Project Grant 19TAHNY006

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $515,886 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health program (CFDA 93.421) to The Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Incorporated (NARA). This five-year grant, with an award date of September 30, 2024 and ultimate completion date of September 29, 2029,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $816,899.48 to support a project carried out by the non-profit organization American Conservation Experience. The project will engage young adults and veterans in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service activities on Department of the Interior lands. Key activities include developing updated...

The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) a $1,844,414 Cooperative Agreement under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) to enhance the completeness, automation, and transmission of criminal justice records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Key activities under this award include: 1) Supporting a consultant and project manager for 24 months to provide planning, oversight, and coordination for the...

This $1,500,000 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.818) awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 will provide funding to the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) to conduct eligible brownfield assessment-related activities in Coconino, Mohave, Yavapai, and Navajo Counties, Arizona. Specifically, the agreement will support NACOG in carrying out inventory, characterization, assessment,...

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) was awarded a $625,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary under the Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance program (CFDA 20.945). The objective of the award is to facilitate and evaluate public-private partnerships in which the private sector could assume a greater role in the planning, development, financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) to The Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation. The funding will support the establishment and operation of the Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute (NPS DISCERN). The primary objectives of the project are to: 1) Develop an open-access drug early warning system, 2) Produce...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded a $567,102 Cooperative Agreement to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP, CFDA 16.813). The funding will enable SLED to continue maintaining and enhancing its Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) to ensure all mental health adjudication orders are entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) within the required timeframe...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) provides $1,123,857.00 to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice to improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of criminal disposition and mental health data reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and other criminal justice information systems. The funding...

This $294,389.32 federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. National Park Service's Pacific West Region under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.948), supports the Marin County Fire Department in planning and implementing hazardous fuels reduction and prescribed fire activities on National Park Service lands in the San Francisco Bay Area. The goal of this project is to mitigate the threat of catastrophic wildland fires,...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,830.98 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program to Laser Thermal Analysis, Inc. The purpose of this award is for the company to build a hybrid atomic force microscopy-thermoreflectance (AFM-TR) instrument. This thermal metrology tool will generate high-resolution maps of thermal resistance, thermal boundary interface resistance, and temperature profiles for microprocessors and...