May 9, 2005
Dear Afterschool Providers: The Greater New Orleans Afterschool Partnership is pleased to present you with our Afterschool Funding Opportunity Guide.
Although there are several
excellent resources available to assist you in your grant seeking efforts for your afterschool program, we found that none of them presented local funding opportunity information.
Purpose of the GNO Afterschool Partnership The Afterschool Partnership was created in the fall of 2001 as a strategic initiative of a private foundation in New Orleans. professional development
and training, local
The Partnership provides
capacity building,
technical
assistance, an afterschool list serve for dissemination of best practices information, advocacy and public awareness efforts, and much more. One of the Partnership’s primary goals is to assist local providers in accessing state and federal funds for afterschool services, as programs are well aware of how limited local funding sources can be.
Organization of Afterschool Funding Opportunity Guide The Guide is divided into three primary sections. The first section gives an excellent overview of grant seeking activities, and how to pursue grants in a systematic, proven manner. The second section focuses on definitions commonly used in grant seeking, and clarifies some of the language used by funders in funding announcements. The last section gives detailed information about approximately 60 public and private sector funding opportunities available to afterschool 1
providers in Louisiana. It is important to note that, although the prospect research conducted for this guide was just completed, funding sources may change their requirements, meeting dates, etc., with very short notice. Therefore, it is always important to verify the information we have provided to you directly with the funder. Again, we hope you find this Funding Opportunity Guide useful to your program. We welcome your participation in the Afterschool Partnership. Sincerely,
Susan E. Sellers Director
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SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION TO THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GUIDE
This document was developed in response to the needs in our community for affordable quality afterschool programs for children and families. Families rely on these programs to care for and help educate their school-age children both before regular school hours, after school hours, on the weekend and during summer months when mafterschool schools are not in session. Everyone involved in providing after school services to children realizes how cafterschoolly it is to provide safe, enriching environments for children. Self-generated program revenues from tuition and fees are simply insufficient to cover the cafterschools of a high quality program. The development of other avenues for financing afterschool programs, both in the short run and for the future, are essential. The first step you will need to undertake to secure ongoing funding includes the identification of all potential sources of funding. Once funding sources are located, then you will be able to proceed with efforts to obtain the needed financial support by applying for grants and contracts. These activities are commonly referred to as grant seeking. Approximately 60 sources as described in this funding guide have the potential to support afterschool programs. However, these are not necessarily written specifically for afterschool programs alone, but rather are designed to serv e a variety of funding purposes. Often, you will need to clearly demonstrate the “fit” between your funding needs and funder’s interests. Although challenging, learning about these diverse funding sources and developing effective strategies for accessing available funds can contribute significantly to your program budget.
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PURPOSE AND USE OF FUNDING GUIDE In order to learn as much as possible about grant seeking, it is important that you know where to find available community and national resources designed to help afterschool program personnel advance their grant seeking skills.
This
document is just one example of these kinds of resources. The Funding Guide is designed specifically to give afterschool providers a clear picture of the tasks involved in grant seeking, and the diverse funding sources that exist.
With this
foundation, you will be on your way to developing the skills needed to identify the mafterschool likely sources of funding, and using this information to successfully compete for funding.
ORGANIZATION OF THIS FUNDING GUIDE This guidebook consists of three primary sections. Section I contains a basic introduction and overview of grant seeking activities, and general information related to using the guide to learn about funding opportunities. Section II, Grant Making Entities and their Terminology, includes definitions of terms used commonly in grant seeking and provides information to help clarify the meaning and language that appears in funding opportunity announcements. Information about other sources of support and technical assistance available in the New Orleans metropolitan area for program personnel seeking to improve their ability to engage in grant seeking activities skills also is included in Section II. Section III Funding Sources, contains very basic information about 60 different public and private funding opportunities that may be viewed as potential support available for afterschool programs.
The information will offer you what is needed to begin
collecting further information about each funding source in order to help you determine its potential for meeting your identified funding needs.
HOW TO USE THIS FUNDING GUIDE In order to make the best use of this resource, it is important that you become familiar with the many different terms that you will encounter as you engage in 4
grant seeking activities. The potential funding available for afterschool programs comes from many different sources, and the fiscal support offered ranges from small amounts of money, to in-kind donations, to more significant amounts of program support.
Various sources of funding are often referred to as “funding streams�,
particularly as they apply to federal and state funding that flows into a local community to meet needs for services. In order to follow the rather complicated flow of afterschool program funding to our community, carefully read the general description of each funding source presented, paying attention to the terminology associated with that type of funding support, and its distinguishing characteristics. You will notice immediately that funders use different terminology to describe their programs, but as you become familiar with the announcements you will see that many of the terms have the same meaning. included definitions of
the mafterschool
Whenever appropriate we have common terms used in funding
announcements, and also other words that are used commonly to convey the same meaning.
HOW CURRENT IS THE INFORMATION IN THIS FUNDING GUIDE? Because the information contained in this or any other resource can only present a snap shot of funding at one particular point in time, you will need to verify all the information you gather, no matter the source. Funding information is subject to change frequently, often without much advance notice. For this reason, funding information can become outdated rather quickly. For example, a particular foundation may change the dates of their board meetings, therefore the dates when the Board will consider proposals also changes. Many federal funding sources also change over time. As new laws are enacted which direct changes in federal funding interests, and the amount of money appropriated for each type of program is determined, funding opportunities are affected. Due to these factors, application deadlines may be altered; a federal grant competition may be delayed a few months, pafterschoolponed for a year or eliminated completely.
Therefore, no
matter what information you obtain that describes a grant competition, you will 5
always need to go directly to the funding source to determine if the information is current, and whether or not that opportunity still has real potential for your afterschool program.
GRANT SEEKING ACTIVITIES Grant seeking begins when program staff actively devote time and effort to locating sources that have interest in awarding funds to operate programs or services.
Your program may need additional funding for a variety of purposes.
Programs may need to keep up with rising cafterschools of delivering services without raising tuition, serve additional children and families remaining on a waiting list, renovate or equip classroom space, move to a new facility, expand the range of activities or services currently provided, or maintain the current level of services over time. Knowing where and how to look for funding opportunities is the first step toward accessing the needed additional financial support. Writing and submitting grant applications to varied funding sources is one effective way to meet program needs for additional funding, but it is not the only way to raise additional funds. Other strategies commonly employed by nonprofit agencies include soliciting individual donors, sending direct mail pieces, raffling prizes, putting on special events such as athletic contests, and conducting capital campaigns to name only a few. Established and successful nonprofit agencies use a combination of different fund development strategies because they do not want to be dependent on only one type of funding or one funding source. The mafterschool successful of these programs receive grant awards fairly regularly (although not every grant application they try for). They submit grant applications to a variety of funding agencies, including both public and private sources. To reach the point where your program is winning its own share of grant funding, you will need to develop a grant-seeking plan as a part of your larger fund raising strategy. The plan should outline a timetable for identifying what you need to know about grant seeking, and how your grant seeking activities will interface with your other fund development activities.
This guidebook has been developed specifically for 6
afterschool programs who wish to develop that kind of plan, fafterschoolering the ability of the program to become increasingly able to raise funds through grants.
SYSTEMATIC PROSPECT RESEARCH Prospect Research is the term often used to describe those grant seeking activities devoted to the identification of program funders. STEP I Prospect research includes identifying all the potential funding sources interested in supporting afterschool programs, and the specific type of service each source is committed to fund. STEP II Prospect research involves focusing your efforts on those specific funding opportunities that are mafterschool likely to “pay off” (from the entire group of identified opportunities). In order to make a determination about your chances of receiving the particular funding, you will want to consider many factors. This can include how well your program fits with the funder’s mission, how the available funds may be used, how completely you can comply with all funder expectations, the timetable for submitting an application by the announced deadline, and the staff time and effort required to submit the proposal. The best choices for your grant writing efforts are those opportunities with the highest potential of being successful.
The more effort you spend conducting
prospect research, the better you will become in accurately assessing your chances of success. Once you and your staff have identified “the very best“ prospects, you can then focus on producing sound, and convincing grant applications. Spending time engaging in prospect research to identify funders interested in supporting afterschool programs is a prerequisite to obtaining funding. It is essential to spend time each week looking and prospecting for funding sources so that activity becomes part of your normal routine. Prospect research has become 7
increasingly less time consuming as more and more funders, including both public and private agencies, hafterschool websites. These websites provide viewers with the relevant information about grant opportunities and application procedures. Some of these funders are even beginning to ask applicants to submit their proposals electronically. In order to make use of online systems for identifying funders and submitting applications, your program will want Internet access and personnel with the ability to use the computer to conduct prospect research. If your program does not have currently have a computer on site, make arrangements to access a public computer source (the public library for example), or investigate how you might share resources with another program. Prospect research using the computer offers an efficient and rich source for locating potential funding opportunities because the information can be quickly accessed (saving personnel time) and is easily updated by the funder. With this technology, funders are able to pafterschool upto-date information about their grant opportunities much more quickly and easily than the older print distribution mechanisms. Although it is easier to revise the information on websites than it is to reprint and mail out updated information, don’t stop there.
Even if the website indicates the information was updated fairly
recently, make sure to follow up by confirming that the funding announcement and application process you have obtained is the latest one. To do this, contact the person named as the agency contact in the announcement in order to ensure that you are using the correct application packet and instructions. The individuals listed as the contact for that grant opportunity welcome calls from potential applicants, so do not hesitate to call or write to them. By communicating directly with the appropriate individuals you will be able find out for sure that the grant funding is still available, and that the forms and instructions have not been changed. You will also be able to obtain answers to any specific questions you may have that are not covered in the written materials. If any part of the application packet is not clear to you, take time to ask for the needed clarification. In particular, inquire about all the issues that would help you evaluate your program’s chances of obtaining the 8
requested funding, and make sure you understand all the stated proposal requirements. Since the work involved in submitting grant applications is so labor intensive, try to do whatever it takes to increase your chances of being funded. Success is never certain, but making sure your program meets all funder requirements, is submitted at the right time, and uses current forms is an essential foundation for success.
REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS (RFPs) Both public and private grant makers typically announce or publish notices of funding availability in various print products, and more and more often on websites. These announcements provide you with the specific application requirements and application deadlines for those applying for funding. These announcements are often called Requests for Proposals (RFPs), particularly those from government sources. In spite of the fact that each funder requires you to use their specific application forms, and different terms may be used in their application instructions, mafterschool RFPs ask for the same basic information. At a minimum you will be directed to document: A.
Your program’s eligibility for funding and proven organizational capacity to administer requested funds
B.
The children and families’ need for the services you seek to fund
C.
What program activities the requested funds will support (goals and objectives)
D.
The budget detailing exactly how the money will be used in each major budget category
E.
The methods you will use to judge how completely, and how well the program was carried out
F.
The impact or expected program benefits to children, families and community 9
G.
Your plan for sustaining the program beyond the funding period
RESPONSES TO RFPs The major aim of any grant proposal written in response to a particular RFP or funding announcement is to convince the funder that your program should receive the requested funding. Funders want to see proposals that comply with their stated requirements, and demonstrate clearly how “best practices” in service delivery were used in developing the proposed project. From its inception, The Afterschool Partnership has provided you with resources, information and training designed to help program staff learn about and keep up with the best practices in afterschool programs for school age children. When best practices are used to design programs, and the requirements of the funder have clearly been met, your program is placed in a very good position to compete successfully for scarce funding. Because there is never enough money to go around, even to deserving applicants, do not be discouraged when you are not always successful.
With
practice, you will become better and better at selecting the “best” potential funding opportunities and submitting effective proposals that will bring in additional fiscal
support.
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SECTION TWO GRANTMAKING ENTITIES AND THEIR TERMINOLOGY
WHAT FUNDING IS OUT THERE? The major sources of support for afterschool programs fall into one of two categories: public or private. Public sector funding provided by public agencies includes support from federal, state and local government. Private sector program support comes from private sources such as private foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations and corporate giving programs. In general, it is estimated that on average about 20% of the funding provided to support all nonprofit agencies comes from public and private grant sources combined.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR Federal Government The largest grant maker in the United States is the federal government. Federal funding streams flow to states and local communities from many different federal agencies. Each funding source or stream is designed to serve a particular purpose, and each has its own set of regulations and requirements for how the funds are awarded. Although very few federal initiatives support afterschool programs directly, federal support can be accessed to pay for a range of program activities carried out by afterschool providers. Those that may be used to fund afterschool programs can be grouped into seven different categories: 1.
Formula or block grants
2.
Entitlement programs
3.
Discretionary or program grants
4.
Contracts
5.
Demonstration grants
6.
Direct payments 11
7.
Loan or loan guarantee programs By understanding the distinguishing characteristics of each type of funding,
you will become better acquainted with the overall picture of federal funding and how you can creatively use this funding to support your program. Section III of this funding guide contains names and information on specific funding opportunities within these categories. 1.
Formula or Block Grants: Federal Formula or block grants provide a specified amount of money to states for a particular purpose. The amount awarded each state is based on a specific distribution formula established by the federal government.
These
formulas are often tied to a certain demographic population characteristic such as the percentage of state residents living at or below the poverty line. Formula grants do not guarantee to cover all eligible residents of a state, but can be used for those who are eligible until the funding is exhausted.
Examples of
formula and block grant funding that may be available for afterschool programs are: •
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Fund
•
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program Block grant and formula grant funding gives states full responsibility for
operating the programs, including the freedom to design their own programs and processes for distributing funding, to shift funds across activities, and to determine state eligibility criteria (as long as the state complies with federal guidelines governing the use of the funds). Today a significant amount of federal financial support to Louisiana is provided with money that flows from the federal government to our appropriate state or local government agency. These agencies subsequently publish their funding opportunities and application instructions, eventually awarding support to the mafterschool successful of the proposals submitted.
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2.
Entitlement Programs: Entitlement programs guarantee that all individuals who meet specified
eligibility criteria receive those services. Medicaid (Title XIX) is a primary example of such an entitlement program. Some entitlement programs direct funding to state or local government agencies that in turn administer the program. In some instances states operate an entitlement program themselves, while in other instances funds are made available to city or parish governments that award funds and operate the program.
In particular, entitlement funds have been used successfully by
afterschool programs to pay for nutritious snacks. The Child and Adult Care Food Program, the National School Lunch Program and School Summer Food Program are examples of these potential funding sources. 3.
Discretionary or Program Grants:
Discretionary or program grants provide federal funding to organizations and agencies (both public and nonprofit) for a wide and diverse range of focused initiatives. Generally this funding is designed to target priorities and problems of national interest, supplement state and local funding efforts, and provide seed money for education and child-related state and local initiatives. These are usually referred to as program or discretionary grants, but sometimes are called competitive grants, or discretionary grants or grants-in-aid. By definition these funds are distributed through a competitive process as announced in a Request for Proposal (RFP) by the appropriate federal agency.
Depending on the program
requirements, state and local governments, state and local educational agencies, community-based
organizations
and
collaborative
groups
and
agencies
(coalitions) can apply directly for the funding by submitting an application to the responsible federal agency. All proposals that meet the established requirements are reviewed by a group of individuals recruited from experts in the field and representative consumers of the services, with guidance from agency program staff. These reviewers are asked to evaluate and rate each proposal according to established and published proposal review criteria. 13
Federal
grant
opportunities
appear
daily
in
the
Federal
Register
approximately 45 days prior to the application deadline. The Federal Register can be accessed from the federal website www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. The Federal Register also is found in print form in the main branch of the public library and in our local university libraries. Federal assistance opportunities also are described in the Federal Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA), both online www.cfda.gov, in print versions, and on specific federal agency websites. The web site version also allows the user to search for specific key words describing funding interests. In general, the information found in the CFDA includes fairly general information about the funding of the program described, providing limited detail, which does not include all that you would need to write and submit a proposal.
