Grant Watch: Week Ending in 7/26/2024
The Grant Plant routinely reviews funder websites and notices and is pleased to share some upcoming opportunities with you.
Redesigning School Accountability and Improvement, Deadline: August 9, 2024
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invites policy and research analyses that improve and/or reimagine federal and state approaches to accountability and school improvement, and that directly address one or more of the underlying research questions within the following three issue areas: 1) funding for school improvement; 2) supporting state and facilitating access to and knowledge of what works; and 3) identifying schools for improvement. We encourage proposals that may inform federal and state policies supporting school improvement efforts under ESSA, as well as those that may inform a future reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Redesigning School Accountability and Improvement – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2024 Affordable Rental Housing Project Utilizing Workforce Housing Trust Funds, Deadline: August 9, 2024 4PM MDT
The City’s Department of Health, Housing & Homelessness (HHH), will allocate up to $9,456,656 of local Workforce Housing Trust Funds (WHTF), including $1,100,000 from State of New Mexico Legislative Funding (Appropriation #I2699), towards the new construction or acquisition/rehabilitation and/or preservation of affordable mixed-income, multi-family rental housing development(s). Any development shall leverage the City’s contribution in accordance with the City’s Workforce Housing Ordinance, funding no more than 20% of the Total Development Cost of any one project, and provide that a minimum of 30% of all units are affordable to households at/or below 80% AMI. Proposed affordable housing development projects need to demonstrate the capacity to obtain additional project financing from available sources such as the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program, other HUD Programs, bank loans, etc.
Mobile Payments Solution for SNAP Authorized Farmers, Deadline: August 15, 2024
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers all USDA domestic nutrition assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP is the cornerstone of USDA’s nutrition assistance programs and is the largest program in the domestic hunger safety net. SNAP provides nutrition assistance benefits via an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card to millions of low-income people. These benefits help supplement household food budgets so recipients can purchase more healthy food. FNS is directly responsible for the authorization and oversight of retailers who accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. This is accomplished jointly by the Retailer Policy Division (RPD) within SNAP, and the Office of Retailer Operations and Compliance. Currently, approximately 260,000 retailers are authorized to accept SNAP. Thousands of direct marketing farmers and farmers’ markets (DMFs and FMs) apply for SNAP authorization each year. Since 2012, FNS has supported the participation of DMFs and FMs in their efforts to attract more SNAP customers. FNS has supported individual DMFs (and FMs on behalf of DMFs), which meet specific requirements, in procuring low- or no-cost wireless Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) point-of-sale (POS) devices through the SNAP EBT Equipment Program. FNS has also awarded grants to provide: a) an e-commerce platform that enables DMFs to accept SNAP benefits online (SNAP/Federal Nutrition Programs Participation Assistance for Farmers and Farmers’ Markets), and b) a SNAP Mobile Transaction Processing Application and card reader that enable a DMF to accept SNAP by using their own smartphone as a POS device (Mobile Application Cooperative Agreement, SNAP Farmers and Markets).
Mobile Payments Solution for SNAP Authorized Farmers | Food and Nutrition Service (usda.gov)
Route 66 Centennial Grant Program, Deadline: August 19, 2024
New Mexico will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of Route 66 in 2026 and will be participating in both national and statewide initiatives to celebrate the country’s “Mother Road”. Route 66 played a significant role in shaping the history and identity of numerous communities in the United States and in New Mexico. The Centennial Anniversary of Route 66 presents a unique occasion to recognize and honor the contributions of New Mexico’s diverse communities, businesses and individuals along the historic route. In preparation for the Centennial, the New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) will be offering a Route 66 Centennial grant program to allocate funding to support this initiative statewide.
Route 66 Centennial Grant Program (newmexico.org)
Aging & Long Term Services Financial Management Services RFP, Deadline: August 21, 2024
ALTSD is seeking an offeror(s) to provide Financial Management Services for New MexiCare programs as specified by ALTSD to include:
- Provider/Vendor/Contractor enrollment activities for reimbursement of the provision of services.
- Payroll services for program participants to include but not limited to, caregivers, authorized representatives, legal guardians, and vendors/contractors.
- Payments for Good & Services including issuance of reimbursement to eligible participants on a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and/or quarterly basis, pay all employment-related taxes for participants (employers) and caregivers (employees) as directed by the ALTSD.
- Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) portal for programs and services identified by ALTSD.
- Technical assistance and support to ALTSD, users of vendor’s enrollment, payroll and EVV functionality.
The resulting contract will result in a single award. This procurement will result in a contractual agreement between two parties; the procurement may ONLY be used by those two parties exclusively. This Contract will be effective for one year from date of award with the option to extend for an additional 3 years, on a year-by-year basis. This Contract shall not exceed 4 years.
Admin | NM Aging & Long-Term Services
National Park Foundation RFP, Deadline: August 22, 2024
The National Park Foundation (NPF) is excited to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a pilot grant program dedicated to expanding accessibility information, services, and tools at national park sites. The grants aims to improve visitor trip planning and elevate inclusive park experiences for visitors with disabilities. With up to one in four adults in the U.S. having some type of disability, millions of visitors to the 425+ national park sites are people with disabilities. The National Park Service (NPS) is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities have equal opportunity to benefit from park facilities, programs, services, and activities, whether indoors or outdoors. This NPF initiative represents a commitment to parks for everyone. Through this grant opportunity, NPF will fund accessibility projects that provide information for visitors, build community connections, expand trainings, and improve access to equipment. More details about criteria can be found in the RFP.
Accessibility-RFP_2024.pdf (nationalparks.org)
Environmental Justice Data Fund, Deadline: August 31, 2024
The Environmental Justice Data Fund (EJDF) is open for a second round of grantmaking. Created and seeded by Google.org and supported by a $4 million fund, EJDF aims to help historically underserved frontline communities that are disproportionately impacted by climate change and environmental injustice in the United States use data to address environmental hazards, with special attention to matters regarding air and water quality. The fund will help eligible organizations unlock resources, increase their access to federal infrastructure funding, and advocate for new policies that empower communities to address past environmental harm and pave the way to a more sustainable, climate-resilient future. The latest round of grantmaking was based on insights from the 2022 grantmaking cycle, which demonstrated a high need in the field to address environmental hazards, especially related to air and water quality. The fund remains dedicated to the principle that supporting data work will help advance justice and build power within local communities.
Environmental Justice Data Fund
CCCC Research Initiative, Deadline: September 1, 2024
The CCCC invites proposals for its Research Initiative, which seeks to advance the organization’s mission to advocate for broad and evolving definitions of literacy, communication, rhetoric, and writing (including multimodal discourse, digital communication, and diverse language practices) that emphasize the value of these activities to empower individuals and communities.Through the program, grants of up to $8,000 will be awarded to support proposals to investigate key challenges faced by literacy, communication, rhetoric, and writing instructors and administrators in their classrooms and programs. The initiative also asks recipients to address the impact their research might have on these conversations, conveying the implications of their work in at least two final products: one that is addressed to a scholarly audience of researchers and teachers in the field and one that is addressed to a specifically identified more public audience.
CCCC Research Initiative – Conference on College Composition and Communication (ncte.org)
Healthy Homes Production Grant Program, Deadline: September 3, 2024 11:59PM EST
The Healthy Homes Production Program (HHP) is part of HUD’s overall Healthy Homes Initiative launched in 1999. The program takes a comprehensive approach to addressing multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time. The program builds upon HUD’s successful Lead Hazard Control programs to expand the Department’s efforts to address a variety of high-priority environmental health and safety hazards.
Search Results Detail | Grants.gov
McCune Charitable Foundation, Deadline: September 15, 2024
The McCune Charitable Foundation is accepting online applications for community-based projects in the State of New Mexico related to their nine foundation priorities. Grants can be awarded to qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, federally-recognized Native American tribes, public schools, and governmental agencies. Grants cannot be made to individuals. The McCune Foundation supports community-based work in the State of NM that aligns with their nine Foundation Priorities and their corresponding Leverage Points. The best fit for funding are organizations that work collaboratively across priority areas to support community well-being and create long term impact.
Grant Eligibility | McCune Charitable Foundation (nmmccune.org)
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development, Deadline: December 5, 2024
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Education and Workforce Development (EWD) focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for the AFRI’s Education and Workforce Development program areas to support:
- professional development opportunities for K-14 educational professionals;
- non-formal education that cultivates food and agricultural interest in youth;
- workforce training at community, junior, and technical colleges;
- training of undergraduate students in research and extension;
- fellowships for predoctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars.
Search Results Detail | Grants.gov
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