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Grant Opportunities
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Transportation Infrastructure
Infrastructure and Housing
Energy
Independence
Education
Health
Care
Relief
for Pennsylvanians
Transportation
Electrification
Funding Available:
$378 million nationally
Application Deadline:
May 13, 2009 (updated 03/19/2009)
Who is Eligible:
Unrestricted
How to Apply:
Apply
here
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Capital Assistance for High
Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger
Rail Service and Capital Grants to the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Funding Available:
$9.3 billion nationwide - $1.3 billion to
Amtrak
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
Funding will be allocated through a
competitive discretionary grant process.
Then the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
has 60 days from Feb. 17, 2009 to develop a
strategic plan outlining how the funding is
to be distributed.
Within 120 days of Feb. 17,
2009 the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
will issue interim guidance covering:
• High speed rail corridor program
• Capital assistance for intercity passenger
rail service grants
• Congestion grants
How to Apply:
TBD
Contact:
James Ritzman, P.E., PA Department of
Transportation - Deputy Secretary for
Planning
717-787-3154
jritzman@state.pa.us
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Weatherization Assistance Program
Funding Available:
$250 million to be distributed by the PA
Department of Community and Economic
Development (DCED)
Funds must be expended within two fiscal
years (FFY2009 and 2010)
Application Deadline:
Weatherization State Plan submitted to the U.S.
Department of Energy on May 12, 2009.
Learn
more
Who is Eligible:
States, which in turn make grants to public
and private nonprofit entities.
How to Apply:
TBD
Contact:
Karl A. Kimmel, Weatherization Unit - Chief
717-787-1984
Water Infrastructure
Funding Available:
$65 million for PA Drinking Water and $155
million for Wastewater
Application Deadline:
May 18, 2009
Who is Eligible:
Owners or operators of drinking water systems
How to Apply:
Apply
here
Contact:
Paul K. Marchetti, Pennsylvania
Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST)
- Executive Director
22 S. Third Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
717-783-4496 (phone)
717-787-0804 (FAX)
Toll Free: 1-877-787-8137
pmarchetti@state.pa.us
www.pennvest.state.pa.us
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Funding Available:
Estimated $58.8 million to Pennsylvania;
$12.4 million to DCED; $248,698 will be used
by DCED for administrative costs;
$10,569,320 to “state entitlement
communities” on a formula basis under state
Act 179; $1,616,903 available on a
competitive basis to other communities;
$46.4 million will be awarded by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) directly to “federal entitlement
communities” and will not be administered by
DCED.
Application Deadline:
None
Who is Eligible:
Local governments
Additional criteria may be forthcoming from
HUD.
How to Apply:
Application from eligible local governments
will be accepted by DCED once HUD announces
program criteria. Projects that can
have competitively-bid contracts awarded
within 120 days from the date funds are made
available will have priority. DCED
also gives priority for the $1,616,903 in
the competitive process to serious water and
sewer problems.
Contact:
Ed Geiger, Center for Community Development
DCED - Director
717-720-7407
egeiger@state.pa.us
Distance Learning, Telemedicine and
Broadband Program
Funding Available:
$2.5 billion nationwide for broadband
infrastructure deployment and technical
assistance.
Application Deadline:
Three funding rounds expected:
Round 1: June 2009
Round 2: 3-4 months following Round 1
Round 3: 3-4 months following Round 2
Who is Eligible:
Rural areas with no broadband service. No area of a project
funded with amounts made available under
this program may receive funding to provide
broadband service under the Broadband
Technology Opportunities Program
How to Apply:
TBD
Contact:
Rosa Lara, Office of Administration
717-214-7949
rlara@state.pa.us
Broadband Technology Opportunity Program
(BTOP) grants
All grants are competitive and controlled by
Department of Commerce, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA)
Funding Available:
$4.7 billion nationally. Of these
funds:
• $250 million will be available for
innovative programs that encourage
sustainable adoption of broadband services;
• at least $200 million will be available to
upgrade technology and capacity at public
computing centers, including community
colleges and public libraries;
• up to $350 million of the BTOP funding is
designated for the development and
maintenance of statewide broadband inventory
maps.
