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Philip A. Palmesano

Assembly District 132

Palmesano December ‘Grant Action News’ Update

December 4, 2023

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C-Corning) is sending his “December Grant Action News Update” to residents, organizations and local governments regarding a series of grants available from the state, federal government and private entities. Each month, the Assembly provides an updated list of grants for a variety of categories.

“During a time of economic recovery, grants can play an integral part in helping our local communities complete needed infrastructure repairs or support underfunded projects,” said Palmesano. “Many people don’t realize the scope of available opportunities because they aren’t sure where to look. The ‘Grants Action News’ bulletin makes finding these grants much easier by consolidating the information and making it available to everyone. I hope residents, organizations and local governments throughout the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions will be able to use this resource to find much-needed support to strengthen communities in our rural area.”

All not-for-profit applicants must now prequalify on the NYS Grants Reform website at grantsreform.ny.gov/grantees in order to apply for certain New York state grant solicitations. Potential not-for-profit applicants are strongly encouraged to begin the process of registering and prequalifying immediately as this is a lengthy process.

The Grant Action News bulletin is updated at the beginning of each month with newly available grants and information on how to apply.

The update can be accessed here:

https://nyassembly.gov/gan/?sec=story&story=108244

State Grants:

NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets, SNAP-Ed Community Growers Grants

These grants support garden-based nutrition education and food production in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligible communities. Community-led growing spaces are collaborative projects on shared open space that produce healthy and affordable fresh fruits and vegetables for local community consumption.

  • Eligible Applicants: Not-for-profit entities, governmental entities, tribal organizations
  •  Deadline: December 15, 2023, 4 PM ET
  • Total Available Funding: $1 million
  • Anticipated Amount of Awards: Approximately 20 awards of $50,000 each
  • Contact: Kendall Hough
  • Contact Email: kendall.hough@agriculture.ny.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://agriculture.ny.gov/rfa-0308-snap-ed-community-growers-grant-program

NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH), Mental Health Outpatient Treatment and Rehabilitative Services (MHOTRS)/Clinic Enhancement Grants

This one-time funding of $49,500 to OMH providers expands access to specialized interventions in MHOTRS for underserved populations. These grants will help enhance treatment access and outcomes by supporting opportunities for providing individuals with needed complex and specialized treatment in a timely and equitable way.

  • Eligible Applicants: Existing OMH-licensed MHOTRS providers
  • Deadline: December 20, 2023, 1 PM ET
  • Total Available Funding: $4 million
  • Anticipated Amount of Awards: Approximately 80 awards of $49,500 each
  • Contact: Amanda Szczepkowski
  • Contact Email: amanda.szczepkowski@omh.ny.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/rfp/2023/ceg/index.html

NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH), Community Residence Single Room Occupancy (CR-SRO) for Adults with a Serious Mental Illness Funding

This funding invests in community-based services to reduce the demand for psychiatric hospitalization and long lengths of stay in inpatient settings. These grants will fund the development and operation of up to 500 CR-SRO units throughout the state for persons recovering from a serious mental illness (SMI).

NYS Dept. of Transportation (DOT), Transportation Alternatives Program Funding

This funding supports community-based investments to strengthen the cultural, aesthetic and environmental aspects of local and regional transportation systems while promoting safety and mobility. The funding is available for projects that create new and enhance existing bicycle and pedestrian facilities, improve access to public transportation, create safe routes to schools, convert abandoned railway corridors to pedestrian trails and help reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. In addition, these funds may be used by municipalities to support activities that meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), Nonprofit Infrastructure Investment Program Funding

This funding will make targeted investments throughout the state for capital construction projects to improve or maintain the quality, efficiency and accessibility of nonprofit human services organizations that serve New Yorkers.

Federal Grants:

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CWEWIP) Funding

Funding for CWEWIP supports forest health and stimulates local economies by expanding renewable wood energy use and innovative wood products manufacturing capacity. Eligible projects will achieve the following:

♦ expand thermally led community wood energy or innovative wood product opportunities

♦ improve forest health

♦ stimulate local economies

  • Eligible Applicants: Non-profits; local, state and tribal governments; businesses, companies, corporations (for profit); institutions of higher education; special purpose districts (public utility districts, fire districts, conservation districts, school districts and ports).
  • Deadline: December 15, 2023, 5 PM ET
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $6 million
  • Award Ceiling: $1 million
  • Award Floor: $10,000
  • Contact: Sabina Dhungana
  • Contact Email: sabina.dhungana@usda.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energyforest-products/wood-innovation

US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grants

These grants aim to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning of children and the elderly in dwelling units and other facilities by providing funding to state, local and tribal governments that support the installation of CO alarms and training and public education programs to promote the health and public safety of citizens throughout the United States.

  • Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); special district governments; city or township governments; state governments; county governments.
  • Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Expected Number of Awards: 100
  • Award Ceiling: $400,000
  • Award Floor: $50,000
  • Contact:
    • Harvey Kincaid, Grants Management Specialist - hkincaid@CPSC.gov
    • Zachary Goldstein, Program Official - zgoldstein@CPSC.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=108090

US Dept. of Health and Human Services

(HHS), Healthy Start (HS) Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health Funding

This funding aims to improve health outcomes before, during and after pregnancy and reduce the well-documented racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. HS has two focus areas:

♦ providing direct and enabling services, such as screening and referrals, case management and care coordination, health and parenting education and linkage to clinical care to enrolled HS participants

♦ convening Community Consortia (formerly known as Community Action Networks or “CANs”) comprised of diverse, multi-sector partners to advise and inform HS activities as well as to develop and implement plans to improve perinatal outcomes

  • Eligible Applicants: Independent school districts; state governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification); private institutions of higher education; nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; county governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); city or township governments
  • Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $113.6 million
  • Award Ceiling: $1.3 million
  • Typical Number of Awards: 103
  • Contact: Mia Morrison
  • Contact Email: MCHBHealthyStart@hrsa.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/349416

Service, Save America's Treasures Preservation Grants

These grants provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Grants require a dollar-for-dollar, non-federal match, which can be cash or documented in-kind.

  • Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); nonprofits having a 501(c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; city or township governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; state governments; nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; county governments; special district governments; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); private institutions of higher education
  • Deadline: December 19, 2023, 11:59 PM ET
  • Estimated Total Funding: $26.5 million
  • Award Ceiling: $750,000
  • Award Floor: $125,000
  • Contact Email: STLPG@nps.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: http://go.nps.gov/sat

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Media Projects Grants

This funding supports collaboration between media producers and scholars to develop content grounded in humanities scholarship and prepare documentary films, radio and podcasts that engage public audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways.

  • Eligible Applicants: Private institutions of higher education; state governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; city or township governments; special district governments; county governments; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
  • Deadline: January 10, 2024
  • Estimated Total Funding: $3.5 million
  • Award Ceiling: $1 million
  • Award Floor: $1
  • Expected Number of Awards: 11
  • Contact Email: publicpgms@neh.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://www.neh.gov/program/media-projects

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions

These grants will help small and mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections.

  • Eligible Applicants: Private institutions of higher education; county governments; city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; state governments; special district governments; nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
  • Deadline: January 11, 2024
  • Estimated Total Funding: $650,000
  • Award Ceiling: $10,000
  • Award Floor: $1
  • Expected Number of Awards: 65
  • Contact Email: preservation@neh.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservationassistance-grants-smaller-institutions

US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (CFP) Grants

CFP grants provide financial assistance to Indian Tribes, local governments and qualified conservation nonprofit organizations to establish community forests by protecting forestland from conversion to non-forest uses and provide community benefits, including public recreation, environmental and economic benefits and forest-based educational programs. Public access is required for all projects.

  • Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; city or township governments.
  • Deadline: January 12, 2024
  • Award Ceiling: $600,000
  • Award Floor: $0
  • Contact Email:
    • Scott Stewart - scott.stewart@usda.gov
    • SM.FS.CFP@usda.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/private-land/community-forest/program

Privates Grants:

Morris Animal Foundation, Grants for Equine Behavior and Welfare Research

Research grants are available for the study of equine behavior/welfare. The focus is on improving the lives of horses by increasing understanding of the behavioral domain, which includes cognition, learning, stereotypes, separation anxiety, affiliative behavior toward (bonding with) humans, the effects of equine temperament on welfare and equine psychopharmacology.

  • Eligible Applicants: Will have a record of research expertise demonstrated through peer-reviewed publications. All applicants for this award must convince the scientific and animal welfare reviewers that they clearly understand the behavior/welfare problem, have sufficient expertise to conduct the study, are using a scientifically sound approach and have given appropriate consideration to the overall environmental impact of their research.
  • Deadline: December 13, 2023, 4:59 PM ET
  • Estimated Award Amounts: Up to $20,000
  • Contact Email: grantapplications@morrisanimalfoundation.org
  • Links to Additional Information:
  • https://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/sites/default/files/filesync/FY24-DI-Equine-Behavior-Guidelines.pdf

Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, Chronic Pain Research Grants

These program grants support innovative research that focuses on basic science mechanisms of pain.

  • Eligible Applicants: Must have received committed start-up funds and independent laboratory space from their institution, be within three years of the start date of a tenure track position or equivalent (senior postdocs and associate professors are not eligible) and must conduct their research and be appointed at an institution in the United States or Canada.
  • Deadline: December 14, 2023, 11:59 PM ET
  • Estimated Funding: $150,000 over three years
  • Estimated Number of Awards: 2 or more
  • Contact: Elizabeth Good Christopherson
  • Contact Email: info@ritaallen.org
  • Links to Additional Information:

Temper of the Times Foundation, Environmental Advertising Grants

This foundation provides funds for advertising to promote the conservation and restoration of native wildlife, plants and ecosystems in the United States.

  • Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit entities defined as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  • Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Estimated Award Amounts: $5,000 - $15,000 for projects that will lead to measurable outcomes for wildland ecosystem conservation and restoration in the United States
  • Contact Email: temperfund@igc.org
  • Links to Additional Information:

GriffinHarte Foundation, Grants for Promoting Civil Discourse

These grants aim to support conversations, research and teaching that help us live and work together with civility.

  • Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Estimated Award Amounts: Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to support the following types of projects:
    • conversations, research and scholarship that are:
      grounded in questions and practices of civility and feminism; informed by a desire to define, explore and advocate for social, political and economic justice in our professional and personal lives; and centered in an explicit recognition of the ways our identities influence our lives and communication— our gender and sex, race and ethnicity, age and physical abilities and education and economic standing
    • educational practices and research that are:
      focused on how we teach as well as what we teach, grounded in a commitment to alternative pedagogies and educational practices, informed by an explicit recognition of the ways identities, genders and sex, feminisms, civility and civic engagement relate to social, political and economic justice
  • Contact: Cindy Griffin
  • Contact Email: cindy@griffinhartefoundation.org
  • Links to Additional Information:

Scholar Awards:

Burger King (BK) Scholarships

Scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $50,000 will be provided to high school students and BK employees and their families. Scholarships are intended to offset the cost of attending college or post-secondary vocational/technical school.

  • Eligible Applicants Must:
    • live in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
    • be graduating high school seniors (U.S., Puerto Rico or Guam), graduating from grade 12 (Canada) or graduating from home school education in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
    • plan to enroll full-time, without interruption, for the entire academic year at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school or CEGEP or equivalent in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
  • Deadline: December 15, 2023
  • Estimated Award Amounts: Range from $1,000- $50,000
  • Estimated Number of Awards: 4,000
  • Contact Email: burgerkingscholars@scholarshipamerica.org
  • Links to Additional Information:

Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Teen Awards

These grants will award up to 15 Jewish teens with $36,000 each for their leadership efforts to change the world.

  • Eligible Applicants Must:
    • be 13-19 years old (on January 5, 2024)
    • identify as Jewish
    • be a resident of the United States
    • volunteer without any compensation
    • currently serve in a leadership role on one project or initiative that embodies the values of tikkun olam — repairing the world
  • To Qualify Applicants Should:
    • focus on a single project or initiative led by the applicant
    • demonstrate that the applicant has made a significant and impactful contribution in a leadership role, either in initial project creation or over time
    • show the project’s measurable impact
    •  provide a clear articulation of an issue area, geographic region or community that the project Serves The project can serve the Jewish community or the broader community.
  • Deadline: January 5, 2024
  • Award Amount: $36,000
  • Number of Awards: 15
  • Contact Email: dillerteenawards@sfjcf.org
  • Link to Additional Information: https://dillerteenawards.org/

Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarships

These scholarships address the financial needs of minority students who aspire to attend college and also guide students through the process of higher education.

  • Eligible Applicants Must:
    • be a graduating, minority high school senior
    • be a United States citizen
    • present evidence of financial need
    • demonstrate a record of academic excellence
    • demonstrate leadership potential and a dedication to community service
    • plan to attend an accredited and approved 4-year college within the United States or affiliated with a United States-based college or university
    • have not accrued more than 25% of credits needed to graduate from college
  • Deadline: January 10, 2024, 5 PM EST
  • Estimated Award Amounts: Up to $35,000 over 4 years
  • Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 60
  • Contact Email: connect@jackierobinson.org
  • Links to Additional Information:

Profiles in Courage Essay Awards

The Profile in Courage Essay Contest challenges students to write an original and creative essay that demonstrates an understanding of political courage as described by John F. Kennedy in Profiles in Courage.

  • Eligible Applicants Must: be a United States high school student in grades nine through twelve attending public, private, parochial or home schools; U.S. students under the age of twenty enrolled in a high school correspondence/GED program in any of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or the U.S. territories; and U.S. citizens attending schools overseas.
  • Deadline: January 12, 2024, 11:59 PM ET
  • Estimated Award Amounts: Up to $10,000
  • Estimated Number of Awards: 17
  • Contact Email: profiles@nara.gov
  • Link to Additional Information:

Meland Foundation, Nurse Practitioner Scholarships

These scholarships are designated for nurses in the NJ-NY-CT-PA area with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees wishing to pursue nurse practitioner degrees with a pediatric specialty and who share the vision of the foundation.

  • Eligible Applicants Must:
    • be nurses with a BSN degree
    • live in the NJ-NY-CT-PA area
    • pursue a nurse practitioner degree with a pediatric specialty
  • Deadline: None
  • Estimated Award Amounts: $2,000 - $5,000
  • Contact: Donna Brunnquell
  • Contact Email: donnabrunnquell@gmail.com
  • Link to Additional Information: