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DoEd Launches $20M Program to Support Pell Grants in High School

The Education Dept. rolls out a $20 million grants program that will test the expansion of Pell Grants to help high school students take college-level courses before they graduate and earn a secondary diploma. The dual-enrollment program will mark the first time high school students will have an op...

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Funding will Help to Test Behavioral Principles

Agency: Admin. for Children & Families (HHS); Program: Behavioral Interventions for Child Support Services (CFDA Number: 93.564); Eligibility: State child support offices; Funding (Estimated): $1.2 million for eight awards (no match required); Deadline (Tentative): August (NOFA is to be released...

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Foundation Helps Housing, Homelessness Projects

Private Funder: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation; Opportunity: Foundation grants; Geographic Focus: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia; Funding Focus: Education, business development, child welfare, affo...

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Conservation Group Favors Outdoor Projects

Private Funder: Norcross Wildlife Foundation; Opportunity: 2016 grants; Funding Focus: Conservation, education; Geographic Focus: National (priority is given to organizations that have difficulty raising funds they need to do critical work); Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations; Funding: Grants gene...

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(BRIEFS) Education and Funding News from Around the Nation

California A new state law requires LGBT history in textbooks: Public schools in California will be required to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans starting Jan. 1 after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs a bill to add the topic to the social sciences ...

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(ARTS) Doris Duke Foundation Offers Community Grants

Funder: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF); Opportunity: Fund for Nat'l Projects; Funding Focus: Arts & culture; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: 501 (c)(3) nonprofits with a national focus; Funding: $1 million with awards range from $60,000 to $200,000 (grants can fund up to 40% of...

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(HEALTH) MAC AIDS Fund Provides Grants for Youth, Housing

Private Funder: MAC AIDS Fund; Opportunity: 2011 U.S. Community Grants Program; Funding Focus: Programs providing support to those suffering from HIV/AIDS; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Up to $50,000 each; Deadline: Sept. 9. Summary:The MAC AIDS Fund supports nonprof...

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(OUTDOORS) United States Golf Assn. Provides Recreational Grants

Private Funder: United States Golf Assn. (USGA); Opportunity: 2011 For the Good Of the Game grants; Funding Focus: Education and recreation; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofit educational organizations; Funding: Since 1997, the USGA has provided in excess of $60 million in grants to ...

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(EDUCATION) Panel Approves $1.5B Charter School Funding Stream

The House Education and Workforce Committee approves a bill that streamlines a $1.5 billion discretionary grants competition open to states and school districts for the support of new charter schools. It passed on bipartisan vote, 34-5. The Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (HR...

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(MINORITIES) ACF Provides $65M for Employment Services for New Refugee Populations

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families, ACF; Office of Refugee Resettlement, ORR); Program: Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program (CFDA Number: 93.567) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2012-ACF-ORR-RV-0203); Eligibility: Existing Voluntary Agency prog...

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