Block Grant SP13814

This $349,124 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program. The award was made on September 30, 2023 to the Oregon-based nonprofit organization Growing Gardens. The primary goals of this 3-year project are to grow the urban agricultural training capacity of Growing Gardens and integrate greenhouse education into their network of community-led...

Grow2Zero Farms was awarded a $291,871 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The funding supports the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program. Through this award, Grow2Zero Farms will develop a hybrid online and in-person urban farm training program for young adults in Long Beach and the greater Los Angeles South Bay area. The program aims to expand Grow2Zero's current agricultural education services...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program will provide $690,000 over 3 years to the John Bartram Association to deliver hands-on urban farming and food sovereignty education for underserved youth. Key activities include: Implementing a youth farmer curriculum for up to 25 local high school students annually, providing technical assistance and home...

Grow It Forward Inc. was awarded a $141,416 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will fund GIF'S PROGRAMMING TARGETS LOW-INCOME, FOOD INSECURE, ISOLATED, ANDUNDERSERVED RESIDENTS OF MANITOWOC COUNTY from July 14, 2022 to June 14, 2025. Specifically, the funding will support Grow It Forward Inc.'s efforts to encourage and promote urban, indoor,...

The Great Explorations Children's Museum will implement an outreach program in the Midtown neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Florida, to teach gardening and food sustainability skills to middle school-aged youth. Funded by a $121,442 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the project will address food insecurity in an urban food desert through STEAM-based learning methods. Younger students will be mentored by their high school-aged peers to plant and...

This Project Grant award of $350,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service was made under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (CFDA 10.935) program. The funding will support Harlem Grown Inc., a non-profit organization, to address the critical need for community access to locally grown, nutritious, healthy foods and educational programs for youth on sustainable urban agriculture in Central Harlem, New York. The project aims to establish...

The Youth Mentoring Connection (YMC) will provide mentoring and positive youth development activities for 300 underserved youth in Los Angeles, California through a $681,818 grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Specifically, YMC will implement its Mentoring Making Resiliency Real program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The program will connect at-risk youth ages 13-17 with caring adult mentors...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), through the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548), has awarded The Skills Center Inc. a $250,000 Project Grant to provide an array of sports-based youth development services for 50 minority middle and high school girls annually over a 3-year period. The program, titled "Tampa YES," will deliver trauma-informed, positive youth development programming that includes individual education plans, tutoring, mentoring,...

Growing Kings Inc. was awarded a $603,871 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to implement the "Journey of a King - School-Based Mentoring Program for Youth Affected by Opioids" from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant funding will support Growing Kings Inc.'s delivery of mentoring services to at-risk and high-risk youth in Birmingham, Alabama. The mentoring program aims to...

This federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) is designed to reduce recidivism, increase positive social skills, and create leadership development opportunities through civic engagement for ten young men who have previously or are currently involved in the justice system. The award funds a collaboration between The Bloom Project (Indianapolis, IN) and...