Project Grant SIS50022GR0052

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, through its Investing in People in the Middle East and North Africa program (CFDA 19.021), awarded a $100,000 project grant to Free To Run, Inc. to improve the mental health of 200 adolescent girls and young women in Palestine. The project, titled "Building Palestinian Girls' and Young Women's Resilience Through Running," will deliver weekly running and wellness sessions over an 18-month period from September 2023 to May...

Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women 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 nonprofit organization Peace Over Violence will provide intervention and prevention services to participants in the Para Los Ninos Youth Workforce Services program in Los Angeles, California. The goal is to...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026) will evaluate trauma-informed art workshops for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated survivors of gender-based violence. The $492,200 award to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will fund a waitlist randomized controlled trial to examine outcomes related to self-efficacy, hope, problem-solving, motivation to...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to Zaal And Khadra Company For Creative Arts to support the American Theatre Festival for Youth Project. Under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, talented Jordanian youth from six governorates will work with professional actors to develop scripts for five plays. The project aims to further support youth who participated in previous programs. The agreement period is from...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $323,926 Project Grant to Alnayzak- Jerusalem Innovation Park R.a. under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program. The grant will support efforts to promote science and build youth capacity in the West Bank through September 2023. Specifically, the awardee will help Palestinian youth recognize the importance of science, build scientific knowledge, and motivate students to create scientific...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Working Classroom Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel, facilities, and safety supplies expenses from January 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (DOS) awarded a cooperative agreement through the Middle East Partnership Initiative federal grant program to Creative Associates International Inc. totaling $6,429,406 to strengthen Palestinian institutions in a rapid, responsive, and flexible manner as determined by changing conditions in Palestine from April 16, 2007 to February 28, 2011. The intended outcome of this project funded under the grant was to strengthen Palestinian...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $3.2 million Project Grant to the Mid-America Arts Alliance under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals (CFDA 45.024) federal grant program. The grant supports the implementation of the Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Through 10 sub-awards, the grant will fund various arts and wellness programs across 6 states that serve military service members,...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa program (CFDA 19.021), aims to empower 162 young individuals aged 19-25 from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The $168,353.62 grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will enhance the leadership potential of these young participants and equip them with skills for peacebuilding and nonviolent activism. The award recipient,...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Histadrut The Working And Studying Youth, also known as Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021). The grant will support a project to empower 100 Jewish and 100 Arab Israeli youth leaders to work together towards fair and safe working conditions for teenagers. The project aims to promote the program's objectives of...