(posted
05/05/08)
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
A
Brighter Future for Children and Youth, a grant program of the United Methodist
Church, supports projects which help children ages 5 to 18 handle one or more of
the following issues: abuse, relationship violence, bullying of any type, or
gang violence. Funded projects should involve women and youth at the grassroots
level as well as promote respect for and appreciation of racial/ethnic
diversity. Grants are provided for small-scale, community and church-based
projects. Groups affiliated with national organizations, hospitals, and
organizations with budgets totaling more than $3,000,000 are not normally
funded. The 2008 application deadline is July 1. Application guidelines and
forms are available on the website at http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw/money/grants/a-brighter-future-for-children-and-youth-2005-2008/.
Samuel Harris
Fund for Children's Dental Health
The Harris Fund will award competitive grants to applicants whose oral health
promotion programs are designed to improve and maintain children's oral health
through community education and outreach programs. The grant program's main
objective is to help children whose socioeconomic status impacts their access to
professional oral care and adversely affects their oral health habits at home.
Examples of qualified oral health promotion programs include the following:
dental health education programs in conjunction with preventive programs such as
fluoride and dental sealant application programs; oral health and nutrition
education materials designed for parents, caregivers, and/or child care
professionals; dental health education conducted at schools, health fairs and
social service agencies, or via outreach programs; instruction in the proper use
of oral care products; and development of public service announcements to
increase awareness of, and appreciation for, proper childhood oral care.
The application deadline is 7/17/08.
More information is available online at www.ada.org/ada/adaf/grants/harris.asp
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Community Services (HHS/ACF/OCS)
The
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) program helps low-income
individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency. The purpose of the JOLI
program is to create jobs to be filled by low-income individuals. JOLI
applicants provide technical and/or financial assistance to private employers in
the community to assist them in creating employment and business opportunities
for individuals receiving TANF and other low-income individuals. In order
to create these sustainable employment and other opportunities, funded projects
should focus on the following three program strategies: (1) new business
ventures, (2) business expansion, and (3) self-employment/micro-enterprise
projects. A letter of Intent must be submitted by 5/22/08 and the
application deadline is 6/2/08. For
further information, visit the webs
Mattel
Domestic Grantmaking Program
Mattel and the Mattel Children's Foundation have announced they will continue
the Mattel Domestic Grantmaking Program, which provides funding for
organizations benefiting children in the United States.
Mattel's funding priorities include: programs that directly and
effectively impact children with demonstrated needs (physical, financial,
emotional, and health-related); preferences to programs with demonstrated
results; and organizations that use creative and innovative methods to address a
locally defined need directly impacting children. Preference will be given to
organizations or programs that align with Mattel's philanthropic priorities:
Learning -- Increasing access to education for underserved children and, in
particular, innovative strategies to promote and address literacy; Health --
Supporting the health and well-being of children, with particular emphasis on
promoting healthy, active lifestyles; and Girl Empowerment -- Promoting
self-esteem in young girls, up to age 12. The
grants Grants will range from $5,000 to $25,000 each for one fiscal year. Funds
may be applied to programs or general operating costs.
The application deadline is 7/15/08.
For more information, visit the website at www.mattel.com/about_us/philanthropy/ci_mcf_philanthropy_grantmaking.asp.
posted 10/01/07)
PUBLIC NOTICES
Texas Register, 9/28/07, p. 6469
Health and Human
Services Commission (HHSC)
HHSC proposes new rules relating to the establishment of a grant program for regional and local health care programs. This rule defines regional and local health care programs and provides for the competitive award of grants to support the initial establishment and operation of regional or local health care programs. These programs would improve the health of employees of small employers and their families by improving the employees' access to health care and by reducing the number of those employees who are uninsured. While not required by SB 10, rules are necessary to establish guidelines related to the application, selection, and evaluation processes for the grant program and to ensure that the grantmaking process is transparent for HHSC's stakeholders and prospective grantees. Fiscal note: no direct appropriations were made by the 80th Legislature for this purpose. If funding is identified, HHSC will implement the grant program. Written comments on the proposal may be submitted to Stacey Pogue, Senior Policy Analyst at P.O. Box 85200, MC H600, Austin, Texas 78751, by fax to (512) 491-1978 or by e-mail to stacey.pogue@hhsc.state.tx.us within 30 days of publication of this proposal in the Texas Register (published 09/28/07). A public hearing is scheduled for 10/03/07 at 10:00 a.m. in the HHSC Lone Star Conference Room, at 11209 Metric Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78758. Persons requiring further information, special assistance, or accommodations should contact Meisha Spencer at (512) 491-1453
(posted 9/17/07)
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Texas Register, 9/14/07, P. 6177
Texas Department of
Agriculture Request for Applications:
Texans Feeding Texans: Home-Delivered Meal
Grant Program
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) has funding for distribution, pursuant to the Texans Feeding Texans: Home-Delivered Meal Grant Program (HDMGP), to governmental agencies or qualifying non-profit organizations that deliver meals to homebound persons that are elderly and/or have a disability. TDA will begin accepting applications from eligible organizations 9/11/07. Applications are available on TDA's website at: www.tda.state.tx.us or upon request from TDA by calling (512) 475-1615. The postmark deadline for mailing of applications to TDA is 11/1/07. For further information, visit the TDA website: www.tda.state.tx.us, call Catherine Wright Steele at (512) 463-7700, or e-mail catherine.wright-steele@tda.state.tx.us
(posted 8/27/07)
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Texas Register, 8/24/07, p. 5499 T
exas Department of
Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) HOME Investment Partnerships Program CHDO
Notice of Funding Availability Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO)
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
TDHCA announces the availability of approximately $6,000,000 in funding from the HOME Investment Partnerships Program for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO) to develop affordable rental housing for low-income Texans. These funds are made available through unawarded and deobligated HOME funds that are set-aside for eligible CHDO rental housing development proposals which involve new construction, rehabilitation, acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing development activities. All funds released under this NOFA are to be used for the creation of affordable rental housing for low-income Texans earning 80 percent or less of the Area Median Family Income (AMFI). This NOFA will be an Open Application Cycle and funding will be available on a first-come, first-served statewide basis. Applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. 6/2/08, unless all funds are committed prior to this date. For questions regarding this NOFA contact Barbara Skinner at (512) 475-1643 or via e-mail at barbara.skinner@tdhca.state.tx.us or Skip Beaird at (512) 475-0908 or via e-mail at skip.beaird@tdhca.state.tx.us. To view the notice online, go to www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/sos/in-addition/in-addition.html#612.
