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ANNOUNCEMENT TO: LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN GHANA (NGOs, Civil Society Organizations etc.) PROGRAM NAME: Market Day for Expanding Local Partnerships for USAID Child Protection Activity ISSUANCE DATE: May 7, 2024, 2024 CLOSING DATE: June 10, 2024; 17:00 (Accra Time) Please send your sign-up documents via email to Ms. Vida Assimeng-Kwakye at [email protected] and Ms. Lucrece Boko at [email protected] no later than the closing date and time as indicated. NOTE: THIS IS A VOLUNTARY INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE MARKET DAY EVENT. USAID will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their participation and expression of interest in this event. This notice does not constitute a commitment by USAID to issue an award as a result of your participation. See Announcement attached.

The Volunteer Fire Capacity (VFC) Grant Program, managed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Forest Resources Division (FRD), assists rural fire departments in acquiring firefighting equipment. The program requires a 50/50 matching grant and is available to fire departments serving communities with populations of 10,000 or less. Eligible projects include personal protection gear for wildland fires, Class A foam generating equipment, dry hydrants, communications equipment, and breathing apparatus. Applications are reviewed and prioritized by the FRD, with awards capped at $4,999 per project. Projects involving multiple departments are considered on a case-by-case basis. Applications must be submitted by June 28, 2024, with awards announced around December 15, 2024. Projects must be completed by August 1, 2025.

The Ghana Youth Activity addendum seeks to support a local Ghanaian applicant with a defined youth-led and locally-led program to empower Ghanaian youth to advance their own social, economic, and civic development through improved employability, improved access to essential services, and strengthened civic engagement. USAID seeks to support an applicant whose proposed program reflects the Positive Youth Development (PYD) approach and who can independently identify and address new and impactful interventions.Under the YouthPower 2 (YP2) Annual Program Statement (APS), USAID/Ghana will fund a program based on youth demographic trends and results and lessons learned in previous USAID-funded activities, especially those from northern Ghana. In addition, USAID encourages applicants to leverage work being supported by other donors and stakeholders, including the Government of Ghana.USAID/Ghana prioritizes learning and adaptive management and requests applicants to incorporate these approaches in their proposed programs.

Synopsis of Program: In response to the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Pub.L. 117-167), NSF is establishing the National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program.The purpose of this program is to elevate the profession of STEM teaching by establishing a National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program to recognize outstanding STEM teachers in our Nations classrooms, reward them for their accomplishments, elevate their public profile, and create rewarding career paths to which all STEM teachers can aspire, both to prepare future STEM researchers and to create a scientifically literate public. With this solicitation, NSF is inviting proposals to establish an initial set of Regional Alliances responsible for (a) recruiting eligible applicants to become members of the National STEM Teacher Corps (see definitions in section II.A.); (b) screening, interviewing, and selecting members; and (c) supporting other activities detailed in the Program Description and the law (136 STAT. 1515). Each Alliance will be awarded as a cooperative agreement that represents the breadth of activities important to National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program and serves to elevate the public profile of STEM teachers within the region. Collectively these Alliances are expected to have a national impact. The National STEM Teacher Corpsalso welcomes planning proposals submitted at any time during the year. See Section II.E for additional information about the preparation and submission of planning proposals.

Under the MUHR Program, BJA will provide funding to eligible entities to expand upon the reporting, transportation, processing, and identification of missing persons (MP) and unidentified human remains (UHR) cases in their jurisdictions, including migrants. This program increases public safety by providing resources to locate and identify MP and UHR in the United States.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) invites applicants who received an official request from BJA to apply for funding to continue work on a specific prior grant award. This correspondence would have been sent to applicants with instructions to apply to this solicitation. All programs will follow guidelines detailed in the original solicitation under which funding was provided. The scope, purpose, award amount, and performance period of the new project will be substantially the same as the previous one.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) invites applicants who received an official request from BJA to apply for funding to continue work on a specific prior grant award. This correspondence would have been sent to applicants with instructions to apply to this solicitation. All programs will follow guidelines detailed in the original solicitation under which funding was provided. The scope, purpose, award amount, and performance period of the new project will be substantially the same as the previous one.

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to provide funding for state and local prosecutors and local law enforcement agencies who have participated in the National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) to secure resources that will help reduce crime and increase public safety and trust in the criminal justice system. The grant program is open to PSP sites that have completed a minimum of two years and/or completed the program and will provide resources to assist with the implementation of the PSP strategic plan and recommendation goals resulting from PSP assessments.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for new grantees for the Grants for Transportation of Veterans in Highly Rural Areas for the fiscal year 2024. Approximately $8.0 million is authorized to be appropriated for this fiscal year. ***This notice only applies to new HRTG recipients. ***

