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March 3, 2003
March 5th Telecast on Brownfields
Agency: The Economic Development Administration. Activities: Program highlights include market-based insight and redevelopment strategies that can help you address the challenges presented by brownfield sites: tax and financial incentives; proactive public/private and intergovernmental efforts; and prioritizing the use of limited financial and personnel resources. Contact: Peggy Tadej at tadej@narc.org to register for telecast.
Financial Education Grants
Agency: American Express Foundation Deadline: March 7, 2003 Amount: $15,000-$30,000 (20 grants) Activities: Supports financial literacy programs in local and immigrant communities for small business development, micro-lending, homeownership and individuals in job-training. Visit: www.nefe.org
Women and Girls
Agency: Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. Deadline: April 1, 2003. Activities: The foundation works to aid women and girls organizing for economic, political, and social change, by providing resources and a voice for their cause. Contact: Erin@wfmn.org.
2003 Community Partnership Grants
Agency: Entergy New Orleans. Amount: Up to $1,000. Deadline: April 26, 2003. Activities: Provides for projects that positively impact education and literacy, community improvement or enrichment, healthy families, or arts and culture. Contact: Amy Stallings, (504) 670-3657.
Notice for Proposed Rule
Agency: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury. Deadline: March 11, 2003. Activities: Proposing to amend the regulation governing national bank investments that are designed primarily to promote the public welfare. Contact: Michele Meyer, Counsel, (202) 874-5090.
End Chronic Homelessness
Agency: HUD, HHS, and VA. Amount: Up to $35 million. Activities: End chronic homelessness by seeking to create a collaborative and comprehensive approach to addressing homelessness. Contact: U.S. Interagency Council on the Homeless at 1-866-450-2273.
Grants for Students
Agency: The Bollinger Foundation. Deadline: May 27, 2003. Activites: Assists families where there has been a death and surviving children. One of the spouses needs to have worked in community development, economic development, or public housing. Visit: www.iedconline.org/BollingerFoundation/history.html
CDFI Extends Deadline
Agency: The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. Deadline: April 14, 2003. Activities: Extends its earlier deadline for financial assistance. Awardees must addresses community development finance needs in "Hot Zones", and/or to increase homeownership opportunities for low-income households and other populations that lack access to capitol and financial services. Contact: 601 13th Street, NW, Suite 200 South, Washington, DC 20005, phone, 202-622-8662; www.cdfifund.gov.
Small Grants to Support Research
Agency: The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). Deadline: March 21, 2003. Activities: Encouraging the use of the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF). An initiative of the Urban Institute, the NSAF is an important data resource for research on issues related to poverty, welfare, health care, economic development, and social and family policy. Visit: www.appam.org.
New Market Tax Credit Allocations
Agency: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. Amount: $2.5 billion. Activities: The Fund expects to announce those community development entities that have received NMTC allocations in early March. Director Tony Brown told a House Subcommittee that it planned to make 70 awards. The largest award was $170 million and the average award was $38 million. His testimony is at www.cdfifund.gov.
Advocating Today for Strong Communities Tomorrow!
NCCED’s Tenth Annual
National Policy Conference
March 31 - April 2, 2003
The Conference features some of the nation’s leading practitioners who will share information with YOU - their peers - on how they access and use federal grants to increase wealth and quality of life in their community and the long-term durability of their organizations!
Grantmakers from national foundations are confirmed as are more than fifteen federal government program administrators!
Six Fannie Mae Foundation James A. Johnson Fellows are confirmed for sessions and the closing plenary.
Visit ncced.org to read bios of attendees, read the schedule, and register!