Texas Register, 8/24/07, p. 5503 Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) HOME Investment Partnerships Program RHD Notice of Funding Availability Rental Housing Development (RHD) Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
TDHCA announces the availability of approximately $10,000,000 in funding from the HOME Investment Partnerships Program for the development of affordable rental housing for low-income Texans. These funds are made available through unawarded and deobligated HOME funds that are set-aside for rental housing development proposals which involve new construction, rehabilitation, acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing development activities. All funds released under this NOFA are to be used for the creation of affordable rental housing for low-income Texans earning 80 percent or less of the Area Median Family Income (AMFI). This NOFA will be an Open Application Cycle and funding will be available on a first-come, first-served Statewide basis. Applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. 6/2/08, unless all funds are committed prior to this date. For questions regarding this NOFA, contact Barbara Skinner at (512) 475-1643 or via e-mail at or Skip Beaird at (512) 475-0908 or via e-mail at skip.beaird@tdhca.state.tx.us. To view the notice online, go to www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/sos/in-addition/in-addition.html#612.
PUBLIC NOTICES
Texas Register, 8/24/07, p. 5360.
Health and Human
Service Commission (HHSC) State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
HHSC adopts the amendments and new rules without changes to the proposed text as published in the 7/6/07, issue of the Texas Register. The effective date is 9/1/07. To view the 8/24/07 notice online, go to www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/currview/0824adop.pdf. To view the 7/6/07 notice online, go to www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/July62007/PROPOSED/1.ADMINISTRATION.html#100. For further information, call (512) 424-6900.
(posted
8/14/07)
Public Welfare Foundation
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
The
Foundation's grantmaking supports strategic advocacy that aims to transform
public policy at the local, state and national levels. The
Foundation enables people to play leading roles in remedying the problems they
confront in their neighborhoods and communities. Grants
are made in the following program areas: Community Development, Criminal
Justice, Environment, Health, Human Rights and Global Security, Reproductive
Health and Sexual Health, Youth, and Civic Participation. Special
Opportunities grants support efforts that do not fit the foundation's funding
criteria in other areas but are identified as opportunities for the Foundation
to play an important role in establishing, enhancing or replicating effective
programs that primarily serve disadvantaged people. Organizations
within the
Visit
the web site for application instructions - www.publicwelfare.org/index_files/apply.htm.
For further information, call
(202) 965-1800 or e-mail reviewcommittee@publicwelfare.org
Texas Register, 8/3/07, page 4700.
The PUC proposes new rules, relating to One-Time
Bill Payment Assistance Program, and an amendment relating to Critical Care
Customers. The proposed new rule and amendment will define a one-time bill
payment assistance program for an eligible residential customer who has been
threatened with disconnection of electric service and who is or has in his/her
household a low-income person who is seriously ill or disabled and whose health
or safety may be injured by the disconnection.
The bill payment assistance program requires that funds be appropriated
from the system benefit fund by the Legislature. Funds were not appropriated for
this purpose for the 2008-09 biennium, thus the bill payment assistance program
will not immediately be available to customers. The PUC is conducting this
rulemaking proceeding so that the program may be implemented in the future
should funds be appropriated.
Comments on the proposed new section and
amendment may be submitted to the Filing Clerk, Public Utility Commission of
Texas,
Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband Grant Program
For further information, contact Kenneth Kuchno, Director, Broadband Division, Telecommunications Program, (202) 690-4673 or via e-mail to community.connect@usda.gov. The application/guide is available online at www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/commconnect.htm
PUBLIC
NOTICES
Home-Delivered Meal Grant Program
(excerpt
from the Texas Register, July 13,
2007, p. 4314)
Comments
on the proposal may be submitted to Brian Murray, Assistant Commissioner for
External Relations at the Texas Department of Agriculture,
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(posted
6/15/07) Funding Opportunities Nathan
Cummings Foundation Health Program Grants
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