Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Description: Through funding of national organizations with expertise in rural housing and community development, the Rural Capacity Building program enhances the capacity and ability of local governments, Indian tribes, housing development organizations, rural CDCs, and CHDOs, to carry out community development and affordable housing activities that benefit low- and moderate-income families and persons in rural areas. Synopsis: Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5700-N-20 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Posted Date: Jun 24, 2013 Creation Date: Jun 24, 2013 Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 25, 2013 Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 25, 2013 Archive Date: Aug 25, 2013 Funding Instrument Type: Grant Category of Funding Activity: Housing Category Explanation: Expected Number of Awards: Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,738,470 Award Ceiling: Award Floor: $500,000 CFDA Number(s): 14.265 -- Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No Link for additional information: Download Application and Instructions web page using CFDA Number ONLY. If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Applicants may call Tasleem Albaari at 202-402-7346 (this is not a toll-free number). Program Contact Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant Program Description: Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are expected to achieve the following three core goals: 1. Housing: Replace distressed public and assisted housing with high-quality mixed-income housing that is well-managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhood; 2. People: Improve educational outcomes and intergenerational mobility for youth with services and supports delivered directly to youth and their families; and 3. Neighborhood: Create the conditions necessary for public and private reinvestment in distressed neighborhoods to offer the kinds of amenities and assets, including safety, good schools, and commercial activity, that are important to families’ choices about their community. To achieve these core goals, communities must develop and implement a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy, or Transformation Plan. Synopsis: Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5700-N-25 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Posted Date: May 30, 2013 Creation Date: May 30, 2013 Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 10, 2013 Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 10, 2013 Archive Date: Sep 20, 2013 Funding Instrument Type: Grant Category of Funding Activity: Community Development Housing Category Explanation: Expected Number of Awards: 4 Estimated Total Program Funding: $109,000,000 Award Ceiling: $30,000,000 Award Floor: CFDA Number(s): 14.889 -- Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes Link for additional information: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2013-ACF-OCS-EE-0583 If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: If you have a question or need a clarification, you may send an e-mail message. For questions or clarification send an email to ChoiceNeighborhoods@hud.gov. Transformation Initiative: Rental Assistance Demonstration Small Research Grant Program Description: To support research projects that will produce policy-relevant new knowledge about the implementation and results of HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), which allows proven financing tools to be applied to at-risk public and other HUD-assisted rental housing. Synopsis: Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5600-N-42 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Posted Date: May 22, 2013 Creation Date: May 22, 2013 Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 08, 2013 Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 08, 2013 Archive Date: Jul 20, 2013 Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Housing Category Explanation: Expected Number of Awards: 1 Estimated Total Program Funding: $400,000 Award Ceiling: $400,000 Award Floor: CFDA Number(s): 14.535 -- Transformation Initiataive: Rental Assistance Demonstration Small Research Grant Program Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No Link for additional information: Download Application and Instructions web page using CFDA Number ONLY. If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Elizabeth Rudd at (202) 402-7607 or Paul Joice at (202) 402-4608 For questions or clarification call one of the individuals listed in Agency Contact. U.S. Paralympics Integrated Adaptive Sports Program Description: The U.S. Paralympics Integrated Adaptive Sports Program Grant Program considers grant applications to provide adaptive sport programs to: (1) Promote lifelong health of disabled Veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces through regular participation in physical activity and sports. (2) Enhance recreational activities provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs by promoting disabled sports from local through elite levels and by creating partnerships among organizations specializing in supporting, training, and promoting programs for disabled Veterans. (3) Provide training and support to national and local organizations to provide Paralympic sports training to disabled Veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces in their own communities. (4) Provide support to United States Paralympics, to increase participation of disabled Veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces in sports. Those eligible to participate in the grant include Paralympic Sport Clubs, colleges/ universities, Parks and Recreation Agencies, Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) and community-based non-profit organizations. Additionally, these organizations must also: 1. Serve disabled Veterans or disabled members of the Armed Forces or both. 2. Provide regular, frequent activity over an extended period of time (weeks or months). One-time events will not be funded unless the event serves as a launching or focal point for ongoing Paralympic or non-Paralympic sport programming. 3. Be designed for long-term sustainability. 