NYS Learning and Enrichment After-School Program Supports (LEAPS)
Deadline: April 11, 2024
OCFS has released this Request for Proposals to solicit competitive applications to the NYS Learning and Enrichment After-school Program Supports (LEAPS) initiative to serve youth from Pre-K (with SACC waiver) through high school. Eligible not-for-profit organizations may submit proposals for the development and/or continuation of quality after-school programs in partnership with local schools and/or school districts.
Office on Violence Against Women Fiscal Year 2024 Research Initiative Solicitation
Deadline: April 11, 2024
The purpose of the Research and Evaluation Initiative is to research and evaluate approaches to preventing and addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. By generating more knowledge about strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, communities that benefit from Violence Against Women Act funding will be better equipped to align their work with practices that are known to be effective as well as build their own capacity to evaluate new and promising ways of doing things.
The initiative is designed to support researcher-practitioner partnerships and a broad range of research and evaluation methods, including qualitative, mixed-method, quasi- experimental, and experimental designs. Because OVW has limited funds to support research and evaluation, this initiative prioritizes topics for which a stronger evidence base would help OVW grantees use federal funds most effectively.
After School Education and Safety
Deadline: April 16, 2024
These ASES programs are created through partnerships between schools and local community resources to provide literacy, academic enrichment and safe, constructive alternatives for students in kindergarten through ninth grade. Funding is designed to: (1) maintain existing before and after school program funding; and (2) provide eligibility to all elementary and middle schools that submit quality applications throughout California.
Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth Program
Deadline: April 26, 2024
This program is authorized by annual appropriations acts. The Children and Youth Program solicitation is one of two solicitations issued under the Children and Youth and Engaging Men Program. The other program solicitation is the Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Program. Applicants interested in developing projects to engage men and boys as allies should submit a proposal under the OVW Fiscal Year 2024 EM solicitation. Applicants and project partners that apply to both CY and EM grant programs are only eligible to receive one award. The CY Program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.
Second Chance Act Community-based Adult Reentry Program
Deadline: April 29, 2024
The Second Chance Act (SCA) Community-based Reentry Program supports organizations and tribal governments providing comprehensive reentry services to individuals who have been incarcerated. With this solicitation, BJA seeks applications for funding from community-based non-profit organizations and federally recognized tribal governments to enhance or implement evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and support successful transitional planning for individuals who are currently, or were formerly, involved in the criminal justice system. Following release from incarceration, participants will receive intensive case management services and they will be connected to evidence-based programming designed to assist with a safe and seamless transition to their communities.
(Ed. Note: Love Notes has been successfully used with this funding.)
Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
Deadline: April 30, 2024
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support the efforts of communities to develop prevention and intervention responses that identify, respond to, treat, and support children, youth, and families impacted by opioid use and other substance use disorders. OJJDP asks applicants to integrate youth and family partnership strategies into projects and partner with law enforcement, education, mental health service providers, child welfare agencies, community health agencies, and community- based organizations that address the needs of individuals and families experiencing substance use.
(Ed. Note: Mind Matters and Love Notes are currently being used as substance use prevention efforts.)
Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
Deadline: May 6, 2024
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to address and improve the reentry and recidivism challenges encountered by youth returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities.
(Ed. Note: Both Mind Matters and Love Notes are successfully being used with this funding.)
Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation for Education
Deadline: Multiple Dates
The Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation was established to support education and the education and the arts. While the Foundation has historically supported nonprofit organizations in Florida and Indiana, requests from around the country are considered. The Foundation primarily supports education, art, and outreach programs and projects. Grants of between $1,000 and $10,000 receive greater consideration. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
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Forecasted Opportunities
General Departmental Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (GDSRAE)
Estimated Post Date: April 19, 2024
The Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families’ Family and Youth Services Bureau announces the anticipated availability of funds under the General Departmental Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (GDSRAE) Program. The purpose of the GDSRAE Program is to fund projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teach participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. The services are targeted to participants that reside in areas with high rates of teen births and/or are at greatest risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education
Estimated Post Date: April 19, 2024
The purpose of the Title V Competitive SRAE Program is to fund projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. Successful applicants are expected to submit plans for the implementation of sexual risk avoidance education that normalizes the optimal health behavior of avoiding non-marital sexual activity, with a focus on the future health, psychological well-being, and economic success of youth.
Additional Funding Possibilities
Not for Profit Hospital (NFP) Funds
All NFP hospitals have an obligation to the IRS to provide some form of community benefit work. There are designated funds to provide community programming that aligns with the needs shown by the hospital’s Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). This information is collected every three years and publicly posted. By researching your local NFP’s CHNA results, you may find opportunities to partner with their community benefit program to deliver teenage programs. Examples include classes for expecting or parenting teens, mental health support, nutrition courses, and more.
Questions to ask your local NFP Tip Sheet
Or, read this case study to see how one NFP in Arkansas funded their program for Love Notes
Blue Cross Blue Shield Community Partnerships
Blue Cross has partnerships with communities in each U.S. State. There are ongoing funding opportunities and grants to deliver improvement for community health. Learn more about the opportunities near you.
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Despite your best efforts, you’ve just learned that your federal grant proposal was not funded or your grant non-continued. Bummer. We’ve been there too. After an appropriate amount of time to grieve, time to roll up your sleeves and get back to it! The youth you serve need relationship education. But how? Join Kay Reed and Aaron Larson in this webinar just for Dibble clients to explore alternative funding possibilities. California ACES grant was just announced, see below for this new opportunity.
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