June 2024 Federal Grant Opportunities via Mazie Hirono

A message from Senator Mazie Hirono

Aloha,

The June 2024 Grants Newsletter is your latest monthly resource for governments, schools, non-profit organizations, and businesses interested in pursuing opportunities for federal grant and cooperative agreement funding. This newsletter includes information on grant opportunities published in www.grants.gov, the Federal government’s central website for grant funding.  

This month’s newsletter contains the regular current discretionary program listings and research opportunities. It also has a compilation of websites and links to general grant information provided by the Federal Agencies that most often have discretionary grant solicitations and is updated monthly. To access a list of the State-Specific Grant Opportunities, this includes programs only eligible to State, not local, government agencies, please click here. 

Also included are links and information which highlight current funding opportunities under The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and an updated link to report on The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Distribution of funding in Hawaii. To date, $2.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced and is headed to Hawaii with over 100 specific projects identified for funding. The entire fact sheet is included here as well: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hawaii-IIA-State-Fact-Sheet.pdf

Native Hawaiian grant opportunities

There are no notices specific to Hawaii this month. However, the following DOI program specifically designates Native Hawaiian organizations as an eligible entity.

Department of Interior – National Park Service FY2024 Historic Preservation Fund – Underrepresented Communities Grants CFDA 15.966 is intended to diversify listings in the National Register of Historic Places to include communities that are currently underrepresented. URC grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), and are administered by the NPS. Projects include surveys and nominations of historic sites associated with communities underrepresented in the National Register. Every URC grant project MUST result in at least one new or amended nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. (August 29, 2024 deadline) 

This program was previously announced and is specific to Hawaii, it is listed below as a reminder:

Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs has announced that The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Board of Trustees (BOT) decided last week to defer decision-making on grant applications for the current Community Grants cycle.

Their purpose is to ensure that OHA’s grant monies are equitably allocated to grant applicants across the pae aina to help fund as many communities and beneficiaries as possible.

This year there were a record number of grant applicants. With limited funds available, the BOT reasoned that a deferral would allow more time to review the highly competitive grant pool.

OHA staff and administration are working with trustees to determine how best to ensure the equitable distribution of resources to the many qualified organizations serving our Native Hawaiian community. Trustees expect to make a decision at OHA’s next Resource Management meeting on June 19. 

New and modified national competitions of special interest this month include: 

Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service 
Composting and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) Pilot Project CFDA 10.902 is funding up to 150 projects to serve as pilot for composting and waste reduction techniques.  (September 4, 2024 deadline) 

Department of Agriculture –  Rural Housing Service Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant CFDA 10.766 provides Technical Assistance and/or training with respect to essential community facilities programs. The Technical Assistance and/or training will assist communities, and Nonprofit Corporations to identify and plan for community facility needs that exist in their area. Once those needs have been identified, the Grantee can assist in identifying public and private resources to finance those identified community facility needs. (July 3, 2024 deadline)

Consumer Product Safety Commission – Pool Safely Grant Program (PSGP) 2024 CFDA 87.002 opportunity assists states, local governments, and Native American Tribal Governments in implementing enforcement and education programs to prevent the drowning and drain entrapment of children in pools and spas. (July 12, 2024 deadline) 

Environmental Protection Agency – FY25 Brownfields Job Training (JT) Grants CFDA 66.815supports the creation of good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union and the incorporation of strong labor standards and workforce programs. Brownfields Job Training Grants help residents take advantage of jobs across a spectrum of brownfield related activities, including the assessment, cleanup, remediation, and planning/site preparation for the revitalization of brownfields. (August 15, 2024 deadline) 

Department of Homeland Security – FEMA Fiscal Year 2024 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program CFDA 97.111 provides funding to close known capability gaps, encourage innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and build on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness (July 25, 2024 deadline)

Department of Housing and Urban Development – ROSS (Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency) Service Coordinator Program – FY2024 – NOFO CFDA 14.870 provides ROSS-SC grant funding to eligible applicants to hire a Service Coordinator who assesses the needs of Public and Indian housing residents and links them to local training and supportive services that will enable participants to move along the self-sufficiency continuum. (September 30, 2024 deadline)

Department of Housing and Urban Development – Youth Homeless Demonstration Program CFDA 14.276 will select up to 25 communities to participate in the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) to develop and execute a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. Only CoC Collaborative Applicants may apply for a community under this NOFO. (August 29, 2024 deadline) 

