Project Grant 1432007207

The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has been awarded a $1.1M Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726). The grant funds the Foundation's "Badges for Baseball" initiative, which provides evidence-based mentoring services to connect at-risk and system-involved youth ages 9-14 in high-poverty, high-crime communities with civilian, law...

Be Strong International Inc. was awarded a $500,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). The three-year grant, awarded October 1, 2021 and set to be completed by September 30, 2024, will support Be Strong International's comprehensive,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $292,721 Project Grant to Purdue University under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to track the migratory behavior and winter activity of endangered bat species in Mammoth Cave National Park. The research will use the MOTUS wildlife tracking system to monitor the movement of Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and tricolored bats as they migrate and congregate at fall swarm sites. The...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $285,714.29 cooperative agreement to Bat Conservation International, Inc. from November 1, 2021 through December 30, 2025 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The award will support collaboration between the awardee and the funding agency to process and share North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) data. The Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program aims...

Jackson Street Youth Shelter Inc. was awarded $600,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The grant funds Jackson Street's Next Steps for Success Pilot, a transitional housing program serving at-risk and vulnerable youth ages 16 to under 25 transitioning from foster care in Oregon's Benton and Linn Counties. Through tiered housing, case management, skill-building, peer support groups,...

The Osborne Association, Inc. will receive $749,980 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Fulton Transition Team (FTT) reentry program. FTT aims to provide pre-release assessment, discharge planning, transitional support upon release, and post-release services for men moving from incarceration to the Fulton Community Reentry Center in the Bronx, New York. Services include peer mentoring, escorts to...

The U.S. Department of the Navy has awarded a $256,231 Cooperative Agreement to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish to conduct bat and Sonoran Desert tortoise surveys at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona. The funding is provided through the Department of the Navy's Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), which supports research and development projects to improve naval operations. The survey work, to be performed between September 2023...

This Project Grant award of $280,369 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund under the Bank Enterprise Award (BEA) Program (CFDA 21.021). The purpose of the BEA Program is to provide monetary awards to FDIC-insured depository institutions, such as banks and thrifts, that demonstrate increased investments and support to certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) or expanded lending, investing, and service...

This Project Grant award, provided by the Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684), focuses on elucidating the population genetics and connectivity of tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus) and monitoring the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans and its impact, white-nose syndrome, across the southern leading edge of the disease. The $220,249.94 award to Kennesaw State University Research And...

The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded a $2,400,000 Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Award (CFDA 93.570) to Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc., a non-profit community development corporation in Cleveland, Ohio. The award, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2027, will fund the organization's efforts to create jobs, develop businesses, and provide technical assistance to address economic challenges in...