There is still time to offer input on how to
use these funds. Three public meetings
are scheduled between now and Wednesday,
June 3. Written comments may be
submitted, as well.
Learn
more
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
• State or political subdivision
• Nonprofit foundation, corporation,
institution, or association
• Any other entity, including a broadband
service or infrastructure provider that the
Assistant Secretary finds by rule to be in
the public interest.
To be used to establish a BTOP for awards to
eligible entities to develop and expand
broadband services to unserved and
underserved areas and improve access to broadband by public safety
agencies.
How to Apply:
Awaiting guidance from NTIA, expected early
June 2009
Contact:
NTIA
Distance Learning, Telemedicine and
Broadband Grant and Loan
Program
Funding Available:
$2.5 billion nationally for the cost of
broadband loans and loan guarantees, as
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act
of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) and for
grants (including for technical assistance)
Application Deadline:
TBD – awaiting publication of Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA) and release of
guidelines and application
Who is Eligible:
Any area of the United States where at least
75 percent of the area served is rural
without sufficient access to high speed
broadband service to facilitate rural
economic development, as determined by the
Secretary of Agriculture.
How to Apply:
Awaiting guidance from the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS), expected early June 2009
Contact:
RUS
Broadband Technology Opportunities
Program
Funding Available:
$4.7 billion nationwide, at least one award
per state.
Application Deadline:
Three funding rounds expected:
Round 1: April-June 2009
Round 2: October-December 2009
Round 3: April-June 2010
Who is Eligible:
State or political subdivision, Nonprofit
foundation, corporation, institution, or
association. Any other entity, including a
broadband service or infrastructure provider
that the Assistant Secretary finds by rule
to be in the public interest.
How to Apply:
More information expected by early June
2009. Will be holding three town hall
meetings beforehand.
Contact:
Rosa Lara, Office of Administration
717-214-7949
rlara@state.pa.us
Tax Credit Assistance Program
Funding Available:
Approximately $95 million
Application Deadline:
Awaiting guidance from HUD, expect to know
before the end of May.
Who is Eligible:
• General, senior or special needs occupancy
properties for persons at or below 60% of
median income, with at least half of the
units available to persons at or below 50%
of median income
• New construction
• Substantial rehabilitation of existing
structures
• Historic rehabilitation
• Preservation of existing housing
• Contain significant “green” and/or energy
efficient components
• Contain units accessible for person with
mobility or hearing/vision impairment
• Housing types include townhouse, multiple
story, garden style walk-ups and single
family detached rental
• Properties are located throughout
Pennsylvania with funds allocated
based on regional distribution.
• Project owners who received (or will
receive) an allocation of federal low income
housing tax credits in federal fiscal years
2007, 2008 and 2009.
How to Apply:
Contact PHFA
Contact:
Holly Glauser-Abel, PHFA - Director of
Development
717-780-3994
hglauser@phfa.org
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Exchange
Program
Funding Available:
Approximately $197 million
Application Deadline:
Applications will be accepted starting June
1, 2009.
Who is Eligible:
• General, senior or special needs occupancy
properties for persons at or below 60% of
median income, with at least half of the
units available to persons at or below 50%
of median income
• New construction
• Substantial rehabilitation of existing
structures
• Historic rehabilitation
• Preservation of existing housing
• Contain significant “green” and/or energy
efficient components
• Contain units accessible for person with
mobility or hearing/vision impairment
• Housing types include townhouse, multiple
story, garden style walk-ups and single
family detached rental
• Properties are located throughout the
state with funds to be allocated
based on regional distribution.
• Project owners who received (or will
receive) an allocation of federal low income
housing tax credits in federal fiscal years
2007, 2008 and 2009.
How to Apply:
PA Housing Finance Agency Seeks Comment on
Implementation Plan for Low Income Housing
Tax Credits.
View plan.
Comment.
Contact:
Holly Glauser-Abel, Contact PHFA - Director
of Development
717-780-3994
hglauser@phfa.org
Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing
Program (HPRP)
Funding Available:
Estimated $90 million to Pennsylvania,
$24,411,484 of which goes to DCED.
After incorporating public comment,
Pennsylvania submitted its plan to provide
struggling families with stable housing with
$23.4 million from the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act.
