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Assemblymember

Philip A. Palmesano

Assembly District 132

Palmesano May ‘Grants Action News’ Update

May 19, 2017

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) is sending his “May Grants Action News Update” to residents, organizations and local governments about 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 under-funded 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 that 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.” The Grants Action News bulletin is updated at the beginning of each month with newly-available grants and information on how to apply. Continuing his monthly updates, Palmesano will be providing regular updates on his Assembly website at: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Philip-A-Palmesano, as well as posts to his Facebook page – just like “Assemblyman Phil Palmesano” to stay up-to-date on new grant information.

State Grants

New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Technology jobs remain out of reach for many New Yorkers, most of whom lack access to quality training and educational opportunities for this new and evolving field. This Request for Proposal (RFP) seeks to support innovative training and education solutions to prepare and place New Yorkers in tech jobs and to enable new pathways for New Yorkers across the state to get training and employment connections in one of New York State’s fastest-growing, highest-paying sectors. The RFP seeks appropriately qualified entities to provide full-time, immersive occupational training and job placement in software engineering or web development. Programs must be designed to incorporate input from industry on needed skills and learning milestones, train individuals with little or no prior experience in information technology and connect these individuals to New York State jobs in software engineering, web development or related occupations approved by NYSDOL, which pay, at minimum, the region’s entry-level wages for the occupations.
  • Eligibility: Eligible applicants include private for-profit businesses, private not-for-profit businesses, public entities and training providers, including but not limited to colleges and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), that meet each of the following: 1) listed on the NYS Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) along with the proposed program of training, prior to training being delivered; 2) have two or more employees; and 3) be in good standing regarding compliance with registration with the NYS Department of State, Unemployment Insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance and Disability Insurance laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) laws and federal and state wage, labor safety and health laws.
  • Funding: NYSDOL expects to award a minimum of five contracts under this RFP with funding of up to $5 million in state-level discretionary funding. NYSDOL may decide to award up to 10 contracts, depending upon the quality of submissions.
  • Deadline: June 5, 2017.
  • Contact: Christopher Myers Email: Christopher.Myers@labor.ny.gov
    Website: https://labor.ny.gov/workforcenypartners/fundingopps/tech-workforce-rfp.pdf

Federal Grants

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) The purpose of this grant competition is to support efforts by state agencies and their community and faith-based partners to develop and implement simple SNAP application and eligibility determination systems or measures to improve access to SNAP benefits by eligible applicants. Applicants are encouraged to respond to the following priority areas: 1) modernization and innovation of office operations; 2) improved customer services; and 3) increased efficiencies in case management.
  • Eligibility: Eligible responders include the 53 state agencies that administer SNAP, state or local governments, agencies providing health or welfare services, public health or educational entities such as community-based or faith-based organizations, food banks or other emergency feeding organizations.
  • Funding: Up to $5 million may be allocated in FY 2017, and the anticipated number of awards range from six to 11.
  • Deadline: June 19, 2017.
  • Contact: Kimberly Shields, Grants Officer Email: Kimberly.Shields@fns.usda.gov
    Website: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fy2017-snap-process-and-technology-improvementgrants
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Preservation and Access The Research and Development program supports projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nation’s cultural heritage – from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence – and to develop advanced modes of organizing, searching, discovering and using such materials. This program recognizes that finding solutions to complex problems often requires forming interdisciplinary project teams, bringing together participants with expertise in the humanities, preservation and information, along with computer and natural science. All projects must demonstrate how advances in preservation and access would benefit the cultural heritage community in supporting humanities research, teaching or public programming.
  • Eligibility: U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt statuses are eligible, as are state and local governmental agencies and federally recognized Indian tribal governments.
  • Funding: The award ceiling for a project is $350,000.
  • Deadline: June 8, 2017.
  • Contact: Phone: 202-606-8570 or 1-800-518-GRANTS Email: preservation@neh.gov
    Website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/research-and-development

Private Grants

American Humane, Meacham Foundation Memorial Grant The Meacham Foundation Memorial Grant was established to provide financial assistance to agencies for animal shelter expansion or improvements. Grant money must be used to improve the quality of care given to animals such as animal environment enrichment, equipment for veterinary care, equipment for spay/neuter, kennel or cattery renovation or equipment that positively impacts the welfare of animals in the shelter.
  • Eligibility: Applicants must be incorporated as a 501(c)(3).
  • Funding: Grants may be up to $4,000.
  • Deadline: These are rolling grants.
  • Contact: Mark Stubis Phone: 800-227-4645 Email: info@americanhumane.org
    Website: www.americanhumane.org
Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) CASANA is a nonprofit, publicly funded charity whose mission is to strengthen support systems for children with apraxia so that each child is afforded his or her best opportunity to develop speech and communication. To that end, CASANA is accepting applications for its 2017 iPads for Apraxia program. This program supports the role of the supervised use of iPads for children with apraxia with the aim of giving them a means to communicate and enhancing their speech practice.
  • Eligibility: Children must be between the ages of 3 and 18 and live in the United States or Canada. They must also have a formal diagnosis of childhood apraxia from a speech language pathologist, currently be participating in speech therapy and families must meet financial eligibility guidelines. Priority is given to older children with significant speech issues, children with severe apraxia and/or children who live in communities that participated in the 2016 Walk for Children with Apraxia.
  • Funding: Successful applicants will receive an iPad as a means to communicate and enhance their speech practice.
  • Deadline: June 1, 2017.
  • Applications will only be accepted through postal mail and must be postmarked June 1.
  • Address: CASANA iPad Project, 416 Lincoln Ave., 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15209.
  • Contact: Michele R. Atkins Email: iPadsProject@apraxia-kids.org
    Website: http://www.apraxia-kids.org/casana-announces-2017-ipads-for-apraxia-application

The Foundation Center

The Foundation Center has scheduled the following free training classes: Introduction to Finding Grants: Classroom, June 30 In this newly-revised class, attendees will learn what funders want in nonprofits seeking grants and how to find potential funders. Introduction to Proposal Writing: Classroom, June 6 This newly-revised class will provide attendees with an overview of how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation. Introduction to Project Budgets (Proposal Budgeting Basics): Classroom, June 15 This class will provide attendees with step-by-step instructions on how to generate a standard project budget for a foundation proposal. Prior attendance at Introduction to Proposal Writing is strongly recommended.