All applications for MCSAP New Entrant funding must be submitted electronically through grants.gov by October 15, 2009. A separate application package is required for each proposal. Applications combining more than one funding proposal in a single application package will be considered incomplete and will be returned to the applicant for correction and re-submission. FMCSA will initially consider funding for applications submitted by October 15, 2009. When each of those applications has been reviewed and funding allocated as appropriate, applications submitted after October 15, 2009, will be considered on a case-by-case basis until the entire funding appropriation has been allocated. Funds will not be available for allocation until after Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 appropriations legislation is passed and signed into law unless exigent circumstances exist. Funding is subject to reductions resulting from obligation limitations or rescissions as specified in SAFETEA-LU or other legislation. Eligible applicants: States and local governments. Award ceiling: $29,000,000. Application deadline: October 15, 2009.
The mission of The After Prison Initiative is to work against the criminalization of race and poverty by promoting public policies and private initiatives that support successful reentry and reintegration of people returning from prison. The After Prison Initiative funds advocacy, coalition building, public education, impact litigation, and policy-driven research and analysis that promote investment in community infrastructure instead of prisons; encourage civic participation and leadership by former prisoners in justice policy reform; facilitate their access to work, housing, education, health care, and political participation; and create cross-sector, neighborhood-based restorative reentry strategies to replace the surveillance orientation of parole and other community penalties. Eligible applicants include: advocacy groups, community groups, scholarly or research institutions, government agencies, associations of elected officials, and nonprofit business associations or initiatives. Priority will be given to organizations in which people with criminal convictions have a leadership role and/or meaningful participation. A letter of inquiry is required. Application deadline: rolling.
The Education and Job Training Assistance Fund is a fund established by the Allstate Foundation, in partnership with the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), to channel small grants to survivors of domestic violence in order to achieve their educational and job-related goals. Local domestic-violence programs can submit applications on behalf of a domestic-violence survivor. The NNEDV will disburse grants of up to $1,000 per application. Application Deadline: ongoing.
The Weed and Seed strategy aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, and gang activity. The Weed and Seed strategy is a community-based, comprehensive multi-agency approach. Four elements make up the two-pronged Weed and Seed Strategy: Law Enforcement; Community Policing; Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment; and Neighborhood Restoration. Limited discretionary grant resources are available annually for communities selected as Weed and Seed Communities subject to Congressional funding and level of grantee performance. A Weed and Seed Community (WSC) must be developed in partnership with a variety of key local organizations and the local United States Attorney's Office (USAO). WSCs must work to reduce crime and improve the quality of life for residents in a community primarily through the redeployment of existing public and private resources, addressing both crime and social related problems that without proper intervention often lead to violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity. Eligible applicants include: state, local or tribal governments or nonprofit organizations in communities with a persistent high level of serious violent crime. Award ceiling: $150,000. Application deadline: December 1, 2009.
The DOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announces a funding opportunity that has two goals: 1. Expand the number of Commercial Drivers License holders possessing enhanced operator safety training in order to reduce the severity and number of crashes on U.S. roads involving CMVs. 2. Assist economically distressed regions of the U.S. by providing workforce training opportunities for qualified individuals to become CMV operators. Eligible applicants: State governments, County governments
City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education. Award ceiling: $250,000. Application deadline: December 01, 2009.
The Tides Death Penalty Mobilization Fund is a Tides Foundation donor collaborative that supports strategic partnerships of local, regional, and national nonprofit 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations working to abolish the death penalty at the state and/or federal level. The State Strategies segment of the Death Penalty Mobilization Fund will provide two-year grants ranging from $40,000 to $80,000 each year to state-based activist organizations working on death penalty reform, abolition, or moratoria efforts in the United States. Grants can be used for expansion or enhancement of organizational and/or staff capacity, campaign development or implementation, infrastructure development necessary to implement or expand campaigns, public education, and direct and grassroots lobbying. Priority will be given to states where a State Strategies grant will make a significant contribution toward securing a concrete victory or strategic outcome. The fund also encourages collaborative applications focusing on a specific region. The fund anticipates making grants to approximately eight organizations in its fall 2009 funding cycle. Deadline: August 17, 2009.
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation's Justice Prize honors individuals who have advanced the cause of justice as delivered through the legal system. The award is intended to both acknowledge individual efforts and encourage further advancements toward bringing about a fundamentally just world. The prize (a gold medal and an unrestricted $500,000 cash award) is an international award presented annually. Recipients are selected by a distinguished panel of international legal experts from nominations that are received from around the world. Nominees may be individuals or organizations whose contributions have advanced the cause of justice as delivered through the legal system. Nominations may be submitted by individuals, organizations, or institutions that are active in or have an appreciation for the theory and practice of justice. Self-nominations are not accepted. All nominations materials must be submitted in English. Application deadline: December 15, 2009.
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime will provide up to $10,000 each to grassroots community- and faith-based victim service organizations and coalitions to help them improve their outreach and services to crime victims, through support of program development, networking, coalition building, and service delivery. Funds may be used to develop program literature, train advocates, produce a newsletter, support victim outreach efforts, and recruit volunteers. Eligible applicants include: organizations and coalitions operating for at least 1 year that have not received federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) victim assistance grant funding and that have an annual operating budget of $50,000 or less. Application deadline: open.
The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Program on Human and Community Development will focus its grant-making strategies on community change and juvenile justice. The Juvenile Justice effort maintains a national scope and promotes an effective juvenile justice system that is linked to relevant agencies, is acknowledged to play a critical role in the community and is held accountable for public safety as well as the rehabilitation of young offenders. Grant award funding levels vary. Eligible applicants: Juvenile Justice program include a variety of organizations in the United States. Application deadline: Ongoing.