However,
the
important
CFDA
identification
number
for
each
competition appears in the catalogue. It is this identification number which will allow you to track the funding announcement so you can locate the complete grant application announcement when it appears in the Federal Register. It is in the Federal Register that you see the requirements of the proposal, its format and application instructions, application deadline and review criteria. These federal opportunities also are pafterschooled on federal agency websites. Please note, you will frequently be instructed in the Federal Register announcement to contact the agency administering the grant’s funds for an application packet.
This application packet will contain the complete RFP,
including all applicable federal forms that must be completed and submitted with the grant. For instance, the United States Department of Education announces funding opportunities at www.doe.gov. See also the attachment to this guidebook “Using the Internet As A Grantseeking Tool� for additional website listings.
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4.
Contracts: Contracts between a state or federal government agency and other public
or private agencies are also available at times, in certain circumstances. These contracts stipulate in detail the services to be rendered, and how performance will be monitored. The Department of Labor’s Job Corps is an example of a contract of this nature.
The government publishes information about available contracts in a
consumer friendly website listing these opportunities. See www.fedbizopps.gov/ to view this source. 5.
Demonstration Grants: Demonstration grant funds are provided occasionally to conduct limited
“field-tests� of an innovative or untested method for delivering services in order to determine its effectiveness and feasibility. Those showing real promise may later be transformed into discretionary grant funds. Typically support from demonstration funds is accessed through a competitive process. Varied agencies, including state, parish and city government, community-based agencies and other nonprofit organizations may be eligible. 6.
Direct Payments: These funds provide direct financial support to those who satisfy the federal
requirements for direct aid. The Federal Work-Study program is one example that may be beneficial to your afterschool program. 7.
Loan or Loan Guarantee Programs: Direct loan programs are provided to assist community-based agencies, as
well as eligible public and private organizations, by loaning money from public or private lenders at rates often below those of private lending institutions. Some of these loan programs are administered by state and local agencies that in turn disseminate eligibility criteria and manage the loan application process and outcome.
In other instances, direct loans are available directly from a federal
agency to the local qualifying program. Loan Guarantee programs do not loan funds, but provide incentives to community financial institutions in order to make it 15
more attractive and feasible for the financial institution to make low cafterschool loans in the community for specified purposes. 8.
Matching Fund Requirements: Many federal grants and loan programs require that the grantee provide a
specified percentage of the requested federal money as a “match” for the money the federal government program provides. Individual competitive funding programs have specific percentage requirements that frequently can only be matched from state or local funds, NOT other federal money.
This can get
somewhat confusing if you are receiving grant funds from the state, but those funds come from federal funds that were block granted to the state. Be sure to contact your funder to verify that your match funds are non-federal in nature.
Some
matches can only be made with program dollars, while some programs allow in-kind contributions (for example, the value of volunteer hours or donations of supplies to a program).
For every potential funding opportunity you consider, be sure to
identify any matching requirements so that you can accurately assess the ability of your program to successfully comply with funding requirements.
State Government Besides distributing “flow through funds” from Block and Formula Grants provided by the federal government as explained above, the State of Louisiana may offer its own state financed sources of fiscal support to service providers. The new Louisiana 4 program that provides preschool funding for 4-year-old children is one example. State funds appropriated by the state legislature may be dedicated to funding a variety of specific types of programs that could at times include afterschool programs. Much of the financial support available from state government (regardless of where the funding stream originated), is awarded to programs through a competitive
grant
process
administered
by
the
relevant
state
agency.
Announcements of funding availability (RFPs) appear on state agency websites, are disseminated through email, and circulated in other printed materials. Often state 16
agencies hold “bidders conferences” in each region of the state to provide technical assistance to program personnel who plan to submit proposals requesting these funds.
These sessions are designed specifically to provide potential
applicants with the information needed to apply for funding according to the specified guidelines and application instructions. The Louisiana Department of Education website is www.doe.state.la.us/.
The Louisiana Department of Social
Services website is www.dss.state.la.us/.
Local Government Local government agencies and entities periodically offer financial support to service providers through competitive grant processes designed to meet local needs for services and programs. They also are awarded to provide seed money for demonstrations of education and child-related community initiatives.
Some of
these funds originate with the federal or state government, but are operated at the local level. Locally held bidders conferences may provide potential applicants with the needed information about applying for available funds. The Weed and Seed program operated by the City of New Orleans offers funding for “safe havens” such as afterschool programs targeted in a specific geographic area of New Orleans. The funding for this program flows to the city from the U.S. Department of Justice. As the City of New Orleans strives to meet the mayor’s stated goal of simplifying city processes and providing citizens with easy access to information, you can expect to see that the website hafterschooled by the City of New Orleans will provide information about potential funding competitions as they become available. The website address for New Orleans is www.new-orleans.la.us. In other locations and communities throughout Louisiana, parish or city government websites will begin to provide citizens with access to government programs, regulations, and opportunities including pertinent funding information.
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THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Foundations and other private entities also provide fiscal support to a wide variety of nonprofit causes. Each separate entity in the private sector establishes its own funding preferences that dictate eligibility for funding, the application process itself, and the terms of funding. The Foundation Center (a national resource that catalogs basic information about private sources of fiscal support) offers a database of approximately 85,000 private and corporate foundations. Each listing provides basic information about what the funder is looking for from potential applicants, what activities they fund, and indicates how applicants should proceed in order to apply for funding.
Users can reduce the amount of time spent in
conducting prospect research by using this kind of search mechanisms to find the mafterschool likely private sector funders.
Several categories of private funders
that offer potential sources of financial support for afterschool programs are described below, including: (1) community foundations (2) corporate foundations (3) corporate giving foundations (4) family foundations
1.
Community Foundations: Community foundations consist of nonprofit organizations dedicated to
providing grant funds in a particular region or community. Our local example is the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF). This important community resource gathers information about funding interests from seven (7) foundations in the private sector that have competitive grant funding opportunities, and distributes information about the application requirements of each funder. This information appears on the GNOF website (www.gnof.org), offering an important prospect research resource for afterschool providers. 18
2.
Corporate Foundations: Corporate foundations are private funders whose available financial support
comes from the proceeds of their for-profit business. An example of a corporate foundation operating in our community is the BellSouth Foundation that focuses its funding not only in metropolitan New Orleans, but all the southern states served by BellSouth. 3.
Corporate Giving Programs: These funding sources also come from for-profit business entities that
distribute grant funds from business profits, however the company chooses to make funding available without setting up a separate foundation in order to do so. Sometimes large companies operate both corporate foundations and corporate giving programs. Each of these provide support to community organizations whose programs match the mission of the company’s giving priorities. When a company has both a foundation and a corporate giving program for awarding grant funding, they operate independently from one another and usually have slightly different funding interests, award amounts, and eligibility criteria. A local example of this type of funding is the Entergy Corporate Contributions Program.
Entergy also
administers a separate grant award programs through their corporate foundation. 4.
Family Foundations: The majority of existing foundations, both locally and across the nation, fall
into this category. These independent private foundations are typically formed by members of a single family, as a way to support philanthropic causes the family has identified as targets for funding. The foundation is set up as a vehicle for meeting needs in these specified interest areas, within specified communities, for particular target populations. Family foundations are eligible to take advantage of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax incentives if they give 5 percent of the value of their assets to support nonprofit causes every year. In our area, the Brown Foundation and the Reily Foundation are examples of family foundations. On a national level the Mott Foundation is a prominent example, and is a particularly important funder in the area of afterschool. 19
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Summary: Given the diverse and complex structures of potential funding streams, sources of support and philanthropic patterns, it is easy to see why it takes a lot of time and effort to research and identify funding sources for your program. Finding out about and keeping up with ever changing funding opportunities also involv es plenty of informal networking and systematic participation in activities with other professionals and groups. The Afterschool Partnership itself is a primary example of an association designed specifically to encourage networking and professional development among all the after school providers in our area. Grant seeking is only one area of assistance and training that the Afterschool Partnership provides for staff and volunteers in after school programs, but it is certainly an important one.
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Terminology: Categories and Descriptions of Support Interests No single process or standard vocabulary is used uniformly by grant makers to describe their funding interests, the type of programming they support, or provide guidance for potential applicants. However, the following activities are those that appear to be used mafterschool often in relation to funding interests pertinent to afterschool programs. Section III of this Funding Guide presents information about many individual funding sources that have an interest in funding the type of activities and programs represented by afterschool providers.
TYPICAL AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Academic Activities. Grant makers often wish to fund academically focused activities that many afterschool providers offer to students. Education and tutoring in small groups and one-on-one, as in coaching, mentoring, and literacy experiences, are typical examples. Basically any programming that is devoted to enhancing the academic performance of students in school subjects including English, mathematics, science, social studies, government, foreign languages, and so on fall into this category. The demonstrations of creative ways to engage students in activities that support their academic achievement are particularly relevant to afterschool programs. Enrichment Activities.
Some grant makers have great interest in funding
programs that offer enrichment experiences and opportunities to program participants.
Many cultural, artistic and interpretive activities that do not
necessarily have a direct relationship to school achievement (although they may) are placed in this category.
Enrichment activities focus on the holistic
development of the inner capacities of human beings and the opportunities for each individual to identify their own talents and interests. Although enrichment activities are not always viewed as activities that can fafterschooler academic outcomes, a rich body of recent “best practice� literature reveals that many enrichment activities can be important vehicles for increasing children’s school 22
achievement in subject matter areas as well as enhancing creativity and serving as appropriate outlets for healthy emotional development and social competence. 1.
Facilities.
The actual bricks and mortar required to build, remodel and
maintain a physical plant in which to house afterschool programs can present funding needs that you seek to meet. While some funders entertain renovation and construction cafterschools, many of them specifically rule this type of support out. 2.
Food/Snacks. Federal food programs in particular are likely funding prospects
for afterschool programs. Once accessed a great deal of the funding to pay for healthy refreshments that all afterschool programs serve each day comes from these sources. With the addition of this funding, you will free up money previously spent on snacks and use it instead to support other elements of your program. 3.
Infrastructure Activities.
Just as all other types of nonprofit agencies,
afterschool programs have a variety of needs related to the structure of the program and the components of the agency devoted to the effective and efficient operation of the agency. Collectively, these administrative delivery systems and components often referred to as “program infrastructure� influence the overall capacity of an organization to carry out its mission. 4.
Professional Development. The needs for afterschool programs to provide
opportunities for staff to stay abreast of best practices in the field can generate a need for funds to support relevant staff training and ongoing technical assistance. The Afterschool Partnership itself searched for and acquired funding to provide professional
development
experiences
for
afterschool
providers
in
the
metropolitan area. Many of you have been participants and recipients of training sponsored (and paid for) by the Partnership. It is also reasonable to assume that your staff development needs stimulate your program to submit individual grants to interested funders to provide other important staff training and professional development opportunities. These kinds of activities might include support for staff attendance at professional meetings at a national conference for example, or at afterschool training scheduled in our area, or even by designing specific training for staff of an individual programs or small groups of afterschool programs. 23
5.
Recreation. Indoor and outdoor physical activity for both individual children
and groups of children are found in the category of recreation funding. A wide variety of games and “sports” including gymnastics, tennis, swimming and archery are all examples of activities that offer wonderful outlets in afterschool programs to support children’s healthy physical, social and emotional development.
Some
grant makers are particularly interested in targeting funding for these kinds of health promoting, team building and character building pursuits. 6.
Remedial. Some funders are particularly interested in funding initiatives that
provide support and instructional assistance needed to help close achievement gaps that exist when large groups of children lag behind their peers in meeting standards for basic skills established for each grade level. Remedial programs of this nature also are referred to as developmental programs. Sometimes emphasis is placed on “catching up” in reading and math in particular, but all core academic subjects can be included in afterschool programs that provide this important assistance. 7.
Special Needs.
The families of children with identified special needs also
require quality afterschool care for their youngsters, especially in programs which enroll typical children. Their ability to find these opportunities are complicated by the children’s needs for staff with the capacity to serve the child or children. Certain funders focus on increasing opportunities for children with special needs to receive afterschool services in programs that include all children and seek to support service providers operating camps, as well as before and after school education and care. 8.
Technology. Another significant cafterschool to programs comes about due
to needs for technology to purchase computers, software programs, and Internet access services. In this era of increasing focus on technology that makes it possible for program staff to carry out afterschool programs more efficiently and effectively, those without this type of infrastructure in place may wish to look for funding opportunities that will provide financial support for technology purposes, or will donate computer hardware (equipment) or software (programs to operate the 24
computer). Technology can also play an instrumental role in the academic and enrichment activities of your program. 9.
Transportation. Another major cafterschool that face many afterschool
programs is the need to transport children both to and from their program safely and efficiently. Locating funding sources for transportation, and developing collaborative agreements with other agencies in order to arrange and pay for transportation services is essential.
Many families will not be able to enroll their
children in an afterschool program if reliable transportation is not offered. For programs with their own transportation vehicles, the needs for maintaining vehicles can also present significant financial challenges. 10.
Youth Development.
Youth development encompasses a broad range of
programs that are designed to enhance the lives of school age children and youth by supporting their ability to succeed in life. Potential funders can be identified for various programs and activities. Mafterschool prevalent are funders focused on supporting career/occupational education and workforce preparation, but others areas such as character education, social competence, leadership development, civic engagement and citizenship, service learning, life skills, and risk prevention, may have funding potential for afterschool programs.
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GRANTEE ELIGIBILITY CATEGORIES
Each funder describes the precise criteria they will use to judge a program’s eligibility to receive funding. It is important that you understand exactly which type of agency or agencies each individual funder intends to support. In general, mafterschool
funders
make distinctions between nonprofit
and for profit
organizations. For profit businesses (which can include school-age providers and child care providers), are not usually not eligible for funding and fiscal support from the funding sources covered by this guide.
Therefore, the vast majority of the
funding available for afterschool programs and services from these sources specifically targets nonprofit agencies, including charitable organizations with tax exempt 501(C) (3) status from the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and nonprofit agencies with Articles of Incorporation registered with the State of Louisiana such as schools, hospitals and religious institutions.
Funders always
provide information outlining the particular type of agencies or entities that can be supported by their grant or contract funds. Read all the eligibility criteria of each grant announcement carefully to determine your eligibility. If you are affiliated with a for profit rather than a nonprofit afterschool program, pay special attention to the information presented about eligibility. Nonprofit Agency Eligibility.
Funders may use different terms to describe
exactly what type of nonprofit agency or agencies are eligible for fiscal support. For this reason, it is impossible to provide you with one standard definition of these subgroups. For instance, one funder may include faith-based agencies (as they define it) as part of the group eligible for funding. Similarly community-based agencies (according to their definition) may be included or excluded by a particular funding source. Read each funding opportunity or grant announcement carefully.
