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Michigan Community Action Agency Association
Office Park West, 516 S. Creyts Road, Suite A, Lansing MI 48917, PH: (517) 321-7500 FAX: (517) 321-7504

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Overview 
Information; Migrant Education Program (MEP) Consortium Incentive 
Grants Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 
Year (FY) 2008

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.144F.

DATES: Applications Available: March 12, 2008.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 7, 2008.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 7, 2008.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Purpose of Program: The purpose of the MEP Consortium Incentive 
Grants program is to provide incentive grants to State educational 
agencies (SEAs) that participate in high-quality consortium 
arrangements with another SEA or other appropriate entity to improve 
the delivery of services to migrant children whose education is 
interrupted. Through this program, the Department provides financial 
incentives to SEAs to participate in high-quality consortium 
arrangements that improve the intrastate and interstate coordination of 
migrant education programs by addressing key needs of migratory 
children who have their education interrupted.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service
 
Notice of Funds Availability for the Section 533 Housing 
Preservation Grants for Fiscal Year 2008

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service published a document in the Federal 
Register on February 20, 2008, announcing that it is soliciting 
competitive applications under its Housing Preservation Grant program. 
The listing for the Rural Development Oregon State Office address was 
incorrectly identified in the notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Edwards-Jackson, Senior Loan 
Specialist, Multi-Family Housing Processing Division, USDA Rural 
Development, Stop 0781, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250-0781, telephone (202) 690-0759 (voice) (this is not a toll free 
number) or (800) 877-8339 (TDD-Federal Information Relay Service) or 
via e-mail at, Bonnie.Edwards@wdc.usda.gov.

DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR HEALTHY STYLE IN YOUTH

The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces a cooperative agreement, HHS-2008-IHS-HLY-0001 for Tribes or Tribal organizations to promote healthy lifestyles among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth using the curriculum "Together Raising Awareness for Indian Life" (TRAIL) among selected Boys and Girls Club sites. This program is authorized under the authority of the Snyder Act, 25 U.S.C. 13; Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended; and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 25 U.S.C. 1652 and 1621 (b). This program is described at 93.933 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).

OVC FY 08 Intensive Case Management for Family Members of Homicide Victims

A competitive program that will grant two awards of up to $200,000 each to private nonprofit organizations or public agencies to identify and replicate promising practices related to the provision of a comprehensive array of services to family members of homicide victims. In the first 18-month phase of this project, funding will be used to enhance, evaluate, and institutionalize existing promising service interventions in partnership with other community agencies.