Project Grant SCO20022GR0080

Through the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, Progreso Latino Inc. will implement the Ayudame Culturally Specific Services Program. This $400,000 project award, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026, will provide culturally and linguistically tailored domestic violence services to the Latino population in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Key service components include...

This $310,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supports Corporacion Taller Prodesal Promocion Popular Y De Alternativas Al Desarrollo in delivering entrepreneurship and skills training programs for at-risk youth in Colombia's Caribbean region. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), the grantee will work with young people to generate new economic and cultural ventures, provide business development and audio-visual production training, and offer $310K...

The Universidad De Antioquia received a $119,566 project grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs to promote U.S.-Colombia shared values through the creation of the first Multiliteracies English Center at the university. The grant was awarded on April 15, 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through informing and influencing foreign publics. The English center will...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Asociación Las Pregoneras (Pregoneras), a women-led community organization in Lima, Peru, to combat gender-based violence and address physical, psychological, and sexual violence in public schools. The grant, provided under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), supports Pregoneras' efforts to forge local alliances, launch violence prevention campaigns, and provide mental health care for women and youth. The...

Corporacion Colombia Joven (CCJ) received a $331,310 project grant award from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) to reduce violence and promote sustainable development among Afro-Colombian youth in Northern Cauca Province, Colombia. Funded under IAF's Assistance for Overseas Programs, the grant will support CCJ's work with youth-led organizations from September 2023 to September 2025. Key activities include programs to decrease family and gender violence, increase food security, and...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $270,000 project grant under its Assistance for Overseas Programs to support digital inclusion and workforce development services for migrant women in Chile. The grant to Comite Para La Democratizacion De La Informatica (CDI Chile) will strengthen technology and data analysis skills while creating new job opportunities in the technology sector. This aims to improve social and economic integration as well as quality of life for migrant women and their...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $124,204 project grant to Corporación Instituto Internacional Sobre Raza Igualdad Y Derechos Humanos (CIIRIDHH) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support the Youth Incubator of AFRODES-Cali, a network of approximately 25 grassroots organizations of displaced Afro-descendants in and around Cali, Colombia. The project aims to affirm cultural identity and build leadership skills among young displaced Afro-Colombians in...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award: Testing the Impact of Family-Based Intervention to Improve Developmental and Health Outcomes for Female Adolescents Funding Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Federal Grant Program: Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research (CFDA 93.865) Award Amount: $1,247,756 Award Date: September 1, 2025 | Completion Date: August 31, 2030 This five-year research project, led by New York University, will conduct a...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $385,895 Project Grant to Empresa Comunitaria De Mujeres De Guapi Rios Unidos under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) federal grant program. The grant will support the grantee's efforts to consolidate the production and marketing of local products while strengthening local agricultural and economic initiatives for Afro-Colombian women's associations in Colombia through January 2025. Specifically, Empresa Comunitaria De Mujeres...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $177,602.50 Project Grant to Asociacion Experimento De Convivencia Internacional Del Ecuador through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will support improving the English proficiency of public Ecuadorian English teachers from March 2021 through January 2023. The goal is to raise citizen prosperity through more effective English education, as well as provide greater job and economic...