a local, regional and/or state level. Ideal applicants will have the
infrastructure to recruit eligible nurses, coordinate didactic and clinical
training with identified partners, monitor and track experiential learning
hours and certification completion, and have demonstrated strategies for
creating communities of practice that can retain SANEs in the health workforce.
The goal of this program to train providers to conduct sexual assault forensic
examinations which provide better physical and mental health care for
survivors, better evidence collection, and higher prosecution rates. [1]
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses includes Nurse Practitioners, Certified
Nurse Midwives and Nurse Anesthetists.
National Institutes of Health
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits
applications from institutions/organizations to participate as "Research
Bases" for the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-supported Community
Oncology Research Program (NCORP). NCOR P is a community-based research network
that: Designs and conducts clinical trials and other human subject studies for
adults and children in cancer prevention, control, screening, and care
delivery, as well as quality-of-life studies embedded within treatment trials;
Incorporates unique research needs of diverse populations such as, adolescents
and young adults (AYAs), and the elderly; racial and ethnic minorities; sexual
and gender minorities; and rural residents into studies and takes steps to
enhance participation of these groups; Enhances patient and provider access to
treatment and imaging trials conducted under the National Clinical Trials
Network (NCTN); Integrates cancer disparities research within the community
network. NCORP consists of three components each with its own FOA: NCORP
Research Bases (covered by this FOA); NCORP Community Sites; and NCORP
Minority/Underserved Community Sites. The NCORP Research Bases will design and
conduct cancer clinical trials and care delivery research studies as well as
manage and analyze the data and report the research results.
National Institutes of Health
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits
applications from institutions/organizations to participate as "Community
Sites" for the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-supported Community
Oncology Research Program (NCORP). NCOR P is a community-based research network
that: Designs and conducts clinical trials and other human subject studies for
adults and children in cancer control, prevention, screening, and care
delivery, as well as quality-of-life studies embedded within treatment trials;
Incorporates the needs of diverse populations such as children, adolescents and
young adults (AYAs), and the elderly; racial and ethnic minorities; sexual and
gender minorities; and rural residents into studies and takes steps to enhance
participation of these groups; Enhances patient and provider access to
treatment and imaging trials conducted under the National Clinical Trials
Network (NCTN); Integrates cancer disparities research within the community
network. NCORP consists of three components each with its own FOA: NCORP
Research Bases; NCORP Community Sites (covered by this FOA); and NCORP
Minority/Underserved Community Sites. The NCORP Community Sites will accrue
diverse patients/participants to NCI-approved, cancer control, prevention, and
care delivery research studies designed by NCI's NCORP Research Bases as well
as treatment trials within the National Clinical Trials Network Groups (NCTN).
National Institutes of Health
The National
Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications for research projects (R01)
involving secondary analyses of data in the Computerized Tracking System (CTS)
database from the CALERIE (Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of
Reducing Intake of Energy) trial to explore behavioral and psychosocial aspects
of sustained caloric restriction (CR) in humans, including the translation of
the CR adherence strategies used in the trial to promote healthy behaviors,
especially for the prevention of weight gain with age. CALERIE was the first
trial in humans to specifically focus on the effects of sustained CR. It
demonstrated feasibility of sustained human CR (for at least two years) and
favorable effects on predictors of longevity, as well as on cardiometabolic
risk factors. The sustained weight loss in CALERIE has not been previously
attained in any clinical study in non-obese individuals.
National
Institutes of Health
The goal of this
funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to advance the field of population
dynamics research by increasing research impact, innovation, and productivity;
developing junior scientists; and maximizing the efficiency of research
support.
Centers for Disease Control - NCIRD
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to conduct
activities to promote and support vaccination services within the pharmacy
setting. Activities include, but are not limited to: - Education/Outreach to
pharmacists about current pediatric, adolescent, and adult immunization
recommendations and proper vaccine administration - Facilitation of
communication and exchange of information between pharmacists and providers and
public health programs -Quality Improvement efforts -Improved immunization
documentation through use of immunization information systems and data sharing
-Coordination with public health preparedness and immunization programs to
establish formalized agreements for pandemic vaccine program readiness and
response By the end of the project, the awardee is expected to disseminate and
promote best practices/successes to a national audience of healthcare
providers, including both pharmacists and other healthcare providers.
