October Funding Newsletter

Innovative Funding Partners' Recent Successes

• Urban League of Central Carolinas in partnership with Operation Gateway: $900,000 from BJA Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes Program
• Wabash General Hospital District:?$153,474 from?Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration?Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Program?

Top Grant Picks HUD Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) (Application Deadline: October 30, 2023) Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) empowers communities that are actively taking steps to remove barriers to affordable housing and seeking to increase housing production and lower housing costs for families over the long term. Barriers to affordable housing can be caused by zoning decisions, land use policies, or regulations; inefficient procedures; gaps in available resources for development; deteriorating or inadequate infrastructure; lack of neighborhood amenities; or challenges to preserving existing housing stock such as increasing threats from natural hazards, redevelopment that reduces the number of affordable units, or expiration of affordability requirements. Under this NOFO, HUD will provide PRO Housing grants to identify and remove barriers to affordable housing production and preservation. Grantees may use awards to further develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy plans, improve housing strategies, and facilitate affordable housing production and preservation. Eligible applicants are local and state governments, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and multijurisdictional entities. LEARN MORE DOL?Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (Application Deadline: November 14, 2023) The fourth round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (SCC4) will increase the capacity and responsiveness of community colleges to meet the skill development needs of employers and?equitably support students in obtaining good jobs in in-demand industries.? Applicants will use strategies rooted in evidence and designed to build further evidence?on the effectiveness of sector-based career pathways programs in leading to positive employment outcomes. ?These strategies will also address identified equity gaps to increase full access to educational and economic opportunity–particularly for individuals from historically underserved communities. ?The lead applicant of an SCC Partnership must be a community college that is a public institution as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act, and at which the associate degree is primarily the highest degree awarded. LEARN MORE ?