Learn more.
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
Local Governments and nonprofit
organizations to be used for short-term or
medium-term rental assistance; housing
relocation, housing search, mediation or
outreach to property owners, credit repair,
security or utility deposits, utility
payments, rental assistance for a final
month at a location, moving cost assistance,
and case management; other appropriate
activities for homelessness prevention and
rapid rehousing of persons who have become
homeless. Grantees must spend at
least 60 percent of funds within two years,
and 100 percent within three years
How to Apply:
Will have this information by early May
Contact:
Ed Geiger, Center for Community Development
DCED - Director
717-720-7407
egeiger@state.pa.us
Neighborhood Stabilization (NSP)
Funding Available:
$60 million statewide
Application Deadline:
Passed. Contracts are currently under
review. Funding will be awarded after
a state appropriation is passed by the
General Assembly
Who is Eligible:
Local governments and nonprofit
organizations for financing mechanisms for
purchase and redevelopment of foreclosed
upon homes and residential properties;
purchase and rehabilitate homes and
residential properties that have been
abandoned or foreclosed upon, in order to
sell, rent, or redevelop such homes and
properties; land banks for homes and
residential properties that have been
foreclosed upon; demolition of blighted
structures; redevelopment of demolished or
vacant properties for housing.
How to Apply:
Go to
www.newpa.com
Contact:
Ed Geiger, Center for Community Development
DCED - Director
717-720-7407
egeiger@state.pa.us
Firefighter Assistance Grants
Funding Available:
$210 million for firefighter assistance
grants provided for modifying, upgrading or
constructing non-federal fire stations.
No grant shall exceed $15 million.
Application Deadline:
05/20/2009 - Assistance to Firefighter
Grants
Summer 2009 - Staffing for Adequate Fire and
Emergency Response Grants
Fall 2009 - Fire Prevention and Safety
Grants
Who is Eligible:
Individual fire companies and
municipalities.
How to Apply:
Apply
here
Contact:
FEMA
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National Clean Diesel
Funding Assistance Program
Funding Available:
$30 million nationally
Application Deadline:
April 28, 2009
Who is Eligible:
Regional, state, local tribal or port
agencies with transportation or air
quality jurisdiction; non-profit
organizations or institutions; and
entities that promote transportation or air
quality
How to Apply:
Apply
here
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Advanced Batter Loans and
Grants
Funding Available:
$2 billion nationally
Application Deadline:
May 19, 2009
Who is Eligible:
Unrestricted
How to Apply:
Apply directly to the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE)
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Alternative Fueled Vehicles
Funding Available:
$300 million nationally
Application Deadline:
May 29, 2009 (First round)
September 30, 2009 (Second round)
Who is Eligible:
State and local governments and metropolitan
transportation agencies
How to Apply:
Apply directly to the DOE
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Clean Renewable Energy
Bonds
Funding Available:
$1.6 billion
Application Deadline:
December 31, 2010
Who is Eligible:
State and local governments and electric
cooperatives
How to Apply:
Apply directly to the Secretary of the U.S.
Treasury
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Qualified Energy
Conservation Bonds
Funding Available:
$2.4 billion
Application Deadline:
December 31, 2010
Who is Eligible:
State and local governments
How to Apply:
Apply directly to the Secretary of the
Treasury
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Fossil Energy Research and
Development
Funding Available:
$3.4 billion
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
TBD
How to Apply:
Apply directly to DOE/National Energy
Technology
Laboratory
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Innovative Energy
Technology Loans
Funding Available:
$6 billion to underwrite up to $60 billion
in loans nationally
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
Manufacturing companies and project
developers who deploy renewable
energy systems
How to Apply:
Apply directly to the DOE
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Smart Electric Grid
Investment
Funding Available:
$4.5 billion
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
Electric utilities and other parties
involved in smart grid development
How to Apply:
Apply directly to the DOE
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Energy Research Development
Design and Deployment
Funding Available:
$2 billion for energy efficiency and
renewable energy research,
including $800 million for biomass
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
Universities, companies and laboratories
How to Apply:
Apply directly to the DOE
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block
Grant (EECBG)
Funding Available:
For Pennsylvania to reduce total energy use,
reduce fossil fuel emission, and improve
energy efficiency in transportation and
building sectors to be awarded as follows:
• $78.9 million will go directly to cities
and large counties
• $10.1 million will be allocated to State
Energy
• $13.4 million will be distributed to the
State Energy Office to award to small cities
with populations under 35,000 and counties
with populations under 200,000 for energy
efficiency (EE) and renewable energy
projects ($17 million).