After reading the information provided by the funder, if you remain
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In addition to supporting nonprofit agencies, many funders, particularly government funding sources, will provide funding to state and local governments who carry out initiatives relevant to afterschool programs (education and health initiatives, for example). These state agencies may be referred to as SEA’s (State Departments of Education, like the Louisiana Department of Education), or LEA’s (Local Education Agencies, like Orleans Parish Public Schools). In some RFPs, funders are particularly interested in providing fiscal support to collaborating groups of agencies. For example, the funder may state that support is available for coalitions consisting of public agencies, such as an LEA in partnership with one or more nonprofit community-based agencies, and a local institution of higher education. When collaborative efforts are required, the funder’s RFP or funding announcement will spell out exactly which groups must participate in each collaborative arrangement in order to be eligible for funding. Again, if you are uncertain that your program or your group of partners meets published criteria, communicate directly with the identified funder contact. Remember, that as with any information you gather containing application instructions, eligibility information, grant forms, criteria for reviewing the evaluation, deadline and grant cycle dates, etc., it is critical that you verify the information with the funder to make sure it is the mafterschool current information. No matter what this Funding Guide or any other funding information source may say (including the funder’s website or own printed materials), until you have double-checked to ensure the reliability of the information, you are taking the risk that you may be following instructions that no longer apply.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL GRANT SEEKING RESOURCES
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Main Branch) The Main Branch of the New Orleans Public library offers public access to FCSearch, a searchable database of more than 80,000 listings of foundations and corporate funding opportunities. Call the library at 504-529-7323 and ask for the Business and Science Division to set up an appointment.
The library is located at 219 Loyola Ave, between Tulane Ave and Gravier Street and is open from 10 AM - 6 PM, Monday-Thursday and 10 AM - 5 PM, FridaySaturday. The FC Search Database is available in the computer lab of their Business and Science Section on the main floor.
STATE OF LOUISIANA GRANTS MANAGEMENT OFFICE The State of Louisiana's Office of Community Development offers free prospect research and grant writing assistance.
Call the Grants Management
Office in Baton Rouge at 225-342-7412 with the details of your program, and one of their community development program specialists will research both private and federal funding opportunities for you. After finding a funding opportunity, they will provide assistance in writing the grant or review your proposal. The State Grants Management Office is located at 1201 North Third Street, Suite 1180, Baton Rouge, LA 70804.
GREATER NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY DATA CENTER The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC) is an important local resource that grant seekers residing in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany parishes will find invaluable.
GNOCDC hafterschools a
user friendly website which offers the mafterschool complete and well- organized collection of statistical information about metropolitan New Orleans ever assembled.
This data can be used to precisely describe the population and 28
neighborhood characteristics of communities that are always required in grant proposals. Funders expect to see this data in sections of the proposal devoted to convincingly stating the needs of your target population for the afterschool services or supports for which you seek funding. In other words, the data will help you persuade grant reviewers that the problem you intend to address is significant and worthy of funding. Using the information you access through this website, you will be able to paint a vivid portrait of the need you are attempting to meet. GNOCDC has compiled data from many different sources, including the 2000 U.S. Census and other major collections of published statistical information available in reliable data sets. But instead of simply presenting these statistics at the level of each government structural entity (i.e., city or parish), GNOCDC presents data describing each individual neighborhood within the larger administrative unit (i.e., the city, or parish). You will be able to target your exact location by identifying the neighborhood in which you operate, or by putting together descriptive data from several neighborhoods as needed if your program recipients normally come from several neighborhoods. Also, the website provides ways for you to view the data for your target area in comparison to data from other neighborhoods and larger areas, and in comparison to parish, state and national averages. Visit the GNOCDC website at: http://www.gnocdc.org well before you begin to develop your statement of need, or the problem you hope to impact through the delivery of your afterschool program.
VIA LINK VIA LINK is another important community resource. VIALINK itself is a nonprofit agency, formerly known as Volunteer and Information Agency (VIA). In 1989 the agency expanded its original information and referral services focus and added several direct intervention services to its mission.
Today VIA LINK helps people
connect to community resources and programs such as those operated by afterschool programs. This information is conveyed in several ways: their telephone 29
help line access 24 hours a day everyday: publications; and, electronically through their Internet website.
Anyone in the community can assess information about
community resources through the print version of the VIALINK Community Resource Directory, and through the Directory Online by going to the new VIALINK internet website www.vialink.org. VIA LINK provides the community with a very valuable and needed service by connecting people and organizations with information and resources so that the services and individuals can help themselves and each other. This source could represent an important tool for assisting families in need of afterschool services locate programs for their children. If you want to further develop your referral network, contact VIALINK at 504-895-5536 to learn how your program can be included in the directories.
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SECTION THREE
AFTERSCHOOL PARTNERSHIP FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
PUBLIC SECTOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
1.
21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? The 21st Century Community Learning Centers program is designed to extend the school day and/or year to provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including tutorial services to help students meet state and local student academic achievement standards in core academic subjects. Particular focus should be placed on students who attend low-performing schools. 21st Century Community Learning Centers should offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development, drug and violence prevention, counseling, art, music, recreation, technology education, and character education, all of which should reinforce and complement the regular academic program of the participating students. In addition, community learning centers may offer opportunities for literacy and related educational development to families of participating students. Grantees must provide at least 10 months of service a year for a minimum of 3 days a week. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? States are required to make awards only to applicants that will primarily serve students who attend schools with high concentrations of low-income students. Also, States must give priority to projects that target services to students who attend the mafterschool low-performing schools. Eligible applications must include at least one school and one non-school entity in a collaborative venture. Local educational agencies, community-based organizations, faith-based groups, other public or private entities, or consortia of such agencies, organizations, or entities are eligible to receive funds to provide services to low-income students and their families 31
through grants awarded from the designated state agency. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? U.S. Department of Education funding to states in fiscal year 2004 was $999,070,000; in fiscal year 2005, funding levels are expected to be similar. In fiscal year 2004, the Louisiana Department of Education received $21,573,621 which was subsequently awarded to 16 grantees operating 44 centers across the state. In fiscal year 2005, 18 new grantees operating 44 centers have received funding. No new grants will be awarded for fiscal year 2006 since the estimated $21,075,054 state allocation will be used to cover continuation grants only. Look for a new RFA in the spring or summer of 2006. Grants are typically given over a five-year period if all requirements are met. Awards average $500,000 per year for three years. In the fourth year, awards drop to 75% of the original annual grant award, and the fifth year they drop to 50% of the original annual grant award. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No match requirement exists now for Louisiana’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program until the fourth and fifth year of funding. However, all programs are strongly encouraged to leverage additional funds from other public and private sources throughout the entire grant period and to document a plan for sustaining programming after the grant expires. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants submit proposals to Louisiana Department of Education. Look for RFP's yearly at State of Louisiana website below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Extended Learning, Division of School and Community Support Louisiana Department of Education Section Leader 32
PO Box 94064 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064 225-342-4147 E-mail: WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/scs/656.html
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.287
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ABSTINENCE EDUCATION
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? This funding enables States to provide abstinence education and, at the option of the State, mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision to promote abstinence from sexual activity.
Programming should focus on those identified
groups mafterschool likely to bear children out of wedlock. Funds may be used for mentoring, counseling, and other proactive activities that promote positive behaviors. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Grant funds first flow from federal to state governments by formula. Individual organizations then apply for funding directly to their state. In Louisiana, eligible organizations include non-profit organizations, for-profit businesses, institutions, companies, public or private schools, or individuals. Religious and benevolent organizations also may apply. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Grants to each state range from $13,501 to $7,206,111; the average is $847,458. Louisiana was awarded over $1,283,563 in fiscal year 2005. The funding provided to successful grant applicants in Louisiana during 2005 ranged from $8,000 to $300,000. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? States must provide $3 for every $4 of federal funds allotted. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Family and Youth Services Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services. HOW DO I APPLY? States must submit an application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; funding to the state is awarded once plans for distributing the grant funds throughout the state are approved. As a first step in the process of 34
applying for this funding, organizations in Louisiana must send a summary of their project and a proposed budget to the Governor's Program on Abstinence (see contact below). The Governor's office will send applicants a letter acknowledging their interest in the program. Applicants whose projects merit consideration will later be asked to submit a complete application and proposal using forms and instructions provided by the Governor's Program on Abstinence. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Federal contact: Linda Reese-Smith Family and Youth Services Bureau Administration for Children and Families 330 C Street, SW Room 2130 Washington, DC 20447 202-205-8633 Email: lreese-smith@acf.hhs.gov Louisiana contact: Gail Dignam, State Coordinator Governor's Program on Abstinence Office of the Governor 150 3rd Street, Suite 404 Baton Rouge, LA 70801 225-342-0426 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/fund-anncmt.htm
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 93.235
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3.
AMERICORPS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Funds may only be used to plan or operate national and community service programs. AmeriCorps addresses pressing education, public safety, human, and environmental needs of our Nation's communities by encouraging Americans to serve either part or full-time. AmeriCorps programs have four goals: (1)
provide services with direct and demonstrable results;
(2)
strengthen communities and unite individuals of different backgrounds in common efforts to improve their communities;
(3)
encourage responsibility through service and civic education; and
(4)
expand opportunities in return for devoting a year to national service. AmeriCorps volunteers receive education awards for higher education expenses.
AmeriCorps volunteers can be used to tutor and mentor youth, teach computer skills, and run afterschool programs. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Tribes, Territories, national nonprofit organizations, professional corps, and multi-State organizations may apply. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? At least one-third of the funds will be distributed to programs that are first selected by the states and then submitted to the Corporation for competitiv e consideration. Remaining funds will be distributed to programs operated by national nonprofit organizations, professional corps and programs in more than one state. The anticipated program grant sizes (excluding planning grants) will range from approximately $200,000 for State formula programs to $3,000,000 for National Directives. Total funding for fiscal year 2003 was $162,862,500; for fiscal year 2004 $272,754,400; and it is estimated that for fiscal year 2005 funding will be increased to $280,000,000. 36
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ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Yes. 15% of the living allowance for AmeriCorps volunteers and 33% of the operating and support expenses must be matched by the state. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Corporation for National and Community Service HOW DO I APPLY? States apply directly to Corporation for National and Community Service. After school programs may request AmeriCorps volunteers from a local contact. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Local Contact: There are many local contacts throughout the state.
Contact
Louisiana's state office (see below) or visit the website given below to identify the mafterschool relevant Louisiana contact for your program. Louisiana State Contact: Willard Labrie 707 Florida Street, Suite 316 Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Phone: 225-389-0473 Fax: 225-389-0510 e-mail: LA@cns.gov Federal Contact (National Direct grants): Corporation for National and Community Service 1201 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20525 (202) 606-5000 ext.474 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Louisiana information: http://www.nationalservice.org/stateprofiles/la_intro.html Federal agency information: http://www.nationalservice.org/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 94.006
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4.
CAROL M. WHITE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? This program provides grants to initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs for K-12 students. Funds may be used to provide teacher training, curriculum development, nutritional education, and equipment to fafterschooler life-long healthy habits for K through 12 students. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Local educational agencies and community-based organizations, including faith-based organizations. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Grants are awarded for anywhere from one to three years. The total amount appropriated for all grant funding in fiscal year 2004 was $69,000,000 with an average grant size of $295,000.
In fiscal year 2005 federal funding rose to
$73,000,000; however, no new applications were accepted in fiscal year 2005 since the allocations were used to cover continuation grants and highly-qualified applicants from the 2004 competition. Look for a new RFA in March of 2006. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Yes. The organization receiving the grant funds must provide 10 percent of the total project cafterschool in the first year of funding and 25 percent in the second and third years. Not more than 5 percent of the grant funds may be used for administrative cafterschools of the proposed program. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants submit proposals directly to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Requests for proposals are published annually and can be obtained from the Federal Register or from the office listed below. 39
WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Monica Woods U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 400 Maryland Ave., SW Rm. 3E308, FB-6 Washington, DC 20202-6123 (202) 260-3954 E-mail: monica.woods@ed.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.215F (Note: Funds for this program come from the Fund for the Improvement of Education, CFDA #84.215.)
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5.
CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP)
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Through a State agency, the program reimburses eligible institutions for providing meals and snacks to children and adults receiving nonresidential day care, including after school programs, and to homeless children living in emergency shelters. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? States can provide federal funds and USDA-donated foods to Class A licensed, non-residential, public or private non-profit child care providers of children of all ages, and to for profit child or adult care centers where at least 25% of their enrolled participants qualify for free or reduced-fee lunches. Child care facilities or afterschool programs must be currently operating to receive funds. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for fiscal year 2003 was $1,915,457,000; funding for fiscal year 2004 was $1,989,841,000; it is estimated that $2,064,676,000 will be distributed in fiscal year 2005. State grants vary according to level of participation in the program. In 2001, cash assistance ranged from $91,596 to $203,694,548 per State agency. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No, but participating agencies must provide the difference between the actual cafterschool of the meals and snacks and the reimbursement funds received through the program. Reimbursement funds are generally about 60 cents per dollar spent by the agency for a 2-component snack. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture. HOW DO I APPLY? The first step for programs operating outside of a public school is to conduct fire and health inspections of the facilities. Any programs seeking funds for the first time must attend 2 full-day training workshops that take place in Baton Rouge on the 1st 41
and 2nd Fridays of each month. Registration information for these workshops may be found at the website below. After completing both the "CACFP Record Keeping" and "CACFP Agreement and Application" workshops, the Louisiana Division of Nutrition Assistance completes a pre-approval site visit to finalize the granting process. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Division of Nutrition Assistance Louisiana Department of Education John Dupre, Division Director PO Box 94064 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 Contact: Sharon Carter-Street, Program Administrator 225-342-3720 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://cnp.doe.state.la.us/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 10.558
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CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND (CCDF)
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Funds are used to subsidize child care services for children under the age of 13 (or, at the option of the grantee, up to age 19 if disabled or under court supervision). Subsidized child care services are available to eligible families through certificates or contracts with providers.
Child care providers serving children
funded by CCDF must meet basic health and safety requirements set by States, Territories and Tribes. In Louisiana, parents may select any licensed Class A child care provider.
Some funding may also be available for training and technical
assistance, resource and referral services, child care for protective service cases, and quality incentives. A portion of these funds is designated for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to carryout research, demonstration, and evaluation projects. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Federal funding flows to states, territories, and tribes. In Louisiana, the Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support subsequently may provide funding to public or private entities to administer programs and provide services. These services may include programs operated by child care providers, communitybased organizations, faith-based organizations, recreation programs, schools, and public and private social service agencies.
Low-income families who meet
eligibility requirements may apply to the Department of Social Services to receive a child care subsidy. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? For States, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, the range of grants is: $8,239,050 to $516,176,056. The average grant awarded to a State is $90,100,000. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. 43
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WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services. HOW DO I APPLY? Child care providers interested in receiving CCDF funds must be a licensed Class A facility.
Licensing requirements may be obtained from the Louisiana
Department of Social Services, Bureau of Licensing, Phone: (225) 922-0015. Parents seeking child care assistance apply to Louisiana Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support, choosing a provider from a list of Class A facilities (see website below). Child care providers chosen from this list receive funds directly from Office of Family Support for services provided. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Federal Contact: Ms. Elsie Chaisson, Program Specialist Region VI Office, Administration for Children and Families 214-767-0166 Louisiana Contact: Mr. Adren O. Wilson Louisiana Department of Social Services Office of Family Support PO Box 94065 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9065 (225) 342-3947 Email: Adren.Wilson@dss.state.la.us WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/ofs/Child_Care_Assistance_Program.html WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 93.575
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? These grants are used to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for individuals with a low or moderate income. Each activity funded must meet one of the program's national objectives. Local after school programs are mafterschool likely to qualify for funding of their literacy initiatives through the CDBG Literacy Education Services grants. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Funds are distributed from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to each state using a formula. In mafterschool cases, states distribute the funds to units of local government. In New Orleans, the funds go directly from HUD to the City of New Orleans. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Federal funding given to states in fiscal year 2003 was $1,295,972,000; in fiscal year 2004 it was reduced to $1,293,365,000. It is currently estimated that funding for fiscal year 2005 will increase to $1,323,385,200. Louisiana funding awarded in fiscal year 2002 for all programs operating through these funds was $32,788,870. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants in Louisiana submit proposals to their local government. Cities with populations of more than 50,000, and parishes with populations of more than 200,000 are considered "entitlement communities" and may use some funds for 46
afterschool activities.
