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| Grant Updates |
Emergency ShelterThe Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) recently sent a notice of fund availability to all organizations on its Emergency Shelter Grants Program (ESGP) mailing list. If you are interested in receiving an ESGP application and did not receive the form, you should contact TDHCA and request an application (see contact information below). The FY 2001 ESPG will be mailed December 15th, 2000. The ESGP funds originate from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD has not notified TDHCA of the ESGP allocation for FY 2001.Each year TDHCA obligates the ESGP funds using a statewide competitive application process. To insure equitable geographic distribution, funds are reserved for each of the 11 TDHCA planning regions based on the poverty population in each region. Eligible applicants include local government agencies or private, nonprofit organizations, if the application is approved by the city or county in which the activities take place. Additionally, an organization must provide for participation of a homeless or formerly homeless individual on its board of directors or other policy-making entity order to be eligible to apply for ESGP funds. FY 2001 ESGP applications are due to TDHCA on February 21st, 2001. TDHCA will conduct an application workshop on Monday, January 8th. 2001 at the at the Holiday Inn South in Austin. Specific workshop information is contained in the ESGP application. Obligation of funds usually occurs in May and the FY 2001 ESGP contracts will begin mid August. For more information about ESGP funds or to receive an application contact Dyna Lang at TDHCA at 512-475-3905 (dlang@tdhca.state.tx.us) or Debbie Glover at 512-475-4618 (dglover@tdhca.state.tx.us). EducationU. S. Department of Education (CFDA 84.116A; 84.116B) invites applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 2001; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education—Comprehensive Program (preapplications and applications). The purpose of this program is to provide grants or enter into cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities. DUE: January 26, 2001 for preapplications, and April 27, 2001 for final applications. CONTACT: 1/877-433-7827, fax 301/470-1244, or 1/877-576-7734 for TDD, or http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs/html, or http://www.ed.gov/FIPSE/. FR December 12, 2000, page 77602. The Candle Foundation funds education and cultural programs worldwide involved in, among other activities, hunger and homelessness. The foundation seeks innovative, high-impact low-overhead proposals whose beneficiaries are chosen on a strictly nonreligious, nonpolitical and nonethnic basis. 501(c)3 nonprofits are eligible for grant support. Amount: $1,000-$10,000. Contact: Marti Mossawi, Administrator, (310) 582-4041; fax: (310) 582-4208; email: foundationcandle@candle.com; Sponsor: Candle Foundation, 2425 Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90404; http://www.candle.com/foundation. Children’s Trust Fund of Texas Council announces the solicitation of curricula for parent education and children’s life skills/personal safety and awareness programs. CTF provides funding assistance to organizations seeking to prevent child abuse and neglect through programs that strengthen parents, children, and families, through primary and secondary prevention programs. Applications are due January 16, 2001. Contact Karen Patterson at (512) 833-3441. |
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