This $595,227 National Science Foundation project grant supports the University Enterprises, Inc. dba Sacramento State Sponsored Research to implement the PROJECT-ACE program. PROJECT-ACE aims to enhance engineering students' identity, self-efficacy and sense of belonging through active learning pedagogy in six core electrical, electronic and computer engineering courses along critical paths. This supports the NSF STEM Education program's goal of improving STEM education effectiveness for all...
The Department of Defense Education Activity awarded Belle Chasse Academy, Inc. a $750,000 Project Grant under the Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools program (CFDA 12.556). The grant will support enrichment of student experience in social emotional learning and science, technology, arts, and mathematics through May 2026. Specifically, Belle Chasse Academy will expand instructional outcomes by hiring an SEL Coach and STEAM Coach. These new...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1,499,866 Project Grant to Live The Life Ministries, Inc. under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092). This 3-year grant, with a period of performance from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, will support the "LIVE THE LIFE'S PREP TNP" project. The project aims to provide relationship education, marriage enhancement, and sexual...
The federal Project Grant award with ID 90AK0109, titled "PROJECT CAM (CAPTURE & MOTIVATE)," provides $750,000.00 in funding to Bee Busy Learning Academy Inc., a minority and woman-owned non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas. The award is part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092), which aims to educate youth between 10 and 19 years old, as well as pregnant and parenting youth under 21, on abstinence and contraception...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $632,775 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation to develop and pilot test the EMPOWER telehealth intervention. EMPOWER aims to optimize pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and persistence among African American women in the southern United States, who are disproportionately impacted by HIV. The project includes three key objectives: 1) Assessing the sexual health...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, has awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Recapturing The Vision, International, Inc. under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092). The three-year RISE (Relationships Inspiring Positive Youth Development and Successful Transitions to Adulthood Through Evidence-Based Programs) project will provide comprehensive youth development services to 10-19 year olds and...
The $747,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the Administration on Children Youth and Families (CFDA 93.092 - Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program) supports the Future Leaders Outreach Network (FLON), a minority woman-owned nonprofit organization, to deliver comprehensive youth education programs targeting 5,550 students in grades 5-10 across counties in Texas. The "Young Leaders of Distinction" and "YOULEAD - Leaders & Entrepreneurs Academy...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,695,853 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 program (CFDA 84.215) to Bpe, Inc., a non-profit organization in Boston, MA. The grant funding supports the development of PREK-16 STEM career pathways in the Dudley and Nubian Square...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) to St. Barnabas Senior Center of Los Angeles. The three-year grant, beginning October 1, 2024, aims to address the increasing concern of hate crimes targeting older adults, particularly in Asian and Hispanic communities in Los Angeles. The project will focus on increasing awareness and reporting of hate crimes,...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $361,491 Project Grant under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice (CFDA 16.047) program to MN8 for the Intergenerational Response to Hate Project. The project aims to utilize community assessment, relationship-building, training, data collection, and advocacy to support survivors and create replicable resources to increase reporting and community-based responses to hate violence in Minnesota. Key activities include providing monthly...