Illinois Grant News | May 2023

Washington, D.C. | May 31 2023 | Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Program (ED-GRANTS-053123-001), Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) | The CCAMPIS Program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education by providing campus-based child care services. Eligible Applicants: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education; and Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification). Estimated awards: 27. Total Funding: $13,600,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000. Closing Date: July 31, 2023.

Washington, D.C. | May 31 2023 | BJA FY 23 Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program (O-BJA-2023-171780) Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance | OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund up to four organizations to deliver training and technical assistance to SCA grantees and the field. It includes four categories for funding: Category 1: National Reentry Resource Center Category 2: Corrections and Community Engagement Category 3: Health and Housing Category 4: Education and Employment. Estimated awards: 4. Total Funding: $9,750,000. Award Ceiling: $3,000,000. Closing Date: July 25, 2023.

Washington, D.C. | May 30 2023 | FY24 Brownfields Job Training (JT) Grants (PA-I-OLEM-OBLR-23-08) Environmental Protection Agency | This funding opportunity is made available through EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR). This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities, including nonprofit organizations, to deliver Brownfields Job Training programs that recruit, train, and retain a local, skilled workforce by prioritizing unemployed and under-employed residents to obtain the skills and credentials needed for pathways into full-time employment in various aspects of hazardous and solid waste management and within the larger environmental field, including sustainable cleanup and reuse, and chemical safety. This program is being funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58 (the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law”).

Washington, D.C. | May 25 2023 | Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (23-595), National Science Foundation | CREST Center awards provide support to enhance the research capabilities of Minority-serving institutions (MSIs) through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research. CREST Center awards promote the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty, and an expanded presence of students historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Washington, D.C. | May 24 2023 | 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Energy Improvements at Nonprofits – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) – Renew America’s Nonprofits (DE-FOA-0003066), Department of Energy Golden Field Office | The Office of State and Community Energy Programs is issuing this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), Renew America’s Nonprofits. Awards made under this FOA will be funded, in whole or in part, with funds appropriated by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).This FOA seeks applications that address energy efficiency upgrades, which enable scalable impacts, create innovative partnerships, and leverage funding and economies of scale.As part of and in addition to upgrading and modernizing infrastructure, DOE’s BIL investments will support efforts to build a clean and equitable energy economy that achieves a zero-carbon electricity system by 2035, and to put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions economy-wide by no later than 2050 to benefit all Americans.

Washington, D.C. | May 18 2023 | Transitioning Gang-Involved Youth to Higher Education Program (ED-GRANTS-051823-001), Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) | The purpose of the Transitioning Gang-Involved Youth to Higher Education Program (TGIY) is to provide a funding opportunity for organizations that work directly with gang-involved youth to help such youth pursue higher education opportunities that will lead to certification or credentials. Such programs can include apprenticeships or other workforce preparation programs that promote job readiness upon completion of the program, while simultaneously providing essential wraparound services that include culturally competent social and emotional support.

Washington, D.C. | May 17 2023 | Critical Sector Job Quality Grants (FOA-ETA-23-13), Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration | The purpose of this demonstration program is to support transformative efforts to improve job quality and availability of good jobs, particularly for the benefit of historically marginalized populations and communities that have experienced barriers to employment in good jobs. The primary focus of these demonstration grants is expanding job quality in the care, climate resiliency and clean energy transition, and hospitality sectors. These demonstration grants will support industry-led, worker-centered sector strategies built through labor-management partnerships aimed at improving job quality in key sectors. These partnerships will address equity, job quality, and worker voice as they design training models and train workers for family-supporting jobs. High-quality jobs, for the purposes of this grant program, include those that offer family-sustaining wages and benefits, have predictable hours and schedules, are filled through transparent and nondiscriminatory hiring and promotion practices, offer clear paths for advancement, always prioritize worker health and safety, and include workers’ voices in the workplace. Projects under this announcement will fund both short-term capacity-building planning grants and longer-term implementation grants.

Washington, D.C. | May 13 2023 | Community Infrastructure for Research in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (23-589), National Science Foundation | The Community Research Infrastructure for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CIRC) program drives discovery and learning in the core disciplines of the three participating CISE divisions [Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), Computer and Network Systems (CNS), and Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)] of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) by funding the creation and enhancement of world-class research infrastructure. This research infrastructure will specifically support diverse communities of CISE researchers pursuingfocused research agendas in computer and information science and engineering. This support involves developing the accompanying user services and engagement needed to attract, nurture, and grow a robust research community that is actively involved in determining directions for the infrastructure, as well as management of the infrastructure. This should lead to research infrastructure that can be sustained through community involvement and community leadership, and that will enable advances not possible with existing research infrastructure. Further, through the CIRC program, CISE seeks to ensure that researchers from a diverse range of institutions of higher education (IHEs), including minority-serving and predominantly undergraduate institutions, as well as researchers from non-profit, non-academic organizations, have access to such infrastructure.

Washington, D.C. | May 12 2023 | Closing the Gap with Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plans (CDC-RFA-DP-23-0077), Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of funds to develop multi-sector action plans that address the social determinants of health (SDOH) by accelerating action in state, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions, and communities that lead to improved chronic health conditions among Americans experiencing health disparities and inequality. The award ceiling for this NOFO is $125,000.

Washington, D.C. | May 6 2023 | IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (23-584), National Science Foundation | The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a prominent role in the improvement of undergraduate STEM education at the Nation’s colleges and universities. Through the IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC) program, the agency seeks to extend this effort by making an intentional investment in the country’s two-year institutions of higher education, or two-year colleges. The twin goals of the ITYC program are to (1) center students in the effort to advance innovation, promote equitable outcomes and broaden participation for all students in STEM education at two-year colleges, and (2) enhance the capacity of two-year colleges to harness the talent and potential of their diverse student and faculty population through innovative disciplinary, multi-department, and college-wide efforts. These goals will be achieved by investing in projects at two-year colleges that contribute to student success in STEM-based foundational courses and academic pathways for both majors and non-majors.

Chicago, Ill. | May 4 2023 | Gov. Pritzker Announces $15 Million in Funding for Community Revitalization | The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) announced $15 million in available grant funding to support affordable housing and community revitalization efforts across the state…The program is designed to support local revitalization efforts and attract further investment in communities that may lack the resources needed to tackle vacant, abandoned and deteriorated properties…A link to the application – including details on an informational webinar at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16 – can be found here. Applications will be accepted through 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.