Federal Healthcare & Behavioral/Mental Health Grants HRSA FY 2024 Quality Improvement Fund (Estimated Application Deadline: December 4, 2023) The purpose of QIF funding is to support health centers to develop and pilot innovative, patient centered, scalable models of care delivery to reduce health disparities and address the clinical and health related social needs of patients. LEARN MORE CDC Implementation of Community Health Worker-Mediated Services for Re-Engagement to Care and Outreach for Persons with HIV in Rural Communities (REACH: Rural Re-Engagement and Care using CHWs for Persons with HIV) (Application Deadline: December 5, 2023) In this demonstration project, recipients will be funded to collaborate with HIV care providers to identify Persons with HIV (PWH) in rural communities who are not in care or have not achieved viral suppression and to implement a Community Health Worker (CHW)-mediated model of re-engagement to care and outreach services for PWH in rural communities. Recipients will employ and train CHWs to facilitate re-engagement of PWH in care who are not in care and outreach to those who are not virally suppressed to provide services that may include ART delivery, sample collection for standard HIV laboratory testing, transfer of self-collected specimens, as well as provide transportation services, arranging and scheduling telehealth visits and/or in person visits with an HIV medical provider and other providers (mental health, primary care) and offer evidence-based medication adherence support. Key outcomes in the project include an increased number of PWH in rural communities who are re-engaged to HIV care and treatment services for PWH not in care; provided outreach to those not virally suppressed to HIV; increased retention in care; increased ART (re)-initiation; increased adherence to ART; and increased viral suppression. LEARN MORE HRSA?Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health (Application Deadline: December 15, 2023) The purpose of the Healthy Start Initiative – Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities program is to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy and to reduce racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes.HS is intended to support projects in communities and populations experiencing the greatest disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes.?HS has two focus areas: 1) providing direct and enabling services (for example, screening and referrals, case management and care coordination, health and parenting education, and linkage to clinical care) to enrolled HS participants; and 2) convening Community Consortia (formerly known as Community Action Networks or “CANs”) comprised of diverse, multi-sector partners to advise and inform HS activities as well as to develop and implement plans to improve perinatal outcomes within the selected project area. HS continues to have an increased emphasis on addressing social determinants of health, such as access to adequate food, housing, and transportation, to improve disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes.?LEARN MORE CDC Strengthening Immunization Program Implementation in Sub-National Consequential Geographies (Estimated Application Deadline: December 26, 2023) Funding and resources will be provided to the applicant to identify and vaccinate zero- and under-dose children, support polio eradication, measles mortality reduction and regional measles and rubella elimination, hepatitis B and maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination, and other vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) surveillance; global laboratory networks for polio and measles/rubella; planning and implementation of supplemental immunization campaigns; and strengthening of immunization delivery systems and capacities in high priority countries. These functions are critical to achieving globally and regionally agreed goals for polio eradication, VPD elimination and reduction. Funding and resources may also be used to support activities to address other global health priorities in line with CDC goals. LEARN MORE HRSA Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (Estimated Application Deadline: January 5, 2024) The purpose of the Network Planning Program is to promote the planning and development of integrated health care networks to address the following legislative aims: (i) achieve efficiencies; (ii) expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes; and (iii) strengthen the rural health care system as a whole. This program supports one year of planning and brings together key parts of a rural health care delivery system, particularly those entities that may not have collaborated in the past, to establish and/or improve local capacity in order to strengthen rural community health interventions and enhance care coordination. LEARN MORE HRSA Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) (Estimated Application Deadline: January 5, 2024) The Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) purpose is to develop a healthcare workforce that maximizes patient and family engagement to address gaps in health for older adults by integrating geriatrics and primary care and other appropriate specialties, including collaboration with community partners. LEARN MORE CDC Support and Scale Up of HIV Prevention Services in Sexual Health Clinics (Estimated Application Deadline: January 15, 2024) The purpose of this NOFO is to support the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative by scaling up HIV prevention services in sexual health clinics. Recipients funded under this NOFO will: 1) strengthen clinic infrastructure and improve service delivery to address the syndemic of HIV & STIs, 2) foster strategic partnerships in support of EHE, and 3) conduct specialized evaluation studies on EHE-related clinic activities. LEARN MORE ? VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces (Equine Assisted Therapy) (Estimated Application Deadline: January 15, 2024) The Adaptive Sports Grant Program provides grants to eligible adaptive sports entities to plan, develop, manage, and implement programs to provide adaptive sports activities for Veterans and members of the Armed Forces with disabilities. For the purpose of this program, adaptive sports activities include: (1)? instruction, participation, and competition in adaptive sports; (2)? training and technical assistance to program administrators, coaches, recreation therapists, instructors, VA employees, and other appropriate individuals; (3)? coordination, Paralympic classification of athletes, athlete assessment, sport-specific training techniques, program development (including programs at the local level), sports equipment, supplies, program evaluation, and other activities related to the implementation and operation of the program. LEARN MORE HRSA Advanced Nursing Education- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (ANE SANE) (Estimated Application Deadline: January 17, 2024) The purpose of the ANE-SANE program is to increase the number of Registered Nurses (RNs), Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) and Forensic Nurses trained and certified as sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) in communities on a local, regional and/or state level. The goal of this program is to train providers to conduct sexual assault forensic examinations, which provide better health care for survivors, improve evidence collection, and lead to higher prosecution rates. LEARN MORE HRSA Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) (Estimated Application Deadline: January 17, 2024) The purpose of this program is to support institutions committed to preparing advanced degree nursing students to serve as nurse faculty. The program seeks to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty nationwide. NFLP accomplishes this by providing funding to accredited schools of nursing to establish and operate a student loan fund and provide loans to students enrolled in advanced education nursing degree programs who are committed to becoming nurse faculty. In exchange for completion of up to four years of post-graduation full-time nurse faculty employment in an accredited school of nursing, the graduates receive cancellation of up to 85 percent of the original student loan amount (plus interest thereon) as authorized by the program. NFLP also encourages Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to serve as full-time preceptors within an academic-practice partnership framework. LEARN MORE ? HRSA?Rural Residency Planning and Development Program (Estimated Application Deadline: January 18, 2024) The purpose of this program is to improve and expand access to health care in rural areas by developing new, sustainable rural residency programs or rural track programs (RTPs) that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACMGE), to address the physician workforce shortages and challenges faced by rural communities. This program provides start-up funding to RRPD award recipients to create new rural residency programs that will ultimately be sustainable long-term through viable and stable funding mechanisms, such as, Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private funding sources. LEARN MORE HRSA?Maternal and Child Health - Improving Oral Health Integration (MCH-IOHI) Demonstration Projects (Estimated Application Deadline: January 22, 2024) The purpose of the Maternal and Child Health - Improving Oral Health Integration program is to increase equitable access to integrated, preventive oral health care services in primary care settings that serve low-income and marginalized maternal and child health populations. LEARN MORE HRSA Primary Care Training Enhancement - Rural Community Program Directors (Estimated Application Deadline: January 23, 2024) The purpose of the Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Rural Community Program Directors (PCTE-RCPD) program is to support primary care fellowship programs that train primary care physicians who have completed a residency in general internal medicine, family medicine, general pediatrics or combined pediatrics and internal medicine, in the skills necessary to be a successful residency program director of a rural primary care residency or a Teaching Health Center residency program. LEARN MORE ? HRSA Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers (Estimated Application Deadline: January 23, 2024) The purpose of this program is to provide funding for targeted, multidisciplinary education and training for health care professionals to provide health care services to people with HIV (PWH). The overarching goal of the AETC Program is to increase the number of health care providers who are educated and motivated to counsel, diagnose, treat, and medically manage PLWH and to help prevent HIV transmission. LEARN MORE HRSA Primary Care Training and Enhancement- Physician Assistant Rural Training in Mental and Behavioral Health Program (PCTE PARM) (Estimated Application Deadline: January 26, 2024) The purpose of this program is to develop and implement clinical rotations for PA students in rural areas integrating behavioral health with primary care services. The NOFO will address the need to train primary care PAs in the prevention, identification, diagnosis, treatment, and referral services for mental and behavioral health conditions including substance use disorder. PA students will participate in a minimum two-month rotation integrating behavioral health and primary care with a focus on seeing patients with mental and behavioral health and/or substance use disorder. LEARN MORE ? HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program- Paraprofessionals (Estimated Application Deadline: January 29, 2024) The purpose of this program is to increase the supply of behavioral health paraprofessionals trained to work with children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders by engaging and retaining families in mental health prevention and intervention programs. LEARN MORE ? HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program- Professionals (Estimated Application Deadline: January 29, 2024) The purpose of this program is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals trained to work with children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders by engaging and retaining families in mental health prevention and intervention programs. LEARN MORE ? HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D - Women, Infants, Children and Youth Grant Supplemental Funding (Estimated Application Deadline: January 30, 2024) The purpose of this supplemental funding is to strengthen organizational capacity to respond to the changing health care landscape and increase access to high quality family-centered HIV primary health care services for low income women, infants, children and youth (WICY) with HIV. LEARN MORE ? HRSA FY 2024 Expanded Hours (Estimated Application Deadline: January 30, 2024) The purpose of the Expanded Services funding opportunity is to expand access to health center services and support health centers to meet identified patient needs by increasing the number of health center operating hours. LEARN MORE ? HRSA Supporting the Mental Health Among the Health Professions Workforce (Estimated Application Deadline: February 5, 2024) The purpose of the Promote Mental Health Among the Health Professional Workforce (PMHW) program is to support health care entities, including entities that provide health care services, such as hospitals, community health centers, and rural health clinics, or medical professional associations, to promote wellness, resilience, and mental health of the health care professional workforce using established or enhanced evidence-based or evidence-informed programs to transform organizational cultures. LEARN MORE HRSA FY 2024 Ending the HIV Epidemic – Primary Care HIV Prevention (PCHP) (Estimated Application Deadline: February 6, 2024) Fiscal year (FY) 2024 Ending the HIV Epidemic-Primary Care HIV Prevention (PCHP) funding will support the expansion of HIV prevention services that decrease the risk of HIV transmission in underserved communities in support of Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. LEARN MORE OMH?Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicators Initiative (Estimated Application Deadline: February 8, 2024) The Office of Minority Health (OMH) announces anticipated availability of funding to support the Leading Health Indicators Initiative (LHII) for innovative adaptations of evidence based/evidence informed practices designed to increase utilization of preventative healthcare and support services among racial/ethnic minority and disadvantaged communities. The LHII intends to demonstrate the effectiveness of collaborative partnerships that include trusted messengers, and public and healthcare entities in improving health outcomes relative to HP 2030 LHIs. Recent public health emergencies and natural disasters have demonstrated the importance of trusted messengers to facilitate access to and utilization of preventive health care services. Projects funded under the LHII will implement public health improvement models intended to improve health for 1-2 Healthy People 2030 LHIs in geographic areas targeted by the recipients. OMH also expects the initiative will result in enhanced capacity of public health, community, and government entities to address and reduce health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minority, and disadvantaged communities. LEARN MORE HRSA FY 2024 Accelerating Cancer Screening (AxCS) (Estimated Application Deadline: February 8, 2024) Fiscal year (FY) 2024 Accelerating Cancer Screening (AxCS) funding will Increase equitable access to cancer screening and referral for care and treatment by enhancing outreach, patient navigation, and other enabling services. LEARN MORE ? HRSA FY 2024 New Access Points (Estimated Application Deadline: February 12, 2024) The purpose of the New Access Point (NAP) funding is to provide operational support for new service delivery sites under the Health Center Program. These new sites will improve the health of the nation’s underserved communities and populations by expanding access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services. LEARN MORE HRSA Maternity Care Nursing Workforce Expansion (Estimated Application Deadline: February 12, 2024) The purpose of the Maternity Care Nursing Workforce Expansion Program is to grow and diversify maternal and perinatal health nursing workforce by supporting the planning/development of new midwife training programs. LEARN MORE HRSA?Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (Estimated Application Deadline: February 15, 2024) The purpose of the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program is to improve the health outcomes and quality of life for populations at increased risk for the development of radiogenic cancers and/or disease resulting from exposure to radioactive materials through uranium mine industry work or fallout from nuclear arms testing. LEARN MORE

