Project Grant 90ZJ0057

The California Service Dog Academy was awarded a $424,215 Project Grant from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences under the Uniformed Services University Medical Research Projects program (CFDA 12.750). The grant will support the Academy's Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The program will provide service dogs to wounded warriors, in alignment with the Uniformed Services University's mission to support the Military and Public...

The California Service Dog Academy was awarded a $993,557 Project Grant from the Department of Defense Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences under the Uniformed Services University Medical Research Projects federal grant program (CFDA 12.750). The grant will fund the Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program (WWSDP) from July 1, 2022 through July 1, 2023. The program will provide service dogs to wounded warriors, in alignment with the grant program's mission to support the Military...

The Department of Defense Education Activity awarded a $1,650,000 Project Grant to Fort Leavenworth USD #207 through the Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools program (CFDA 12.556). The grant funds the Project ARMIES initiative, which aims to support military students' academic achievement in mathematics and English language arts through establishing a district-wide health sciences program integrating exergame activities. Specifically, Project...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health awarded a $179,265 Project Grant to The Usmma Sailing Foundation. Inc. on August 3, 2021 under the VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces (CFDA 64.034) program. The grant will support WARRIOR SAILING: SAILING INSTRUCTION, CERTIFICATION AND COMPETITION FOR VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES, which will provide adaptive sports activities including...

The Department of the Army Wyoming Army National Guard awarded a $461,000 cooperative agreement to the Wyoming Adjutant General's Office for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award supports the National Guard ChalleNGe Program (CFDA 12.404), which provides military-based training and supervised work experience to youth through the National Guard. Specifically, the funding will support the opening and operation of the STARBASE program in Wyoming, which likely...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Life Camps Inc. a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) federal grant program. Life Camps Inc. will use the funding to operate the Queens Peace Academy in Briarwood, NY from September 12, 2022 through October 31, 2023. The...

The Department of the Army Kentucky Army National Guard awarded a $4.7 million cooperative agreement to the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs for the Bluegrass Challenge Academy from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The funding supports the National Guard ChalleNGe Program (CFDA 12.404), which provides at-risk youth ages 16-18 with a military-modeled residential program emphasizing life-coping skills and education. Per the program description, the Academy will offer military-based training...

The K9S FOR WARRIORS - WARRIOR AND SERVICE DOG PROGRAM project grant from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) provided $996,778 to K9s For Warriors, Inc. for the period of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The funding supported K9s For Warriors' mission to pair veterans suffering from PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and military sexual trauma with service dogs, who are individually trained to perform physical and emotional tasks. The USUHS grant was awarded under the...

The Department of Defense Education Activity awarded a $1 million Block Grant to the Board of Education of North Hanover Town through the Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools program. The grant will fund an exercise-learning intervention program at Wrightstown, NJ schools from September 2022 through May 2027. The program aims to strengthen students' mind-body connection and self-regulation skills following disrupted learning during the COVID-19...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $346,728 Project Grant to Options for Youth 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 36-month grant project, titled "What's Up with Manhood", will implement strategies to engage teenage boys aged 14-19 in South Lawndale, Chicago as allies in preventing domestic violence, dating violence,...