Safe Start: Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence

Deadline: September 10, 2004

Applicants must register at the online submission site by September 8, 2004.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP's) Safe Start Program is designed to assist local communities in implementing collaborative cross-agency strategies for reducing the impact of children's exposure to violence, with particular emphasis on young children (age 6 and younger) and their families. The goal of the initiative is to collaboratively develop, implement, and evaluate promising practices and policies that will reduce the harmful effects of children's exposure to violence by increasing the identification of developmentally appropriate services for children and their families, improving access to these services, and enhancing the quality and delivery of services.

Through cooperative funding agreements, OJJDP will select up to 14 applicants to receive up to $210,000 in funding for up to 4-years to implement the most promising approaches, based on current research, for reducing the impacts of children's exposure to violence. These funds must be allocated proportionally to provide up to $200,000 for intervention activities related to practice and policy strategies and up to $10,000 for data collection activities.

Interested applicants may download the Program Announcement online via OJJDP's Web site at http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/funding/FundingDetail.asp?fi=16 . For additional information, call OJJDP at 202-307-1341.

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American Association of People with Disabilities to Recognize Emerging Leaders

Deadline: September 10, 2004

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), a national nonprofit cross-disability member organization, invites applications for the 2004 Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Awards program. Through the program, up to three people with disabilities, who are emerging as leaders in their respective fields, will be awarded $10,000 each to help them continue their progress and development as a leader. They also will have an opportunity to meet and network with national disability leaders at the AAPD Leadership Gala in Washington , D.C. in early 2005.

For additional information and to apply, visit http://www.aapd-dc.org/awards/awards04/hearne_app04.html .

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Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants

Deadline: September 10, 2004

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) are accepting applications for SAMHSA Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants (also referred to as SAMHSA Conference Grants). The purpose of the Conference Grant program is to disseminate knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and to integrate that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible.

For additional information and to apply, visit http://alt.samhsa.gov/grants/2004/nofa/pa05001_conf.htm

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Nominations Sought for Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program

Deadline: September 22, 2004 (letters of intent)

Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program honors 10 outstanding individuals who overcame daunting odds to expand access to healthcare and social services to underserved and isolated populations in communities across the United States . Awardees each receive $120,000 –$105,000 for program support and a $15,000 personal stipend. Community-based health providers and advocates in mid-career (5 to 15 years) who have created or significantly improved health programs in local communities where healthcare needs have been ignored and unmet are eligible to be nominated.

For additional information or to nominate an individual, visit http://communityhealthleaders.org/ .

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Proposals Sought for 2005 Soros Justice Fellowships

Deadline: September 22, 2004

The Soros Justice Fellowships support outstanding individuals who will advance the criminal justice priorities of the Open Society Institute's U.S. Justice Fund. These priorities include reducing the nation's over-reliance on policies of punishment and incarceration, restoring judicial discretion and eliminating race and class disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system, and encouraging the successful resettlement of people returning from prison. Through three programs, the Soros Justice Fellowships seed innovation in criminal justice activism, lawyering, policy analysis, research, scholarship, and media coverage.

For detailed program guideline and an application, visit http://soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus_areas/justice_fellows/guidelines .

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Effectiveness, Practice, and Implementation in Center for Mental Health Services Children's Services Sites

Deadline: October 1, 2004; February 1, 2005; and June 1, 2005

This National Institutes of Health program announcement encourages research grant applications on services delivered to children, adolescents, and their families through the Center for Mental Health Services' (CMHS) Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program initiative or through the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Interdepartmental Initiative, also supported by the CMHS and by the Departments of Education and Justice. This program announcement encourages studies of the effectiveness of interventions delivered at these sites, the nature and impact of routine prevention or clinical practice, and factors related to the successful implementation of preventive or treatment interventions.

To view additional information and to submit an application, visit http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-019.html .

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Call for Applications for Health & Society Scholars Program

Deadline: October 15, 2004

The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is designed to build the field of population health and takes a broad approach to understanding why some groups of people are healthy and others are not.

The goal of this interdisciplinary program is to improve health by training scholars to investigate rigorously the connections among biological, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health; and to develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge and interventions based upon integration of these determinants. The program intends to produce leaders who will change the questions asked, the methods employed to analyze problems, and the range of solutions offered to improve the health of all Americans.

For additional information and an application, visit http://healthandsocietyscholars.org/ .

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BRICK Awards to Recognize Community Work of Young People

Deadline: November 1, 2004

A program of Do Something, the BRICK Awards were created to recognize and financially support outstanding young people, create a network of young community leaders across the United States , and inspire other young people to become active in their communities.

The program honors and funds the efforts of dynamic leaders ages 18 and younger who have devised and implemented innovative solutions to problems in their local communities in the areas of community-building, health, and the environment.

For additional information and an application, visit http://www.dosomething.org/brick-awards.htm .

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Announces New Research Grant Program

Deadline: January 1, 2005

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation has announced a new annual award program to promote research-seeking ways to improve health and medical care in Michigan . Beginning in 2005, the Foundation will present four $10,000 awards each year for excellence in research to physician or doctoral-level researchers to conduct research on health services, policy, or clinical care.

For additional information, visit http://bcbsm.com/foundation/gp_pira.html .

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Grants Available for Youth-Led Projects

Deadline: Rolling

The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Study Circles Resource Center are accepting applications for the Mix It Up grants program, which gives awards of up to $250 to support youth-led projects focusing on identifying, crossing, and challenging social boundaries in schools and communities.

For additional information or to apply for this grant, visit http://www.tolerance.org/teens/grants.jsp .

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Proposals for Changes in Health Care Financing Initiative

Deadline: Rolling

Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) is an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports policy analysis, research, evaluation, and demonstration projects. Projects may be initiated from within many disciplines, including health services research, economics, sociology, political science, public policy, public health, public administration, law, and business administration. Funded projects should provide public and private decisionmakers with usable and timely information on healthcare policy and financing issues.

For additional information, visit http://www.hcfo.net/pdf/cfp.pdf .