Department of Interior – National Park Service Creating Opportunities for Relevant Experience (CORE) Wildland Fire Training Crews CFDA 15.969 seeks to offer basic training, knowledge and experience that will inspire interest in future career opportunities for participants while working to support the NPS wildland fire mission. CORE crewmembers will work with trained professional fire staff with the NPS and gain on-the-job skills and experience. They will also be coached and mentored in wildland fire and NPS operations. (Rolling deadline until May 2029)

Department of Interior – National Park Service Experienced Services Program CFDA 15.011is intended to augment the capacity of parks and provide needed subject-matter expertise to address short-term needs, unanticipated workloads, and new initiatives. The Experienced Services Program provides a cost-effective recruitment opportunity to obtain the services of non-Federal, experienced workers aged 55 and older. Through agreements with eligible nonprofit organizations, the NPS will be able to recruit and utilize the services of these workers on a project-specific basis to enhance its capacity to achieve its mission, goals, and objectives. (July 22, 2024 deadline)

Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance has multiple solicitations this month. Key among those are,  BJA FY24 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes CFDA 16.812, BJA FY24 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies CFDA 16.835, BJA FY24 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative CFDA 16.738, and BJA FY24 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Program CFDA 16.045. (All July deadlines) 

Department of Justice – Bureau of Justice Assistance BJA FY24 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program CFDA 16.606 seeks to make payments under the statutorily required State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) to eligible states and units of local government that incur certain types of costs due to incarceration of “undocumented criminal aliens” during the July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, reporting period. This program furthers the DOJ’s mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights. (July 15, 2024 deadline)

Department of Justice – Community Oriented Policing Services FY24 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement – Support for Law Enforcement Agencies CFDA 16.710 is to promote safe outcomes during police encounters with persons in crisis through relevant training. Awards under this solicitation will be made to law enforcement agencies seeking to implement training and related supports on this topic. Training is supported for law enforcement officers, support personnel employed by law enforcement agencies, and mental health professionals working on crisis intervention teams as employees of a law enforcement agency or under a legal agreement with a law enforcement agency. (July 23, 2024 deadline) 

Department of Justice – Office for Victims of Crime OVC FY24 Meeting the Basic Needs of Underserved Crime Victims CFDA 16.582 is seeking applications from organizations that provide culturally responsive services to crime victims and survivors from communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization. These victims often face barriers that prevent them from accessing critical services. Such barriers can isolate these victims and contribute to distrust of the government and government systems. Unaddressed needs can lead to long-term physical, emotional, social, and financial problems for survivors. OVC will support services for victims by organizations that understand the complex, multilayered, culturally specific challenges that crime victims from these communities face when attempting to access assistance and services. (July 29, 2024 deadline)

National Credit Union Administration – 2024 CDRLF Grant Round CFDA 44.002 announce the availability of technical assistance grants (awards) for low-income designated credit unions. (July 1, 2024 deadline) 

National Endowment for Humanities – Media Projects CFDA 45.164 supports collaboration between media producers and scholars to develop content grounded in humanities scholarship and prepare documentary films and television, radio programs, and podcasts that engage public audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. (August 14, 2024 deadline)

National Endowment for the Humanities – Public Scholars CFDA 45.160 offers grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to the creation and publication of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. (August 28, 2024 deadline)

Department of Transportation – 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy 
Small Community Air Service Development Program CFDA 20.930 is designed to provide financial assistance to small communities to help them enhance their air service. The Department seeks to fund projects that advance the Departmental priorities of safety, equity, climate and sustainability, and workforce development, job quality, and wealth creation as described in the USDOT Strategic Plan, Research, Development and Technology Strategic Plan, and in executive orders. (July 25, 2024 deadline)

Department of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program ROUND 2 CFDA 20.205 solicits applications for the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (CFI Program) established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Bipartisan Infrastructure Law” or “BIL”). (August 28, 2024 deadline)

Department of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration FY 2024-2026 Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program CFDA 20.205 provide grants on a competitive basis for projects that seek to achieve a reduction in the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions; and improve habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species. (September 4, 2024 deadline)

These additional competitions from previous newsletters are included as a reminder: 

Department of Agriculture – Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant CFDA 10.854 provides funding for rural projects through local utility organizations. USDA provides zero-interest loans to local utilities which they, in turn, pass through to local businesses (ultimate recipients) for projects that will create and retain employment in rural areas. The ultimate recipients repay the lending utility directly. The utility then is responsible for repayment to USDA. USDA  also provides grants to local utility organizations which use the funding to establish Revolving Loan Funds (RLF). Loans are made from the revolving loan funds to projects that will create or retain rural jobs. When the revolving loan fund is terminated, the grant is repaid to USDA. (June 2024 deadlines)

Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture – Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development CFDA 10.310 focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for the AFRI’s Education and Workforce Development program areas to support: professional development opportunities for K-14 educational professionals; non-formal education that cultivates food and agricultural interest in youth; workforce training at community, junior, and technical colleges; training of undergraduate students in research and extension; fellowships for predoctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars. (December 5, 2024 deadline)

Department of Agriculture – Foreign Agricultural Service 2025 Emerging Markets Program  CFDA 10.603 is available to U.S. entities to develop, maintain, or expand markets for exports of United States agricultural commodities and to promote cooperation and exchange of information between agricultural institutions and agribusinesses in the United States and emerging markets. (June 30, 2025 deadline)

Department of Agriculture – Office of Partnerships and Public Engagements 
Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (2501 Program) CFDA 10.443 funds projects to encourage and assist underserved farmers and ranchers, military veteran farmers and ranchers, and beginning farmers and ranchers with owning and operating farms and ranches and in participating equitably in the full range of agricultural, forestry, and related programs offered by USDA. (July 5, 2024 deadline) 

Department of Commerce NOAA – ERA Production Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2025 Funding Opportunity CFDA 11.011 is soliciting proposals for ocean exploration-related projects under two themes: Ocean Exploration and Maritime Heritage. (October 3, 2024 deadline)

Consumer Product Safety Commission – Pool Safety Grant Program (PGSP) 2024 CFDA 87.002 assists states, local governments, and Native American Tribal Governments in implementing enforcement and education programs to prevent the drowning and drain entrapment of children in pools and spas. (July 15, 2024 deadline)

Department of Defense – Dept of the Army — Materiel Command DEVCOM Analysis Center Broad Agency Announcement For Applied Research CFDA 12.431 is soliciting research proposals for submission to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Analysis Center (DAC) for funding consideration. 1000 awards are expected. (January 2028 deadline)

Department of Education – Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Federal TRIO Programs: Student Support Services (SSS) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.042Amakes grants to increase the number of disadvantaged students, including low-income college students, first-generation college students, and college students with disabilities, who successfully complete a program of study at the postsecondary level. (July 15, 2024 deadline)

Department of Education – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.282M awards grants to charter management organizations (CMOs)[1] on a competitive basis to enable them to replicate or expand one or more high-quality charter schools. (June 27, 2024 deadline)

Environmental Protection Agency – Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grants CFDA 66.049provides funds to incentivize and accelerate the replacement of existing non-ZE Class 6 and 7 heavy-duty vehicles with ZE vehicles. This funding to support ZE vehicles will benefit communities across the United States (U.S.), especially communities that are disproportionately burdened by air pollution and marginalized by underinvestment. These replacement vehicles will ensure cleaner air for the communities in which they operate. The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from these vehicle replacements will also help address the outsized role of the transportation sector in fueling the climate crisis. (July 25, 2024 deadline)

Environmental Protection Agency – Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program CFDA 66.616 created by the Inflation Reduction Act, offers an unprecedented $2 billion in grants under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The Community Change Grants will fund community-driven projects that address climate challenges and reduce pollution while strengthening communities through thoughtful implementation. This historic level of support will enable communities and their partners to overcome longstanding environmental challenges and implement meaningful solutions to meet community needs now and for generations to come. (November 21, 2024 deadline)

Department of Homeland Security – Department of Homeland Security – FEMA 
Fiscal Year 2024 Port Security Grant Program CFDA 97.056 one of four grant programs that constitute DHS/FEMA’s focus on transportation infrastructure security activities. These grant programs are part of a comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and implemented by the Administration to help strengthen the nation’s critical infrastructure against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks. The PSGP provides funds to state, local, and private sector maritime partners to support increased port-wide risk management and protect critical surface transportation infrastructure from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies. (June 24, 2024 deadline)

Department of Housing and Urban Development – Housing-Related Hazards & Lead-Based Paint Capital Fund Program CFDA 14.888 is funding to evaluate and reduce residential health hazards in public housing, including lead-based paint, carbon monoxide, mold, radon, fire safety, and asbestos. (July 1, 2024 deadline)

Department of Interior – Fish and Wildlife Service 
F24AS00022 – Coastal Program – FY24 CFDA 15.630 is a voluntary, community-based program that provides technical and financial assistance primarily through cooperative agreements to coastal communities, conservation partners, and landowners to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat on public and private lands. The Coastal Program staff coordinates with partners, stakeholders and other Service programs to identify geographic focus areas and develop habitat conservation goals and priorities within these focus areas. (September 30, 2024 deadline)

