Program Development

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Multiple Applications: Applicants can submit up to two applications under this RFA so long as each application is separately submitted and is for a different geographic area(s) (e.g., an applicant cannot submit two applications for geographic area 1). 

EPA is issuing this solicitation to request applications for the design and management of a new Environmental Justice (EJ) competitive pass-through program where EPA will competitively select multiple pass-through entities to provide grant funds via subawards to community-based nonprofit organizations and other eligible subrecipient groups representing underserved and disadvantaged communities. The definition of the term Pass-through entity in 2 CFR 200.1 provides that a pass-through entity is a non-Federal entity that provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry out part of a federal program. The EPA provides extensive guidance to pass-through entities in the EPA Subaward Policy and related materials available on the EPA internet website.

EPA plans to award cooperative agreement(s) to pass-through entities (referred to as Grantmakers by the program) who will collaborate with EPA to design and build their own processes to receive and evaluate competitive community project applications from communities for EJ Thriving Communities Subgrant activities. These activities consist of assessment, planning, and/or project development activities addressing local environmental and/or public health issues. Grantmakers will provide EJ Thriving Communities Subgrants (i.e., subawards) to Eligible Subrecipients.

Consistent with EPA’s mission and Administration priorities, including those set forth in Executive Orders 13985 and 14008, and using funding available for environmental justice, and other potential funding as available and appropriate, EPA is seeking applications from eligible entities as described in Section III to become an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaker. EPA is making available up to approximately $550 million total for the EJ TCGM program. EPA expects to make up to 11 awards for the Grantmakers.

EJ Thriving Communities Subgrants will be available for three distinct phases:

• Phase I = Assessment projects for up to $150,000 for a one-year project period
• Phase II = Planning projects for up to $250,000 for a 1-2 year project period, and
• Phase III = Project Development projects for up to $350,000 for a two-year project period.

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The Rural Health and Safety Education Program seeks to foster quality of life in rural communities by providing the essential knowledge necessary for successful programs of rural development, improving coordination among Federal agencies, other levels of government, and institutions and private organizations in rural areas, and developing and disseminating information about rural conditions.

Per the authorizing legislation described in Part I (A) of this RFA, the RHSE program addresses the health and well-being of rural America through supporting the development and/or implementation of projects focused on:
1. Individual and family health education programs with specified contents;
2. Rural health leadership development education programs to assist rural communities in developing health care services and facilities and assist community leaders and public officials in understanding their roles and responsibilities; and
3. Farm safety education programs to provide information and training to farm workers, timber harvesters, and farm families.

In FY 2023, NIFA is soliciting applications for RHSE in the area of Individual and Family Health education

M. Ahmed (Pediatrics)

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Integrated Maternal Health Services program. The purpose of this program is to foster the development and demonstration of integrated maternal health services models, such as the Maternity Medical Home (sometimes referred to as the Pregnancy Medical Home (PMH)), which is modeled after the patient-centered medical home. The models developed and demonstrated by this program support comprehensive care (including clinical, ancillary, behavioral health, and support services) for pregnant and postpartum people who experience health disparities and have limited access to basic social and health care services. The primary goal of this initiative is to identify integrated health services models for future replication that will improve maternal health outcomes, advance health equity, and address systemic barriers. 

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The AHCCCS ARP Program Award will provide eligible HCBS providers in the state with between $10,000 and $500,000 for programmatic or infrastructure projects to improve the experience, health, or safety of HCBS recipients in Arizona.
The following providers of HCBS in Arizona are eligible to apply:

· Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinics (Provider Type 77),

· Attendant Care (Provider Type 40),

· Integrated Clinics (Provider Type IC),

· Assisted Living Centers (Provider Type 49),

· Assisted Living Homes (Provider Type 36),

· Habilitation Providers (Provider Type 39),

· Community Service Agencies (Provider Type A3),

· Board-Certified Behavior Analysts (Provider Type BC),

· Adult Foster Care (Provider Type 50),

· Home Delivered Meals (Provider Type 70),

· Adult Day Health (Provider Type 27),

· Elderly and Physical Disability (EPD) HCBS (Provider Type 81), and

· Area Agencies on Aging.

AHCCCS will host two online webinars for eligible provider types related to this program award opportunity.

M. Chamberland (Maricopa County Cooperative Extension)

The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust supports education and research in ornamental horticulture through grants to botanical gardens, arboreta, universities, and other charitable organizations strongly-aligned with its funding interests.

Research 
The advancement of research in ornamental horticulture and the publication of the results of such research. Examples include:

• trial/evaluation gardens for horticultural potential of selected plants in a region
• discerning appropriate cultural techniques and best horticultural practices for a specific group of plants
• laboratory freezer for DNA samples

Public gardens
Assisting in the creation, development, preservation, and maintenance of gardens accessible to the public for educational purposes. Examples include:

• new or revised home demonstration gardens or beds
• resurfacing garden trails for all-weather accessibility or ADA compliance
• damage remediation following a natural disaster

Ornamental Plants
Promotion of the environmentally responsible introduction, cultivation, and distribution of plants which have ornamental horticultural value. Examples include:

• testing potential new ornamentals for invasiveness
• promotion and demonstration of the use of local native ornamentals in local or home landscaping
• collections management software for ornamentals

Publications
Assisting in the publication of books or other works relating to ornamental horticulture. Examples include:

• guide to appropriate ornamentals for local and regional landscaping
• guide to best practices for controlling diseases and pests in ornamentals
• online publication of horticultural inventory for public access

Education

Informal and/or formal educational activities that further ornamental horticulture. Examples include:

• classes and workshops on developing and maintaining home gardens
• garden signage that notes cultural requirements, water- or fire-wise properties, or aesthetic attributes of plants
• horticultural internships
• construction or remodeling of educational facilities

Y. Shirai (Family & Community Medicine)

UArizona may submit one proposal per cycle and may receive only one Lifelong Arts Engagement Grant per fiscal year.

Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants support projects that foster meaningful arts learning experiences for adult learners of any age and/or intergenerational projects in community settings.

Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants support projects that…

• focus on learners across the aging spectrum,
• occur in accessible community spaces, and
• center arts learning practices.

Such projects should also…

• provide opportunities for creative expression in safe and nurturing environments, and
• utilize the assets of the community being served.

Projects may take place in…

• arts venues,
• community or senior centers,
• residential facilities, and
• other settings that serve adult learners of any age and/or intergenerational projects.

Arts learning projects feature sequential, hands-on learning through the arts to develop artistic skills, processes and creativity. Artistic and/or cultural discipline(s) may include, but are not limited to dance, literary arts, media arts, music, theatre, traditional and folk arts, and visual arts. Arts learning projects include specific objectives, outcomes and methods of evaluation that are well defined and relevant for the learners involved.

Organizations can request $5,000 to $7,500.

There is no cash match required for this grant opportunity.

D. Johnson (Study Abroad)

The Institute of International Education“IIE American Passport Project” to assist students, who are in their first year and eligible for Pell grants, obtain a U.S. passport, and to facilitate international experiences as part of their post-secondary education.

D.Diaz (Animal&Biomedical Sciences-Res)

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor(DRL) announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications for projects that address the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on democracy and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

DRL seeks regional projects in the Middle East and North Africa that articulate the linkages between human rights and good governance with climate and the environment, and that prepare citizens to play a key role in mitigating the effects of climate change and environmental degradation. Responsive projects should be designed to achieve outcomes that may include:

• Civil society organizations (CSOs) and natural resource defenders (NRDs) meaningfully and safely contribute to national, regional, and global environmental policy development and reforms.
• Reform efforts that address environment and the challenges of climate change insecurity and include efforts to address governance, corruption, post-conflict recovery, and a just and equitable transition to a clean economy.
• Ensure the public has access to transparent and credible information on climate issues, including by supporting responsible media reporting, the role of independent media in climate coverage, and access to public records on environmental degradation and climate change.
• NRDs and CSOs are better able to safely coordinate and cooperate in their local, national, and regional-level advocacy for preserving natural resources and tackling climate change.

A. Mostafa (Maricopa County Cooperative Extension)

The purpose of Equity in Conservation Outreach Cooperative Agreements is to leverage NRCS and partner resources by developing community-led conservation projectsso that historically underserved producers and underserved communities will be able to access NRCS programs and services and learn of potential career opportunities in agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences. Through this NFO, eligible applicants may propose projects that engage historically underserved producers and underserved communities equitably and offer access to opportunities through outreach activities that: 

• promote NRCS programs through education or demonstration of conservation practices;
• develop community conservation partnerships that encourage historically underserved producers to plan and protect farmland ecosystems, watersheds, and wildlife habitat in geographical areas of underserved communities;
• inform small-scale or urban agriculture producers about participation in conservation programs; and
• support education on, planning for, and adoption of conservation practicesthat are climate smart.

Applicants are encouraged to showcase the local environmental and economic value of adopting conservation measures through various methods, such as training and demonstrations. Eligible applicants should consider outreach that is mutually beneficial to both the communities and NRCS,such as partnershipsthat incorporate local needs and prioritize conservation investments. Such outreach should increase awareness of NRCS programs, services, and career opportunities in agriculture and natural resources conservation within historically underserved producers and underserved communities.

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The intent of this solicitation is to request proposals from organizations who are willing to serve as resource providers within the NSF Advanced Computing Systems and Services (ACSS) program. Resource providers would (1) provide advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) resources in production operations to support the full range of computational- and data-intensive research across all of science and engineering (S&E), and (2) ensure democratized and equitable access to the proposed resources.

To increase the Nation's capacity for transformative S&E discoveries, NSF is interested in continuing to diversify and evolve its portfolio to take advantage of new technologies and services that include capabilities addressing emerging computational- and data-intensive S&E research topics, workflows, and communities, while expanding opportunities for participation by a broader range of potential RPs.

This competition emphasizes the provisioning of an ecosystem of advanced computational resources and services that is responsive to the dramatic increase in the number and nature of applications using NSF-funded resources. Proposals are requested for advanced CI that will acquire and deploy capabilities and services, including composable services, to address the increase in demand for computation and data analytics resources in the S&E research community, as well as explore novel paradigms for enabling transformative S&E discoveries.

The current solicitation is intended to complement previous NSF investments in advanced computational infrastructure by provisioning resources, broadly defined in this solicitation to include systems and/or services, in two categories:

• Category I, Capacity Resources: production computational resources maximizing the capacity provided to support the broad range of computation and data analytics needs in S&E research; and
• Category II, Innovative Prototypes/Testbeds: innovative forward-looking capabilities deploying novel technologies, architectures, usage modes, etc., and exploring new target applications, methods, and paradigms for S&E discoveries.

Resource Providers supported via this solicitation will be incorporated into NSF’s ACSS program portfolio. This program complements investments in leadership-class computing and funds a federation of nationally available HPC resources that are technically diverse and intended to enable discoveries at a computational scale beyond the research of individual or regional academic institutions. NSF anticipates that at least 90% of the provisioned resource will be available to the S&E community through an open peer-reviewed national allocation process and have resource users be supported by community and other support services. Such allocation and support services are expected to be coordinated through the NSF-funded “Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support” (ACCESS) suite of services, or an NSF-approved alternative as may emerge. If this is not feasible for the proposed resource, proposers must clearly explain in detail why this is the case and how they intend to make the proposed resource available to the national S&E community.