Learn
more
Application Deadline:
Applications can be submitted starting
June 15, 2009
Who is Eligible:
• Energy efficiency retrofits
• Implementation of energy efficiency and
conservation programs
• Implementation of energy distribution
technologies
• Installation of renewable energy
generation technologies
• Develop building codes that stimulate
Green Building projects
• Increase source reduction and recycling
programs
• Development of renewable energy
• Any other appropriate activity
How to Apply:
View
draft guidelines
Contact:
Submit
Comments
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
State Energy Programs (SEPs)
Funding Available:
Estimated $99.6 million for Pennsylvania
Application Deadline:
• First Pennsylvania Energy Development
Authority Round closes May 29, 2009
• Other programs TBD
Who is Eligible:
• Energy Harvest or PEDA grants
• Residential and Small Business Solar
grants
• EE Small Business grants
• Residential EE loans and rebates
• Energy Efficiency in established
construction projects for Pennsylvania
Housing Finance Agency (PHFA)
Funding will move through existing state
grant programs.
How to Apply:
Apply
here
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Other Energy Funding Areas of Interest in
ARRA
Funding Available:
Innovative Technology Loan Guarantees -
$6 billion nationwide in loan guarantee
programs, for renewables, transmission,
pollution reduction, etc.
• Construction must begin by September 30,
2011.
• No more than $500 million can be spent on
biofuels projects
Smart Grid -
$4.5 billion nationwide for R&D and pilot
projects for the Smart Grid Investment
Program.
• DOE may coordinate that with the State
Energy Offices and the Public Utility
Commissions.
• For research, development, demonstration
and deployment
• For demand response equipment, storage,
security and reliability
• Up to 50% of the cost of utility (or
other) advanced grid technology investments
• DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability will use provided
$80,000,000 within the available funds to
conduct a resource assessment and an
analysis of future demand and transmission
requirements
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Research Development Demonstration and
Deployment -
• $2 billion nationwide for energy
efficiency and renewable energy research
including
• $800 million for biomass projects and
• $400 million for geothermal projects
Science and Research -
• $1.6 billion nationwide for science and to
fund research to reduce imports of energy
from foreign countries and energy related
GHG emissions.
• Improve EE across all economic sectors.
Advanced battery loans and grants -
• $2 billion nationwide for grants for the
manufacturing of advanced batteries and
components.
• Grants for manufacturers of
US-manufactured advanced battery systems and
vehicle batteries
Fossil energy -
• $3.4 billion nationwide for Fossil Energy
Research and Development including $1.5
billion for a competitive grant program for
industrial carbon capture and energy
efficiency projects.
• Electric Transportation $400 million for
state and local governments to encourage the
use of Plug-In Electric Vehicles.
• Alternative Fueled Buses and Trucks: $300
million to state and local governments to
assist them in acquiring alternative fueled
vehicles.
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
TBD
How to Apply:
TBD
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Energy Science and Research
Funding Available:
$1.6 billion nationally
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
Universities, researcher and laboratories
How to Apply:
Apply directly to the DOE
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) –
(competitive)
Funding Available:
$455 million nationally
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
State and local governments
How to Apply:
Apply directly to the DOE
Contact:
Kelly Heffner, DEP - Director of Policy
717-772-3612
kheffner@state.pa.us
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Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for
Community Colleges and Career Training Grant
Program
Funding Available:
$50 Million nationally
Application Deadline:
Unknown at this time
Who is Eligible:
Institutions of higher education
How to Apply:
Awaiting guidance from the US Department of
Labor. Also, funds for TAA grant programs
have been authorized by the Recovery Act but
have not been appropriated yet, so there are
currently no funds available for this
program.