Department of Interior – Fish and Wildlife Service National Fish Passage Program Base Funding Fiscal Year 2024  CFDA 15.685 is a voluntary program that provides direct technical and financial assistance to partners to remove instream barriers and restore aquatic organism passage and aquatic connectivity for the benefit of Federal trust resources. In doing so, NFPP aims to maintain or increase native fish populations to improve ecosystem resiliency and provide quality fishing experiences. Activities that restore fish passage often provide ancillary benefits such as reducing flood risk, enhancing community resilience to impacts from climate change, and improving road infrastructure. NFPP funds a variety of project types including, but not limited to, dam removals, culvert replacements, floodplain restoration, and the installation of fishways. (December 31, 2024 deadline)

Department of Interior – National Park Service Military Families Outdoors Program CFDA 15.954 is focused on promoting the health and wellness of active-duty military service members and their families through positive engagement experiences with national parks, public lands, and waterways. These experiences will promote healthy lifestyle habits and inspire families to become environmental stewards of national parks.  (July 15, 2024 deadline)

Department of Justice – Bureau of Justice Assistance BJA FY24 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program CFDA 16.838 makes grants to develop, implement, or expand comprehensive programs in response to the overdose crisis and the impacts of illicit opioids, stimulants, or other substances. The program provides resources to support state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to respond to illicit substance use and misuse, reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services in the community and justice system. (July 1, 2024 deadline)

Department of Justice – Community Oriented Policing Services FY24 COPS Technology and Equipment Program Invitational Solicitation CFDA 16.710 advances the practice of community policing by the nation’s state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. (June 25, 2024 deadline)

Department of Justice – Office on Violence Against Women OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program CFDA 16.528supports a comprehensive approach to addressing abuse in later life, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, or willful harm committed against victims who are 50 years of age or older. (June 25 Deadline)

Department of Labor – Employment and Training Administration 
National Dislocated Worker Grants Program Guidance CFDA 17.277 are discretionary grants awarded by the Secretary of Labor under Section 170 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to provide employment-related services for dislocated workers. The Department funds two types of DWGs: Disaster Recovery and Employment Recovery. (Rolling deadline)

National Credit Union Administration – 2024 CDRLF Grant Round CFDA 44.002 makes technical assistance grants (awards) for low-income designated credit unions through the 2024 CDRLF Grant Round. (July 1, 2024 deadline)

National Endowment for the Arts – NEA Grants for Arts Projects 2, FY2025 CFDA 45.024  is  NEA’s largest grants program for organizations, providing comprehensive and expansive funding opportunities for communities. Through project-based funding, the program supports opportunities for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. (July 11, 2024 deadline)

National Endowment for the Humanities – Public Scholars Program CFDA 45.160 offers grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to the creation and publication of well researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. (November 27, 2024 deadline)

National Endowment for the Humanities – Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions CFDA 45.149 helps small and mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. The program encourages applications from small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant. (January 9, 2025 deadline)

National Endowment for the Humanities – Public Humanities Projects CFDA 45.164 supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person, hybrid, or virtual programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. (August 14, 2024 deadline)

National Endowment for the Humanities – Climate Smart Humanities Organizations CFDA 45.130 program supports comprehensive assessment and strategic planning efforts by humanities organizations to mitigate physical and operational environmental impacts and adapt to a changing climate. Projects will result in climate action and adaptation planning documents or similar detailed assessments including prioritized, measurable actions and their expected outcomes. (September 12, 2024 deadline)

Department of Transportation – 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding Opportunity CFDA 20.939 will be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning and demonstration activities, as well as projects and strategies to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets involving all roadway users, including pedestrians; bicyclists; public transportation, personal conveyance, and micro mobility users; motorists; and commercial vehicle operators. (August 29, 2024 deadline)

Important note: 

Federal grants are very competitive. To ensure your application is processed, please verify that your organization’s registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) is valid and current. Go to SAM: Systems for Award Management and follow the FAQs and User Guides to update and verify your SAM data. Current SAM registration is mandatory for most agencies, and grants will not be awarded to applicants without valid and current registration in SAM. Remember: Registration on SAM.gov is free of charge.

If you are applying for a federal grant and would like to request a letter of support, or have questions about the application process, please contact my state office at Hawaiioffice@hirono.senate.gov, and include this form and an abstract of your project. Letters of support are submitted directly to the granting agency from my office once the complete application has been submitted. Please do not hesitate to contact my staff if you have any questions before submitting your application.

I encourage you to pass along these resources to anyone you believe would benefit from this information. If you do submit a grant proposal, please stay in touch by contacting my state office.

Mahalo,

Mazie K. Hirono 
United States Senator

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