The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $2.75 million cooperative agreement to Relief International under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East (CFDA 19.519) to improve education competencies, psychosocial wellbeing, and interpersonal skills for deprived Syrian refugee and Lebanese children. The one-year award period runs from September 29, 2022 through September 28, 2023 and will fund programs to build resilience among refugee populations in...
The Reclamation and Restoration Ministries, Inc. (RRM) will receive $1,498,637 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) federal grant program to implement the Ready4Life Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Project in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. RRM will work with local partners in Baton Rouge to develop and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration will provide $990,000.00 to Ret International, a non-profit organization, to deliver humanitarian assistance programming in Mauritania. The funding will support increased protection and resilience of refugee youth and host communities through two key objectives: 1) strengthening local management structures for the provision of quality education, and 2) enhancing the psychosocial...
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded Metro Community Ministries Inc. a $4 million Project Grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities federal grant program (CFDA 17.270) for the period of July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2024. The grant will support Metro Community Ministries' REINTEGRATION OF EX-OFFENDERS project located in San Diego, CA. Through this funding, Metro Community Ministries will provide reentry services focused on increasing employment...
The Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) has been awarded a $4,831,765.00 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to implement the "Making Connections in Mathematics (MCM)" project. This 5-year initiative aims to improve student achievement and attainment in mathematics for high-need students. The grant will support the creation, development, implementation, replication, and scaling of...
This $2,500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) will fund the Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP) delivered by the Institute for Educational Leadership. RAMP will enhance the delivery of high-tech, career-focused mentoring to youth with disabilities aged 17 and younger who are at risk of court involvement. The program will work with 7 sites across 7 states to formalize...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $198,427 to Wright State University, the University of Dayton, and Central State University (a land-grant HBCU) to develop and implement a 3-year Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program focused on electronics materials, packaging, and semiconductor (EMPS) research and education. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Engaging K-12 in-service and...
The Mary's Mercy Center, Inc. was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending federal grant program. The grant will fund the Realizing Educational and Career Hopes (REACH) project to provide comprehensive workforce development training and services to approximately 80 previously homeless individuals residing in Mary's Mercy Center transitional housing programs...
The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $600,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to Health Equity Initiatives And Solutions Berhad, a foreign-owned non-profit organization, to provide specialized mental health services and community-based mental health capacity building to refugee and asylum-seeker populations in Malaysia under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for East Asia (CFDA 19.511). This one-year award, effective August 1, 2023 through July 31,...
The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $1,175,000 cooperative agreement to Filmaid Kenya under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) program. The award period is from September 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. Under this cooperative agreement, Filmaid Kenya will foster an informed health and education environment for refugees and host communities in Dadaab, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei, Kenya by increasing the quantity and quality...