Contact:
Neil Cashman, PA Department of Labor &
Industry
717-705-5866
RA-LI-PolicyPlanning@state.pa.us
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Disparities in Adolescent
Obesity – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Challenge Grants in Health and Science
Research (RC1)
Funding Available:
$200 million available federally. $1 million
for Pennsylvania paid out $500,000 per year
for two years.
Application Deadline:
April 27, 2009
Who is Eligible:
Applicants may be state, city, township or
municipal governments, institutions of
higher education, nonprofits, for-profit
businesses, and others.
How to Apply:
Applicants must download the SF424 (R&R)
application forms and SF424 (R&R)
Application Guide for this opportunity.
Click
here
to get to these forms.
Contact:
GrantsInfo@nih.gov or
Dr. Regina James, 301-435-2692,
rjames@mail.nih.gov or
Larry Clark, PA Department of Public
Welfare,
lawclark@state.pa.us
Expanding implementation of current
chronic care initiative through evidence and
community-based prevention and wellness
programs
Funding Available:
$650 million nationwide
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
States apply for funds to continue
implementation of community-based chronic
disease prevention and health promotion
initiatives designed to reduce the burden of
chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma
and obesity/overweight.
Funds are also available to improve
healthful eating and physical activity to
prevent and control obesity and other
chronic diseases by building and sustaining
statewide capacity and implementing
population-based strategies and
interventions.
How to Apply:
Awaiting federal guidance
Contact:
Amy Kelchner, Governor’s Office of Health
Care Reform - Deputy Director
717-772-9022
akelchner@state.pa.us
Planning and Implementation for Expanded
Use of Health Information Technology
Funding Available:
Some portion (yet to be announced) through
the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services’ Office of National Coordinator for
numerous initiatives including competitive
matching grants to states, competitive
grants to states for loans, grants issued
through other governmental agencies for
health information exchanges.
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
States apply for funds and make grants to
entities committed to adopting or expanding
use of health information technology.
Funds may also be used to enhance existing
state Department of Health public health IT
systems.
How to Apply:
TBD
Contact:
Amy Kelchner, Governor’s Office of Health
Care Reform - Deputy Director
717-772-9022
akelchner@state.pa.us
Health Care—State Loan Repayment Program
Funding Available:
Amounts listed are at federal level. No
state allocations have been disclosed to
date.
$500 million to address Health Professions
Workforce
• $20 million of that to State Loan
Repayment Programs for Primary Care
Physicians, Physician Assistants, and
Dentists serving in federally underserved
areas.
Application Deadline:
Deadlines will be determined once the
federal guidance is released.
Who is Eligible:
Physicians, Physician Assistants, and
Dentists serving in federally
underserved areas.
How to Apply:
TBD
Contact:
Michael Huff, RN, PA Department of Health -
Deputy Secretary
717-783-8804
HealthStimulus@state.pa.us
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Assistance to Rural Law
Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs
Funding Available:
Funding requests must be for a minimum of
$50,000. In categories I through IV, funding
is available to help law enforcement in
rural states and rural areas prevent and
combat crime, especially drug-related crime.
Category V funding is for national training
and technical assistance programs targeted
to address rural needs. For more information
click
here.
Application Deadline:
Passed
Who is Eligible:
For Categories I through IV, those eligible
to apply are limited to local (including
county) and tribal law enforcement agencies
located in “rural areas,” as defined
here
on Page 1. In addition, state law
enforcement agencies that are from “rural
states” or that provide assistance to one or
more “rural areas” are eligible to apply.
Priority consideration will be given to
local law enforcement agencies in rural
areas where the unit of local government is
not eligible to receive a direct allocation
from the Recovery Act Edward Byrne Memorial
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program OR
received a direct allocation that was
$50,000 or less.
Use of funds for overtime and hiring
personnel is allowable to meet the specific
categorical requirements outlined in this
solicitation.
For Category V only, applications are
solicited from national, regional, state,
and local public and private entities,
including for-profit (commercial) and
nonprofit organizations, institutions of
higher education, faith-based and community
organizations, tribal jurisdictions, and
units of local government to provide
nationwide training and technical assistance
to qualifying rural areas and rural states.
