Cooperative Agreement 2020MHWXK026

This $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political Military Affairs, under the Weapons Removal and Abatement program (CFDA 19.800), will fund humanitarian mine action (HMA) activities in Angola for 13 months. The awardee, Mag America Inc. (operating as Mag US), is a non-profit organization specializing in conventional weapons destruction, remediation, and security services worldwide. The grant funding will support Mag America's provision of critical...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs under the Weapons Removal and Abatement program (CFDA 19.800) provides funding to Mag America Inc., a non-profit organization, for a 19-month project in Angola. The award supports Mag America's provision of humanitarian mine action and conventional weapons management services aimed at reducing threats posed by at-risk, illicitly proliferated, and indiscriminately used conventional...

This $1,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs under the Weapons Removal and Abatement program (CFDA 19.800), will fund humanitarian demining, weapons management, and explosive ordnance disposal services in Guinea-Bissau. The prime awardee, The Halo Trust USA, Inc., will implement these activities through a sub-award to its parent organization, The Halo Trust. The Halo Trust specializes in clearing landmines,...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public and Indian Housing Office awarded a $1,200,216 Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) formula grant to the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority (LMHA) in Toledo, Ohio. This grant will provide operating subsidies to LMHA to assist in funding the day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses of their public housing projects. The grant supports activities such as property management, routine and preventative maintenance,...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political Military Affairs under the Global Defense Reform Program (CFDA 19.888), provides $1,390,000.00 in funding to Lawyers Without Borders, Inc. (L W O B) to support the development of a national space strategy and policy for the Government of Morocco. The project aims to build Morocco's institutional capacity and sustainability in the space sector beyond the life of this 26-month award, which runs from September...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control is part of the Lead Hazard Reduction (LHR) Grant Program (CFDA 14.921). The purpose of the program is to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately-owned rental or owner-occupied housing where children under 6 years old reside. The award to Upcap Services, Inc. will enable the organization to undertake a comprehensive...

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) was awarded a $28,620,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (CFDA 12.750 - Uniformed Services University Medical Research Projects) to establish the RED HILL WATER REGISTRY. This initiative aims to create an independent health registry for individuals exposed to contaminants from the Red Hill water crisis in Hawaii. The registry will enable connecting exposed...

The Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) awarded a $1,973,359 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 19.750 - Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Grant Programs) to Mercy Corps to dismantle systemic barriers in the Caribbean. The project aims to empower women and girls aged 16 and older by combining resilient livelihood strategies focused on women's economic empowerment with a community-based organization (CBO) capacity building approach. This will help women and girls...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public and Indian Housing Office awarded a $2,221,533 Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) formula grant to the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority (LMHA) in Toledo, Ohio. This grant provides operating subsidies to LMHA to assist in funding the day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses of their public housing projects. The funding supports activities such as property management, routine and preventative maintenance,...

The federal Project Grant award of $108,940.00 was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program to support the research project "UNLEASHING THE POWER OF SILENCE: INVESTIGATING THE EPIGENETIC SILENCER HUSH AS A NEW TARGET FOR TREATING ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA." The award was granted to the foreign-owned, non-profit Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia, with a performance period from December...