The Justice, Equality, Human Dignity, and Tolerance (JEHT) Foundation grants support programs and projects related to criminal justice, international justice, and fair and participatory elections. Occasionally, grants will be awarded for endeavors that fall outside of these program areas. The foundation has no restrictions on the type of support it will consider, as long as an organization's work is consistent with the foundation's program interests. In the area of criminal justice, the foundation supports parallel funding tracks for juvenile and adult justice, and aims to promote more positive prison environments that more effectively meet the needs of those who are incarcerated and the communities to which they will return. Among areas of specific interest are policies that support improved health and educational services for incarcerated people, humane living conditions, and opportunities for prisoners to have better access to their families. In terms of prisoner reentry, the foundation's primary interests include support for comprehensive reentry planning and implementation at the state and local levels, and the removal of legal and social barriers to reentry. Eligible applicants include: Public charities classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service may apply, but other organizations will be considered if their purposes are consistent with those established by the IRS for nonprofit organizations and they can meet a 501(c)(3) financial equivalency test. Grant amounts are determined based on the scope of the project, the size of the applicant's budget, the likelihood that other support can be raised, and the JEHT Foundation's available financial resources in a given year. Application Deadline: ongoing.
The MacArthur Foundation invites letters of inquiry for juvenile justice-related grants to support research, model programs, policy analysis, and public education and expand knowledge about the origins, development, prevention and treatment of juvenile crime and delinquency. The goal of this work is to promote an effective juvenile justice system that is linked to relevant agencies, acknowledged to play a critical role in the community, and is held accountable for public safety and the rehabilitation of young offenders. Application Deadline: ongoing.
The Mary Byron Foundation created the Celebrating Solutions Awards to showcase and applaud local innovations that demonstrate promise in breaking the cycle of domestic violence. The foundation seeks programs that can serve as models for other programs and offers $10,000 cash awards in recognition of their pioneering efforts. These are awards for accomplishments, not grants for future projects. The foundation typically chooses four winners each year. To be eligible, the nominated program must address the issue of domestic violence. The program also must be part of a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization or government agency, and must operate in the United States or a U.S. territory. Both the nominated program and the organization or agency must have been operating for a minimum of three years. The program should be replicable; if it is national in scope. The program should have applications for individual communities regardless of their size or ethnic composition. Organizations may nominate themselves for the award. Application Deadline: November 17, 2009.
The mission of the Open Society Institute's Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives Project is to reduce the scale of incarceration in the United States. To counter radical increases in rates of incarceration and increasingly severe criminal punishments in the U.S., the Alternatives Project is offering grants to organizations that advance campaigns, research initiatives, and policies that seek to eliminate race and class disparities in sentencing and incarceration; reduce the length of criminal sentences and promote judicial discretion in sentencing; promote alternatives to incarceration that emphasize rehabilitation and treatment; limit prison growth and prison privatization; and empower communities most affected by mass incarceration to develop and advocate for alternative policies that address underlying social, racial, and economic inequality. Funding is provided for policy reform, including grassroots/community-led advocacy, constituency-building, and mobilization; coalition- building; public education; impact litigation; policy-driven research and analysis; and leadership development. Letters of Inquiry from advocacy groups, community groups, scholarly or research institutions, government agencies, associations of elected officials, and nonprofit business associations or initiatives will be considered. Award ceiling: none. Letter of Inquiry Deadline: rolling.
The Office for Victims of Crime is pleased to announce the availability of Professional Development Scholarships to those who work with victims of crime. The program provides up to $1,000 for individuals and up to $5,000 for multidisciplinary teams of victim service professionals seeking continuing education opportunities. The scholarship program is administered by the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC). OVC TTAC provides comprehensive quality training and technical assistance resources to victim service providers and other professionals. Scholarship awards are based on eligibility, are limited to available funds, and are processed in the order in which applications are received. Scholarships are nontransferable and can be used only for professional development related to an applicant's responsibilities for serving victims of crime. Eligible applicants include: public, nonprofit, or faith-based service organizations that assists victims of crime but does not have an adequate budget to support training. The completed application form must be received by OVC TTAC at least 45 days prior to the start of the requested event. And the event must be less than a year away.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking to partner with diversity-focused funders and other local grantmakers to fund projects that reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity, or rural/frontier location. Projects must be new, community-based, and culturally appropriate, reflecting how language skills, significant cultural differences, education, income, and discrimination affect health outcomes. Community members should be engaged in planning and leadership. Projects must work to reduce violence in the context of a specific community and use that community's strengths and assets to address any threatening or violent behavior that results in emotional, psychological, or physical harm. For example, eligible projects may concern intimate partner violence, child or elder abuse, gang activity, or post-war trauma. Projects may relate to violence between family members or strangers, individuals or groups, in public or private settings. Applicants must be nominated by a diversity-focused funder that is principally concerned with the population to be served. The additional funding partners may come from independent and private foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and other philanthropies. All the local funding partners must be willing to work with grantees to obtain sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period. Matching funds must represent new funding specifically designated to support the proposed project. Up to 25 percent of the match may consist of in-kind services. Up to $1 million in total funding is available for the 2009 grant cycle. Up to eight matching grants of between $50,000 to $200,000 each will be awarded. Application deadline: December 31, 2009.
The Justice, Equality, Human Dignity, Tolerance (JEHT) Foundation works to transform U.S. criminal justice policies and practices, expand the role of international justice and the rule of law both at home and abroad, make the electoral system in this country more effective, and strengthen the use of palliative care in health care settings in the U.S. Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year.
The official aim of this Department of Justice program is to prevent, control and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity and gang activity using a community-based, comprehensive multi-agency approach. Eligible applicants: States, local government and non-profits that have not been previously designated as a Weed and Seed site. Award ceiling: $150,000 each. Application deadline: November 10, 2009.
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