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(FAMILIES) Comments Sought on $10M Visitation Program

(Comment Deadline: Oct. 14) The Admin. for Children & Families at the Health & Human Services Dept. seeks comments on the data collection process for its Access & Visitation (AV) Program (CFDA Number: 93.597) grantees.   The AV Program provides grants to states to establish a...

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(EDUCATION) Frueauff Foundation Provides Grants for Youth Programs

Private Funder: Frueauff Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 funding programs; Funding Focus: Education; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Up to $100,000 each; Deadline: Rolling. Summary: Beginning with its first grant to Columbia U. in 1951, the Frueauff Foundation has suppor...

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(CHILDREN'S HEALTH) Putting Patients First Program

Private Funder: Association for Medical Imaging Management and Toshiba; Opportunity: Putting Patients First Program; Funding Focus: Health -- improving pediatric or adult patient care and safety; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits, hospitals and imaging centers; Funding: six grants ...

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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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(ENVIRONMENT) EPA Funds Air Quality Projects in AK, ID, OR, WA

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Program: Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Projects in EPA Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington) (CFDA Number: 66.034) (Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R10-IAQ-01-10); Eligibility: Governments, public/private nonprofits, hospitals and institutions of ...

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(SOCIAL SERVICES) Oprah Winfrey Foundation

Deadline: Rolling.          The queen of daytime television, Oprah Winfrey, has her own private, charitable foundation that supports a range of education and social service programs for children and minorities.         ...

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(EDUCATION) Experience Corps Invigorates Seniors, Educates Children

Experience Corps (EC), a nonprofit that holds true to its name, is the epitome of the "killing two birds with one stone" adage.  Actually, most who participate in and benefit from the program consider it a triple win. The organization brings in volunteer older adults over the age of 55 to ment...

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(REGULATIONS) ACF Proposes Broad Child Welfare Survey

Health & Human Services Dept.'s Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing a broad national survey of child-welfare participants to determine whether pending legislation would shrink the child-welfare rolls. Public Comment Deadline: Nov. 26. ACF wants to conduct an April 2010 ...

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(HEALTHCARE) Regence Offers $50K Awards for Palliative Care in ID, OR, UT & WA

(Deadline: Dec. 4) The Regence Foundation, the corporate foundation of health insurer Regence, offers a new award to recognize leadership in palliative care. The foundation's Sojourns Award includes a $50,000 cash grant to honor inspirational organizations and leaders in the field, promote their inn...

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(PUBLIC HOUSING) HUD Provides $96M in Public Housing Capital Funds

\r\nFifteen public housing authorities (PHAs) nationwide will get a chance to transform units in their portfolios as HUD awards them a combined $96 million in stimulus money through the Public Housing Capital Fund (PHCF).\r\nThe announcement from HUD is part of $1 billion in competitive funding awar...

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