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FY 2008 News on HUD's SuperNOFA and Other HUD NOFAs
Apr 21, 2008 -- The Housing Assistance Council in this notice gives information on the HUD SuperNOFA and other HUD NOFAs along with an update regarding Continuum of Care grant applications and a webcast training session on registration for the 2008 Continuum of Care competition.
Farm Bill Delay Could Mean People Go Hungry
Apr 21, 2008 -- National Public Radio article discusses how the House and Senate negotiators remain at odds over provisions in the farm bill, and the Bush administration and some legislators have vowed that the one-week extension of the current program will be the last granted.
HUD Deputy Secretary Bernardi, VA Secretary Peake and Mayor Bloomberg Announce HUD and VA to Provide Permanent Housing for an Estimated 10,000 Homeless Veterans
Apr 16, 2008 -- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi today announced $75 million to provide permanent supportive housing for an estimated 10,000 homeless veterans nationwide.
Life on the Street Getting Tougher for Young Runaways
Apr 10, 2008 -- KPIC, (OR) article tells how there are not always services available for runaway kids who are calling for help, particularly rural areas where resources for runaways are scarce.
Latest Child Maltreatment Data Released
Apr 8, 2008 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) today released “Child Maltreatment 2006,” an annual report that marks the start of National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Greene County, NC ~ Wireless and Way Ahead
Mar 28, 2008 -- Daily Yonder article tells how a rural county in eastern North Carolina invested in a community wireless internet system five years ago and already has lots to show for it: higher graduation rates and new businesses.
The Backroad Librarian: Fifteen Miles to Derby
Mar 26, 2008 -- Daily Yonder article reports that without public transportation, rural Americans with disabilities face a difficult choice: move to the city to get the services they need, or stay in their hometowns and try to get by.
Meet the New Boss...You!
Mar 20, 2008 -- Daily Yonder article tells how one growth area in rural employment over the past 30 years has been working for yourself, and if things continue as they have, by 2015 one out of every three wage workers in rural America will self-employed.
Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); Policy Requirements and General Section to HUD's FY2008 NOFAs for Discretionary Programs
Mar 19, 2008 -- This notice provides prospective applicants for HUD competitive funding with the opportunity to become familiar with the General Section of HUD's FY2008 NOFAs, in advance of publication of any FY2008 NOFAs.
New Report Provides Substance Use and Mental Health Information for Each State
Mar 7, 2008 -- A new report from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, providing analysis of substance use and mental health patterns occurring in each state, reveals that there are wide variations among the states in problems like illicit drug use and underage drinking, but that no state was immune from these problems.
Rural Housing Service, USDA; Multi-Family Housing, Single Family Housing Grants and Loans
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants and loans for a broad range of programs that support housing, and assisted housing.
Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding that provides communities with a source of financing for economic development, housing rehabilitation, public facilities, and large-scale physical development projects.
U.S. Bancorp Foundation Grants
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Support for the creation of economic opportunity through grants to organizations that provide affordable housing, encourage self-sufficiency, and assist economic development.
Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment in Adult Criminal Justice Populations
Application deadline: May 2, 2008
Funding to address gaps in substance abuse treatment services for adult individuals involved with the criminal justice system.
Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery Program-Priority to Veterans
Application deadline: May 8, 2008
Funding to support local implementation and Statewide expansion of trauma-integrated jail diversion programs to reach the growing number of individuals with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma related disorders involved in the justice system.
Circles of Care IV: Infrastructure Development for Children’s Mental Health Systems in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
Application deadline: May 9, 2008
Funding to provide tribal and urban Indian communities with tools and resources to plan and design a holistic, community-based system of care to support mental health and wellness for their children, youth, and families.
Rural Housing Service (RHS): Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Program for New Construction in Fiscal Year 2008
Application deadline: May 12, 2008
Loans to provide rental or cooperative housing and related facilities in rural areas for low income persons or families, including elderly persons and persons with disabilities.
Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants for Off-Farm Housing for Fiscal Year 2008
Application deadline: May 12, 2008
Grants for new construction, acquisition and rehabilitation of off-farm units for farmworker households and rental assistance.
Section 514, 515, and 516 Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Demonstration Program (MPR) for Fiscal Year 2008
Application deadline: May 12, 2008
A demonstration program to preserve and revitalize existing rural rental housing.
Urban and Non-Urban Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program
Application deadline: May 14, 2008
Funding to provide job training, counseling, and placement services (including job readiness and literacy and skills training) to expedite the reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force.