SAMHSA Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (Estimated Application Deadline: February 15, 2024) The purpose of this program is to implement and evaluate new AOT programs and identify evidence-based practices to reduce the incidence and duration of psychiatric hospitalization, homelessness, incarcerations, and interactions with the criminal justice system while improving the health and social outcomes of individuals with a serious mental illness (SMI). LEARN MORE

SAMHSA Community Programs for Outreach and Intervention with Youth and Young Adults at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (Estimated Application Deadline: February 15, 2024) The purpose of this program is to provide trauma-informed, evidence-based interventions to youth and young adults (not more than 25 years of age) who are at clinical high risk for psychosis. Award recipients are expected to use evidence-based intervention to: 1) improve symptomatic and behavioral functioning; (2) enable youth and young adults to resume age-appropriate social, academic, and/or vocational activities; (3) delay or prevent the onset of psychosis; and (4) minimize the duration of untreated psychosis for those who develop psychotic symptoms. LEARN MORE ?

Federal Education & Workforce Development Grants IMLS Museums Empowered (2024) (Application Deadline: November 15, 2023) Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff is a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program. It is designed to support projects that use the transformative power of professional development and training to generate systemic change within museums of all types and sizes. Museums Empowered has four project categories: (1) Digital Technology: Provide museum staff with the skills to integrate digital technology into museum operations. (2) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Support museum staff in providing inclusive and equitable services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds and to individuals with disabilities. (3) Evaluation: Strengthen the ability of museum staff to use evaluation as a tool to shape museum programs and improve outcomes. (4) Organizational Management: Strengthen and support museum staff as the essential part of a resilient organizational culture. LEARN MORE USDA?Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development (Application Deadline: December 7, 2023) 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. In 2023, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for the AFRI’s Education and Workforce Development program areas to support: (1) professional development opportunities for K-14 educational professionals; (2) non-formal education that cultivates food and agricultural interest in youth; (3) workforce training at community, junior, and technical colleges; (4)?training of undergraduate students in research and extension; (5) fellowships for predoctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars.?LEARN MORE AmeriCorps - Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 AmeriCorps State and National Competitive Grants (Application Deadline: January 4, 2023) AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of our national culture. AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations (Use Section C.1. Eligible Applicants) proposing to engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions/practices to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps member is an individual who engages in community service through an approved national service position. Members may receive a living allowance and other benefits while serving. Upon successful completion of their service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award that they can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans. LEARN MORE NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (Application Deadline: January 18, 2923) The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a leadership role in developing and implementing efforts to enhance and improve STEM education in the United States. Through the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative, the agency continues to make a substantial commitment to the highest caliber undergraduate STEM education through a Foundation-wide framework of investments. The IUSE: EDU is a core NSF STEM education program that seeks to promote novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. The program is open to application from all institutions of higher education and associated organizations. NSF places high value on educating students to be leaders and innovators in emerging and rapidly changing STEM fields as well as educating a scientifically literate public. In pursuit of this goal, IUSE: EDU supports projects that seek to bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. In addition to innovative work at the frontier of STEM education, this program also encourages replication of research studies at different types of institutions and with different student bodies to produce deeper knowledge about the effectiveness and transferability of findings. LEARN MORE NEH Institutes for Higher Education Faculty Institutes for K-12 Educators (Estimated Application Deadline: February 14, 2024) The Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and Institutes for K-12 Educators programs are professional development programs that convene higher education faculty or K-12 educators from across the nation to deepen and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching. LEARN MORE Foundation Education & Workforce Development Grants

