Welcome to the The Government Grant Portal serving South Dakota Small Business Housing Grants, South Dakota Women Business Grants, Student College Grants,South Dakota SBA Minority Grants; We offer the essential guide for Grants in all 50 states. Ready to claim your share of free Government grant, home grants, small business grant, federal grants, or any other type of grants, then here's how you can tap into the billions of free Government tax dollars available for you. Uncle Sam is literally giving away over $1.5 Trillion dollars in free grants in 2007. The great thing is as long as you are over 18 years old and are an American citizen or legal resident with a lawful and legitimate use for these grants - you are eligible. For example, you can get South Dakota Government grants for first time home buyers! Order The Grant Authority Book! These are Federal and State Government grants you can use for a variety of reasons. Government grants, by the way, have been funded by your South Dakota tax dollars. You can use Government grants to get money for school, food and clothing, your church and many other reasons. There are over 24,000 South Dakota State Government grants & National programs and 1500 Federal Government grant programs administered by 57 different Federal agencies. http://www.government-grant.biz/SD-government-grants.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:49:33 -1000 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:47:01 -1000 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.1.8) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com http://government-grant.biz/rss-feed-grant.jpg http://www.government-grant.biz/SD-government-grants.html Welcome to the The Government Grant Portal serving South Dakota Small Business Housing Grants 144 144 The program is currently open to public school teachers in South Dakota, Colorado, Texas, and Arizona, though NPS hopes to open up the program to other states in the future. According to the program's web site, NPS strives to have all Americans connect to their natural heritage through national parks. Unfortunately, the organization says, not every American has the opportunity to visit national parks. The TRT program allows school teachers to bring the national parks right into the classroom for students to "experience." Here's how it works. Teachers who are selected to participate spend the summer working as a park ranger, and in many cases, they actually live in a national park. They can perform a variety of activities, including developing and presenting interpretive programs, staffing visitor centers, developing curriculum-based materials for the park, or taking on special projects. Here's a list of possible activities for some of this year's participating parks: "Developing and presenting programs for children, which might include water-based activities; "Conducting Junior Ranger programs for families; "Providing information for visitors to the Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center in Arizona; "Designing lesson plans for the Chazimal National Memorial in Texas; "Evaluating educational materials focused on the Palo Alto Battlefield in Texas; and "Assisting with the distance-education program at Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah. After spending the summer as a park ranger, teachers are expected to return to their classrooms and share their experience with their students. Ideally, teachers will incorporate their experience directly through the use of lesson plans. During National Park Week in April, teachers are asked to wear their park ranger uniforms to school and engage other teachers and students in activities related to the national parks. Visit the TRT web site for application information and the contact names and telephone numbers for the specific parks. When TRT teachers return to their classrooms next fall, they might want to check out the resources available from Questar and Arizona Highways to augment their lesson plans about their summer experience. Questar has a video about the national parks, and Arizona Highways has videos that focus on parks in Arizona. NPS has several other grant programs that are not specifically targeted to K-12 schools. However, after reading about some of these grants, I believe that K-12 schools could partner with an applicant organization such as a museum, nonprofit organization, or institution of higher education. Programs that might be applicable include: "American Battlefield Protection Grants are given to governments, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions in support of the preservation of America's historic battlefields. "Preserve America Grants are given to designated Preserve America communities to support heritage tourism, education, and historic education planning. "Tribal Heritage Grants are given to American Indian tribes and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian organizations for cultural and historic preservation projects. http://www.government-grant.biz/SD-government-grants.html A0ED6626-B9F8-4B5F-A3CF-3ABE4A6D74EC Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:45:07 -1000