How to Apply:
Register
and apply here
Contact:
Michael J. Kane, PA Commission on Crime and
Delinquency - Executive Director,
717-265-8450,
mikane@state.pa.us or
Shannan Zerance, PA Department of Military
and Veterans Affairs - Chief, Division of
Grants, 717-861-8479,
szerance@state.pa.us or
Timothy S. Ringler, PA Department of
Corrections, 717-975-4897,
tringler@state.pa.us
Byrne Memorial Competitive
Grant Program
Funding Available:
$225 million for reducing violent crime;
probation and parole officers; reducing
mortgage fraud; hiring civilian support to
law enforcement; forensic and crime scene
investigations; resources and services for
victims of crime; problem-solving courts;
and national training and technical
assistance. For more information click
here.
Application Deadline:
April 27, 2009
Who is Eligible:
National, regional, state, or local public
and private entities, including for-profit
(commercial) and nonprofit, faith-based and
community organizations, institutions of
higher education, tribal jurisdictions, and
units of local government that support the
functioning of the criminal justice system.
How to Apply:
Register
and apply
Contact:
Ray Moneta, 717-265-8728,
rmoneta@state.pa.us or
Michael J. Kane, PA Commission on Crime and
Delinquency - Executive Director,
717-265-8450,
mikane@state.pa.us or
Shannan Zerance, PA Department of Military
and Veterans Affairs, 717-861-8479,
szerance@state.pa.us or
Timothy S. Ringler, PA Department of
Corrections, 717-975-4897,
tringler@state.pa.us
OJJDP FY 09 Recovery Act
Local Youth Mentoring Initiative
Funding Available:
Up to $500,000 to reduce juvenile
delinquency and gang participation, improve
academic performance, and reduce school
drop-out rates by enhancing the capacity of
local efforts to develop or expand community
partnerships, integrate best practices into
mentoring service models, develop strategies
to recruit and maintain mentors serving
hard-to-reach populations, while ensuring
the program’s financial sustainability. For
more information click
here.
Application Deadline:
Passed
Who is Eligible:
Public agencies (including state agencies,
units of local government, public
universities and colleges, and
federally-recognized Indian tribal
governments) and private organizations
(including faith-based and community
organizations). OJJDP will accept only
applications that
demonstrate that the applicant has entered
into a partnership with one or more public
or private entities to form a “community
partnership.”
How to Apply:
Apply
here
Contact:
Michael J. Kane, PA Commission on Crime and
Delinquency - Executive Director,
717-265-8450,
mikane@state.pa.us or
Shannan Zerance, PA Department of Military
and Veterans Affairs, 717-861-8479,
szerance@state.pa.us or
Timothy S. Ringler, PA Department of
Corrections, 717-975-4897,
tringler@state.pa.us
Assistance to Rural
Law Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs
Funding Available:
Funding requests must be for a minimum of
$50,000. Funding is for initiatives that
help law enforcement in rural states and
rural areas to prevent and combat crime,
especially drug-related crime. Funding is
also provided for national training and
technical assistance programs targeted to
address rural needs. For more information
click
here.
Application Deadline:
Passed
Who is Eligible:
Those eligible to apply are limited to local
(including county) and tribal law
enforcement agencies located in “rural
areas,” as defined
here
on Page 1. In addition, state law
enforcement agencies that are from “rural
states” or that provide assistance to one or
more “rural areas” are eligible to apply.
For purposes of this solicitation, state and
local law
enforcement agencies include state and local
prosecutors, parole, probation, and
community corrections agencies.
For Category V only, applications are
solicited from national, regional, state,
and local public and private entities,
including for-profit (commercial) and
nonprofit organizations, institutions of
higher education, faith-based and community
organizations, tribal jurisdictions, and
units of local government to provide
nationwide training and technical assistance
to qualifying rural areas and rural states
as defined above.
How to Apply:
Apply
here
Contact:
Michael J. Kane, PA Commission on Crime and
Delinquency - Executive Director,
717-265-8450,
mikane@state.pa.us or
Shannan Zerance, PA Department of Military
and Veterans Affairs, 717-861-8479,
szerance@state.pa.us or
Timothy S. Ringler, PA Department of
Corrections, 717-975-4897,
tringler@state.pa.us
High Growth and Emerging Industry
Sectors: Green Jobs
Funding Available:
$500 Million nationally
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
State labor agencies and for nonprofit
workforce training
partnerships
How to Apply:
Awaiting guidance from the US Department of
Labor.