The Teagle Foundation - The Knowledge for Freedom Initiative (Application Deadline: December 1, 2023) The Knowledge for Freedom initiative supports programs that invite underserved high school students to college to study humanity’s deepest questions about leading lives of purpose and civic responsibility. Funded programs bring low-income high school students onto a college campus for an intensive summer seminar in the humanities taught by college professors, with a focus on transformative texts in philosophy and literature connected by ideas or questions about the nature of government, freedom, and democracy. Programs then offer formalized assistance with college applications and direct students in a civic engagement or public service project, as well as further engage students by sponsoring events, facilitating mentorships, or by connecting them with opportunities to continue their civic engagement. Grants of varying amounts, ranging from $100,000-$300,000 over a 36-month period, will be made to each funded project participating in this initiative. The size of the grant will be based on the scope of the project. Colleges and universities interested in launching Knowledge for Freedom programs are encouraged to apply for planning grants, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 over a 6-12 month period. LEARN MORE

Federal Community and Economic Development Grants USDA Assistance to High Energy Cost Communities (Application Deadline: October 31, 2023) The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces the availability of up to $10 million in competitive grants to assist communities with extremely high energy costs. The grant funds may be used to acquire, construct, or improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving communities where the average annual residential expenditure for home energy exceeds 275% of the national average. Eligible projects also include on-grid and off-grid renewable energy projects and the implementation of energy efficiency and energy conservation projects for eligible communities. Projects cannot be for the primary benefit of a single household or business. Grant funds may not be used for the preparation of the grant application, operating costs, or for the purchase of any equipment, structures, or real estate not directly associated with the provision of community energy services. LEARN MORE HUD FY 2023 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants (Application Deadlines: December 11, 2023, and March 4, 2024) 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 outcomes of households living in the target housing related to employment and income, health, and children’s education; 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. This NOFO has two deadline dates: one for new Implementation Grants and one for Supplemental Grants. The application due date for an Implementation Grant is December 11, 2023. Any application received after the December 11th deadline that is not applying for the Supplemental Grant funding is automatically ineligible. The pool of eligible applicants for a Supplemental Grant is limited to those previously awarded CN Implementation Grant recipients as stated in the Appendix. The due date for a Supplemental Grant application is March 4, 2024. LEARN MORE Department of Energy Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Weatherization Program Assistance (WAP) Enhancement & Innovation (Application Deadline: January 5, 2024) This FOA seeks applications to expand the impact of DOE's existing residential weatherization programs by utilizing leveraged resources and enhanced community partnerships to perform deep energy retrofits of low-income residential buildings and empower local community representation within the energy workforce. DOE seeks proposals that drive innovative approaches to program coordination and service delivery, while fostering the collaboration of dynamic and diverse teams. Applicants can apply for one of the following three topic areas: 1) Multifamily Housing 2) Single Family and Manufactured Housing and 3) Workforce Development. LEARN MORE Foundation Community and Economic Development Grants

