Project Grant P21AP11814

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $198,900 project grant to the Hampton County School District on September 26, 2022 under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant funding will support construction or improvement projects to expand or upgrade community facilities providing essential services to rural residents, consistent with the program's goal of constructing, enlarging, extending, or otherwise improving such facilities. The award...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) provides $146,315.00 in funding to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) from June 20, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The award supports a special historical study on school desegregation in Virginia, examining the cases of Davis v. Prince Edward County and Brown v. Board of Education. VCU will lead this research in partnership with...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) provides $180,260 to the City of Harrisonburg, VA to rehabilitate the Lucy Simms School, a historic site eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The funding will support architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation planning, and physical preservation work on the structure. This grant is part of the National Park Service's...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $126,157 to Hampton University, a historically Black college and university (HBCU), to develop innovative tools and approaches to enhance research capacity at HBCUs. The key goals are to: (1) create a "playbook" to help HBCU leaders assess their institution's research strengths and weaknesses and integrate research capacity building into strategic planning, and (2)...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $200,000 Community Facilities Grant to the Hampton County School District on September 26, 2022 through the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program. The funding will support construction or improvement projects to provide essential community services for rural residents, as the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program aims to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve rural community facilities. The award completion...

The Hampton County School District received a $447,750 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant, awarded on June 26, 2024, will be used to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities that provide essential services to rural residents of Varnville, South Carolina. The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program focuses on supporting infrastructure and...

This federal Project Grant award of $401,613.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041). The grant funding supports Hampton City Public Schools, a U.S. local government school district in Hampton, Virginia, to maintain and enhance a range of comprehensive K-12 educational services, including general instruction, special education, English language learning, school nutrition, career and technical...

The Richmond School of Health and Technology Inc., doing business as Richmond School of Health & Techn, received a $358,274 Formula Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education. The grant was awarded on February 3, 2021 through the Education Stabilization Fund program (CFDA 84.425) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus COVID-19 disease pandemic. Under this award, Richmond School of Health and Technology will provide assistance to students...

This federal Project Grant award of $258,005 was provided by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The grant funds will support the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (Preservation Virginia), a nonprofit organization, in rehabilitating the historic Parker Sydnor Cabin located in Clarksville, Virginia. The project aims to preserve this National Register-eligible site and its associated African American civil...

The Brookland Center for Community Economic Change (BCCEC) was awarded a $499,576 project grant from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to rehabilitate the former Lakeview School in West Columbia, South Carolina. The Lakeview School was the last segregated school for black residents in Lexington County. With this funding, BCCEC will renovate approximately 3,400 square feet of the former school's interior space in the first phase of the project. This will...