HOPE VI Grants
Agency: Office of Public and Indian Housing, HUD Deadline: June 3, 2003 Amount: $40 million Activities: Supports grants to assist public housing authorities demolish severely distressed public housing, relocate and provide supportive services to residents Visit: http://www.hud.gov/hopevi
Domestic Violence Grants
Agency: Administration for Children and Families, HHS Deadline: May 15, 2003 Activities: Supports activities to promote domestic violence intervention, housing and related assistance, prevention and to increase public awareness of domestic violence issues. Contact: William D. Riley (202) 401-5529, Visit: www.hhs.gov Civil Legal Service Grants
Agency: Legal Service Corporation Deadline: Varies (earliest April 23, 2003) Activities: Supports provision of civil legal services to low-income people in selected states. Contact: competitionlsc.gov, Visit: www.ain.lsc.gov.Transportation Grants
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, DOT Deadline: Not listed Amount: $2.6 billion Activities: Provides credit assistance in the form of secured loans, lines of credit, loan guarantees to public and private sponsors of eligible surface transportation projects. Contact: Duane Callender, (202) 366-9644; Visit: http://tifia.fhwa.dot.gov. Rural Housing Service Rule
Agency: Rural Housing Service, USDA Deadline: June 16, 2003 Activities: Extension of deadline soliciting public comment on proposed rule on information collection for loan program Contact: Robert E. Keyes, Senior Loan Specialist, (202) 720-1452; or robert.keyesusda.gov. Visit: www.usda.govNational Senior Companion Grants
Agency: Corporation for National & Community Service, Deadline: June 6, 2003 Amount: up to $210,000 Activities: Supports Senior Companion projects in geographic areas that do not fall within approved service areas of current Corporation-funded Senior Companion projects Contact: Peter Boynton at (202) 606-5000 ext. 554, or pboyntoncns.gov. Visit: http://www.cns.govSpecial Education TA Grants
Agency: Office of Special Education, D Ed Deadline: June 2, 2003 Amount: $7 million Activities: Supports resources for building capacity to improve early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results for children with disabilities and their families. Visit: http://e-grants.ed.gov
Community Oriented Policing Grants
Agency: Office of Community Oriented Policing, DOJ Deadline: May 30, 2003 Activities: Supports community policing either for general or specialized training for innovative approaches. Visit: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov Farm and Migrant Worker Housing Grants
Agency: Employment Training Administration, DOL Deadline: May 16, 2003 Amount: $72 million Activities: Supports jobs and housing programs for migrant and seasonal farmworkers Contact: Serena Boyd (202) 693-3301 Visit: http://wdsc.doleta.gov. Faith based and General Job Training Grants
Agency: Center for Faithbased Initiatives, DOL Deadline: May 9, 2003 Amount: $3.75 million Activities: Supports community and grassroots faithbased and intermediary faithbased groups to work with the One- Stop Career Center/Workforce Development System to help people find, retain, and advance in employment. Visit: http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/funding.htm Community Kitchen Grants
Agency: Altria Group Inc. (formerly Philip Morris, Kraft, etc.) Deadline: May 2, 2003 Amount: up to $50,000 Activities: Supports programs community kitchen programs providing job training program for unemployed or low-income individuals in a community-based shelter and/or meal program that provides meals to various vulnerable populations including homeless, people living with HIV/AIDS, survivors of domestic violence, and elderly, Visit: www.altria.com/responsibility Girls Sports Grants
Agency: Women's Sports Foundtion Deadline: May 30, 2003 Amount: $150,000 Activities: Supports girls' sports programs in schools, clubs, and other recreational organizations Visit: www.womenssportfoundation.org Health Grants
Agency: The Robert Wood Johnson Deadline: June 15, 2003 Amount: $100,000 -$500,000 Activities: Supports partnerships between the foundation and local funders in support of innovative, community-based projects that improve health and health care for underserved and at-risk populations. Visit: http://rwjf.org/index.jsp HOME and CHDO TA
Agency: HUD Amount: $12 million (HOME) including $6 million CHDO TA Deadline: Depends on the upcoming SuperNOFA Activities: Supports technical assistance to community based organizations Contact: Erica Lindquist 202 289 9020 ext 135 Visit: http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm . CDFI Rule
Agency: Community Development Financial Institutions, Treasury Deadline: June 16, 2003
Activities: Soliciting public comments on whether Financial Assistance information collection requirements for the CDFI Fund creates undue burden. Visit: www.cdfifund.gov Tax Exempt Financing
Agency: Community Development Funding Activities: Supports nonprofit organizations seeking to build new facilities with construction and permanent financing via tax-exempt bonds. Contact: Jamie Badgley at 510-841-4822 or jbdadgleycdfunding.com. Visit: www.cdfunding.comOMB Reporting Rule
Agency: Office of Management and Budget's Office Deadline: June 9, 2003 Activities: Soliciting public comment for unifying information requirements for all federal grant applications and consolidation of financial reporting forms for Federal Financial Management (OFFM). Visit: http://www.ombwatch.org/article/archive/149/ NCCED NOTICE
Congress did not appropriate FY 2003 funds until February 2003. To meet their deadlines, many federal agencies are announcing very short turn-around times from announcement of funds to due dates. Please plan your proposal writing accordingly. To Become a Member of the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED) go to [ www.ncced.org ] and click on "Membership"
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