Federal Grant Opportunities in February

Dear Friend,

As your Representative in Congress, it is my privilege to deliver this newsletter with opportunities for federal grants in District 10.

Grants are generally available to non-profit organizations and state or local government entities. Individuals and private companies may apply for research funds based on specific federal agency funding opportunities.

As you may know, federal funding is extremely competitive and limited in availability. It is my hope that this newsletter will be a helpful resource for you in the grants process.

For more information about getting started and the application process, please visit www.grants.gov, or contact Erin Waldron, my Senior Advisor for Legislative and Community Affairs, at 202-225-2176.

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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Grant - Department of Health and Human Services

• Recipient: Aspire Health Partners
• Award: $4,000,000
• Description: This award is part of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC-COVID) Expansion Grants Program, which funds emergency grants to address mental and substance use disorders during COVID-19 (Emergency Response COVID-19).

Vaccine Distribution Funding – Department of Homeland Security

• Recipient: Florida Department of Emergency Management
• Award: $244,985,951.16
• Description: This award provides $244,985,951.16 in federal funding for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to the Florida Division of Emergency Management for Emergency Protective Measures as a result of FEMA-DR-4486-FL (COVID-19 Pandemic). This funding is authorized under Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant - Department of Homeland Security

• Total Program Funding: $355,000,000
• Application Deadline: March 12, 2021
• Description: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate implements and administers the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants. SAFER grants provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase frontline firefighters. SAFER offers grants to support activities in two activities:
  1. Hiring of Firefighters
  2. Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters
• More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=331276

Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy - Department of Justice

• Award Ceiling: $400,000
• Application Deadline: March 16, 2021
• Description: The Intellectual Property Enforcement Program (IPEP) is designed to improve the capacity of state, local, tribal, and territorial criminal justice systems to address intellectual property (IP) enforcement, including prosecution, prevention, and training and technical assistance. Awards will support law enforcement agencies that have an IP enforcement task force or plan to create one. These task forces will collaborate with relevant state, local, territorial, tribal, and federal agencies, including their local U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO), to fulfill program goals.
• More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330478

Pathway Home 2 Reentry Employment Program - Department of Labor

• Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
• Application Deadline: March 16, 2021
• Description: The purpose of this pilot program is to provide eligible, incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities or local or county jails with workforce services prior to release and to continue services after release by transitioning the participants into reentry programs in the communities to which they will return. These grants are job-driven and build connections to local employers that will enable transitioning offenders to secure employment. These projects ensure that transitioning offenders are prepared to meet the needs of their local labor markets with the skills valued by employers. Applicants must ensure that occupational training provided has no federal, state, or local regulations that restrict individuals with criminal records from obtaining licenses or other necessary credentials in that career.
• More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330958

Assistance for Arts Education (AAE) Program - Department of Education

• Total Program Funding: $16,500,000
• Application Deadline: March 16, 2021
• Description: The AAE program promotes arts education for students, including disadvantaged students and students who are children with disabilities, through activities such as:
  professional development for arts educators, teachers, and principals;
  development and dissemination of accessible instructional materials and arts-based educational programming, including online resources, in multiple arts disciplines; and
  community and national outreach activities that strengthen and expand partnerships among schools, local educational agencies (LEAs), communities, or centers for the arts, including national centers for the arts.
• More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330905

Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Competitive Grants Program - Department of Agriculture

• Award Ceiling: $250,000
• Application Deadline: March 23, 2021
• Description: The Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Program provides grants to non-profits to increase the number of military veterans gaining knowledge and skills through comprehensive, hands-on and immersive model farm and ranch programs offered regionally that lead to successful careers in the food and agricultural sector. The program encourages the development of training opportunities specifically designed for military veterans. AgVets projects will offer onsite, hands-on training and classroom education leading to a comprehensive understanding of successful farm and ranch operations and management practices. Projects may also offer workforce readiness and employment prospects for service-disabled veterans. Ensuring there are pathways for military veterans interested in pursuing careers in agriculture — regardless of age or production choice — strengthens agricultural production and rural economies across the United States. NIFA requests applications for the AgVets to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for training programs and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans.
• More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330960

Field-Generated Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement - Department of Justice

• Award Ceiling: $500,000
• Application Deadline: March 29, 2021
• Description: The Office for Victims of Crime seeks to assist state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in more effectively responding to and combatting all forms of human trafficking, as defined by 22 USC 7102, by collaborating with the field to identify, develop, and build a set of innovative training and technical assistance (TTA) resources that can be used to address gaps in knowledge and training, strengthen programming, build capacity, solve problems, and model new approaches. Applications under this program should not duplicate other OJP-funded solicitations and should have the potential to broadly benefit the field.
• More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330940

Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Training and Technical Assistance Program - Department of Justice

• Award Ceiling: $500,000
• Application Deadline: March 30, 2021
• Description: The Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Training and Technical Assistance Program supports funding to state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies for costs associated with the investigation and prosecution of unsolved homicide cold case murders suspected of having been racially motivated, including support for victims' families and stakeholders impacted by these cases. The program also supports an award for national training and technical assistance.
• More Information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330695

Sincerely,

Val Demings
U.S. Representative, Florida's 10th Congressional District