The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program makes federal funds available to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to plan for and implement sustainable cost-effective measures designed to reduce the risk to individuals and property from future natural hazards, while also reducing reliance on federal funding from future natural disasters. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 PDM Grant Program will provide $190,568,289 in funding to projects identified in the FY24 DHS Appropriations Acts Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) for Division C in the table starting on page 59 entitled Homeland Security Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending.The PDM Grant Program aligns with the general goal of promoting resilience and adaptation in light of current risks and the 2020-2024 DHS Strategic Plan through pursuing Goal 5: Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience. Specifically, Objective 5.1: Build a National Culture of Preparedness has several sub-objectives that the PDM Grant Program supports. PDM serves primarily to bolster Sub-Objective 5.1.1: Incentivize investments that reduce risk and increase pre-disaster mitigation, including expanding the use of insurance to manage risk through funding mitigation projects, particularly ones that reduce risk to Community Lifelines and infrastructure. Additionally, project scoping activities that PDM funds also contribute to other sub-objectives. For example, planning, partnerships, and project scoping efforts help improve awareness initiatives to encourage public action to increase preparedness (Sub-Objective 5.1.2), use lessons from past disasters and exercises to inform community investment decisions and anticipate challenges that may emerge during future disasters (Sub-Objective 5.1.3), and coordinate and guide continuity of operations activities through partnerships with government and non-government stakeholders (Sub-Objective 5.1.5).The 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan outlines three bold, ambitious goals in order to position FEMA to address the increasing range and complexity of disasters, support the diversity of communities we serve, and complement the nations growing expectations of the emergency management community. The PDM Grant Program supports Goal 2: Lead Whole of Community in Climate Resilience and Goal 3: Promote and Sustain a Ready FEMA and a Prepared Nation.

This is a non-competitive funding opportunity intended to fund a single award. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is announcing its intent to issue a single source cooperative agreementto the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute to submit a renewal application to complete the phase II Hyperbaric Oxygen Brain Injury Treatment (HOBIT) clinical trial.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks applications for funding to assist jurisdictions in planning and assessing promising and evidence-based prevention and intervention services that will inform the development of a community-based continuum of care for youth at risk of becoming or already involved in the juvenile justice system. The long-term goal of this effort is to support sustainable, research-based, and data-informed recidivism-reduction policies, practices, and programming, and the strategic reinvestment of cost savings realized through accompanying reforms into effective prevention and intervention programs for our nations youth.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications for funding. OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. OVC is committed to enhancing the Nations capacity to assist crime victims and provide leadership in changing attitudes, policies, and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims of crime. With this solicitation, OVC seeks to fund an organization to continue to provide technical assistance support for hospital-based victim services programs. This program furthers the DOJs mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications for funding.OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.With this solicitation, OVC seeks to provide funding for shelter and transitional housing and other assistance to victims of domestic violence and their companion animals, which under this program means pets, service animals, emotional support animals, and horses.This program furthers the DOJs mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.

The ISN/CTR metrics tool is designed to assess partner country progress towards a self-sustaining, proliferation-resistant security culture that reduces the threat posed by terrorist organizations or proliferator states seeking how to obtain WMD and delivery systems for the purposes of threatening the United States and related interests.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that promote economic competitiveness through well-paying, quality jobs and dismantle systemic gender barriers that limit Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent women abilities to fully participate in the economy in the Dominican Republic.

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to reduce the number of deaths and injuries of individuals with forms of dementia (such as Alzheimers disease) or developmental disabilities (such as autism) who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments. This program provides funding to law enforcement and other public safety agencies to implement to implement location tracking technologies to help find missing individuals. It provides funding to such agencies and partnering nonprofit organizations to develop or operate programs to prevent wandering, increase vulnerable individuals safety, and facilitate rescues.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for current grantees under the Grants for Transportation of Veterans in Highly Rural Areas for the fiscal year 2024. Approximately $8.0 million is authorized to be appropriated for this fiscal year. *** This notice only applies to current HRTG recipients. ***

ATTENTION: All Interested PartiesThe United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Afghanistan, is seeking input from interested organizations and individuals who may provide information, opinions, and recommendations in response to the questions outlined in this RFI for potential USAID interventions to increase equitable access to and utilization of quality health and nutrition services and adoption of healthy behaviors, especially for women and children in targeted areas. This is not a solicitation. This Request for Information (RFI) notice is solely issued for information and planning purposes only. Responses to this notice are not considered an application and will not be accepted or evaluated by the Government as a result of this RFI. Only responses with the information requested in this RFI will be reviewed. Responses received may be used for planning and design purposes. USAID is exploring the design of a new health activity to increase equitable access to and utilization of quality health and nutrition services and adoption of healthy behaviors, especially for women and children. This RFI solicits information, opinions and recommendations from interested organizations and individuals related to the questions below.Please refer to the attached RFI document for more details.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Expanded Hours (EH) program. EH funding will expand access to health center services by increasing health center operating hours to meet identified patient and community needs. See Program Requirements and Recommendations for more details.