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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 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Office of Clinical and Preventive Services; Elder Care Initiative
Long-Term Care Grant Program

    Announcement Type: New.
    Funding Announcement Number: HHS-2008-IHS-EHC-0001.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers: 93.933.

    Key Dates:
    Letter of Intent Deadline: May 2, 2008.
    Application Deadline Date: June 20, 2008.
    Review Date: July 21-August 1, 2008.
    Earliest Anticipated Start Date: September 1, 2008.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces the availability of up to
$600,000 for competitive grants through the Elder Care Initiative Long
Term Care (ECILTC) Grant Program to support planning and implementation
of sustainable long-term care services for American Indians and Alaska
Native (AI/AN) elders. This program is authorized under the Snyder Act,
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 1653(c), and
Public Health Service Act, Section 301, as amended. This program is
described at 93.933 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA).

2008 Healthy Communities Grant Program Synopsis

The Healthy Communities Grant Program is seeking projects that: • Target resources to benefit communities at risk (environmental justice areas of potential concern, places with high risk from toxic air pollution, urban areas) and sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, others at increased risk). • Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks. • Increase collaboration through community-based projects. • Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environment and human health problems. • Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits. Proposed projects must: (1) Be located in and/or directly benefit one or more of the four Target Investment Areas which include: Environmental Justice Areas of Potential Concern, Places with High Risks from Toxic Air Pollution, Sensitive Populations, and/or Urban Areas in one or more of the EPA Region I States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and/or Vermont; and (2) Identify how the proposed project will achieve measurable environmental and/or public health results in one or more of the six Target Program Areas which include Asthma, Capacity Building on Environmental and Public Health Issues, Clean Energy, Healthy Indoor/Outdoor Environments, Healthy Schools, Urban Natural Resources and Open/Green Space.

OVC Enhancing Services and Public Awareness Outreach for Victims in Underserved Communities

This program will grant 5 awards of up to $75,000 each to raise awareness among underserved populations regarding victims' rights and available resources for crime victims in the local community. Underserved victim populations may include, but are not limited to, victims who are immigrants with limited English proficiency, American Indian, have disabilities, are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing, or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) populations. A private nonprofit organization does not need to have 501(c)(3) status to apply for grant funding under this solicitation. When developing a strategy, please note that OVC cannot fund prevention- or researched-focused initiatives.

2008 Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Program

The Office of Population Affairs (OPA), Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs requests applications for Adolescent Family Life (AFL) prevention demonstration grants, as authorized by Title XX of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 42 U.S.C. 300z et seq. These grants are for projects to develop, implement and evaluate a multi-site primary abstinence education program targeting youth ages 12-18, as compared with a multi-site “enriched” program model. This announcement defines a primary abstinence education program as 15-25 hours of abstinence education and supportive services and activities conducted within one year with the same participants. OAPP has selected 15-25 hours as a range for a primary abstinence education program based on several studies suggesting that this amount of dosage can have a positive effect on youth [see Connell, D.B., Turner, R.R. & Mason E.F. (1985) Summary of findings of the school health education evaluation: health promotion effectiveness, implementation and costs.” Journal of School Health, 55 (8), 316-321) and Moore, D.A. & Sugland, B.W. (1997). Using behavioral theories to design abstinence programs. Children and Youth Services Review, 19(5/6), 485-500].