For these communities, the funding they are eligible to
receive flows from the federal government (HUD), to the city or parish, and subsequently is distributed through grants at the local level.
About 70% of
Louisiana's CDBG funding is distributed to entitlement cities and parishes.
The
remaining 30% is reserved for smaller communities but is not granted to afterschool programs. Contact the office given below for submitting applications to the City of New Orleans. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? City of New Orleans contact: Chester Nevels Mayor’s Division of Housing and Neighborhood Development Office 1340 Poydras Street, 10th Floor New Orleans, LA 70122, (504) 299-4299 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? City of New Orleans: http://www.gnocdc.org/redirect.cfm?ID=136 Federal: http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/cpd_programs.cfm WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 14.228
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH PARTNERSHIP CENTER PROGRAM (COPC)
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? This program funds partnerships between institutions of higher education and communities. The partnerships solve urban problems through research, outreach and exchange of information. The grants must address at least three of the following issues in a targeted urban community: housing; neighborhood revitalization; infrastructure; health care; job training; crime prevention; education; planning; and community organizing. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Accredited public or private institutions of higher education that grant twoand four-year degrees receive grant funding. The institution of higher education must partner with a community agency, which can be any public or private organization that provides services to the local community. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for fiscal year 2004 was $6,959,000; it is estimated that $6,959,000 will again be distributed for fiscal year 2005. The average range of assistance per grant is from $150,000 to $400,000. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Yes. Applicants must provide at least 25 percent of the total budget for proposed outreach activities and at least 50 percent of the total budget for proposed research activities. Higher percentages are required for renewal grants. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development HOW DO I APPLY? Accredited public or private institutions of higher education apply directly to Department of Housing and Urban Development. The competitive process is detailed in the Notice of Funding Availability published yearly (typically in the 48
Spring) in the Federal Register. Funds flow directly to grantee institutions.
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WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Mr. Kinnard Wright Office of University Partnerships Office of Policy Development and Research 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410 (202) 708-3061, ext. 7495 Download required forms at the website below or call SuperNOFA at 1-800-4838929 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.oup.org/about/copcapps.html or
http://www.hud.gov/grants/index.cfm
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 14.511
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9.
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT DISCRETIONARY AWARDS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Federal funds may be used for activities that: (1) improve the quality of the economic and social environment of low-income residents by providing resources to eligible applicants, by arresting tendencies toward dependency, chronic unemployment and community deterioration in urban and rural areas; (2) address needs of water and wastewater treatment; and (3) provide national or regional character building, sports, and physical fitness programs for low income youth. Favorable consideration will be given to those applications that demonstrate the involvement of new and novel combinations of resources. Programs encouraging teenage entrepreneurship or engaging youth in the development of community gardens are some examples of previously funded out-of-school time projects. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? For economic development projects, eligibility is restricted to private, locally-initiated, nonprofit community development corporations (or affiliates) governed by a board consisting of residents of the community and business and civic leaders. For all other projects, grants may go to states, cities, counties and also to private, nonprofit organizations. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Eighty-seven grants were awarded nationwide in FY 2003. Approximately 79 grants were awarded in FY 2004. It is estimated that 70 grants will be awarded in FY 2005. Grants range from $75,000 to $700,000. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING ? Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services 51
HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants submit proposals directly to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Carol Watkins, Director Office of Community Services Administration for Children and Families Department of Health and Human Services 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW 5th Floor Washington, DC 20447 (202) 401-9356 cwatkins@acf.hhs.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/index.html
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 93.570
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10.
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT-STATE GRANTS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Funds should be used to meet the following objectives:
(1) to provide
services and activities having a measurable and potential major impact on causes of poverty in the community, or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem; (2) to provide activities designed to assist low-income participants in: (a) securing and retaining meaningful employment; (b) attaining an adequate education; (c) making better use of available income; (d) obtaining and maintaining adequate housing and a suitable living environment; (e) obtaining emergency assistance; (f) removing obstacles blocking self-sufficiency; (g) achieving greater participation in the affairs of the community; (3) to provide on an emergency basis for the provision of such supplies and services, nutritious foodstuffs, and related services, as may be necessary to counteract conditions of starvation and malnutrition among the poor; (4) to coordinate and establish linkages between governmental and other social services programs to assure the effective delivery of such services to low-income individuals; and (5) to encourage the use of entities in the private sector of the community in efforts to improve poverty in the community. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Each state receives block grants to address the causes of poverty in communities.
States make grants to qualified locally-based Community Action
Agencies who distribute funds to other local agencies. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Funding for grants in fiscal year 2004 was $641,935,105. It is estimated that funding for fiscal year 2005 will total $494,946,000. Yearly funding per state ranges from $3,342,244 to $51,751,673. Average grant awards per state are $2,545,128. Individual grant information is not available. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? 53
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WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services HOW DO I APPLY? Procedures vary by state.
Each community in Louisiana has its own
Community Action Agency designated by the state.
Contact the Louisiana
Department of Labor to identify the Community Action Agency in your area. The contact in New Orleans is provided below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Louisiana Department of Labor Community Services Block Grant Louisiana Program Contact Pearl Turner Department of Labor 1001 North 23rd St., PO Box 94094 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 Phone: (225) 342-3292 Fax: (225) 342-7676 Email: pturner@ldol.state.la.us New Orleans information: Peter Dangerfield Total Community Action Agency Director 1420 S. Jefferson Davis Hwy New Orleans, LA 70119 (504) 827-2200 Email: pdangerfield@Totalcommunityaction.com WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? List of Louisiana Community Action Agencies: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/documents/caa_data/la-caa.htm US Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/index.htm 55
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 93.569
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COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Funds may be used to support community technology centers that provide computer access and training to children and adults living in economically distressed urban and rural communities. Related services that may be supported to enhance these programs include: pre-school and family programs, after-school activities, adult education, and career development and job preparation. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? State educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private nonprofit or for-profit agencies and organizations. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for 78 grant awards were made in fiscal year 2003 totaling $32,264,000. It is estimated that funding for fiscal year 2004 will total $9,941,000. The range of grant awards is approximately $300,000 to $500,000 per center. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Yes. Grantees must pay 50% of the cafterschool of the program. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education. HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants submit proposals directly to the Department of Education as directed by the grant announcement published in the Federal Register. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Charles Talbert, Southern States Coordinator Office of Vocational and Adult Education Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW 57
Potomac Center Plaza Washington, DC 20202-7100 202-245-7753 E-mail: Charles.Talbert@ed.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/AdultEd/CTC/index.html WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.341
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? These grants support innovative demonstration service programs to build the “ethic of service” among Americans of all ages and backgrounds. These include the AmeriCorps Education Award Program, AmeriCorps Promise Fellows, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service grants, and Disability Outreach grants. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? State, local governments, and nonprofit organizations are eligible for funding. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Demonstration grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for grants in fiscal year 2003 was $19,717,000; in fiscal year 2004 it was $28,521,000; it is estimated that funding in fiscal year 2005 will total $14,020,000. Demonstration grants for this competition generally range from $25,000 to $500,000 and are usually available for larger multi-state projects. Afterschool programs will mafterschool likely qualify for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service grants which are generally $5,000 or less. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Possibly.
Matching requirements vary from program to program.
See
individual website or contact program office for each competition for more information. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Corporation for National and Community Service HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants submit proposal directly to the Corporation for National and Community Service. Notices of Funding Availability are published in the Federal Register for each program.
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WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Corporation for National and Community Service Louisiana Field Office Willard L. Labrie, Director 707 Florida Street, Suite 316 Baton Rouge, LA 70801-1910 225-389-0473 LA@cns.gov National Headquarters 1201 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20525 (202) 606-5000 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://nationalservice.org/
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 94.007
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DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Grants are awarded to community coalitions to help reduce substance abuse (including alcohol and tobacco) among children and youth at-risk, and to reduce substance abuse among adults.
Community coalitions must collaborate with
entities in the community, including government agencies, to coordinate and strengthen efforts to reduce substance abuse. The program aims to disseminate timely state-of-the-art information on practices and initiatives that have proven to be effective in reducing substance abuse. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? An anti-drug coalition must be developed between a non-profit, charitable, or educational organization; a unit of local government; or, part of or affiliated with an eligible organization or entity. The coalition must demonstrate that substance abuse is one of the organization's primary missions and that they have worked together for no less than 6 months prior to application submission. The coalition must include at least one representative from the 12 community sectors listed in the "Eligibility Information" section of the RFA (see website below for details). WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Up to $100,000 is available for individual grants. Funding for grants in fiscal year 2003 was $53,494,698; in fiscal year 2004 funding totaled $50,011,939. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Yes. Coalitions must provide a 100% cash or in-kind match. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services HOW DO I APPLY? Coalitions represented by a single fiscal agency submit applications directly to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention according to Federal 61
Register instructions. Successful applicants receive funds directly from the federal agency. Visit the website below for a current RFA. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 1 Cherry Choke Rd., 4th Floor Rockville, MD 20857 Contact: Charlie Williams 240-276-2567 Email: Charlie.Williams@samhsa.hhs.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.dfc.samhsa.gov/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 93.276
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EVEN START: FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Even Start focuses on the educational needs of low-income families with young children. The goal of Even Start is to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities available to low-income families with low literacy levels. Even Start projects in Louisiana must serve families with parents who have less than a high school education and children between birth and age 7.
Projects must provide all four core services: adult literacy,
parenting education, early childhood literacy, and interactive literacy activities between parent and child. Projects must also include support services, provide some services to parents and children together, provide some home-based services, integrate educational activities across the four core areas, coordinate service delivery with other local programs, conduct local evaluations, and participate in the national evaluation. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? The Louisiana Department of Education makes awards to partnerships between local educational agencies (LEAs) and one or more of the following: a nonprofit organization, a public agency other than an LEA, or an institution of higher learning. Mafterschool often, LEAs are the grantees and act as the coordinators of many local service providers. Twelve Even Start Family Literacy Coordinators are currently in place across the state, each overseeing multiple sites conducting family literacy programs. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? U.S. Department of Education funding to states in fiscal year 2003 was $224,021,000; in fiscal year 2004 it was $222,668,000.
Grants are given for up to 4
years subject to yearly approval by the state. The state of Louisiana is receiving about $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2005 and will award an average of $150,000 per year to each successful grant applicant. 63
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ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Yes. The partnership must supply 10% of the cafterschool of the program in the first year, 20% in the second year, 30% in the third year, 40% in the fourth year, and 50% in years five through eight. After eight years of receiving funding through this program, grantees must reapply and provide 65% of the cafterschool of their program. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants submit proposals directly to Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Applicants interested in becoming a local coordinator should look for RFPs yearly at the state website below.
Individual afterschool
providers can contact a local coordinator to inquire about providing one of the many services required by the program at an already existing site. Local Even Start coordinators are listed on the website below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education: Kay Nelson, Even Start Coordinator Louisiana Department of Education Division of Family, Career and Technical Education PO Box 94064 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 (225) 219-7376 Email: kay.nelson@la.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/family/527.html (scroll
down on this webpage to find a link to a list of Even Start coordinators) WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.213
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GAINING
EARLY
AWARNESS
AND
READINESS
FOR
UNDERGRADUATE
PROGRAMS (GEAR UP): STATE GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIP GRANTS HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? The GEAR UP program includes two components: (1) Early Intervention; and (2) Scholarship. Under the Early Intervention component funding awards support partnerships providing early intervention activities such as comprehensive mentoring, counseling, outreach, and supportive service programs to students beginning in seventh grade and continuing through grade twelve as preparation for enrolling in pafterschool secondary educational institutions.
The scholarship
component may be used to establish or maintain a financial assistance program that awards college scholarships to participating students.
Collaborative
partnerships are encouraged to provide scholarships, but are not required to do so. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? GEAR UP has two basic funding streams from the federal government: one stream provides grants to states that in turn fund state-selected schools, while the other directly funds partnerships between institutions of higher education, local education agencies (LEAs) and
organizations in the community.
Afterschool
programs do not likely qualify for funding from the state of Louisiana; however, afterschool providers may be eligible to participate as collaborators in a partnership grant. Partnerships must include the following participants: (1) at least one institution of higher education; (2) at least one local education agency on behalf of one or more schools with a 7th grade and the high school the students at these middle schools would normally attend; and (3) at least two additional organizations such as businesses, professional associations, community-based organizations, state agencies, elementary schools, religious groups and other public or private organizations. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant, period: 5 years in length.
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HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Applications for renewal of multi-year projects are processed and funded before those for new projects.
In fiscal year 2004, $298,230,000 in funding was
awarded across the country with an average of $2,600,000 for each state grant and $450,000 for each partnership grant. It is expected that $306,488,320 in federal funds will be distributed in fiscal year 2005. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? The collaborative partnership's non-Federal contribution must match the Federal contribution by equaling at least 50% of the overall cafterschool of the five-year project. States must also provide 50% of the total cafterschool of their projects in matching funds. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Office of Pafterschoolsecondary Education, Higher Education Programs, Department of Education HOW DO I APPLY? Application packages for both state and partnership grants can be obtained from the Office of Pafterschoolsecondary Education and are available at the website below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Federal Contact: Department of Education Office of Pafterschoolsecondary Education James Davis 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202-5131 (202) 502-7676 E-mail: james.davis@ed.gov Louisiana's GEAR UP State Grant: Dianne Pedigo, Public Relations Coordinator LA GEAR UP! 67
225-219-0690 Email: dpedigo@largents.org WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Office of Pafterschoolsecondary Education: http://www.ed.gov/gearup/ LA GEAR UP!: http://www.lagearup.org/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.334
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GANG RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (G.R.E.A.T.)
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? The G.R.E.A.T. Program is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum. G.R.E.A.T. Program provides funding for law enforcement and educational agencies to unite in a common goal to: •
Provide children with the skills necessary to combat the stresses that set the stage for gang involvement.
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Provide children with accurate knowledge about gang involvement.
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Provide children with the skills necessary to resolve conflicts peacefully.
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Understand the need to set goals.
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Meet basic needs without creating problems.
Law enforcement officers must be trained to become certified G.R.E.A.T. officers who teach the specialized gang resistance curriculum in schools and summer programs. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Local law enforcement agencies and units of government are eligible for funds. City of New Orleans, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, and Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office received funds in fiscal year 2004 and are eligible for continuation funds for fiscal year 2005. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? The local law enforcement agencies listed below are eligible for the following G.R.E.A.T. program funding in fiscal year 2005: City of New Orleans Police Department $74,931 Jefferson Parish Sheriff $86,758 Tangipahoa Parish Sheriffs Office $67,309 69
ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice HOW DO I APPLY? Contact your local law enforcement agency to inquire about partnering with them to offer G.R.E.A.T. curriculum in your agency's programs.
