FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
North American Council on Adoptable Children Scholarships
Application Deadline: June 30, 2008
In association with the January publication of Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter, publisher Simon & Schuster is sponsoring two $2,500 scholarships for youth adopted from foster care. The scholarships will be administered by the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC). Applicants must be youth ages 17 to 25 who were adopted from foster care at or after the age of 13, and who are accepted or enrolled full- or part-time at an accredited college, university, community college, or vocational/technical school.
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Ladder to Leadership Call for Proposals
Application Deadline: July 1, 2008
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders is a collaborative initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Center for Creative Leadership. The initiative aims to enhance the leadership capacity of community-based nonprofit health organizations serving vulnerable populations. Ladder to Leadership focuses on developing critical leadership competencies for 270 early- to mid-career professionals through an innovative, 16-month leadership development curriculum. The program will be delivered in nine priority communities on a staggered schedule over the next four years. Within each designated community, applications will only be accepted during the stated timeframe, with the first-round of applications from the central New York region due July 1. Refer to the timetable in the call for proposals for the other community-specific deadlines.
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Technical Assistance Funding for Native Child Advocacy Centers and Multidisciplinary Teams
Application Deadline: July 2, 2008
The Native American Children’s Alliance (NACA), with funding support from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), announced an opportunity for Native American/Alaskan Native communities to apply for free training and technical assistance in the development of Native Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) and/or Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) that will serve children who have been sexually abused. Tribal governments, Native non-profit organizations, and urban Indian centers are welcome to apply for free on-site and off-site trainings with monthly telephone/email consultations to the selected applicants. NACA will provide the trainers and training materials and cover all costs for the trainers’ travel to the selected community.
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Juvenile Drug Court Grants
Application Deadline: July 3, 2008
OJJDP has announced the following fiscal year 2008 solicitations related to juvenile drug courts:
- Brief Interventions and Referrals to Treatment (BIRT) for Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Drug Courts, a collaborative initiative between OJJDP and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, seeks to enhance the capacity of juvenile and juvenile drug courts to enhance the availability of BIRT and to establish partnerships between juvenile and juvenile drug courts to ensure that substance-abusing juvenile offenders receive effective and appropriate treatment. Applicants are limited to States, State and local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments, acting directly or through agreement with other public or private entities.
» Learn more about this opportunity. - The Juvenile Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Program is intended to build the capacity of States, State and local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to develop, maintain, and enhance drug courts for substance-abusing juvenile offenders. Through this solicitation, OJJDP seeks a provider to deliver training and technical assistance to juvenile and family drug courts interested in learning about and implementing BIRT. Applicants are limited to for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, and institutions of higher learning.
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Follow-Up Grants
Application Deadline: July 9, 2008
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2008 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Follow-Up grants. The purpose of this program is to promote systematic follow-up of suicidal persons who call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. It is expected that $350,000 will be available to fund up to five grants of $70,000 per year for up to three years.
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Timely Permanency Through Reunification
Application Deadline: July 11, 2008
Casey Family Programs is sponsoring this Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) in which twenty teams of public child welfare agencies/tribal agencies and a court partner will come together over the course of two years to share their experiences and knowledge. Participating jurisdictions will test potentially promising strategies in child welfare and court systems that support and improve timely permanence through reunification.
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The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
Application Deadline: July 15, 2008
The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation provides funding to non-profits that contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about established and/or new and innovative organizations designed to benefit youth.
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Grants for Positive Community Change
Application Deadline: Rolling Dates
Plum grants from DoSomething.org award $500 every week to young people 25 or under, to further the growth and success of an existing community action project. Core criteria for a successful application include youth-led and youth-driven, community-focused, creative, diverse, measurable change, and long-term problem solving action.
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Forecast of Funding Opportunities under the Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs for Fiscal Year 2008
Application Deadline: Rolling Dates
This Web site lists the majority of programs and competitions under which the U.S. Department of Education has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards for fiscal year 2008 and provides actual or estimated deadlines for the transmittal of applications under these programs.
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Meyer Memorial Trust
General Purpose Grants
Application Deadline: Ongoing
The Meyer Memorial Trust is accepting proposals for its grantmaking programs from tax-exempt applicants in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Their general purpose grants support projects related to education, health, social welfare, and a variety of other activities. These grants are given for a range of purposes including program expansions and capacity building.
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Macarthur Foundation Mental Health Grants
Application Deadline: Ongoing
The Macarthur Foundation provides domestic grants for mental health. They focus on "improving access to high-quality, effective mental health services by helping to move the most promising advances in research to policy and practices." Current efforts of the foundation include support for interdisciplinary research, networks on mental health policy research, mandated community treatment and youth mental health services, and an initiative on depression and primary care. They provide funding for applied research and policy analysis and generally do not accept unsolicited proposals.
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Bank of America Philanthropic Management Site
This new Web site provides detailed information about the grantmaking focus of approximately 70 foundations. These foundations' donors granted sole or co-discretion to Bank of America to design their grantmaking programs and carry out the philanthropic mission of the foundations.
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The Grantsmanship Training Program
As many organizations are vying to sustain beyond the grant funding cycle, it is beneficial to become familiar with the process of soliciting funding from other federal opportunities and charitable organizations, such as Trusts. To secure these funds, a family organization, as a minimal requirement, should have a charitable tax status such as a 501(c) 3, as well as the ability to write and submit a proposal. The Grantsmanship Center offers a Training Program on how to research and write effective proposals to seek funding.
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