December 2005 Grants Action Vol. 19, #12

NEWS Information on Available State and Federal Grants ● New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver ●

...On the State Level

Minority Health Low-Income Housing Community Partnerships Credit Program Inside Program New York State Division of Info New York State Department of Housing and Community on... Health, Office of Minority Health Renewal The New York State Department of The New York State Division of Health, Office of Minority Health is Housing and Community Renewal soliciting applications for its Minority (DHCR) announces the availability of • Minority Health Community Health Community Partnerships a tax credit under the Low-Income Partnerships Program. Applicants must propose Housing Credit Program (LIHC). Program evidence-based intervention designs ELIGIBILITY: Persons and firms that show promise in reducing or that construct and/or rehabilitate rental • Low-Income eliminating one or more health housing that is reserved for low- Housing Program disparities such as maternal mortality, income households may apply for LIHC. • Relatives as Parents cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV/ FUNDING: DHCR expects to have • Civic Connections AIDS infection or child and adult approximately $20 million available Program immunizations. for Credit Reservations. The ELIGIBILITY: Community maximum amount of the annual tax • Grant Writing coalitions/partnerships with the credit allocation per application that demonstrated capacity to develop and may be requested is $1 million. implement interventions and programs DEADLINE: Applications must be that improve the health of racial and received by DHCR by 5:00 p.m., ethnic minorities through community- February 27, 2006. level systems change. FOR MORE INFORMATION: ...and much FUNDING: It is expected that four Please contact a DHCR Regional more. grants of $100,000 each will be Office: Capital District Regional awarded. Office, DHCR, Debra Devine, DEADLINE: Completed applications Regional Director, Hampton Plaza, 9th must be received by the Office of Floor, 38-40 State Street, Albany, NY Minority Health no later than 5:00 p.m., 12207; phone (518) 486-5012; Buffalo January 9, 2006. Regional Office, DHCR, Thomas H. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Van Nortwick, Regional Director, Contact Michael A. Acosta, Grants Statler Towers, 107 Delaware Avenue, Questions? Manager, New York State Department Suite 600, Buffalo, NY 14202; phone of Health, Office of Minority Health, (716) 842-2244; Syracuse Regional For more information Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower Office, DHCR, Vernita King, Regional contact: Building, Room 780, Albany, New York Director, 800 South Wilbur Avenue, Rich Jurewicz at 12237-0092; phone (518) 474-2180. Syracuse, NY 13204; phone (315) 473- LOB 945-A 6930, mailing address: P.O. Box 1127, Albany, NY 12248 Syracuse, NY 13201; New York City or Regional Office, DHCR, Deborah grants@ Boatright, Regional Director, 25 assembly.state.ny.us Beaver Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10004; phone (212) 480-7644. Grants Action NEWS December 2005 Housing Trust Fund ...Foundations and Corporation (HTFC) Organizations New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal Relatives as Parents Program