4. Have specific objectives and measurable outcomes for participation, community involvement, outreach, skill progress and/or other factors Synopsis: Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: 2013-PP-001 Opportunity Category: Earmark Posted Date: Apr 05, 2013 Creation Date: Apr 05, 2013 Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 31, 2013 The closing date for the USOC submission of the FY2013 U.S. Paralympics Integrated Adaptive Sports Program grant is July 2013; however, grant assessment and development processes may occur through 30 September 2013. Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 31, 2013 The closing date for the USOC submission of the FY2013 U.S. Paralympics Integrated Adaptive Sports Program grant is July 2013; however, grant assessment and development processes may occur through 30 September 2013. Archive Date: Sep 30, 2013 Funding Instrument Type: Grant Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) Category Explanation: The U.S. Paralympics Integrated Adaptive Sports Program grant is designated for the U.S. Olympic Committee as specified in 38 U.S.C. § 521A; however, the USOC is authorized to award subgrants to applicable national, regional and community-based entities. Expected Number of Awards: 1 Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,500,000 Award Ceiling: $7,500,000 Award Floor: CFDA Number(s): 64.034 -- VA Assistance to United States Paralympic Integrated Adaptive Sports Program Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No Link for additional information: click here If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Michael Welch Paralympic Program Specialist Phone 202-632-7136 VA Office of National Veterans Sports Programs & Special Events Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging (P30) Description: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Research and Development Center (P30) grant applications in the areas of demography and economics of aging, including relevant interdisciplinary areas rooted in population-based social science research. Center grant applications must include two mandatory Cores and may choose among four optional Cores. Synopsis: Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AG-14-005 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Posted Date: Jun 25, 2013 Creation Date: Jun 25, 2013 Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 26, 2013 Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 26, 2013 Archive Date: Oct 27, 2013 Funding Instrument Type: Grant Category of Funding Activity: Health Category Explanation: Expected Number of Awards: Estimated Total Program Funding: $6,700,000 Award Ceiling: Award Floor: CFDA Number(s): 93.866 -- Aging Research Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No Link for additional information: click here If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: NIH OER Webmaster FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the NIH OER Webmaster Sexual Safety in Women’s Institutions Description: The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for an 18-month period to begin no later than September 15, 2013. Work under this cooperative agreement will involve the development and piloting of a blended-learning curriculum, which could include the use of virtual instructor-led training (VILT), to address the safety of women inmates within correctional institutions. The audience for this curriculum represents correctional staff, volunteers, contractors, community stakeholders who work within women’s correctional institutions, and community residential facilities. This project will be a collaborative venture with the NIC Community Services Division. Synopsis: Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: 13CS10 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Posted Date: Jun 21, 2013 Creation Date: Jun 21, 2013 Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 16, 2013 Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 16, 2013 Archive Date: Aug 15, 2013 Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) Category Explanation: Sexual Safety in Women’s Institutions Expected Number of Awards: 1 Estimated Total Program Funding: Award Ceiling: $80,000 Award Floor: CFDA Number(s): 16.601 -- Corrections_Training and Staff Development Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No Link for additional information: click here If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Melanie Simms Administrative Officer Phone 202-353-0484 Technical Core Competencies for Corrections Learning and Performance Description: The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for a 12-month period to begin no later than September 15, 2013. Work under this cooperative agreement will involve the development of a core competency model and a corresponding complement of competency assessment tools. The model will identify the core competencies both of learners in a corrections agency and corrections learning and performance staff. NIC will use the model and assessment tools to assess its current learning catalog and to conduct ongoing needs analysis regarding learning and performance in corrections via the data it collects from the assessment tool. Corrections professionals will use the model and assessment tools as a skills gap analysis, professional development tool, and human resource management tool that will assist them with staff selection and retention, performance management, and succession management. Synopsis: Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: 13AC09 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Posted Date: Jun 21, 2013 Creation Date: Jun 21, 2013 Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 19, 2013 Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 19, 2013 Archive Date: Aug 18, 2013 Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) Category Explanation: Core Competencies for Corrections Learning and Performance Expected Number of Awards: 1 Estimated Total Program Funding: Award Ceiling: $100,000 Award Floor: CFDA Number(s): 16.603 -- Corrections_Technical Assistance/Clearinghouse Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No Link for additional information: click here If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Melanie Simms Administrative Officer Phone 202-353-0484 Technical   Washington, D.C. 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