This program from the Office for Victims of Crimes seeks to: 1) to compensate and assist victims of terrorism and mass violence that occur within the United States; and 2) assist victims of terrorism and mass violence that occur outside the U.S. Five types of assistance are available from OVC to respond to terrorism and mass violence: A. Crisis Response Grant (emergency/short-term, up to 9 months) - to help rebuild adaptive capacities, decrease stressors, and reduce symptoms of trauma immediately following a terrorism or mass violence incident; B. Consequence Management Grant (ongoing/longer-term, up to18 months) - helps victims adapt to the trauma event and to restore the victims' sense of equilibrium; C. Criminal Justice Support Grant (ongoing, longer-term, up to 36 months) - helps to facilitate victim participation in an investigation and prosecution related to an act of terrorism or mass violence; and D. Crime Victim Compensation Grant (available at any time) - reimburses victims for out-of-pocket expenses related to an act of terrorism or mass violence. Applicants eligible for funding include: state victim assistance and victim compensation programs; public agencies including federal, state, and local governments; and victim service and nongovernmental organizations. Application deadline: open.
Dollar General, in collaboration with the American Library Association (ALA), the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the National Education Association (NEA), is sponsoring a school library disaster relief fund for public school libraries in the states served by Dollar General. Grants will be awarded to public school libraries that have incurred substantial damage or hardship due to a natural disaster (tornado, earthquake, hurricane, flood, avalanche, mudslide), fire or an act recognized by the federal government as terrorism. The goal is to provide funding for books, media, and/or library equipment that support learning in a school library environment. The impact can be through direct loss or through an increase in enrollment due to displaced/evacuee students. Initially, priority will be given to school libraries impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Application deadline: open.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) mission is to reduce the number and severity of crashes on our Nation’s highways. The Commercial Driver Individual Differences Study affords FMCSA a unique opportunity to examine a wide array of driver and situational factors and determine the prevalence of the factors and the increased or decreased crash and incident risks associated with them. The study will consist of a medical examination and a battery of psychological and behavioral history measures administered to 21,000 drivers such that approximately 3,000 cases and 3,000 controls can be identified. Extreme groups based on risk outputs (e.g. drivers with no crashes/violations, low risk, versus drivers with crashes/violations, high risk) will be investigated to maximize the contrast between groups and thus associations with correlating factors. Eligible applicants: Non-profits Organizations and Institutions of Higher Education. Award ceiling: $3,242,658. Application deadline: September 23, 2009.
The Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP) Program is to provide, through a cooperative agreement, funds to ensure that CTP partners can perform program management and mapping-related activities, which are defined in the program guidance each fiscal year. Recipients must be a partner in the CTP program, either be or represent a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) community in good-standing, have the capability to perform funded activities, and have existing non-Federally funded processes and/or systems in place to support activities that contribute to flood hazard identification. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, State governments; Public, Private, and State controlled institutions of higher education; and Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized). Award ceiling: unspecified. Application deadline: September 15, 2009.
The Administration on Aging seeks to provide disaster reimbursement and assistance funds to those State Units on Aging (SUAs) and tribal organizations who are currently receiving a grant under Title VI of the Older Americans Act (OAA), as amended. These funds only become available when the President declares a National Disaster and may only be used in those areas designated in the Disaster Declaration issued by the President of the United States. Eligible SUAs and Title VI grantees should discuss all disaster applications with Regional staff before submitting a formal application. The amount of funds requested should be discussed with Regional staff before the application is completed. Providing a draft of the planned application will help expedite the processing of an award. Applicants are also encouraged to coordinate with the State Emergency Management Office in developing information for their application. Eligible applicants include: State governments and Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized). Award ceiling: $500,000. Application deadline: September 18, 2009.
The FMA Program is authorized by Section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (NFIA), 42 U.S.C. 4104c, with the goal of reducing or eliminating claims under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Projects or initiatives that are eligible for funding under this announcement may or may not involve Geospatial (GIS) issues. Eligible applicants: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Private institutions of higher education. Total funding program: $40,000,000. Application deadline: December 04, 2009.
The Florida Disaster Recovery Fund is proud to partner with the Florida Department of Financial Services to offer low income families an opportunity to strengthen their homes against natural disasters. To be eligible homeowners must have an insured home value of $500,000 or less and have a household income that is 80% or less of the Area Median Income. They must then contact a Local Organization from the listing provided online. Organizations in Miami-Dade County include the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami, Inc. After registering with a local organization a no cost home inspection survey will be completed. Contingent on the survey results, the local organization will assist the homeowner with strengthening their home in one or more of the following areas: Improving strength of roof deck attachment; Creating a secondary water barrier to prevent water intrusion; Improving the survivability of roof covering; Bracing gable-ends in roof framing; Reinforcing roof-to-wall connections; Upgrading exterior wall opening protections; Upgrading exterior doors; and Repairing existing structures leading to mitigation improvements. Deadline: open.
