JULY DEADLINES

Mentoring Children of Prisoners

Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2010-ACF-ACYF-CV-0070
Due Date: July 30, 2010
Expected Number of Awards: 80
Estimated Total Program Funding: $21,500,000
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $200,000
CFDA Number: 93.616
Cost Share or Matching: Yes

Eligible Applicants: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Administration on Children, Youth and Families' (ACYF) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting applications for the Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program. This program supports the creation and maintenance of one-on-one mentoring relationships between children of incarcerated parents and caring, supportive adult volunteer mentors. The intent of this program is to support the establishment or expansion and operation of mentoring programs, using a network of public and private community entities, in areas with substantial numbers of children of incarcerated parents. Within ACF, FYSB has established formal agreements with The Children's Bureau and The Office of Family Assistance to identify MCP-eligible children in order to expand the delivery of mentoring services. The MCP program is designed to be a community-based mentoring program in which children and youth ages four up to age 18, are appropriately matched with an adult mentor, who has been screened and trained, for a one-on-one (one mentor/one youth), friendship-oriented (non curriculum-based) mentoring relationship.

Link: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2010-ACF-ACYF-CV-0070

BI-LO Charities

Deadline:  July 31, 2010 for application

Grants Enhance Southern Communities - BI-LO Charities supports nonprofit organizations and K-12 schools in communities served by the company in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Charities’ areas of interest address the following issues: The focus of the Children category is on health, mentoring programs, and services for the disabled. The Education category promotes literacy, art education, and school readiness. The Hunger Relief category enhances food banks, soup kitchens, and feeding programs. The Visit the company’s website to download the application guidelines and forms.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Local Funding Partnerships Special Solicitation

Deadline:  Accepts throughout 2010
Grants:  $50,000 - $200,000 matching grants
Grants Available:  8

Matching Grants for Violence Prevention Programs - Local Funding Partnerships, an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a matching grants program that connects the Foundation with local grantmakers to fund community-based projects to improve health care for vulnerable populations. The program’s special solicitation, “Peaceful Pathways: Reducing Exposure to Violence,” helps diversity-focused grantmakers fund projects to reduce violence in traditionally underserved communities that are defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity, or rural/frontier location. Applicants must be nominated by a funder that is principally concerned with the community to be served. This solicitation will provide matching grants of between $50,000 and $200,000 for up to eight new projects that employ community strengths and assets to reduce exposure to violence.  Visit the Foundation’s website to download the Call for Proposals.