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(CHILD NUTRITION) $262M Available for Agriculture, Food Research

Agency: Agriculture Dept. (Nat'l Institute of Food & Agriculture, NIFA); Program: Agriculture & Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA Number: 10.310); Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, nonprofits & for-profits; Funding: $262 million for multiple aw...

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(EDUCATION) Senators Unveil Bills to Reform NCLB, Improve Funding

Sens. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Pat Leahy (D-VT) unveiled two bills aimed at reforming the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law, reducing NCLB mandates and offering more funding for schools to improve classroom benchmark testing. The Feingold-Leahy bills will be introduced when the Senate recon...

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(HHS) Agency Wants Broader Grant Application Requirements

(Comment Deadline: Sept. 12) The Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) wants to expand the type of information that applicants for discretionary grants programs are required to provide to be eligible for funding competitions.   Specifically, HHS wants applicants to provide total budget ...

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(YOUTH) HHS Provides $15.8M for Homeless Youth Alternative Projects

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families, ACF); Program: Homeless and Street Youth Basic Center Program (BCP); (CFDA Number: 93.623) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2010-ACF-ACYF-CY-0002); Eligibility: Public entities and nonprofits; Funding: $15.8 million...

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(YOUTHS) Agency Releases $45M for Refugee Children Outreach Grants

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families, ACF); Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR); Program: Unaccompanied Alien Children Program  (CFDA Number: 93.676) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2010-ACF-ORR-ZU-0074); Eligibility: Faith-based and community or...

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(CHILDHOOD OBESITY) Bill Would Create National Nutrition Corps, Improve Food Safety

Lawmakers introduce legislation aimed at expanding federal nutrition assistance programs, fighting childhood obesity and creating a nutrition corps focused on improving childhood nutrition and food safety. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) introduced the Service for Healthier K...

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(EDUCATION FUNDING) 35 States, DC Apply for Phase II Race to the Top Grants

The Education Dept. (DoEd) closes the second phase of its $3.4 billion Race to the Top grants competition, drawing applications from 35 states and the District of Columbia. The 36 applicants which applied is slightly down from the 41 which applied for the first round of grants, won by Delaware and...

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(DISABILITIES) Education Dept. Provides $2.5M to Improve Special Ed TV Access

Agency: Education Dept. (Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services); Program: Technology and Media Services for Individuals With Disabilities--Television Access (CFDA Number: 84.327C); Eligibility: State educational agencies (SEAs), states, public schools, charter schools, government...

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(HEAD START) ACF Offers $25M for Mentoring Coaches

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (Admin. for Children & Families); Program: Early Learning Mentor Coaches (CFDA Number: 93.708) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2010-ACF-OHS-HC-0120); Eligibility: currently funded Head Start and Early Head Start agencies; Funding: $25 million for 125 aw...

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(TAX CREDITS) Treasury Jumpstarts Affordable Housing

The money--the latest of six payouts from the $3 billion allocated by Congress to the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (PL 111-5)--will be divided among Arizona, Connecticut, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Vermont.

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