Local programs
currently funded are listed below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? City of New Orleans (calls their program "Cops for Kids"): 504-658-4940 Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office: 985-345-6150 Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office: 364-5438 Email: gangs@jpso.com WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.great-online.org/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 16.737
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HEALTHY SCHOOLS, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? These projects support the development and operation of school-based health centers that provide preventive and comprehensive primary health care services to children at risk for poor health outcomes and other medically underserved populations. Priorities will be focused on providing services in the mafterschool medically underserved areas and maintaining existing school-based health centers that are serving high need populations. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions and organizations are eligible to apply.
Grantees are usually community health centers, state health
departments, university medical centers, and hospitals currently operating but interested in expanding their services to underserved children by operating a school-based health center. Schools serve as the hafterschool to these medical services. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Grants range from $100,000 to $300,000; average grant size is $214,467. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? The applicant must assume part of the project cafterschools determined on a case-by-case basis. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants submit proposals directly to Bureau of Primary Health Care. Download the "Public Health Service Grant Application" from website below.
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WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? LaVerne Green, Director Center for School-Based Health Bureau of Primary Health Care Parklawn Building, Mail Stop 15-99 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 301-594-4451 Email: lgreen@hrsa.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/HSHC/ Standard Public Health Services form PHS-5161: http://www.hhs.gov/forms/publicuse.html WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 93.302
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JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION: TITLE II FORMULA
GRANTS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? The program serves juveniles at risk or within the juvenile justice system and the agencies that provide services to them. The legislation directs that states use funding in defined core areas. Therefore, grants are awarded to states and territories to increase the capacity of state and local governments to support the development of more effective education, training, research, prevention, diversion, treatment, accountability-based sanctions, and rehabilitation programs in the area of juvenile delinquency through programs designed to improve the juvenile justice system. Grants may only be used for program-related activities. Louisiana's Title II application lists 17 program recommendations, including afterschool programs, family strengthening programs, violence prevention and mentoring programs.
Obtain an application from the Local Law Enforcement
Planning District office in your area for a full list of recommended programs. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? These federal grants are awarded to the state by formula. In our state, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement awards grants to eight local districts which in turn make grants to government agencies, public organizations and nonprofit organizations. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? In fiscal year 2005, Louisiana received approximately $1,200,000 in Title II funding, 32% of which will be used for administration at the state level. The Orleans Parish Office of Criminal Justice Coordination received $131,334 of the remaining state funds and funded two grants of $65,000 each. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice 73
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HOW DO I APPLY? Grant funds first flow from the federal government to state law enforcement agencies by a formula. In Louisiana, the Commission on Law Enforcement receiv es these federal funds and distributes them to eight districts throughout the state. Applicants obtain an information packet from the Local Law Enforcement Planning District office receiving funds for your area and submit applications directly to this office.
Information for Orleans Parish is given below.
Contact the Louisiana
Commission on Law Enforcement (see below) for contacts in other districts in Louisiana. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Orleans Parish Office of Criminal Justice Coordination: Mr. Richard Paisant 504-658-4045 Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement: Katherine C. Guidry, JJDP Program Manager 1885 Wooddale Blvd. - Room 1230 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Phone: (225) 925-4418 Fax: (225) 925-1998 Federal Contact information: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Department of Justice Washington, DC Contact: Roberta Dorn (202) 307-5924 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Louisiana information: http://www.cole.state.la.us/jjdp.htm Federal agency information: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 16.540 75
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JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION: TITLE V COMMUNITY PREVENTION PROGRAMS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Grants support collaborative, community-based delinquency prevention efforts. The Community Prevention Grants Program integrates six fundamental principles—comprehensive and multidisciplinary approaches, research foundation for planning, community control and decision-making, leveraging of resources and systems, evaluation to monitor program progress and effectiveness, and a longterm perspective—that combine to form a strategic approach to reducing juvenile delinquency. Grant funds cannot be used to replace funding for existing programs. Funding is only available for new programs or expansion of an existing program. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? These federal grants are awarded to the state by formula. In our state, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement awards grants to eight local districts. These districts in turn make grants to Community Coalitions consisting of a local governmental agency and community support groups, including schools and local nonprofits. The lead agency must be a unit of local government. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. Coalitions in Louisiana are awarded three year grants from the state. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Federal funding for grants in fiscal year 2004 was $36,815,059; it is estimated that distributions in fiscal year 2005 will total $62,319,000. The Orleans Parish Office of Criminal Justice Coordination received $42,000 for fiscal year 2005. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Yes. All coalitions must provide 33 percent of the total project cafterschool in cash or in-kind contributions. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice 76
HOW DO I APPLY? Grant funds first flow from the federal government to state law enforcement agencies by a formula. In Louisiana, the Commission on Law Enforcement receiv es these federal funds and distributes them to eight districts throughout the state. Applicants obtain an information packet from the Local Law Enforcement Planning District office receiving funds for your area and submit applications directly to this office.
Information for Orleans Parish is given below.
Contact the Louisiana
Commission on Law Enforcement (see below) for contacts in other districts in Louisiana. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Orleans Parish Office of Criminal Justice Coordination: Mr. Richard Paisant 504-658-4045 Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement: Katherine C. Guidry, JJDP Program Manager 1885 Wooddale Blvd. - Room 1230 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Phone: (225) 925-4418 Fax: (225) 925-1998 Federal agency information: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Department of Justice Contact: Roberta Dorn (202) 307-5924 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Louisiana information: http://www.cole.state.la.us/jjdp.htm Federal agency information: http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/titlev/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 16.548
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LEARN AND SERVE AMERICA: HIGHER EDUCATION
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? The program supports high quality service learning projects that engage students in meeting community needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing students' academic achievement and civic responsibility. Successful applicants are required to demonstrate the ability to build capacity and strengthen the service infrastructure within institutions of higher education by using funds to support the service learning activities of college students.
Learn and Serve
volunteers can be used to tutor and mentor youth, teach computer skills, and run afterschool programs. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Individual institutions of higher education, consortia of institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations or public agencies, including states, working in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education. The lead agency must be an institution of higher education. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for grants in fiscal year 2003 totaled $10,665,000; in fiscal year 2004 they totaled $10,686,500; it is estimated that funding for fiscal year 2005 will total $10,750,000. Grants range from $40,000 to $320,000; average grant size is $188,600. The Corporation awards grants for a one-year period, with the possibility of renewal in each of the two following years, contingent upon program performance and the availability of funds. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Grant recipients are required to provide a cash and/or in-kind match of an amount equal to or greater than the amount of the grant award. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Corporation for National and Community Service 78
HOW DO I APPLY? Institutions of higher learning apply directly to the Corporation for National and Community Service through an annual grant cycle as announced in the Federal Register. Afterschool programs may request Learn and Serve volunteers from a participating institution of higher learning. Tulane University and Xavier University are two local institutions that are currently participating. A full list of participating colleges and universities can be found at the website below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Federal agency contact: Corporation for National and Community Service 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20525 Telephone: 202 606-5000, Ext. 117 Local university contacts: Tulane University Institutionalizing Service Learning: Empowering Stakeholders Barbara Moely New Orleans, LA phone: 504-862-3322 fax: 504-862-8061 moely@tulane.edu Xavier University of Louisiana The HBCU Service-Learning Consortium of Louisiana Kimberly Reese New Orleans, LA phone: 504-520-5133 fax: 504-520-7948 kreese@xula.edu WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.learnandserve.org/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 94.005
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LEARN AND SERVE AMERICA: SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Funding supports programs offering opportunities for youth growth and development by learning through service in the areas of education, public safety, health and the environment. Programs of this nature are expected to have a dual focus on promoting academic excellence and civic responsibility. Grant funding is specifically focused to encourage elementary and secondary schools and community-based agencies to develop and offer service-learning opportunities for school-age youth. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? State educational agencies, state commissions on national service receive funding from the federal government and make grants to public schools. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for fiscal year 2003 was $32,250,000; for fiscal year 2004 $32,059,500; and for fiscal year 2005 it is estimated that $32,300,000 will be awarded. Grant funding can range from $20,000 to $2,376,360; average individual grant awards are $298,610. Grants for up to a three-year period are provided. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Yes. A ten-percent match is required for the first year, 20% for the second year, 30% for the third year and 50% for the fourth and any subsequent year. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Corporation for National and Community Service HOW DO I APPLY? Public schools submit grant proposals directly to the Louisiana Serve Commission.
See contact information below. Applications are available at the
Louisiana Serve Commission website.
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WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Louisiana contact information: Kay Bailey, Director Louisiana Serve Commission Learn and Serve America 263 Third Street, Suite 610-B Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801 (225) 342-3937 Federal contact information: Corporation for National and Community Service 1201 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20525 (202) 606-5000 ext.136 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Louisiana Serve Commission information: http://www.crt.state.la.us/laserve/ Federal agency information: http://www.learnandserve.org/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 94.004
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22. LOUISIANA GOVERNER'S OFFICE OF URBAN AFFAIRS GRANTS HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Grants from the Urban Affairs State Fund can be used for a variety of programs which improve the quality of life for disadvantaged urban residents of the state of Louisiana, including adult literacy, youth development, afterschool tutorial activities, medical screening, drug and alcohol education, teen pregnancy prevention, homelessness, computer training, and improvement of test taking skills. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Any nonprofit organization is eligible provided one or more state legislators has approved the program for application. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. Funds come from the State of Louisiana. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Total funding for all projects range from $7,000,000 to $10,000,000 per year. Individual grant amounts can range from $5,000 to $300,000. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Louisiana Governor's Office of Urban Affairs HOW DO I APPLY? Potential applicants approach state legislators for their district to obtain a recommendation to apply for the program (see websites below for contact information). Upon approval of one or more state legislators, eligible applicants will receive an application from the Governor's Office of Urban Affairs. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Ms. Connie Nelson Louisiana Governor's Office of Urban Affairs 150 Third St., 7th Floor Baton Rouge, LA 70802 225-342-1824 82
WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Louisiana Governor's Office of Urban Affairs: http://www.gov.state.la.us/depts/urban.htm Louisiana House of Representatives: http://house.legis.state.la.us/reps.htm Louisiana Senate: http://senate.legis.state.la.us/Senators/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? Not applicable.
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NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM (NYSP)
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Funding is provided to the National Youth Sports Corporation which contracts with approximately 203 NCAA programs at colleges and universities in 49 States to provide sports instruction and enrichment activities to disadvantaged youngsters from ages 10 to 16 during summer programs. Programs are expected to provide a comprehensive developmental and instructional sports program to low-income youth.
The major goal is to motivate low-income youth to earn and learn self-
respect through a program of sports instruction and competition. National Youth Sports Program projects are conducted during the summer months between June and August. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Direct funding is only provided by the National Youth Sports Corporation to support NCAA programs at colleges and universities in 49 States, including Louisiana. The recipients of these services are boys and girls age 10 through 16 years old. If your program serves this age group, investigate whether you would be able to collaborate with the local universities who receive these funds to guarantee that slots would be dedicated to your children or referrals for participation from children attending your AFTERSCHOOL program would be integrated into their intake procedures. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? The program began in fiscal year 1969 with one grant for $3,000,000. In fiscal year 2004, $17,893,800 was awarded by the Administration for Children & Families to NYSP. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? There are no matching requirements for the grant. However, participating colleges and universities are expected to provide services or in-kind contributions to the project such as the project administrator’s time and the facilities use. 84
WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Administration For Children & Families, Department of Health and Human Services HOW DO I APPLY? Apply to the programs at Dillard and Southern Universities, details below. To see a list of all participating institutions that receive funds from the NCAA see website below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Participating New Orleans area colleges & universities: Dillard University Mr. Cliff Barthe 2601 Gentilly Boulevard, 109 Dent Hall New Orleans, LA 70122 504-816-5281 Southern University, New Orleans Ms. Camacia Smith-Ross 6400 Press Drive New Orleans, LA 70126 504-286-5027 Federal contacts: Veronica Terrell Division of Community Demonstration Programs - NYSP Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, D.C. 20447 202-401-5295 E-mail: vterrell@acf.dhhs.gov
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WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/demo/nysp/background.html For a list of participating institutions: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/demo/nysp/directory.html WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 93.570
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SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES: NATIONAL PROGRAM
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Drug and violence prevention activities to be funded may include: (1) developing instructional materials; (2) providing counseling services; (3) delivering professional
development
programs
for
school
personnel,
students,
law
enforcement officials, judicial officials, or community leaders; (4) implementing conflict resolution, peer mediation, and mentoring programs; (5) providing character education programs and community service projects; (6) establishing safe zones of passage for students to and from school; and (7) acquiring and installing metal detectors and hiring security personnel. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Public and private nonprofit organizations, and individuals. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for grants in fiscal year 2003 was $197,404,000; funding in fiscal year 2004 was $233,295,000; it is estimated that funding in fiscal year 2005 will total $275,069,000. In fiscal year 2003, 89 awards were made nationwide. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Varies. Each Program Announcement may contain different matching requirements. Contact the Headquarters Office for details of each. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education HOW DO I APPLY? The application process varies according to the information as announced periodically in the Notice of Funding Availability in the Federal Register by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education in the U.S. Department of Education. Applications or proposals must be prepared and submitted in accordance with applicable program announcements. 87
WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Director, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202-6123 Contact: William Modzeleski (202) 260-1856 Email: William.Modzeleski@ed.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.184
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SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES: STATE GRANTS
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Drug and violence prevention activities to be funded may include: (1) developing instructional materials; (2) providing counseling services; (3) delivering professional
development
programs
for
school
personnel,
students,
law
enforcement officials, judicial officials, or community leaders; (4) implementing conflict resolution, peer mediation, and mentoring programs; (5) providing character education programs and community service projects; (6) establishing safe zones of passage for students to and from school; and (7) acquiring and installing metal detectors and hiring security personnel. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? State Departments of Education receive this funding from the U.S. Department of Education and in turn make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for drug and violence prevention activities taking place during the school day. However, 20% of state funding in Louisiana is granted to the Office of the Governor which can be used to make grants to nonprofit organizations conducting drug and violence prevention activities either during or after school. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for grants to states in fiscal year 2003 was $468,949,000; funding in fiscal year 2004 was $440,908,000; it is estimated that funding in fiscal year 2005 will total $440,908,000. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education HOW DO I APPLY? Local educational agencies apply to the Louisiana Department of Education. Applications for LEAs are available at the website below.
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organizations in Louisiana must contact the Office of the Governor's Safe and Drug Free Schools program (see contact information below) to receive an application. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Louisiana Governor's Office: Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Program Jan Devillier, Executive Director 150 Third Street, Room 121 Baton Rouge, LA 70802 1-800-827-5885 Contact: Dawn Diez Email: ddiez@drugfree.state.la.us Louisiana Department of Education: Office of School and Community Support Felecia Johnson 225-342-3431 Email: Felecia.Johnson@la.gov U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary & Secondary Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202-6123 Contact: Robert Alexander (202) 401-3354 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/.
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.186
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SAFE SCHOOLS/HEALTHY STUDENTS INITIATIVE
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Through grants made to local education authorities, the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative provides schools and communities with the benefit of enhanced school and community-based services in an effort to strengthen healthy child development,
thus
reducing
violent
behavior
and
substance
use.
