Project Grant ARC23C21203

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary awarded a $4,250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Thriving Communities Program Capacity Builders Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 20.942) to the Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated (RCAP). The grant funding will support RCAP in providing capacity building technical assistance to the 16 Main Streets communities participating in the Thriving Communities program. RCAP's activities under this award will...

This $111,985 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a 5-year research project at Washington State University. The project, titled "CAREER: The Science of Strengths-Based Communities," aims to operationalize, develop, and test a community-driven approach to measuring community strength. The research will use a mixed methods approach, including focus groups, interviews, and a measurement tool,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building program (CFDA 14.259) provides $2,450,000.00 to Capital Access Inc. to deliver technical assistance and capacity building services. The funding will support Capital Access Inc.'s work to help state/local governments, public housing authorities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations effectively implement HUD programs related to affordable...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Section 4 Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing program (CFDA 14.252) awarded a $14,000,000 project grant to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. The grant enhances the capacity and ability of Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) to carry out affordable housing and community development activities that benefit low-income or low- and...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants program (CFDA 14.265), will enhance the capacity and capabilities of rural housing development organizations, Community Development Corporations (CDCs), Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs), local governments, and Indian tribes to carry out affordable housing and community development activities...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $2,325,000 Project Grant under the Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants program (CFDA 14.265) to the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC). This grant enhances the capacity and ability of rural housing development organizations, Community Development Corporations (CDCs), Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs), local governments, and Indian tribes to carry out affordable...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the establishment of an open-source ecosystem for the Interdisciplinary Networked Community Resilience Modeling Environment (IN-CORE) model. IN-CORE is an open-source modeling environment that can comprehensively model a community's physical, social, and economic systems and their complex interdependencies. This Phase I award will support initial focus group...

The Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated (RCAP) will receive $215,000 under a Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water on January 1, 2022 to develop an innovative credentialing program for drinking water administrative professionals. The program is funded through June 30, 2023 under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (SDWA 1459E). RCAP will follow the psychometric process to determine the knowledge, skills, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative effort led by the Pontchartrain Conservancy, the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, and Louisiana Sea Grant. The $987,639 project aims to co-design, implement, and study a model for community science-based flood monitoring in under-resourced, rural and urban communities in southeast Louisiana that are disproportionately impacted by climate change. The project will...

This $4,001,491 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building program (CFDA 14.259) will fund the delivery of technical assistance, training, and capacity building services to help HUD grantees and partners successfully implement HUD programs related to affordable housing, community development, fair housing, and disaster resilience. The prime recipient, Cloudburst Consulting...