CRIME, JUSTICE, & PUBLIC SAFETY
DHS: Department of Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security - FEMA
The Cooperating Technical Partners Program (CTP Program)
exists to strengthen and increase the effectiveness of the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) through fostering strong Federal, State, Tribal,
regional and local partnerships for the purposes of reducing flood losses and
promoting community resiliency. The CTP Program may provide federal assistance,
through a grant or cooperative agreement, to an eligible Cooperating Technical
Partner (herein referred to as "CTP", "partner" or
"grantee") to perform various projects and activities that stimulate
and support the ability of NFIP State Coordinating Agencies and
NFIP-participating communities (as defined in 44 CFR Part 59.1) to continue
their ongoing regulatory NFIP responsibilities as well as support the ability
of States, communities and the public and private sector to mitigate flood
risk.
USDOJ: Department of Justice
Bureau of Justice Assistance
PSN is designed to create safer neighborhoods through a
sustained reduction in gang violence and gun crime. The program's effectiveness
is based on the cooperation and partnerships of local, state, and federal
agencies engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in each
district. One if the five core components of PSN is its provision of available
training opportunities to PSN teams to assist them in the effective
implementation of the critical components identified in their approved
Strategic Action Plans. The Department will make available training and
technical assistance (TTA) to our state, local, and tribal partners, to ensure
they have the information they need to succeed. BJA will be seeking TTA
providers who will develop criminal justice-related curricula and deliver TTA
to state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, other justice system
agencies, and communities.
Office for Victims of Crime
OVC seeks applications which focus on elder financial
exploitation through innovative collaborations between the financial industry
and others to better detect and respond to victims. These efforts should build
the capacity of victim service providers and financial industry representatives
to enhance fraud detection and provide trauma-informed, age-appropriate
services and resources for victims. Projects proposed under this program must
be built on collaborative partnerships that are national in scope to develop or
enhance promising practices, models, and programs and provide enhanced or
improved services for these victims. OVC expects to make up to six awards of up
to $500,000 each, with an estimated total amount awarded of up to $3,000,000.
OVC expects to make awards for a 24-month period of performance, to begin on
October 1, 2018.
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Law enforcement officer safety is a Department of Justice
priority. In support of the President's February 9, 2017, officer
safety-focused Executive Order, this BJA National Officer Safety Initiatives
Program is soliciting innovative approaches to augment law enforcement safety
in three key areas: law enforcement suicide, traffic safety, and a national
public awareness and education campaign.
Office for Victims of Crime
The individual awarded funding under this fellowship will
enhance the efforts of OVC and BJS to improve the synthesis and translation of
social science research and statistical findings to inform practice and
policies in the victim services field. The successful candidate must
demonstrate substantial knowledge of data and research related to victimization
and victim services, and have the skills to communicate orally and in writing
with a broad audience of stakeholders. Preference will be given to applicants
with a background in statistics or survey methodology. OVC expects to make one
award of up to $400,000 under this program. OVC expects to make the award for a
24-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2018.
Office for Victims of Crime
Many victims of crime, particularly those from limited
English proficient, Deaf, and hard-of-hearing communities, may experience
barriers that prevent them from accessing critical services. This program will
enhance language access and direct services in affected communities and enhance
the work of community-based organizations and programs working to help victims
report crimes and access services they need to heal in the aftermath of crime
victimization. Purpose Area (PA) 1: OVC will make up to 10 awards of up to
$200,000 each to organizations for the provision of direct services to victims
of crime in affected communities. PA 2: OVC will make one award of up to
$600,000 to a technical assistance provider who will identify and address a
broad range of TTA and resource development needs to support grantees funded
under PA 1 of this solicitation. OVC will conduct a pre-application webinar on
June 12, at 3:00 p.m. e.t. Register at www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html.
Apply by July 16, 2018.
Office for Victims of Crime
OVC is seeking applications to support crime victims and
to enhance community-driven responses to the current opioid crisis. Under
Purpose Area 1, applicants will develop and execute plans to support children
and youth directly at the community or jurisdictional level. Applicants are
expected to work with an OVC-designated national training and technical
assistance provider to further enhance these efforts and contribute to the
growing body of knowledge about these issues and underscore successful
practices. Under Purpose Area 2, applicants will develop and activate plans to
support the Purpose Area 1 applicants on a national scale, to equip and support
the community-based programs as they develop new initiatives or enhance
existing efforts.