School districts submit comprehensive plans created in partnership with law enforcement officials, local mental health authorities, and often with juvenile justice officials and community-based organizations as well. As of 2005, Lafayette Parish School System is the only LEA in Louisiana receiving funding under this program. Plans are required to address six elements: a safe school environment, alcohol and other drug and violence prevention and early intervention programs, school and community mental health preventive and treatment intervention services, early childhood psychosocial and emotional development programs, educational reform, and safe school policies. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) that have not received funds during any previous fiscal year are eligible to apply. LEAs must form community partnerships with law enforcement officials, local mental health authorities, and often with juvenile justice officials and community based organizations as well. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Discretionary HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Total funding from the federal government under this program is $74,800,000 for fiscal year 2005. Each LEA in an urban area can receive up to $3,000,000 per year; LEA's in suburban areas are eligible to receive $2,000,000 per year. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No 91
WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Department of Education (in partnership with Department
of
Justice and Substance Abuse & Mental
Health
Services
Administration) HOW DO I APPLY? Lead applicant must be an LEA in partnership with local organizations. Contact your local school district to inquire about becoming a partner with them under this program. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Karen Dorsey U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Room 3E336 Washington, DC 20202 202-708-4674 Email: karen.dorsey@ed.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.ed.gov/programs/dvpsafeschools WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.184L
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27.
STATE CHILDREN’S INSURANCE PROGRAM (S-CHIP)
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? State funds can be used for health care coverage and outreach to serve moderate and low-income families with children who do not have private health insurance. LaCHIP is the program name adopted in Louisiana for the program that provides quality health care to currently uninsured children and youth up to the age of 19. LaCHIP offers Medicaid coverage for doctor visits, for primary care, as well as preventive
and
emergency
care,
immunizations,
prescription
medications,
hospitalization, home health care and many other services. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Funding is distributed from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to each state. Individual applicants must be families with children age 19 and not covered by health insurance. Family income cannot be more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level (current 2005 level about $3142 monthly for a family of four). Be aware that federal poverty levels change from year to year. Although AFTERSCHOOL programs obviously do not qualify for funding, many of your children will come from families eligible for these funds. It is important that afterschool program staff understands how families with children can enroll in LaCHIP so you can provide information and assistance to help them receive these services. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No match is required for individual applicants, but a State match is required. In Louisiana, the federal government provides 79 percent of the total funding while the state provides the remaining 21 percent. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Centers for Medicare and Services, Department of Health and Human Services
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HOW DO I APPLY? Families complete the application forms available from Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program. See website and contact information below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Questions about individual families’ applications: J. Ruth Kennedy, LaCHIP Outreach and Enrollment Coordinator P.O. Box 91278 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9278 225-342-3032 E-mail: rkennedy@dhh.la.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? State of Louisiana information: http://www.lachip.org/ Federal government information: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/schip/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 93.767
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28.
TEMPORARY
ASSISTANCE
FOR
NEEDY
FAMILIES
(TANF)
-
AFTERSCHOOL
PROGRAMS HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? This program provides assistance to low income families with children aimed at promoting healthy marriages and enhancing self-sufficiency. This assistance supports programs that encourage and fafterschooler job preparation, increased work opportunities, and stability in marriage including the formation and maintenance of two-parent families, simultaneously striving to reduce and prevent out-of-wedlock pregnancies. In Louisiana, TANF after school funds are available to fund high-quality afterschool and summer programs for students in high-poverty schools. Funds must be used to serve children in kindergarten through 12th grade, who attend after school programs a minimum of 3 days a week for at least 10 months. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Funds are distributed from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to each state according to the prescribed formula. In Louisiana, the Department of Education, the Division of Administration and the Department of Social services receive TANF funding from the federal government and have collaborated to provide funding for afterschool programs. The Louisiana Department of Education is the administrator of these programs. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? State Family Assistance grants range from $21,800,000 to $3,700,000,000. Individual grant information is not available. Grants to afterschool programs in Louisiana range from $80,000 to $400,000 with an average grant size of $175,000. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No matching requirements are stipulated, but administrative cafterschools must be limited to 10% of the total award amount. 95
WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services HOW DO I APPLY? For the TANF after school enrichment funding, applicants submit proposals to the Louisiana State Department of Education. The agency releases an RFP usually sometime in May of each year. Look for RFPs and other relevant information at the website below or contact the Division of School and Community Support (see below). WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Extended Learning, Division of School and Community Support Louisiana Department of Education PO Box 94064 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064 225-342-4147 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/scs/658.html
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 93.558
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29.
TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES (Title I, Part A
Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education
Program--
Agencies)
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Grants help local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools improve the teaching of children who are failing, or who are mafterschool at-risk of failing. The grants help those children to meet challenging state academic standards. Participating schools that have at least a 40 percent poverty rate may choose to operate a school-wide program that allows Title I funds to be combined with other federal, state and local funds to upgrade the schools’ overall instructional program. All other participating schools must operate targeted assistance programs and select children deemed mafterschool needy for Title I services. Targeted assistance programs must supplement, not replace, the regular education program normally provided by state and local educational agencies. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? The Louisiana Department of Education receives the funding from the U.S. Department of Education and allocates it to local school districts with qualifying schools. The local school district then allocates the money to eligible schools. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Total
federal
funding
allocated
for
all
states
in
fiscal
year
2003
$11,688,664,000; in fiscal year 2004 that amount rose to $12,342,309,000; it is estimated that funding for fiscal year 2005 will total $13,342,309,000.
Louisiana
received approximately $148,942,546 for fiscal year 2003. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education
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WHAT ARE THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES? The state Department of Education submits an application for funds as part of Title I, Part A to the Department of Education. Participating local school districts must file an approved plan with their state educational agency. The local school district then allocates the money to eligible schools. Many afterschool programs have been successful in securing Title I funds from the principals of the schools or the school systems in which they work.
Usually principals are given a Title I
allocation, and they have some discretion over how to spend that money. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs Contact: Susan Wilhelm 400 Maryland Ave., SW Rm. 3W202, FB-6 Washington, DC 20202-6132 (202) 260-8026 E-mail: susan.wilhelm@ed.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.010
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TITLE I SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Funds can be used to provide supplemental educational services for attending children in Title I schools designated as needing improvement. Title I schools which do not make adequate yearly progress for three consecutive years are designated as "needing improvement." Providers of supplemental educational services can apply to be included on the state-approved Supplemental Services Providers (SSPs) list.
Parents then
choose an SSP for their children from among the providers approved by the state for their school district. The SSP list is revised on a yearly basis. Activities qualifying as supplemental educational services provide targeted remediation activities including tutoring or extra help for students in reading, language arts/English, and math. This extra help can be provided before or after school, on weekends, or in the summer. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Supplemental Service Providers may be nonprofit entities, for-profit entities, and local education agencies, including public and private schools, non-profit organizations,
for-profit
organizations,
after-school
centers,
cooperative
educational service agencies, institutions of higher education, and faith-based organizations. Students eligible to receive supplemental educational services are from low-income families and attend Title I schools that are in their second year of school improvement, in corrective action, or restructuring. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding amounts for individual Supplemental Service Providers varies too greatly for each district to include an average amount.
Schools qualifying for
supplemental educational services are required to use a portion (5-20%) of the total funding allocated to their school district under the state Title I funding. Total 99
funding for all Title I, Part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education Agencies) for the state of Louisiana was $148,942,546 in fiscal year 2003. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HOW DO I APPLY? A call for applications is released at least once per year by the state, mafterschool commonly in early summer. Contact the Louisiana Department of Education's Office of School and Community Support for details of how to become a Supplemental Education Service Provider or visit the website below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Extended Learning, Division of School and Community Support Louisiana Department of Education PO Box 94064 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064 225-342-4147 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/scs/643.html
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.010
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31.
TRIO: TALENT SEARCH
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Funds are awarded to institutions and agencies to identify disadvantaged youths with potential for pafterschoolsecondary education, encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake pafterschoolsecondary educational training, and publicize existing forms of student aid.
Projects may also provide
tutorial services for youths being encouraged to undertake or reenter programs of pafterschool secondary education. A grantee may not use the project as a part of its recruitment program. Afterschool programs may be able to steer some of their mafterschool promising students into a TRIO program at a participating local university. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Institutions
of
higher
education,
public
and
private
agencies
and
organizations, a combination of the above and, in exceptional cases, secondary schools may apply. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for grants in fiscal year 2003 totaled $144,811,000; fiscal year 2004 totaled $145,685,000; it is estimated that funding in fiscal year 2005 will total $145,685,000. The average award in fiscal year 2003 was $329,000. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Office
of
Assistant
Secretary
for
Pafterschoolsecondary
Education,
Department of Education HOW DO I APPLY? Competitions for the funding of Educational Opportunity Centers are held every fourth year. The next competition under this program will be for fiscal year 101
2006 funding and applications will become available in the summer or fall of 2005. A list of currently participating universities can be obtained at the website below.
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WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Program Office for Louisiana: 202-219-7043 Contact: Mia Howerton E-mail: mia.howerton@ed.gov Federal TRI0 Programs Office of Federal TRIO Programs U.S. Department of Education, OPE Higher Education Programs 1990 K Street, N.W., Suite 7000 Washington, DC 20006-8510 E-mail: OPE_TRIO@ed.gov Telephone: (202) 502-7600 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE?
http://www.ed.gov/programs/triotalent/index.html
WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.044
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32.
TRIO: UPWARD BOUND
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Upward Bound provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in pre-college performance and ultimately in higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families, high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelors degree, and low-income, first-generation military veterans who are preparing to enter pafterschoolsecondary education. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rates at which participants enroll in and graduate from institutions of pafterschoolsecondary education. Funding can be used for programs taking place during the school year or for summer programs. Children participating in the program must be between 13 and 19 years old and have completed the eighth grade but have not entered the twelfth grade.
Instruction must include studies in math, laboratory science,
composition, literature, and foreign language. Other instruction must focus on skills necessary for success in education beyond high school, such as study skills, assistance in completing college entrance and financial aid applications, and assistance in preparing for college entrance exams. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Institutions
of
higher
education,
public
and
private
agencies
and
organizations, a combination of the above and, in exceptional cases, secondary schools may apply. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for grants in fiscal year 2003 was $278,693,000; in fiscal year 2004 was $281,699,000; and estimated funding for fiscal year 2005 is $281,135,000.
The
average grant award is $310,000 per year. Annual awards may be renewed for up to five years. 104
ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No.
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WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Office
of
Assistant
Secretary
For
Pafterschoolsecondary
Education,
Department of Education HOW DO I APPLY? Competitions for the funding of Upward Bound are held every fourth year. The next application under this program will be in the fall of 2006 for fiscal year 2007 funding. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Program Office for Louisiana: 202-219-7043 Contact: Mia Howerton E-mail: mia.howerton@ed.gov Federal TRIO Programs U.S. Department of Education, OPE Higher Education Programs 1990 K Street, NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20006-8510 202-502-7600 E-mail: OPE_TRIO@ed.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.ed.gov/programs/trioupbound/index.html WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.047
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33.
TRIO: UPWARD BOUND-MATH & SCIENCE
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? The Upward Bound Math and Science program allows the Department to fund specialized Upward Bound math and science centers. The program is designed to strengthen the math and science skills of participating students. The goal of the program is to help students recognize and develop their potential to excel in math and science and encourage them to pursue pafterschoolsecondary degrees in these fields. Program participants must be individuals in low income groups and potential first generation college students who have a need for academic support in order to successfully pursue a program of pafterschoolsecondary education. Funding can be used for programs taking place during the school year or for summer programs. Children participating in the program must be between 13 and 19 years old and have completed the eighth grade but have not entered the twelfth grade. Activities in the program may include intensive summer programs in math and science, year-round college counseling, exposure to university faculty who do math and science research, computer training, and participant-conducted research guided by faculty. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Institutions
of
higher
education,
public
and
private
agencies
and
organizations, a combination of the above and, in exceptional cases, secondary schools may apply. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for grants in fiscal year 2003 $33,869,000; in fiscal year 2004 it was $33,050,000; and estimated funding for fiscal year 2005 is $33,050,000. The average award is $255,000 per year. Annual awards may be renewed for up to five years. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. 107
WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Office
of
Assistant
Secretary
for
Pafterschoolsecondary
Education,
Department of Education HOW DO I APPLY? Competitions for the funding of Upward Bound Math and Science centers are held every fourth year. The next application deadline under this program will be in the fall of 2006 for fiscal year 2007 funding. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Program Office for Louisiana: 202-219-7043 Contact: Mia Howerton E-mail: mia.howerton@ed.gov Federal TRIO Programs U.S. Department of Education, OPE Higher Education Programs 1990 K Street, NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20006-8510 202-502-7600 E-mail: OPE_TRIO@ed.gov WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.ed.gov/programs/triomathsci/index.html WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 84.047M
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34.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Weed and Seed is a national initiative of the U.S. Department of Justice to "weed" out crime in a targeted community and then to "seed" that area with positive resources designed to permanently uplift and improve the quality of life for its children and families. The New Orleans Weed & Seed Program target area is bounded by Canal, Rampart, Esplanade and Broad Streets, and includes the Treme Community, Central City, as well as the Iberville and Lafitte Public Housing Developments. Funds must be used for program-related activities supporting crime prevention, intervention and treatment. Prevention, intervention, and treatment should include youth services, school programs, community and social programs, and support groups designed to develop positive community attitudes toward combating narcotics use and trafficking. The Safe Haven, for example, is a mechanism to organize and deliver an array of youth-and adult-oriented human services in a multiservice center setting such as a school. Children between the ages of 5 and 12 years old are enrolled at each Safe Haven site . The programs operate from 3:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, and provide homework assistance, academic tutoring in math and reading, crime and drug prevention education, nutrition education, peer mediation training and monthly field trips. Children are also provided with a healthy snack, daily. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations and collaborative groups of agencies. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for all Weed and Seed grants in fiscal year 2003 was $69,092,376; in fiscal year 2004 it dropped to $63,517,000; and estimated funding for fiscal year 109
2005 is $63,681,000. Typical awards range from $175,000 to $225,000 per year for each
community.
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ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? While there is currently no specified level of matching funds, each community receiving funds is expected to leverage contributions from the public and private sectors to sustain their programs. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING? Office of Justice Programs, Community Capacity Development Office, Department of Justice HOW DO I APPLY? All applications are submitted to a designated local agency. However, the process varies for each program. Application information for organizations in the City of New Orleans can be obtained at the office given below. At the website provided below you can identify a local agency in other areas of Louisiana that have been designated Weed and Seed communities.
