Federal and Foundation Assistance Monitor

(EDUCATION) AFT Fund to Continue; Staff Provide Innovation Insights

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:19:00 EST

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Innovation Fund is devising a plan to continue making yearly grants to fund union-led reform efforts in public schools across the United States. At an AFT conference session on July 14, Nancy Van Meter, the fund's deputy director, tells FAM that a 10-year st...

(FUNDRAISING) Nonprofits Can Succeed Through Smaller Donations

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:34:00 EST

Nonprofits will need to rethink their fundraising efforts to focus on lower dollar donations during the current economic downturn and its aftermath, but if they do they can still raise significant amounts funding, experts say. At the recent Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) c...

(HEALTH CARE) RWJF, IOM Initiative Will Help Direct Nursing Funds

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:13:00 EST

As Congress focuses on health care reform, a new initiative will aid the process, identifying nursing care funding solutions to revolutionize the nation's health care. The initiative is part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the Institute of Medicine (IOM)....

(SENIORS) Foundation Funds Alzheimer's Respite Care

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:55:00 EST

(Deadline: Nov. 1 and May 1) The Alzheimer's Foundation of America's Family Respite Care Grant helps alleviate the cost of respite care for families caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. Funds may be used for in-home care, adult day programs, or other types of respit...

(HEALTH CARE) House Unveils Measure to Praise from Advocates

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:47:00 EST

The release of the House version of the health care reform bill (HR 3200) on July 14 attracts praise from advocates. House Education & Labor Chairman George Miller (D-CA), Ways & Means Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Energy & Commerce Henry Waxman (D-CA) formally offer America's Affordable Hea...

(WORKFORCE) White House Report May Direct Upcoming DOL Spending

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:27:00 EST

A new report from the White House's Council of Economic Advisers will likely be used to direct Labor Dept. funding in upcoming years, staffers tell FAM. Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow offers an overview of how the United States labor market is expected to grow and develop o...

(EDUCATION) State Efforts Are Successfully Narrowing Achievement Gap

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:18:00 EST

Education Dept. Secretary Arne Duncan praises a new report that finds the achievement gap between white and black students is narrowing, but says his agency needs to do more to ensure quicker progress. "The (report indicates) the achievement gaps are still too wide, and overall achievement is too l...

(NUTRITION) Grantee Will Improve Evaluation of CSREES Programs

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:21:00 EST

Agency: Agriculture Dept. (Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service, CSREES); Program: Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Information System Project (EFNEP-ISP) (CFDA Number: 10.500); Eligibility: 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, including Tuskegee University and West Vi...

(NUTRITION) Grantee Will Increase Access to Healthy Affordable Foods

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:09:00 EST

Agency: Agriculture Dept. (Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service); Program: Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development (HUFED) Center (CFDA Number: 10.316); Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: A $900,000 award; Deadline: Aug. 12. Purpose: The HUFED Center will increase access to...

(NUTRITION) FNS Offers Payment Rates for School Programs

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:54:00 EST

(Effective: July 1 through June 30, 2010) The Food & Nutrition (FNS) at the Agriculture Dept. offers the annual adjustments to the national average payments for the Nat'l School Lunch & School Breakfast Programs. The payments are the amount of money the federal government provides states to ...

(NUTRITION) FNS Offers Payment Rates for Child, Adult Care Programs

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:53:00 EST

(Effective: July 1 through June 30, 2010) The Food & Nutrition (FNS) at the Agriculture Dept. offers the annual adjustments to the national average payment rates for its nutrition funding programs to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. The rates for: Meals and snacks served at child ca...

(NUTRITION) FNS Wants to Extend Collection of Grantee Information

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:28:00 EST

(Comment Deadline: Sept. 14) The Food & Nutrition (FNS) at the Agriculture Dept. wants to extend a data collection on the types of institutions and organizations participate in its funding programs. The information collection (Data Collection Related to Institutions and Organizations) is set to...

(LITERACY) DoEd Seeks Approval for Early Reading First Performance Report

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:17:00 EST

(Comment Deadline: Sept. 14) The Education Dept. (DoEd) proposes a Grant Performance Report for the Early Reading First (ERF) Program. The report would fulfill federal law that dictates ERF (CFDA Numbers: 84.359A and 84.359B) report annually to DoEd regarding: Research-based instruction, materials...

(NATIVE AMERICANS) DoEd Proposes New Components for PD Funding

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:03:00 EST

(Comment Deadline: Sept. 14) The Office of Indian Education (OIE) at the Education Dept. proposes new components for its Indian Education Professional Development (PD) Grants Program: PD (CFDA Number: 84.299B), which receives approximately $10 million each year for a handful of awards, is designed ...

(NATIVE AMERICANS) ACF Asks for Quick Approval of CCDF Reporting

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:07:00 EST

The Admin. for Children & Families (ACF) at the Health & Human Services Dept. requests emergency approval from the Office of Management Budget to change the tribal Financial Report (Form ACF-696T) for the Child Care & Development Fund (CCDF) to reflect changes dictated by the Recovery Ac...

(FAMILIES) ACF Makes Changes to CCDF Financial Reporting

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:02:00 EST

The Admin. for Children & Families (ACF) at the Health & Human Services Dept. requests emergency approval from the Office of Management Budget to change the Financial Report (Form ACF-696) for the Child Care & Development Fund (CCDF) to reflect changes dictated by the Recovery Act (PL 11...

(ECONOMY) Kresge Offers Interest-Free Loans for Nonprofits

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:29:00 EST

(Deadline: Open) The Kresge Foundation establishes a interest-free program-related investment fund offering bridge loans of $250,000 to $500,000 each to high-performance human service organizations to meet the increased demands caused by the economic downturn. Kresge encourages the following organiz...

(HOUSING) HUD Offers $26.5M for Homeownership Program

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:19:00 EST

Agency: Housing & Urban Development Dept.; Program: Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) (CFDA Number: 14.247) (Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5300-N-13); Eligibility: National or regional nonprofit public or private organizations; Funding: $26.5 million for multiple awards; Deadli...

(EDUCATION) Museums, Planetariums Can Apply for NASA STEM Funding

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:07:00 EST

Agency: NASA; Program: Competitive Program for Science Museums and Planetariums (Funding Opportunity Number: NNH09ZNE005N); Eligibility: Science museums and planetariums; Funding: More than $1.1 million for 20 awards up to $100,000 each; Deadline: Sept. 10. Purpose: The agency seeks proposals for un...

(EDUCATION) DoEd Wants States to Maintain IDEA Performance Plans

fam@cdpublications.com (FAM Editor) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:47:00 EST

(Comment Deadline: Aug. 13) The Education Dept. (DoEd) wants to continue requiring states to submit the Annual Performance Report (APR) and maintain their Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C State Performance Plan (SPP). Each state has an SPP to evaluate its IDEA efforts. Via t...