FM Global's Fire Prevention Grant Program provides funding to fire departments and brigades, as well as to national, state, regional, local and community organizations that support a wide array of fire prevention, preparedness and control efforts. During the past 3 decades, FM Global has awarded millions of U.S. dollars in funding to organizations all over the world to help them more effectively prevent fire. Any organization or agency around the world that supports fire prevention can apply for an FM Global Fire Prevention Grant; however, funds must be used for public purposes. Grant applications are reviewed quarterly. Application deadline: ongoing.
The key purpose of HMGP is to ensure that the opportunity to take critical mitigation measures to reduce the risk of loss of life and property from future disasters is not lost during the reconstruction process following a disaster. HMGP is available, when authorized under a Presidential major disaster declaration, in the areas of the Applicant requested by the Governor. The amount of HMGP funding available to the Applicant is based upon the estimated total Federal assistance to be provided by FEMA for disaster recovery under the Presidential major disaster declaration. Projects or initiatives that are eligible for funding under this announcement may or may not involve Geospatial (GIS) issues. Eligible applicants: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Private institutions of higher education. Award ceiling: N/A. Application deadline: December 04, 2009.
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research seeks outstanding researchers for the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF) program for the purpose of conducting innovative basic research in areas of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD) and fostering long-term relationships between the NSSEFF Fellows and the DoD. Eligible applicants include: Any accredited, U.S. doctoral-degree granting academic institution. Award ceiling: $4,250,000. Application deadline: October 16, 2009.
The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program provides funds to states, territories, Indian tribal governments, communities, and universities for hazard mitigation planning and the implementation of mitigation projects prior to a disaster event. Funding these plans and projects reduces overall risks to the population and structures, while also reducing reliance on funding from actual disaster declarations. PDM grants are to be awarded on a competitive basis and without reference to state allocations, quotas, or other formula-based allocation of funds. Eligible applicants: Entities eligible to apply for grants include State emergency management agencies or a similar office of the State (e.g., the office that has primary emergency management or floodplain management responsibility); the District of Columbia; American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands; Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands; and Indian Tribal governments. Award ceiling: $3,000,000. Application deadline: December 04, 2009.
The Remote Community Alert Systems Program 2010 represents a NOAA/NWS effort to provide for outdoor alerting technologies in remote communities effectively underserved by commercial mobile service for the purpose of enabling residents of those communities to receive emergency messages. These activities will engage the private sector, academia, county and local governments with their State Government office, U.S. Territory or Possession Government office or Tribal Community Government office in opportunities and technologies to further disseminate emergency messages. Eligible applicants: State Governments, U.S. Territories or Possessions and Tribal Communities. This restriction is needed to efficiently manage the potential number of applications. Private sector, academia, County and Local governments must collaborate with their State Government office, U.S. Territory or Possession Government office or Tribal Community Government office to have their project proposal included in an application from the State Government, U.S. Territory or Possession or Tribal Community. Award ceiling: $250,000. Application deadline: February 26, 2010.
RFC grants are awarded nationally without reference to State allocations, quotas, or other formula-based allocation(s) of funds. The RFC program is subject to the availability of appropriation funding, as well as any directive or restriction made with respect to such funds. All RFC grants are eligible for up to 100% Federal assistance. Projects or initiatives that are eligible for funding under this announcement may or may not involve Geospatial (GIS) issues. Eligible applicants: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized). Total program funding: $10,000,000.
The Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division is soliciting individuals or teams to research, create, develop, deploy and evaluate innovative educational tools, approaches and resources to educate and inspire the next generation homeland security workforce. It covers elementary school to post doctoral programs, and includes ongoing professional development of the National Homeland Security workforce. Eligible applicants: Open, all source. Total program funding: $400,000. Application deadline: February 28, 2010.
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) intends to award investments for expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure related to the consequences of hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters of 2008 for which the President declared a major disaster. Selected applicants will utilize EDA’s flexible set of program tools to develop and implement on a regional basis long-term economic redevelopment strategies for the recently disaster-impacted regions in the United States. EDA seeks to fund planning (i.e., strategy grants) and implementation investments that generate new employment opportunities for regions suffering economic distress in the form of high unemployment, underemployment, low per capita incomes, and outmigration due to the 2008 natural disasters. Eligible applicants include: City, Township, County, State governments; Public, Private, and State controlled institutions of higher education; and Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Special district governments; and Nonprofits. Award ceiling: unspecified. Application deadline: Ongoing.
The SRL Program provides funding to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage to severe repetitive loss structures insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Participation in this program is voluntary. However, the SRL program differs from FEMA’s other mitigation grant programs in that those property owners who decline offers of mitigation assistance will be subject to increases to their insurance premium rates. Eligible applicants: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized). Total program funding: $70,000,000. Application deadline: December 04, 2009.
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