Information can also be
obtained by contacting the Community Capacity Development Office. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Locally in New Orleans: Charles Winchester Program Coordinator New Orleans Weed and Seed 1300 Perdido Street 2E04 New Orleans, LA 70112 504-284-5538 Federal agency contact: Community Capacity Development Office 810 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20531 202-616-1152
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WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Find a directory of local Weed & Seed programs: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gof/ccdo/neighborhoods.htm New Orleans Weed & Seed program: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/lae/programs/w&s.htm Federal Weed & Seed information: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ccdo WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 16.595
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35.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT YOUTH ACTIVITIES
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? Funds can be used for youth employment and training activities that will help low income youth acquire the educational and occupational skills, training and support needed to achieve academic and employment success and transition to careers and productive adulthood. Eligible programs must provide assistance to youth in achieving careers and academic and employment success, ensure ongoing mentoring opportunities, offer continued supportive services, give incentives for recognition and achievement, and provide opportunities for leadership development. Individuals being served must be between 14 and 21 years of age and have a total family income below the poverty level. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Eligibility requirements may vary for each local opportunity. Any organization providing programs which meet the above criteria may apply. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Formula grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Individual grant amounts vary too greatly from region to region to provide an average amount. The Department of Labor Workforce Investment Act program operates on a Program Year (PY) beginning July 1 and ending June 30 of each year. Federal funding given to states in program year 2003 totaled $989,122,751; in program year 2004 it reached $995,059,000. It is currently estimated that funding to states for program year 2005 will be approximately $986,000,000. ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? Contact the Workforce Investment Board in your area for matching requirements (See below). WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
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HOW DO I APPLY? States receive funding from the U.S. Department of Labor and distribute it to local Workforce Investment Boards (WIB's). Eligible applicants respond to periodic RFP's distributed by the Workforce Investment Board in their area. Contact the Louisiana Office of Workforce Development or visit the website below for details about which WIB provides funding for program implementation in your area. Contact information for some Workforce Investment Boards in the New Orleans area is given below. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Louisiana contact information: Louisiana Department of Labor Office of Workforce Development 1001 North 23rd St. Baton Rouge, LA 70804 225-342-3111 Local contact information: Orleans Parish Director of Youth Programs Office of Workforce Development-JOB 1 1340 Poydras Street, Suite 900 New Orleans, LA 70112 504-636-0300 Jefferson Parish Mike Garvey Jefferson Parish Department of Employment and Training 112 Elmwood Park Blvd, #1004 Jefferson, LA 70123 504-736-7468
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First Planning District (Plaquemines, St. Bernard, & St. Tammany parishes) WIA Program Director 8201 West Judge Perez Dr. #212 Chalmette, LA 70043 504-278-4263 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Directory of local WIB's in Louisiana : http://www.laworkforce.net/workforce_investment_boards.htm Federal agency information: http://www.doleta.gov/youth_services/ WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 17.259
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36.
YOUTHBUILD
HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED? The Youthbuild program provides funding assistance for a wide range of multidisciplinary activities and services to assist economically disadvantaged youth, ages 16 to 24. The opportunities are designed to help disadvantaged young adults who have dropped out of high school to obtain the education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-efficiency, and develop leadership skills and a commitment to community development in their low income communities. Youthbuild programs offer educational and job training services, leadership training, counseling and other support activities, as well as on-site training in housing rehabilitation or construction work.
Youthbuild funds can be used to pay for
training, wage and stipends for participants, entrepreneurial training, internships, drivers education, in-house staff training, acquisition of rehabilitation of housing, relocation payments, and administrative cafterschools. Funds may also be used to cover some construction cafterschools; however, excessive use for this purpose may put a program at risk of not receiving funding. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Public or private nonprofit organizations, public housing authorities, state and local governments, Indian tribes, or any organization eligible to provide education and employment training under federal employment training programs. WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IS IT? Project grant. HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE? Funding for grants in fiscal year 2003 was $59,610,000; in fiscal year 2004 it was $64,617,000; and for fiscal year 2005 it is estimated that funding will total $64,617,000. Grants range from $400,000 to $700,000; the average grant award size is $550,000.
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ARE THERE ANY MATCHING REQUIREMENTS? No. WHAT FEDERAL AGENCY PROVIDES THE GRANT? Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development HOW DO I APPLY? Look for Housing and Urban Development Notice of Funding Availability as published in the Federal Register.
Eligible applicants submit proposals to
Department of Housing and Urban Development according to the application instructions. WHERE CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Louisiana State HUD Office: Marvel Robertson, Field Office Director Hale Boggs Federal Building 501 Magazine Street, 9th Floor New Orleans, LA 70130-3099 504-589-7201 Federal Contact: Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street S W, Room 7137 Washington, DC 20410. Contact: Mark Horwath 202-708-2290 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Program description: http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/economicdevelopment/programs/ Application information: http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm WHAT CFDA NUMBER SHOULD I LOOK FOR? 14.243 117
PRIVATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 1.
ALMAR FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports religious, charitable, and educational organizations located primarily within the New Orleans, Louisiana area. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Lowest grant: $5,000 Highest grant: $50,000 Average Grant Size: $7,769 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? No WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadline WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Annually in May HOW DO I APPLY? Foundation application form required. Initial approach should be a letter of inquiry. Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Ms. Susan Couvillon, Manager 400 Poydras Street, #1560 New Orleans, LA 70130-3245 (504) 523-1443 FAX: (504) 861-3058 E-mail: almarfound@aol.com WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Information not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 32.7%
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2.
AIMEE FAVROT BELL FAMILY FUND
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports community improvement, artistic, cultural, educational, and religious organizations located primarily within the New Orleans, Louisiana area. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $4837 Smallest grant: $ 40 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? No WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadline WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a letter of inquiry. Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Ms. Aimee F. Bell, Secretary / Treasurer 310 Woodvine Ave. Metairie, LA 70005-4146 (504) 834-5576 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 29.7%
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3.
BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation funds programs in the areas of the arts and humanities, community development, education, the environment, human services, health and medical issues, and religion. Primary areas of interest include elementary and secondary education and health. Preference given to those projects which promise to affect a broad segment of the population or which tend to help a segment of the citizenry who are being adequately served by the community’s resources. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $3,004,043 Smallest grant: $53 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the Baton Rouge, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? Feb. 1, May 1, Aug. 1, and Nov. 1 of each year WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? May, July, Sept., and Nov. of each year HOW DO I APPLY? Application form required.
Contact foundation or visit the website below to
receive application form. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Baton Rouge Area Foundation 406 N. 4th St. Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Contact: John G. Davies, C.E.O. and Pres. Telephone: (225) 387-6126 FAX: (225) 387-6153 E-mail: jdavies@braf.org
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WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.braf.org/ WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 35.1%
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4. BOH FOUNDATION WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Funding for education, youth services, federated giving programs and the arts. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $25,000 Smallest grant: $500 Average grant: $4,500 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in LA, with emphasis on New Orleans. Grants predominantly for building or renovation of property. No grants to individuals. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? Not available WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Contact representative listed below for application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Robert H. Boh 730 S. Tonti St. New Orleans, LA 70119-7528 (504) 821-2400 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? Not available
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BOOTH - BRICKER FUND
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily for the purpose of promoting, developing, and fafterschoolering, religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational programs. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $60,200 Smallest grant: $50 Average grant size: $13,131 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in LA, with emphasis on New Orleans. No grants to individuals, or for operating or maintenance cafterschools. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? None WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Quarterly HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a letter or proposal including the following information: 1) brief history of organization and description of mission 2) copy of current year’s organizational budget and/or project budget 3) copy of IRS Determination Letter 4) detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 5) listing of board of directors, trustees, officers, and other key people and their affiliations 6) copy of mafterschool recent annual report / audited financial statement / 990 Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Gray S. Parker, President 826 Union St., Ste. 300 New Orleans, LA 70112-1411 123
(504) 581-2430
WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 48.2%
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CAROLE B. & KENNETH J. BOUDREAUX FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports educational, artistic, cultural, and youth development organizations located primarily within the New Orleans, LA area. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $14,000 Smallest grant: $1,000 Average grant size: $1,500 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Information not available HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a letter of inquiry. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Carole B. Boudreaux, Secretary / Treasurer 1424 Bordeaux St. New Orleans, LA 70115-4009 (504) 895-8741 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Information not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 50.3%
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CHARLES T. BEAIRD FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? To enable organizations or entities to add opportunity, freedom of action and choice, self-betterment and a climate for change to the lives primarily of those in the Shreveport area. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $30,000 Smallest grant: $1,000 Average grant size: $10,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? No grants to individuals. The foundation rarely gives in the New Orleans area, but will consider it. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? March 1 and Sept. 1 of each year. WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Spring and Fall HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants should provide a letter of intent, indicating the nature of the program and
the
specific
purposes
for
which funding
is
sought.
Please
contact
representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Tammy Wagner, Program Manager 330 Marshall, Suite 1112 Shreveport, LA 71101 (318) 221-8276 Fax: (318) 221-5993 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.beairdfoundation.org/ WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 27.9% 126
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THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports programs in the following areas: Adult education—literacy, basic skills & GED; Aging; Aging, centers/services; Arts; Community development; Disabled;
Economically
disadvantaged;
Education;
Education,
reading;
Environment, natural resources; Health care; Health organizations; Homeless, human services; Human services; Science; Women; and Youth services. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $100,000 Smallest grant: $76 Average grant: $10,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving strictly limited to Caddo and Bossier parishes, LA. No support for political or religious organizations. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? Mar. 31 and Aug. 31 of each year WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Feb., Mar., May and Oct. of each year HOW DO I APPLY? Application form required. Please contact foundation or visit the website below to receive application form. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Paula Hickman, Exec. Dir. 1111 Louisiana Tower 401 Edwards St. Shreveport, LA 71101 Telephone: (318) 221-0582 FAX: (318) 221-7463 E-mail: cfsb@comfoundsb.org 128
WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.comfoundsb.org/ WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 17.3% goes to education, although many grants given are designated as “multipurpose.”
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COUGHLIN SAUNDERS, INC.
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Emphasis on higher education and church support; support also for the arts, social services, and youth organizations. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $100,000 Smallest grant: $40 Average grant size: $28,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving limited to central LA No grants to individuals. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? March 15; submit proposal preferably in January or February. WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? April and September HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants should submit an application form and a letter of intent, indicating the nature of the program and the specific purposes for which funding is sought. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Ed Crump, Secy.-Treas. 2010 Gus Kaplan Dr. Alexandria, LA 71301 (318) 561-4070 Fax: (318) 487-7339 Email: csfoundation@kricket.net WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 22.0%
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DOWNMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving for art and cultural programs, federated giving programs, and for education programs primarily within the New Orleans, LA area. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $10,000 Smallest grant: $250 Average grant size: $2,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a letter submitted with a detailed description of the project and amount of funding requested. Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Paul E. Gardner, Director 228 St. Charles Ave., Ste. 1424 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 568-1922 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION?
16.6%
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DARWIN & MARY JANE FENNER FAMILY FUND
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports youth and educational organizations located primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $45,000 Smallest grant: $50 Average grant: $3680 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? April and October HOW DO I APPLY? Application form not required. Initial approach should be submitted as a proposal. Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Ms. Mary Jane C. Fenner, President 1936 Jefferson Ave. New Orleans, LA 70115-5617 (504) 581-6288 Fax: (504) 891-3074 E-mail: jcfenner@fpwimc.com WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION?
48.4%
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ERIK F. JOHNSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving for the improvement of the cultural, educational, religious and physical environment of the greater New Orleans, LA area. The foundation has supported youth development programs in the past. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $25,000 Smallest grant: $500 Average grant size: $3,832 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the greater New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Information not available HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a letter of intent, indicating the nature of the program and the specific purposes for which funding is sought.
Please contact
representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Erik F. Johnsen P.O. Box 53366 New Orleans, LA 70153-3366 (504) 593-8206 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 24.2%
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EUGENIE & JOSEPH JONES FAMILY FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily for education, with emphasis on elementary and higher education, and building funds; support also for cancer services and a community fund in the greater New Orleans, LA area. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $60,000 Smallest grant: $200 Average grant size: $13,855 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in Louisiana, with emphasis on the New Orleans, LA area. Awards are made only to 501( c ) 3 organizations. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? February 15, May 15, August 15, and November 15 WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? March, June, Sept., Dec. HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach: Request guidelines from foundation. Application form required. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Eugenie Huger 835 Union St., Ste. 333 New Orleans, LA 70112 (504) 584-1511 or (504) 584-1545 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 38.7%
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FREEPORT-McMORAN FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Preference is giving to charities in education, health, social services, and civic fields located primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $181,794 Smallest grant: $50 Average grant: $25,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? November 30 WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Southern Louisiana Standard Submission Application Form used by many private foundations can be requested from the foundation. Initial approach should be by telephone. Contact representative listed below to confirm requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? David Lowry, President and Executive Director 1615 Poydras St. New Orleans, LA 70112-1254 (504) 582-4000 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 28.2%
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FENNER FRENCH FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports educational, health, religious, artistic, and cultural organizations located primarily within the New Orleans, LA area. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $7,000 Smallest grant: $500 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Each summer HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a letter of intent, indicating the nature of the program and the specific purposes for which funding is sought, a proposed budget, and a copy of your agency’s 501(C) 3 determination letter. Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Flora Fenner French, President 1705 Calhoun St. New Orleans, LA 70118-6103 (504) 866-3290 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 54.6%
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THE FRAFTERSCHOOL FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports social services, the environment, and educational programs, especially those that explore new and innovative approaches. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Lowest grant: $1,000 Highest grant: $500,000 Average Grant Size: $20,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in Louisiana and New Mexico. No grants to individuals. Will not provide funding for building funds, special
events,
endowment
funds, or
scholarships. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? Dec. 1 and June 1 WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? March and September HOW DO I APPLY? Send five copies of a one-page summary of your proposal. A full proposal will be accepted at the foundation's request. Visit the foundation's website or contact the representative below to obtain complete grant application procedures. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Mary Amelia Whited-Howell, President 511 Armijo St., Ste. A Santa Fe, NM 87501 Telephone: (505) 986-0208 E-mail: info@frafterschoolfound.org WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.frafterschoolfound.org/ WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? Information not available 137
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GERMAN PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM ASSOCIATION (GPOA)
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Grants only for the benefit and welfare of children and youth in LA HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $183,000 Smallest grant: $700 Average grant size: $7,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving limited to LA. No grants to individuals or for capital campaigns. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? February 1; May 1; August 1; and November 1 annually. WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? January, April, July and October HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a one-page concept letter. Southern Louisiana Standard Submission Application Form may be used and can be requested from the foundation, although an application form is not required. At the very least, applicants should submit the following: 1) detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 2) results expected from proposed grant 3) qualifications of key personnel 4) timetable for implementation and evaluation of project 5) copy of current year’s organizational budget and/or project budget 6) listing of all additional sources and amount or support 7) how project will be sustained once grantmaker support is completed 8) listing of board of directors, trustees, officers, and other key people and their affiliations 9) copy of IRS Determination letter 10) copy of mafterschool recent annual report / audited financial statement / 990 138
Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Lisa M. Kaichan, Foundation Manager P.O. Box 158 Mandeville, LA 70470-0158 (504) 895-2361 Fax: (985) 674-0490 Email: gpoafoundation@aol.com WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? Nearly 100% of grant funding goes to youth development programs.
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18. GOLDRING FAMILY FOUNDATION WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports Jewish agencies, education, and the arts. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Lowest grant: $100 Highest grant: $400,000 Average Grant Size: $12,464 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the greater New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? Jan. 1 and July 1 WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Information not available HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a letter of inquiry. Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Trudi Briede 809 Jefferson Hwy. Jefferson, LA 70121 (504) 849-6078 Application address: P.O. Box 53333, New Orleans, LA 70153 FAX: (504) 849-6515 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Information not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? Information not available
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GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation funds programs in the areas of the arts and humanities, community development, education, the environment, human services, health and medical issues, and religion. Primary areas of interest include elementary and secondary education and health. Preference given to those projects which promise to affect a broad segment of the population or which tend to help a segment of the citizenry who are being adequately served by the community’s resources. Fields of interest: Aging; Aging, centers/services; Arts; Child development, development,
services;
Children/youth,
services;
education; Child
Community
development;
Disabled; Economically Disadvantaged; Education; Elementary school/education; Environment;
Health
school/education;
care; Nursing
Health
organizations;
school/education;
Human
services;
Religion;
Medical
Secondary
school/education; Women; Women, centers/services. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $500,000 Smallest grant: $50 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in southeastern Louisiana.