DHCR is accepting applications for funding The Brookdale Foundation Group under the following: Housing Trust Fund Program, the New York State HOME The Brookdale Foundation Group has Program, the Homes for Working Families announced the Relatives as Parents Program Program, the Urban Initiatives Program, the (RAPP) Local Seed Grant Initiative for Rural Area Revitalization program, the New 2006. RAPP is designed to encourage and York Main Street Program, the Access to promote the creation or expansion of Home Program, and the Residential services for grandparents and other relatives Emergency Services to Offer Repairs to the who have taken on the responsibility of Elderly (RESTORE) Program. Due to the surrogate parenting, when the biological space limitations of this publication, parents are unwilling or unable to do so. The interested parties should contact DHCR program is intended to award seed grants to through one of their Regional Offices for local agencies, to private support groups and complete program details. at least two other supportive services to ELIGIBILITY: Persons and firms that relative caregivers and their families; construct and/or rehabilitate housing for low encourage cooperation and collaboration income persons or households. among various service systems; ensure the FUNDING: Please contact DHCR for development, expansion and future complete funding details. continuity of local services; and create DEADLINE: Applications for HOME, replicable models of service. HTF, HWF, UI and RARP site-specific ELIGIBILITY: Local community based project funding (except for seed money agencies. requests) must be received by the HTFC by FUNDING: Selected agencies will receive a 5:00 p.m. on February 27, 2006. $10,000 grant over a two-year period Applications for locally administered ($6,000 in the first year and $4,000 in the programs funded under HOME, RESTORE, second year if all grant requirements have New York Main Street or Access to Home been met) as well as training and technical must be received by HTFC by 5:00 p.m., assistance. Matching support in cash or in- March 20, 2006. kind will be required of all selected agencies. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please DEADLINE: January 12, 2006. contact one of the DHCR Regional Offices FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit to obtain an application package or for more www.brookdalefoundation.org for local information: Capital District Regional RFP guidelines and application forms. Office, NYS DHCR, Debra Devine, Requests for the local RFP packets, written Regional Director, Hampton Plaza, 9th on agency letterhead, may also be submitted Floor, 38-40 State Street, Albany, New York to the Relatives as Parents Program, The 12207; phone (518) 486-5012; Buffalo Brookdale Foundation Group, 950 Third Regional Office, NYS DHCR, Thomas H. Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York Van Nortwick, Regional Director, Statler 10022. Towers, 107 Delaware Avenue, Suite 600, Buffalo, New York 14202; phone (716) 842- K-12 Education Grants 2244; Syracuse Regional Office, NYS DHCR, Vernita King, Regional Director, Toyota USA Foundation 800 South Wilbur Avenue, Syracuse, New York 13204; phone (315) 473-6930, mailing The Toyota USA Foundation has been address: P.O. Box 1127, Syracuse, New working for more than a decade to fund K- York 13201; New York City Regional 12 education programs, especially in the Office, NYS DHCR, Deborah Boatright, areas of mathematics and science. The Regional Director, 25 Beaver Street, 7th foundation has formed partnerships with Floor, New York, New York 10004; phone Page 2 some of America’s leading organizations and (212) 480-7644. Grants Action NEWS December 2005 institutions and prefers proposals that are Civic Connections Program broad in scope, incorporate interdisciplinary curriculum, “real world” classroom National Council for the Social Studies applications, are creative and innovative programs, which develop the potential of The National Council for the Social Studies’ students and teachers, and are cost-effective. Civic Connections Program links local ELIGIBILITY: Applying organizations history inquiry with community service- must be tax-exempt under the Internal learning activities. Teachers will develop Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) and be and adapt these activities based on their located within the United Sates. Grants are students’ interests and abilities, the needs or made to higher education institutions, problems in the local community, and their community colleges and vocational or trade local social studies curriculum requirements. schools, and to nonprofit organizations ELIGIBILITY: Teams of three 3rd-12th engaged in pre-collegiate math and/or grade teachers who are members of the science education. National Council for the Social Studies (or FUNDING: Currently the Toyota USA agree to join if application is accepted). Foundation provides $1.9 million a year to Teams of teachers must also partner with at support innovative math and science least one local community agency. programs. FUNDING: The maximum award is $7,500. DEADLINE: There are no deadlines. DEADLINE: February 26, 2006. Proposals are reviewed on a rotating basis. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact www.civicconnections.org. Foundation Administrator, Toyota USA Foundation, 9 West 57th Street, Suite 4900, New York, New York 10019, phone (212) 715-7486; www.toyota.com/foundation. Correction - Barnes and Noble In the October issue of Grants Action News, information was published regarding grants available through Barnes and Noble. Although this information was obtained through the Barnes and Noble web site, we have been informed that these grants are not currently available. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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(PLEASE NOTE: Grants Action News will not release, sell or give away a subscriber’s e-mail Page 3 address, name or any other information provided without express permission from the subscriber.) Grants Action NEWS December 2005 ...Foundations and ...Grant Writing Organizations The Grantsmanship Center (cont'd.) The Grantsmanship Training Program is coming to New York: Newburgh, January 9-13, 2006, hosted by Orange County We the People Bookshelf Community College and Rockland Program Community College, and New York City, January 30-February 3, 2006, hosted by American Library Association and the the Institute for Community Living. NEH The classes will be conducted by The As part of its We the People initiative, the Grantsmanship Center and are kept at a National Endowment for the Humanties is maximum of 30 participants. The cost is collaborating with the American Library $825, which includes one-year enrollment in Association (ALA) Public Programs Office the TGCI Membership Program. A limited to present "We the People Bookshelf," a number of half-tuition scholarships are program designed to encourage young available to agencies with annual budgets of people to read and understand great less than $300,000. literature while exploring themes in American history. To register, or to apply for a scholarship, ELIGIBILITY: Public and school (K-12) contact TGCI at (800) 421-9512 or visit libraries are invited to apply to receive the www.tgci.com. For local information and third We the People Bookshelf, which arrangements, call Fontaine McNamara focuses on Becoming American. Book titles (Newburgh) at (845) 341-4337; and Ben available for viewing on the ALA's web site. Sher (New York City) at (212) 385-3030, FUNDING: 1,000 libraries will receive free ext. 3198. books. DEADLINE: January 17, 2006. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.ala.org/ala/ppo/currentprograms/ wethepeople/wepeople.htm to review grant guidelines and complete an online application. If you have questions, you may contact the ALA's Public Programs Office at (312) 280-5045 or [email protected].

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NEWS December 2005 New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver