Grant Opportunties

HUD

Department of Housing and Urban Development Service Coordinatorss in Multifamily Housing Modification 1

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=152674

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sample Vital Registration with Verbal Autopsy in the the Republic of Zambia under the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Modification 6

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=158093

DOS

Department of State

Bureau of Population, Refugees  and Migration FY 2012 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO programs benefiting Colombian Refugees and IDPs Modification 3

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=161213

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Improving Implementation of Programs for Care & Treatment of HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Mozambique under the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Modification 4

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=163133

DOS

Department of State

U.S. Mission to Costa Rica

ECPA Regional Energy Competition

Modification 2

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=166313

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

Food & Drug Administration

Pharmacokinetics Studies of Tacrolimus in Transplant Patients (U01) Modification 3

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=168034

DOI

Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

BLM Colorado Vegetation/Range-Fuels treatment project Under Royal Gorge Field Office Jurisdiction.

Modification 1

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=168973

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division Securing the Cities (STC) Program Modification 2

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169378

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

National Institutes of Health

Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Modification 1

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169634

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Adminis.

Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity In Adult and Family Drug Courts (Short Title: SAMHSA Treatment Drug Courts) Modification 1

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169714

USAID

Agency for International Development

East Africa USAID-Kenya

President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) Expansion in DRC Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169913

DOI

Department of the Interior

National Park Service

Vegetation mapping and monitoring

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169953

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

Innovative Source Reduction for Land-Based Sources of Marine Debris from Coastal Watersheds

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169954

DOI

Department of the Interior

National Park Service

Vegetation mapping and monitoring

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169955

DOE

Department of Energy

NNSA

National Laser User's Facility (NLUF) Program

Modification 1

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169973

DOE

Department of Energy

Golden Field Office

Hydrogen Storage Targets for Early Market Applications

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169993

USDA

Department of Agriculture

Utilities Programs

Revolving Fund Program (RFP)

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169994

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families

Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) to Assist Protection and Advocacy Systems (P & As) to Establish or Improve Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170015

USAID

Agency for International Development

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Rapid Response Capacity in Ethiopia

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170033

DOI

Department of the Interior

Fish and Wildlife Service

Autonomous recording units  for Rails

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170034

USAID

Agency for International Development

Nutrition Rapid Response Capacity in Ethiopia

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170035

DOI

Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

Climate Change Vulnerability Study

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170053

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families

Tribal Court Improvement Program

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170054

DOI

Department of the Interior

Fish and Wildlife Service

Maintain a captive flock of Alaska-origin Stellers eiders and spectacled eiders

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170073

DOI

Department of the Interior

National Park Service

Cataloging Archeological Backlog

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170074

DOI

Department of the Interior

National Park Service

Technical Assistance for the Upper Columbia Basin Network including database development, GIS and science communication-PH 3

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170093

DOI

Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

Student Internship Program in San Luis Valley Colorado.

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170094

DOI

Department of the Interior

National Park Service

National Park Service, Seven Undergraduate Interns to Support Divisions within Haleakala National Park

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170113

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families

Administration for Children & Families - ACYF/FYSB

Basic Center Program

Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170133

For love of Mothers. MADRE: Mothers's Day Emergency Fund.

Dear Friend, When I go to sleep at night, I’m grateful that my two boys are well fed, warm and safe from the dangers of war. They go to school each day. When they’re sick, I take them to the doctor. And then I think of all the mothers I know in other countries, just as dedicated to their kids as I am, but not able to protect them. In ways large and small, you and I have worked together to make their burdens lighter. Your Mother's Day gift to MADRE shows that you stand with them. I think of the mother in a tent in Haiti who holds the whistle we gave her, as she watches her daughter sleep and listens for attackers. She knows that the other moms will come when she sounds the alarm, now that her whistle gives her the power to call for help. Or the mom in Kenya who risks all to secret her daughter to one of our shelter schools to protect her from being forced into marriage. Or the soon-to-be mother in Palestine who waits nervously for the midwife. Military roadblocks kept her from receiving prenatal care at the hospital. But the midwife—equipped with a birthing kit from MADRE—will safely deliver her new baby. This is what we do—not just on Mother’s Day, but every day. We stand up for mothers, fierce defenders of their loved ones. Will you stand with them? We’ve launched our Mother’s Day Emergency Fund. All year long, unexpected crises befall women in our sister organizations—disasters that can’t be anticipated. Yet, we know we must always be ready when a mother calls for help. MADRE’s Mother’s Day Emergency Fund makes sure we can respond. Just this week, I took an urgent call from our partner in Iraq. She told me about an activist facing death threats. We’re helping her find a means of escape for herself and her children. Then, I spoke to our partner in Nicaragua. We made plans to replant the crops that her family depends on, after their bean harvest was swept away by recent floods. We’ve committed to raise $15,000 for the Fund by May 31, to meet these needs and to answer other urgent calls for help. Will you help us? Join me in supporting these mothers now. Make a gift in honor of a mom, stepmom, aunt who’s like a mom, or maybe just for any mom, now. With gratitude, Yifat Susskind Executive Director P.S. Any donation , of any size, helps us reach our goal of giving mothers the strength and resources to protect their kids. Please stand with us .

The Mothers of MADRE “Here in the camp, we’re exposed to so many threats. My daughter’s safety means everything to me, so I work hard to protect her. Thank you for helping me.” – Martine, a mother in Haiti “I wish I had education. But as a girl, I was given in marriage. But I managed to take my girls to school. So I have done something important in my life.” – Kinangare, a mother in Kenya Your support of MADRE helps mothers worldwide. This Mother’s Day, let’s honor them together. Be a MADRE Lifeline Make a big difference by giving a little every month.  Click here to review our Charity Navigator four star rating.

Educational Entrepreneurship - THE FUTURE: Offer Free Online Classes. Then......

Harvard and MIT launch edX to offer free online classes

By James O'Toole @CNNMoneyTech May 2, 2012: 3:48 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Always wanted to take a Harvard class? Soon you'll be able to do so from the comfort of your own home.

Harvard and MIT announced a partnership Wednesday to offer free online courses to students around the world. The initiative, known as edX, will be run by a non-profit organization controlled by the two schools. Each has committed $30 million to the effort.

The first official courses will be announced this summer and are set to begin in the fall.

EdX students won't receive university credit for the classes, which will span a variety of disciplines. There's no admissions process, but there are exams and other assessments, with certificates available "for a modest fee" to students who demonstrate mastery of the material.

The project builds on an online education program that MIT announced last year. A prototype course on circuits and electronics began in March and attracted more than 120,000 students, though only about 10,000 stayed with the course through the mid-term exam, an MIT spokeswoman said.

The first official set of edX courses will be announced this summer, and will begin in the fall.

The Harvard-MIT project faces some competition in the push to make high-quality educational courses available online.

Last month, Princeton, Stanford, Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania announced that they would offer free Web-based courses through a for-profit company called Coursera that was founded by two Stanford computer science professors. One of those professors, Andrew Ng, taught a free online course in machine learning this past fall with an enrollment of more than 100,000 students.

There's also Udacity, co-founded by a former Stanford professor, andKhan Academy, which boasts 3,100 free educational videos across a variety of subjects.

MIT and Harvard said that they hope to eventually partner with other universities to expand the offerings on the edX platform.

"Harvard and MIT will use these new technologies and the research they will make possible to lead the direction of online learning in a way that benefits our students, our peers, and people across the nation and the globe," Harvard president Drew Faust said. 

http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/02/technology/harvard-mit-online/index.htm

New Email address for BEMA

Don't forget to update you records with our new email address:    BEMA@BlackEmergManagersAssociation.org

Get youths in your community involved. Youth Preparedness in your Community or Organization.

 Empowering Our Youth in Ohio! 

Do you live in or around the Columbus, Ohio area? Are you interested in learning more about youth preparedness in your community or organization? 

On Friday, May 11, FEMA Region V and Citizen Corps will join the Ohio Emergency Management Agency and South-Western City Schools in Columbus, Ohio for a day-long workshop on implementing youth preparedness in community-based organizations.

The workshop will provide participants with valuable information to start integrating youth preparedness into their organization’s existing youth offerings and the steps to launch a new youth preparedness program.

As a workshop attendee, you will receive live instruction and a “how-to” guide on key topics, including:

• Engaging Partners
• Identifying Curriculum
• Implementation
• Promotion
• Evaluation
•  Sustainability

Date:   Friday, May 11, 2012

Time:   Registration begins at 8:30 AM; workshop runs from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT

Location: The Ohio Rehabilitation Service Commission (400 E. Campus View Blvd. Columbus, OH 43235)

RSVP: Click here to create a profile on the Ohio EMA training Website and then register for the FEMA Youth Preparedness Workshop

If you encounter difficulties, please contact Todd Barstow (TMBarstow@dps.state.oh.us)  

Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. on May 15

Don’t Miss the Chance to Nominate a Leader from Your Community!

The Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience is the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) first national resilience award for superior leadership and innovation by a non-governmental individual (or organization) who exemplifies the qualities and achievements of Rick Rescorla, who exhibited leadership during 9/11 in effective preparation, response, and recovery. 

The deadline to nominate someone from your community for the first-ever Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience is quickly approaching. Nominations must be received by 11:59 p.m. on May 15 in order to be eligible! 

Submit a nomination application to rescorlaaward@hq.dhs.gov and learn more about Rick’s extraordinary courage.   

SAMHSA: Education and Training Grant Opportunity

		Apply for Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants From HRSA The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA's) Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants Program supports eligible institutions of higher education to recruit students and provide education and clinical experience in mental and behavioral health. The program aims to increase the number of social workers and psychologists who pursue clinical work with high-need and high-demand populations. For this funding opportunity, "high need" and "high demand" refer to rural, vulnerable, and/or underserved populations, and veterans and military personnel and their families. Eligible applicants are accredited schools of social work and psychology. Up to 20 grants at a maximum level of $480,275 will be awarded. The submission deadline is June 15, 2012. View the Full Grant Announcement | Learn More About This Opportunity If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement, please email CallCenter@HRSA.GOV or call 877-Go4-HRSA/877-464-4772.