Projects With Industry Program
Application deadline: May 27, 2008
Grant to create and expand job and career opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
Development of Comprehensive Drug/Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment Systems for Persons Who Are Homeless
Application deadline: May 29, 2008
Grants to enable communities to expand and strengthen their treatment services for homeless individuals with substance abuse disorders, mental illness, or with co-occurring substance abuse disorders and mental illness.
SAMHSA Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants
Application deadline: May 30, 2008
Funding for disseminating knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and integrating that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Community-Based Abstinence Education Project Grants (CBAE)
Application deadline: Jun 2, 2008
Competitive grants to provide abstinence education to adolescents.
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) Program
Letter of Intent (Optional): May 22, 2008
Application deadline: Jun 2, 2008
Grants to provide technical and financial assistance to private employers in the community to assist them in creating employment and business opportunities for individuals receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and for low-income individuals.
Cooperative Agreements for Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health (LAUNCH)
Application deadline: Jun 12, 2008
The purpose of Project LAUNCH is to promote the wellness of young children, birth to 8 years of age.
Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy in Community Colleges
Application deadline: Jun 16, 2008
Funding to develop and assess various ways to reduce unplanned pregnancy among community college students.
HOPE VI Revitalization Grants Program
Application deadline: Jun 20, 2008
Grants to assist public housing authorities (PHAs) to build sustainable communities by improving the living environment for public housing residents, revitalize housing sites, and provide housing.
Community Economic Development Program Operational Projects
Letter of Intent (Optional): May 22, 2008
Application deadline: Jun 25, 2008
Grants to provide technical and financial assistance for community economic development activities designed to address the economic needs of low-income individuals and families through the creation of employment and business opportunities.
2008 Mary Kay Ash Shelter Grant Program
Application deadline: Jun 30, 2008
Grants to women's shelters for victims of domestic violence.
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
Application deadline: Jun 30, 2008
Funding to support and empower communities that are working on local solutions to local environmental and/or public health issues.
Local Initiative Funding Partners Program 2009
Application deadline: Jul 8, 2008
Funding for promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities.
Mattel Foundation Domestic Grants Program
Application deadline: Jul 15, 2008
Grants to charitable organizations to help children in need by funding new and existing programs.
Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health Dentistry Grant Program
Application deadline: Jul 17, 2008
Grants for oral health promotion programs designed to improve and maintain children's oral health through community education programs.
Section 538 Multi-Family Housing Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP)--Demonstration Program for Fiscal Year 2008
Application deadline: Sep 29, 2008
The Demonstration Program's purpose is to test the viability and efficacy of the concept of a continuous loan note guarantee through the construction and permanent loan financing phases of a project.
Family and Informal Caregiver Support Program
Letter of Intent (Required): Jun 12, 2008
Application deadline: Oct 7, 2008
Funding to increase support for family and informal caregivers who assist older adults living in the community.
Building Leaderful Organizations; Succession Planning for Nonprofits
Presents emergency succession planning tools, guidance for executive directors on how and when to depart an organization, and suggestions for board members on how to be proactive in assuring that an organization is sustainable over time.
Organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Date: 2008
Hired Farmworkers a Major Input For Some U.S. Farm Sectors
Summarizes what is known about farmworkers’ immigration status, housing, and other factors.
Organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 04 / 2008
Journal: Amber Waves
Making Transportation More Affordable for Older Adults
Discusses how reduced senior fares and other transportation discounts can lower work-related travel costs for older adults and encourage them to use public transit.
Organization: Community Transportation Association of America
Date: 01 / 2008
Mortgage Lending in Rural Communities
Identifies the current characteristics of home mortgage lending in rural America.
Organization: Housing Assistance Council
Date: 03 / 2008
North Dakota Participants in the Federal Food Stamp Program: Fiscal Years 2002 to 2007
Offers data, maps, and graphs on the average monthly participation in the federal Food Stamp Program along with the average monthly benefit per participant.
Organization: North Dakota State Data Center
Date: 03 / 2008
Oral Health Promotion, Prevention, & Treatment Strategies for Head Start Families: Early Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation, Volume I: Final Interim Report
Describes the early implementation experiences of the Oral Health Initiative grantees.
Organization: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Date: 09 / 2007
Oral Health Promotion, Prevention, & Treatment Strategies for Head Start Families: Early Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation, Volume II: Site Profiles
Discusses the sites selected to participate in the Oral Health Initiative.