Other restrictions vary by giving
program; contact the foundation or visit the website given below for guidelines for each program. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? Deadlines vary WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Quarterly HOW DO I APPLY? Telephone or see website guidelines. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Gregory Ben Johnson, Pres. and C.E.O. 141
1055 St. Charles Ave., Ste. 100 New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: (504) 598-4663 FAX: (504) 598-4676 E-mail: info@gnof.org WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.gnof.org/ WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? Information not available.
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HARPER FAMILY FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The Foundation gives primarily for education. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $36,720 Smallest grant: $750 Average grant size: $14,996 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in Louisiana. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a proposal. Applicants should submit the following: 1) Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 2) Brief history of organization and description of its mission 3) Results expected from proposed grant Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Frank Voelker, Jr., President 643 Magazine St. New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 582-2244 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 75.0%
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HELIS FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily for higher education, youth activities, health associations, and human services. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $150,000 Smallest grant: $2,000 Average grant size: $36,230 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Funding primarily in New Orleans, LA and New York, NY.
Applicants must be a
qualified 501( c )( 3) organization. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a typed letter. Applicants should submit descriptiv e literature about the organization and the specific qualifications of key personnel. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? David A. Kerstien, Vice President 228 St. Charles Ave., Ste. 912 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 523-1831 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION?
31.8%
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INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HYGIENE OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily to programs that promote the development of optimal mental health in young children in the New Orleans area. (emphasis on children 0-6 years) HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $140,000 Smallest grant: $348 Average grant size: $27,445 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. No grants to individuals. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? Deadlines vary by different funding programs. See the website below for details. WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Late Feb., late June, late Oct. HOW DO I APPLY? Check website
for guidelines. Application
form
required. Please
contact
representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Nancy Freeman, Exec. Dir. 1055 St. Charles Ave. Suite 350 (504) 566-1852 Fax: (504) 566-1853 Email: imh@imhno.org WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.imhno.org/ WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION?
28.6%
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JAMES R. MOFFETT FAMILY FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports education and health organizations primarily in the Louisiana and Texas areas. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $200,970 Smallest grant: $100 Average grant size: $11,350 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in Louisiana and Texas. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Application form not required.
Applicants should provide a letter of intent,
indicating the nature of the program and the specific purposes for which funding is sought.
Please contact representative listed below to confirm application
requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Cynthia M. Molyneux, Secretary 1615 Poydras St. 23rd floor New Orleans, LA 70112-1254 (504) 582-1618 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 90.1%
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JOE W. & DOROTHY DORSETT BROWN FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily to natural resources conservation and protection, hospitals, food services, human services with special emphasis on services for the homeless, and education. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $294,260 Smallest grant: $408 Average grant size: $25,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. No grants to individuals. No support for organizations less than three years old. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines, but all applications must be submitted at least three months before funds are required. WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? The board meets on the second Friday of each month. HOW DO I APPLY? Foundation application form required. Application should submit the following: 1) copy of IRS Determination Letter. 2) listing of board of directors, trustees, officers, and other key people and their affiliations. 3) copy of mafterschool recent annual report / audited financial statement / 990. Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Beth Buscher 320 Hammond Hwy, Ste. 500 Metairie, LA 70005 (504) 834-3433 147
Fax: (504) 834-3433 E-mail: BethBuscher@thebrownfoundation.org WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.thebrownfoundation.org WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION?
39.7%
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25. LIBBY-DUFOUR FUND WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily for Christian organizations and education. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $100,000 Smallest grant: $1,500 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Applicants must be in the New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Quarterly HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants should provide a letter of intent, providing a detailed description of the project and the amount of funding requested. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? M. Cleland Powell III, Treasurer c/o Whitney National Bank 228 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 586-7207 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 80.9%
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LUPIN FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily to Jewish agencies and temples; also support for health associations, education, and the arts. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $50,000 Smallest grant: $500 Average grant size: $11,646 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Awards are made only to 501( c ) 3 organizations. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? 9 times yearly HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a letter of intent, providing a detailed description of the project and the amount of funding requested. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Arnold M. Lupin 1 Galleria Blvd., Suite 1110 Metairie, LA 70001 (504) 849-0518 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION?
21.5%
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MARY FREEMAN WISDOM FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The organization will promote educational opportunities for low-income individuals and minorities by providing financial support for public libraries, scholarship funds, and educational programs for the poor. Also giving for arts groups, conservation, social and legal services. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $25,000 Smallest grant: $1,000 Average grant: $4,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Awards are made only to 501( c )3 organizations primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? February 1 WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Late April HOW DO I APPLY? Application form required. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, President P.O. Box 13647 New Orleans, LA 70185-3467 (504) 831-4949 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION?
23.4%
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THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Organization provides grants to organizations throughout an 11-parish service area that share the foundation’s mission to improve the health and well being of central LA. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $4,000,000 Smallest grant: $100 Average grant size: $50,727 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, La Salle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Vernon, and Winn parishes of central LA. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? Deadlines vary by program WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Quarterly HOW DO I APPLY? Application form required. The fund will respond to letters of inquiry; only those accepted will be invited to submit a full proposal. See website for complete guidelines. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Allen Smart, Senior Program Officer 1011 Fourth St., Suite 300 Alexandria, LA 71301 (318) 443-3394 Fax: (318) 443-8312 Email: info@rapidesfoundation.org WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? www.rapidesfoundation.org 152
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 48.0%
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REILY FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily for the arts, education and human services. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $80,000 Smallest grant: $1000 Average grant size: $14,650 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Grants are typically made to educational, charitable, and civic organizations located in the greater New Orleans area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Application form required. Applicants should submit the following: 1) copy of mafterschool recent annual report / audited financial statement / 990 2) copy of current year’s organizational budget and/or project budget 3) detailed description of project and amount of funding requested Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Robert D. Reily, Director 640 Magazine St. New Orleans, LA 70130-3406 (504) 524-6131 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 39.9%
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ROSAMARY FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports higher and secondary education, including parochial schools, social service agencies, civic affairs and cultural programs. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Lowest grant: $600 Highest grant: $400,000 Average Grant Size: $47,412 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily to the greater New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Spring and Fall HOW DO I APPLY? Application requires an application summary page form and a proposal not more than three pages long. Detailed application requirements are available at the website below.
Contact the foundation representative listed to confirm
application procedures. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Toni S. Myers, Executive Administrator P.O. Box 13218 New Orleans, LA 70185-3218 (504) 895-1984 FAX: (504) 895-1988 Email: info@rosamary.org WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? http://www.rosamary.org/ WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? Information not available 155
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SALMEN FAMILY FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily for education, human services and religion. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $19,500 Smallest grant: $1000 Average grant size: $4,780 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Grant funding limited to Louisiana. No grants to individuals. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants
should
request
application
guidelines
from
the
foundation's
representative listed below. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? William H. Sullivan, President 431 Gravier St., Ste. 400 New Orleans, LA 70130-2418 (504) 581-6084 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 27.1%
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EDWARD G. SCHLIEDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports schools, colleges, and universities, with some emphasis on Roman Catholic and Episcopal schools and universities. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Lowest grant: $25,000 Highest grant: $333,000 Average Grant Size: $109,122 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving limited to educational institutions in LA. No grants to individuals, or for general purposes, endowment funds, scholarships, fellowships, or operating budgets. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Information not available HOW DO I APPLY? Initial approach should be a letter of inquiry. Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Pierre F. Lapeyre, Consultant 201 St. Charles Ave., Ste. 2508 New Orleans, LA 70170 Application address: c/o Hibernia National Bank 313 Carondelet St., 1st Fl. New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 533-5535 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Information not available 157
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? Information not available 33. SCOTT FOUNDATION, INC. THESE PEOPLE RARELY GIVE IN NEW ORLEANS-I'D SAY TAKE THEM OUT. WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily to Christian churches, education, youth organizations, health care, and human services. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $500,000 Smallest grant: $25 Average grant size: $4298 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving limited to northern LA. No grants to individuals. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? No application form required. Please contact representative listed below to confirm requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? T.H. Scott, President P.O. Box 4948 Monroe, LA 71201 (318) 387-4160 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 24.3%
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34.
STEEG FAMILY FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving for the arts, higher education, Jewish organizations, youth leadership programs, and rehabilitation of young delinquents age 13-15. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $42,623 Smallest grant: $100 Average grant size: $4,200 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the New Orleans, LA area. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants should provide a letter of intent, indicating the nature of the program and
the
specific
purposes
for
which funding
is
sought.
Please
contact
representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Moise S. Steeg, Jr., President 201 St. Charles Ave., Ste. 3201 New Orleans, LA 70170-1032 (504) 582-1199 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 21.5%
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35. THE PATRICK F. TAYLOR FOUNDATION WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? The foundation supports educational institutions with some giving to individuals to attend higher learning institutions. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Lowest grant: $25 Highest grant: $200,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in the New Orleans, LA area WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Information not available HOW DO I APPLY? An application form is not required. Contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Phyllis M. Taylor, President 1 Lee Cir. New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 581-5491 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Information not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? Information not available
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WEIL-BOHN FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving for education, Jewish organizations, the arts and human services. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $10,000 Smallest grant: $100 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Awards made only to 501( c )3 organizations. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Application form not required. Please contact representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? Juanita W. Bohn 1441 State St. New Orleans, LA 70118 (504) 899-7561 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 25.0%
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WOLDENBERG FOUNDATION
WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO THEY SUPPORT? Giving primarily for education and Jewish organizations. HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EXPECT TO GET? Largest grant: $600,000 Smallest grant: $1,000 ARE THERE ANY FUNDING RESTRICTIONS NOTED? Giving primarily in Louisiana and Florida. No grants to individuals. WHEN ARE THEIR DEADLINES? No deadlines WHEN DOES THE BOARD MEET? Not available HOW DO I APPLY? Applicants should provide a letter of intent, indicating the nature of the program and
the
specific
purposes
for
which funding
is
sought.
Please
contact
representative listed below to confirm application requirements. HOW CAN I GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? William Goldring, President 301 Magazine St., 2nd floor New Orleans, LA 70130 Application address: P.O. Box 53333, New Orleans, LA 70153 WHERE DO I GO ONLINE? Not available WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES TO EDUCATION? 49.8%
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APPENDIX Using the Internet as a Grantseeking Tool
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KEY WEBSITES FOR GRANTSEEKING ON THE WEB PRIVATE/CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS Foundations: •
http://www.fdncenter.org/ (The Foundation Center) Click on "Foundation Finder" on the menu at the left of the screen and type in the name of the foundation to search. Click on foundation name and get a summary of the organization, possibly a link to their website and a copy of their form 990 (Mafterschool Recent IRS Filing: PDF). Check out all the tabs across the top for all sorts of great info.
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http://www.guidestar.org/ (Guidestar) Click on "Sign Up Today" and input your information for free access to mafterschool features of the site. Type in the name of a foundation OR nonprofit organization at the top left of the screen. Get a summary of the organization and possibly a link to their website. To download the form 990, click on the link in the list on the left of the screen. Usually a list of Form 990's for more than one year is available.
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http://philanthropy.com/deadlines/ (Chronicle of Philanthropy) Access a list of upcoming private funding opportunities by subject. Subscribers to the Chronicle of Philanthropy have access to a database of funding opportunities from back issues.
Corporations/Corporate Foundations: •
http://www.irin.com/ (Investor Relations Information Network) Click "Advanced Search" to get company info., annual reports, and links to their websites.
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http://www.fdncenter.org/ (Foundation Center) Go to "Foundation Finder" at the left and type in name.
PUBLIC FUNDING Federal grantseeking: •
http://www.grants.gov/ All federal agencies are now required to pafterschool grant announcements online, at www.grants.gov. The agency pafterschoolings provide a synopsis of the full grant announcement and 164
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a link to the full grant announcement. Register to receive daily federal grant opportunity notifications by email. http://www.cfda.gov/ (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) A comprehensive listing of federal opportunities. Click "Search for Assistance Programs." Do a keyword search or explore some of the other links. Click on "Search by Program Number" if you know the CFDA Number.
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http://www.firstgov.com/ (FirstGov) Connects you to all federal agency websites--click "A-Z agency index." Can be linked to state websites as well.
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http://www.tgci.com/ (Grantsmanship Center) Click "Funding Sources" at the top and choose "Federal Register." Get "Today's Grant Announcements" or "Archives." Good to check on a daily basis. You may have to register for a user name and password, but doing so is free.
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http://www.ezec.gov/toolbox/financing.html (Community Toolbox) Lists many great links, including a searchable database of Federal Register daily entries (click “NOFA website”).
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http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/federal.htm (Grants and Related Resources) This Michigan State University Libraries website provides numerous links to federal and foundation sites--definitely worth a look! You could spend days here.
Sites Specific to Education Funding: •
http://www.ed.gov/ (U.S. dept. of education) Click "Grants & Contracts" at the right. Click "Discretionary Grant Application Packages" or take a look at the "Forecast of Funding Opportunities."
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http://www.schoolgrants.org/ (Schoolgrants.gov) Contains vast array of information specific to elementary and secondary school grant seekers. Has a listing of grant opportunities, grant writing tips and tools, even sample proposals. Do not skip over this one!!
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http://www.afterschool.gov/ (Afterschool.gov) Lists all federal grant opportunities for after-school and out-of-school activities. Click on "How to Get Money" and access a searchable database of grants or just click "View all Programs." 165
State of Louisiana Websites: •
http://www.state.la.us/ (State of LA homepage)
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http://www.doe.state.la.us/ (LA dept. of education)
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http://www.dss.state.la.us/ (LA dept. of social services) Look for the "Request for Proposals" link under "DSS Information" in the middle of the page (it's not easy to see).
APPLYING FOR FEDERAL FUNDING •
http://www.dnb.com/CCR/register.html (Dun & Bradstreet) All applicants for federal grants and contracts must provide a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number when submitting applications. Registering for a DUNS number is free at the above website.
FREE STUFF Subscribe to free email newsletters: • http://www.grants.gov/ Register to receive DAILY federal grant opportunity notifications by email: http://www.grants.gov/ReceiveGrantOpportunityNotification •
http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/ (The Foundation Center's RFP Bulletin) Get a list of new RFP's and search by subject. Scroll down and type in your email address to receive the weekly RFP Bulletin.
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http://www.charitychannel.com/ (Charity Channel) Subscribe to free e-newsletters online. A choice of many newsletters and funding announcements.
GENERAL GRANT INFO AND NONPROFIT NEWS •
http://www.philanthropy.com/ (The Chronicle of Philanthropy) The Newspaper of the Nonprofit world.
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http://www.charitychannel.com/ (Charity Channel) Articles and links to nonprofit news and opportunities.
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Short, searchable articles about just about every nonprofit topic you can think of. Also has many links to useful websites. •
http://www.npguides.org Published by Non-Profit Guides, this grantwriting guide is geared for nonprofit organizations seeking private or public funds. It includes sample letters of inquiry, cover letters, budgets and grant applications.
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http://www.proposalwriter.com/ Even though this is the website of a consultant who charges fees for services, there is a great Frequently Asked Questions section which includes tips, links and sample proposals.
Just for the New Orleans Area: •
http://www.communityweblink.org/ The link to nonprofit resources available in the New Orleans Area.
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http://www.gnocdc.org/ THE source for local data and statistics for your grant proposals.
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