Office for Victims of Crime
OVC seeks applications
to develop or enhance promising practices, models, and programs, or apply them
in innovative ways, to build the capacity of victim service providers to assist
victims of human trafficking in two purpose areas. Funding under Purpose Area 1
will support the identification of promising practices and the delivery of
evidence-based, trauma-informed clinical, mental health, and substance abuse
services within a system of care, as clinically necessary, for victims of human
trafficking. Funding under Purpose Area 2 will support implementation of
innovative ideas to increase the identification of victims of labor trafficking
and enhance service delivery to those victims. OVC expects to make up to six
awards (three per purpose area) of up to $600,000 each.
Bureau
of Justice Assistance
Among its
provisions, the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 authorized BJA to manage a
grant program that would support efforts by state, local, and
federally-recognized Indian tribes to prevent and reduce school violence.
Specifically, the BJA program will address: (1) training school personnel and
students to prevent student violence; (2) development and operation of
anonymous reporting systems against threats of school violence, including
mobile telephone applications, hotlines, and websites; and (3) development and
operation of school threat assessment and crisis intervention teams that may
include coordination with law enforcement agencies and school personnel. In
addition, the program may fund specialized training for school officials in
intervening and responding to individuals with mental health issues that may
impact school safety. This solicitation specifically seeks applications that
address the development and operation of school threat assessment and crisis
intervention teams and the development of technology for local or regional
anonymous reporting systems. This technology may be in the form of an app,
hotline, or website. The proposed technology solutions may be those that could
be used during an incident to assist in securing the safety of those involved,
to include sharing information with first responders.
Bureau
of Justice Assistance
Among its provisions, the STOP School Violence Act of 2018
authorized BJA to manage a grant program that would support efforts by state,
local, and federally-recognized Indian tribes to prevent and reduce school
violence. Specifically, the BJA program will address: (1) training school
personnel and educating students to prevent student violence; (2) development
and operation of anonymous reporting systems against threats of school
violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, and websites; and
(3) development and operation of school threat assessment and crisis
intervention teams that may include coordination with law enforcement agencies
and school personnel. In addition, the program may fund specialized training
for school officials in intervening and responding to individuals with mental
health issues that may impact school safety.
Office for Victims of Crime
OVC and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) will make
awards to support law enforcement and victim service provider efforts within
human trafficking task forces under the following purpose areas (PAs). PA 1:
Funding is intended to help task forces with critical first steps related to
starting up a multidisciplinary task force. PA 2: Eligible applicants are task
forces that were funded in FY 15 under PA 1 of the Enhanced Collaborative Model
Task Force Program. The FY 18 PA 2 supports continued activities and planning
for task force sustainability. PA 3: Eligible applicants are task forces that
were funded in FY 15 under PA 2 of the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force
Program. The FY 18 PA 3 supports funding to expand task force efforts,
implement task force sustainability plans, and assist OVC/BJA in building
capacity of other task forces.
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
This program will increase technological investigative
capacity and associated training to ICAC task forces and affiliated federal,
state, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies. This solicitation
will particularly focus on supporting the development, refinement, and
advancement of widely used investigative tools, methods and technologies that
address child pornography, exploitation and sex trafficking.
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
This program will support funding to state
prosecutors offices that are responsible for administering training to state
prosecutors, such as State Prosecutor Coordinating Offices, to address training
gaps and needs for juvenile prosecutors. Funding can be used to identify,
develop and/or supplement state-wide training resources and tools for juvenile
prosecutors and their support staff. The goal of this program is to strengthen
the skills and knowledge base for juvenile prosecutors in order to enhance
public safety and improve outcomes for youth.
Office for Victims of Crime
OVC is seeking applications in two purpose areas. Purpose
Area 1 (PA 1) supports direct victim assistance service grants to state,
tribal, and local law enforcement in small, mid-sized, and large jurisdictions,
to hire victim service staff to develop new, or enhance existing, law
enforcement-based victim service programs and partnerships in high-crime areas
to improve rights and services for victims. Purpose Area 2 (PA 2) will support
a technical assistance program to help build the capacity of the PA 1 sites to
better serve all victims of crime. OVC expects to make up to 40 awards in PA 1
up to a total award amount of $21.51 million. OVC expects to make one estimated
total award in PA 2 up to $2.25 million. OVC will conduct a pre-application
webinar on June 13, at 3:00 p.m. e.t. Register at
www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html. Apply by July 2, 2018.
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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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