Organization: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Date: 09 / 2007
Second Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
Second of a series on homelessness in America. Provides data on the number, characteristics, and patterns of shelter use among homeless persons in urban, suburban and rural environments.
Organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Date: 03 / 2008
Self-Directed Care Guidebook: Developing Your Program
Offers ideas in developing and implementing self-directed care in aging services. Designed to lay out the elements of a successful model employed in multiple geographic locales in Georgia.
Organization: Georgia Department of Human Resources
Strategies for Transportation Providers
Discusses the types of transportation challenges faced by older workers and outlines several strategies that transportation providers can adopt.
Organization: Community Transportation Association of America
Date: 01 / 2008
Youth Employment Transportation Briefs
A compilation of documents on youth employment transportation barriers, initiatives, funding and success stories.
Organization: Community Transportation Association of America
Date: 2008
Caregiving
Provides information on resources, caregiving costs, and finding support.
Organization: AARP
Caregiving Across the States: A State-by-State Resource
Information on publicly-funded caregiver support programs in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Organization: Family Caregiver Alliance
Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver’s Choice
Brings mentoring programs and children with incarcerated parents together to facilitate quality new mentoring relationships.
Organization: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership
National Indian Country Methamphetamine Initiative
A national advertisement campaign against methamphetamine in Indian Country.
Organization: National Congress of American Indians
Resource Alert: Emergency Preparedness
Identifies resources in assisting human service and transportation professionals as they develop plans to address the needs of their customers in the event of an emergency.
Organization: Community Transportation Association of America
Supporting Rural Family Caregivers: Satellite Broadcast Resource List
From the March 19, 2008 satellite broadcast. Contains links to electronic resources for both caregivers and professionals developed by a variety of organizations including federal, national, state, and local agencies.
Organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
| Apr 24, 2008 | GovBenefits.gov 6th Anniversary Webcast |
| Apr 28 - 30, 2008 | 2008 National Oral Health Conference |
| Apr 30 - May 2, 2008 | 2008 Annual Meeting - Shaping the Future through Leadership and Advocacy! |
| May 2 - 4, 2008 | 1st Annual ACF "First Hand" Educational Tour |
| May 7 - 9, 2008 | 2008 National Farmworker Health Conference |
| May 7 - 9, 2008 | 31st Annual Colorado Rural Hospital Conference |
| May 7 - 10, 2008 | 2008 Annual NRHA Conference |
| May 8, 2008 | Rural Health Care Program Outreach Conference Call |
| May 12 - 14, 2008 | Economic Development Regional Conference |
| May 13 - 14, 2008 | 2008 Kansas Conference on Poverty |
| May 14 - 16, 2008 | Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Cultural Competence- Unique Challenges and Critical Opportunities |
| May 16 - 18, 2008 | Thriving Rural Schools in Challenging Circumstances |
| May 19 - 20, 2008 | 29th Annual Governor’s Conference on Aging |
| May 19 - 20, 2008 | Effective Programs to Treat Depression in Older Adults |
| May 20, 2008 | Association for Enterprise Opportunity First Annual Rural Summit |
| May 21 - 23, 2008 | Rural and Frontier EMS Summit at the Lake |
| May 27 - 28, 2008 | Grant Writing Workshop for Appalachian Ohio |
| May 27 - 30, 2008 | SAS Training Series |
| May 28 - Jun 1, 2008 | National MultiCultural Institute Spring 2008 Leadership Development Conference |
| May 29 - 30, 2008 | Grant Writing Workshop for Appalachian Ohio |
| May 29 - 30, 2008 | White House Conference on Faith Based and Community Initiatives: Conference on Disaster Relief and Preparedness |
| Jun 1 - 6, 2008 | Community Transportation EXPO 2008 |
| Jun 11 - 13, 2008 | Florida Rural Health Association's Annual Meeting |
| Jun 12 - 13, 2008 | 18th Annual Bar Harbor Rural Geriatric Conference: Where Policy Meets Practice |
| Jun 16 - 18, 2008 | 2008 Southern Regional Rural Health Care Conference |
| Jun 17, 2008 | Evaluation 101 for Funders and New Evaluators |
| Jun 17 - 19, 2008 | Meeting of the Delta Leadership Institute |
| Jun 18 - 19, 2008 | 16th Annual Pennsylvania Rural Health Conference |
| Jun 18 - 20, 2008 | 17th Annual Colorado Rural Health Conference |
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