The Sphinx Organization (Application Deadline: October 23, 2023) The Sphinx Organization is a social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. The Sphinx Venture Fund provides grants for initiatives designed to solve a challenge or an issue related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the sphere of the performing arts, with a strong emphasis on classical music. Applicants should present a plan to address a clear issue or challenge, focus on transformative outcomes that further cultural diversity, and propose ventures that will have field-wide impact, typically beyond a single geographic area and involving more than one partner. Eligible projects should be executed in collaboration with or on behalf of an existing 501(c)(3) organization. A small number of proposals are selected each year with an average grant size of $50,000 – $100,000. LEARN MORE Federal Human Services Grants? ? HUD FY2023 Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration (Application Deadline: October 31, 2023) To fund Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration grants in up to 5 communities that provide housing interventions in lower-income households that are served by both HUD’s Healthy Homes Production (HHP) program and DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) to determine whether coordination between the programs concerning the implementation of healthy homes remediation activities and energy conservation measures achieves cost-effectiveness and better outcomes in improving the safety and quality of homes. The following are the major goals and objectives of this NOFO: (1) Demonstrate effective strategies for coordination between HUD’s HHP and DOE’s WAP programs that maximize program efficiencies and benefits to occupants.(2) Reduce WAP deferrals through coordination with HHP programs.(3) Demonstrate sustainable models of inter-program cooperation, including data sharing, reporting, and targeting/recruiting clients.(4) Demonstrate effective models for the sustainable financing of coordinated healthy homes/weatherization interventions.(5) Support the collection of data to evaluate the housing interventions conducted through inter-program coordination (e.g., program cost efficiencies that can be achieved, improvements in indoor environmental quality, improved health outcomes, and additional safety benefits to households). LEARN MORE ? Healthy Homes Production Grant Program (Application Deadline: November 7, 2023) 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. Applicants receiving a Healthy Homes Production Award will be expected to accomplish the following objectives: Maximize both the number of vulnerable residents protected from housing-related environmental health and safety hazards and the number of housing units where these hazards are controlled; Identify and remediate housing-related health and safety hazards in privately owned, low-income rental and/or owner-occupied housing, especially in units and/or buildings where families with children, older adults 62 years and older, or families with persons with disabilities reside; Promote cost-effective and efficient healthy home methods and approaches that can be replicated and sustained; Support public education and outreach that furthers the goal of protecting children and other vulnerable populations from housing-related health and safety hazards; Build local capacity to operate sustainable programs that will prevent and control housing-related environmental health and safety hazards in low- and very low-income residences, and develop a professional workforce that is trained in healthy homes assessment and principles;Promote integration of this grant program with housing rehabilitation, property maintenance, weatherization, healthy homes initiatives, local lead-based paint hazard control programs, health and safety programs, and energy efficiency improvement activities and programs; and more. LEARN MORE ? Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program (Application Deadline: December 15, 2023) Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program. This program aims to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning of children and the elderly in dwelling units and other facilities by providing funding to state, local, and tribal governments that support the installation of CO alarms and training and public education programs to promote the health and public safety of citizens throughout the United States. LEARN MORE Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Competitive Grant: Housing Interventions (HINT) to End the HIV Epidemic (Application Deadline: January 31, 2024) This funding will provide communities an opportunity to create and implement new projects that align with initiatives aimed at ending the HIV epidemic,?and elevate housing as an effective structural intervention in ending the epidemic. HUD is seeking projects with exemplary and innovative qualities, including incorporation of Housing First principles, community-level coordination, data collection with emphasis on stable housing and positive health outcomes, the use of cultural humility in providing housing and services, and a systemic approach to advance equity in underserved communities that can serve as a national place-based model. LEARN MORE ACF FY24 Street Outreach Program (Estimated Application Deadline: May 15, 2024) The Street Outreach Program (SOP) provides street-based services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to or are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse, prostitution, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of human trafficking in persons.? These services, targeted in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist such youth in making healthy choices and providing them access to shelter as well as basic needs, including food, hygiene packages and information on a rage of available services. LEARN MORE

Foundation?Human Services Grants?

America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) (Application Deadline: November 3, 2023) America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), a program administered by Reinvestment Fund on behalf of USDA Rural Development, works to improve access to fresh, healthy foods in underserved rural and urban areas. HFFI’s new Local and Regional Healthy Food Financing Partnerships Program will support public-private partnerships to establish and grow local, regional, or state food financing programs that provide financial and technical assistance to healthy food retailers (grocery and other markets) and food enterprises (food retail supply chain businesses). Grants will provide support for operating expenses (capacity-building activities) and to help deploy loans and other financial assistance (credit enhancement activities). Eligible applicants include regional, state, or local public-private partnerships of two or more entities that are organized to improve access to fresh, healthy foods and provide financial and technical assistance to eligible projects. Grants to applicants will range from $200,000 to $3,000,000 depending on the type of activities proposed. LEARN MORE

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For more information on these and other funding opportunities, please contact Innovative Funding Partners at [email protected]?or contact one of our Senior Partners directly:

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Dr. Brian Kelley ([email protected])