Contact:
Neil Cashman, PA Department of Labor &
Industry
717-705-5866
RA-LI-PolicyPlanning@state.pa.us
High Growth and Workforce
Innovation Grants
Funding Available:
$250 Million nationally
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
State labor agencies or local workforce
investment boards
How to Apply:
Awaiting guidance from the US Department of
Labor.
Contact:
Neil Cashman, PA Department of Labor &
Industry
717-705-5866
RA-LI-PolicyPlanning@state.pa.us
National Emergency Grants (NEG)
Funding Available:
$200 million nationally
Application Deadline:
This is an ongoing program that requires a
mass economic dislocation in order to apply
for funds.
Who is Eligible:
State labor agencies or local workforce
investment boards
How to Apply:
This continues an existing grant program
through the US Department of Labor that
allows state agencies to apply for funds if
there is a mass economic dislocation that
involves several plant or facility closures.
The PA Department of Labor & Industry has an
ongoing effort to identify eligible
situations through the Rapid Response
program, where employers are required to
notify us of upcoming mass lay-offs or
closures.
Contact:
Neil Cashman
PA Department of Labor & Industry
717-705-5866
RA-LI-PolicyPlanning@state.pa.us
Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) for Industry or Sector Partnership
Grant Program
Funding Available:
$50 Million nationally
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
Industry or sector within an community,
including industry association, local county
or state government, multiple firms in the
industry or sector, local workforce
investment boards, labor organizations,
educational institutions
How to Apply:
Awaiting guidance from the US Department of
Labor. Also, funds for TAA grant programs
have been authorized by the Recovery Act but
have not been appropriated yet, so there are
currently no funds available for this
program.
Contact:
Neil Cashman, PA Department of Labor &
Industry
717-705-5866
RA-LI-PolicyPlanning@state.pa.us
Community Services Block Grant Program
Funding Available:
$42 million to be distributed through DCED
Supports employment, food, housing and
healthcare efforts for low income
participants up to 200% of the federal
poverty level
• Directly to Community Action Agencies (CAAs)
• Job training and placement
• Housing counseling - including budgeting
• First time homebuyer program
• Food pantries
• Meals on wheels
• Nutrition education
View
plan
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
Existing CAAs
How to Apply:
The plan for these funds are now open to
public review and comment through May 28.
Learn
more
DCED is working out the details right now
and will send information out to CAAs who
will then submit work plans to DCED.
Contact:
Jamie Reed, Center for Community Empowerment
DCED - Director
717-720-7435
jareed@state.pa.us
PA Department of Agriculture Commodity
Assistance/ Emergency Food Assistance
Program (TEFAP)
Funding Available:
Approximately $4.03 million
Application Deadline:
TBD
Who is Eligible:
The Department of Agriculture anticipates
additional dollars for Commodity Assistance/TEFAP
which is administered by the Bureau of Food
Distribution. The Department will work
directly with USDA to
provide feedback on what food products are
preferred for Pennsylvania food warehouses.
The USDA will purchase appropriate foods
based on the Department’s recommendations.
How to Apply:
TBD
Contact:
Russell C. Redding, PA Department of
Agriculture - Executive Deputy Secretary
717-783-6985
rredding@state.pa.us
Emergency Food and Shelter
Funding Available:
$100,000,000 nationally. Pennsylvania
has received a total of $3,777,611.
See
distribution
Application Deadline:
Passed
Who is Eligible:
Nonprofit and faith-based organizations at
the local level.
How to Apply:
These funds pass through the traditional
channels of allocation to local boards in
funded jurisdictions supplemented by the
set-aside process, which allows the
Commonwealth's set-aside committee to
disburse funds to jurisdictions not included
as a funded jurisdiction. Helping
agencies in jurisdictions other than those
above should contact the chair of the
set-aside committee. For more
information click
here.
Contact:
Tony Ross, United Way of PA,
717-238-7365 or click
here.
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