FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Research on Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect
Opening date: December 7, 2007
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits research project grant (R01) applications focused on conducting large-scale trials targeting victims and/or perpetrators of child abuse and neglect, including various levels of preventive interventions.
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Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program
Application Deadline: December 13, 2007
The Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program (42 U.S.C. ยง 13921) is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum administered by the Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) in cooperation with the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The program's primary objective is prevention and is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership. G.R.E.A.T. lessons focus on providing life skills to students to help them avoid engaging in delinquent behavior and violence to solve problems.
Any state, local, or tribal jurisdiction or law enforcement agency with an active G.R.E.A.T. Program, or committed to starting a G.R.E.A.T. Program, in cooperation with a local education agency, is eligible to apply for 2008 funding.
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Grants to Study Co-Occurring Addiction, Mental Health and Medical Disorders
Application Deadline: January 7, 2008
The National Institute on Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism are awarding service research grants for the purpose of enhancing knowledge regarding co-occurring mental illness, alcohol and other drug abuse, and medical conditions. Schools, nonprofits, government and tribal agencies, for-profit firms, and foreign entities may apply.
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Medical Home Capacity Building for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Application deadline: January 7, 2008
This initiative supports the medical home component of the President's New Freedom Initiative through a national resource center that will support and promote models best practices implementation and dissemination strategies for ensuring that all children and youth with special health care needs have the services and support necessary for full community inclusion.
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New Jersey Health Initiatives 2008
Application deadline: January 24, 2008
Under this solicitation, New Jersey Health Initiatives, a statewide grant making program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will support projects that provide dating violence prevention programs targeted to adolescents utilizing the "Safe Dates" curriculum. "Safe Dates" is a research-based program, identified as a Model Program in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices of the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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SAMHSA to Fund New System of Care Communities
Application deadline: February 1, 2008
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), is accepting applications for cooperative agreements for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families. The purpose of the cooperative agreements is to develop and expand systems of care for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families, pending the availability of fiscal year 2008 funds.
It is expected that $19 million will be available to fund up to 19 cooperative agreements. The agreements will support integrated home and community-based services and supports for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families by encouraging the development and expansion of effective and enduring systems of care. A system of care for children's mental health is a network of community-based services and supports that are organized to meet the challenges of children and youth with serious mental health needs and their families.
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Forecast of Funding Opportunities under the Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs for Fiscal Year 2008
This document lists virtually all 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. The lists are in the form of charts organized according to the Department's principal program offices and include programs and competitions previously announced as well as those to be announced at a later date.
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Federal Funding for Youth Housing Programs
According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness (Alliance), housing models for youth who experience homelessness "should balance stability, safety, and affordability with continuous preparation for future independent housing." An archived Alliance audio conference discusses a number of different housing models in the youth housing continuum, including supportive housing, community-based group homes, and supervised or scattered site apartments, among others. Additionally, although scarce, dedicated resources for affordable housing that target homeless youth are identified as part of the conference.
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