The
Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Welcome to this List
Serv sponsored by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority’s Rural Funding
Coordination Project. These messages
provide information about current government and private grants and contracts,
conference and training opportunities, and potential funding sources.
The Alaska Housing
Finance Corporation (AHFC) has
$1.5 million available for the development of rental housing for hard to serve
persons who are severely mentally ill.
Up to $250,000 is also available for operating expenses related to this
project. The deadline is August
10. For more information, contact Mark
Romick at 907-330-8274 or 800-478-2432 or visit www.ahfc.state.ak.us.
The Administration on
Aging (AoA) has announced two
grant programs. The Model
State Performance Outcome Measures Program is for State Agencies on Aging,
working in collaboration with one or more Area Agencies on Aging. The AoA expects to award up to 20
cooperative agreement awards for up to $50,000 each. The deadline is August 1.
For more information, contact David Bunoski at 202-260-0669. The Native American Caregiver Support
Program is for existing Title VI grantees to expand their currently approved
application for carrying out this program.
The purpose of the program is to help families caring for an older
relative with a chronic illness or disability.
The deadline is August 1. For
more information, contact Yvonne Jackson at 202-619-2713 or visit www.aoa.gov/aoa to learn more about both
opportunities.
The Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is accepting applications for two
programs. The Tribal Youth
Program is designed to support and enhance tribal efforts for a
comprehensive delinquency prevention and control program, and for juvenile
justice system improvements for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. The deadline is July 19. For more information, contact Laura Ansera
at 202-307-5924. The Safe
Schools/Healthy Students Initiative is designed to enhance comprehensive
community-wide strategies for creating safe and drug-free schools and promoting
healthy childhood development. The
deadline is July 16. For more
information, call 202-307-5911 or visit www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
to learn more about both opportunities.
The Tides Foundation is accepting online Letters of Intent until July
10 from nonprofit organizations who serve a wide variety of social issues,
including those nonprofits that serve Native communities. For more information, visit www.tides.org/foundation.
The Handspring
Foundation is accepting
applications from nonprofit organizations that operate programs dedicated to
preschool through 12th grade or to issues directly related to
at-risk children and youth. Emphasis is
given to programs that serve homeless children, abused or neglected children,
or children in foster care or juvenile detention. The deadline is August 1.
For more information, visit www.handspring.com/company/foundation.
The Brookdale
Foundation is accepting
applications for its National Group Respite Program which assists local
community groups in developing respite services for people with Alzheimer’s
disease and for their family caregivers.
Grants will provide $7,500 the first year, with the possibility of a
$3,000 extension in the second year based upon an evaluation. Nonprofit organizations and public agencies
that focus on dementia issues are eligible.
The deadline is July 12. For
more information, contact Eva Williams at 212-308-7355 or view www.ewol.com/brookdale.
The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is
accepting applications for the next Local Initiative Funding Partners
Program. The program is designed to
establish partnerships between RWJF and local grantmakers in support of innovative,
community-based projects that focus on underserved and at-risk
populations. The deadline for concept
letters is August 1. For more
information, visit www.rwjf.org.
Tesoro Alaska
Petroleum Company funds in the areas
of health, education and research, arts and culture, environment, community and
youth. Organizations receiving funds
from the United Way are not eligible to apply.
Grants range up to $5,000 and are reviewed bi-weekly. For more information, contact Jinny Zutz at
907-561-5521.
The beneficiaries of
the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority include those Alaskans who experience
mental illness; mental retardation or similar disabilities; chronic alcoholism
with psychosis; or Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia. You can learn more about the Trust at www.mhtrust.org.
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