Project Grant SIS70023GR0032

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $114,764.10 to Lead Morocco under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to organize "She Plays Football," a capacity building program for female coaches and young female athletes. The program will provide soccer techniques, health and body awareness training, and soft skills development in Morocco from June 2022 through December 2022. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to support U.S. foreign...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $206,763.80 under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021) to support two linked sports diplomacy programs implemented from June to October 2022. Palestine: Sports For Life received funding to conduct the 2022 U.S. Sports Envoy Program throughout the Palestinian Territories and host a third round of the U.S.-Palestinian Youth Summer Camp. The programs aimed to promote public...

This $1,200,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, aims to leverage soccer as a common language to foster dialogue, cooperation, and cross-cultural understanding between 350 Palestinian and 350 Israeli youth. The "Game Changers" activity will create shared spaces on the soccer field to teach values of tolerance and coexistence, build cross-cultural knowledge and...

The Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities program (CFDA 16.529) to Shalom Task Force, Inc. and its partner Ohel Children's Home and Family Services. The goal of this 3-year project is to strengthen partnerships, build organizational capacity, and develop strategic plans to improve the response to individuals with disabilities and Deaf...

This $990,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) supports a holistic health, wellness, and violence prevention program for a severely underserved group, particularly young and teenage girls, facing increasing mental health challenges exacerbated by COVID-19 and rising community violence. The grant recipient, The Justice Education Center Inc., a non-profit organization...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women provides $315,000 in funding over 36 months for the "Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls" program (CFDA 16.888). The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in partnership with several local organizations, will implement "Project TeamUp Hartford County" to: 1) train male coaches in Hartford County middle and high...

The Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women provides $504,457 to Amudim Community Resources, Inc. to improve responses and services for individuals with disabilities and deaf individuals who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This funding is provided under the "Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities" grant program...

The Asiyah Women's Center Inc. received a $599,998 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program. The award will be used to develop and implement targeted outreach strategies and victim services for adult and youth survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian, and other BIPOC...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), through the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548), has awarded The Skills Center Inc. a $250,000 Project Grant to provide an array of sports-based youth development services for 50 minority middle and high school girls annually over a 3-year period. The program, titled "Tampa YES," will deliver trauma-informed, positive youth development programming that includes individual education plans, tutoring, mentoring,...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $100,047.50 Project Grant to Palestine: Sports For Life through the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021) to plan and execute a second round of the "My Education, My Power" program for 140 Palestinian students. The program aims to support cultural, educational, and information efforts in the Middle East and North Africa region through activities focused on promoting...