Blogs

Department of Agriculture

FY 2021 Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction (CCFWR) Pilot Project

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The cooperative agreements available through this program support projects that develop and test strategies for planning and implementing municipal compost plans and food waste reduction plans with the objectives that may include generating compost, increasing access to composted material, reducing reliance on fertilizers, improving soil quality, encouraging waste management, increasing rainwater soil absorption, reducing municipal food waste, and diverting food waste from landfills. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, local and tribal government entities

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 16, 2021

Department of Agriculture

FY 2021 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG): Classic Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program aims to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production. Projects may include innovations related to water resources, soil health, nutrient management, grazing land conservation, and conservation adoption. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? All US-based nonfederal entities

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 19, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services

FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act - Pediatric Mental Health Care Access – New Area Expansion

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program aims to promote behavioral health integration into pediatric primary care by supporting pediatric mental health care telehealth access programs into new states and geographic areas. Newly expanded state or regional networks of pediatric mental health care teams must provide teleconsultation, training, technical assistance, and care coordination for pediatric primary care providers to diagnose, treat, and refer children with behavioral health conditions. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, and tribal government entities

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 6, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides funding to improve linkages between the victim services field and hospitals and other medical facilities that increase support for victims of crime, improve outcomes, and reduce chances of further victimization. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, local governments, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments, non-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and public and Indian housing authorities

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 12, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants Program 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants funds are used to develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement community policing strategies by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 8, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) Program 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The CIT program has been established to fund the implementation of Crisis Intervention Teams within state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and support a Crisis Intervention Training Provider to expand crisis intervention teams by developing and delivering online training programs. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 8, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Fostering Resilience and Hope: Bridging the Gap Between Law Enforcement and the Community

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The primary goal of this initiative is to develop a train-the trainer-curriculum to foster inclusion of a culture rooted in Hope Theory into law enforcement agencies. This work will 1) mitigate the negative effects of trauma and increase the well-being of law enforcement officers by increasing their hope; 2) provide a conceptual framework for relationships between communities and law enforcement agencies; and 3) increase collective hope to enhance safety and well-being, leadership, and promote relationship building with the community. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, local governments, Native American tribal governments, non-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 19, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports eligible applicants in conducting outreach, educating practitioners and the public, enhancing victim reporting tools, and investigating and prosecuting hate crimes committed on the basis of the victim’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 13, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Collaborative Approaches toward Preventing and Addressing Hate Crime — Demonstration Projects 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program funds efforts to develop comprehensive approaches between federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement and community-based organizations to address a precipitous increase in hate crimes. These approaches may include conducting outreach, educating practitioners and the public, enhancing victim reporting strategies, and investigating and prosecuting hate crimes committed on the basis of the victim’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 13, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative for Law Enforcement Agencies

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative will provide funding to eligible applicants committed to engaging in strategies to address the underlying crimes and criminogenic conditions contributing to clearly identified violent crime problems occurring in rural jurisdictions. All applicants that receive funding under this initiative are expected to collaborate with a training and technical assistance provider. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local or tribal law enforcement agencies serving rural communities

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 20, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support local and tribal jurisdictions' capacity to work with their Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) partners to utilize intelligence, technology, and community engagement to swiftly identify unlawfully used firearms and their sources, and effectively prosecute perpetrators of violent crime. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local and tribal government entities

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 14, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program Department of Justice

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program seeks to build the capacity of grantees to implement new, or enhance existing, alternative sentencing programs for parents in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes either through administering family-based alternative sentencing programs or training and technical assistance to such programs. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local and tribal government entities, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 16, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The goal of this program is to increase the knowledge base of mandated reporters and child protection professionals by creating, enhancing, or expanding and distributing training on evidence-based methods for identifying and screening children for exposure to violence. Training opportunities may be in an undergraduate, graduate, or continuing education program integrated with a degree or certificate-based track for child protection professionals. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local and tribal government entities, nonprofit organizations, for profit organizations, and institutions of higher education

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 16, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Strengthening ICAC Technological Investigative Capacity

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides funding for applicants to increase the technological investigative capacity of Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces and their affiliates through training and the development and/or enhancement of widely used investigative tools, methods, and technologies. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local and tribal government entities, nonprofit organizations, for profit organizations, and institutions of higher education

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 19, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental illnesses (MI) or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse (CMISA) who come into contact with the justice system. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local and tribal government entities, mental health agencies, and institutions of higher education

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 6, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Smart Policing Initiative

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides funding to enable police agencies to effectively use evidence-based practices, data and technology. Projects will establish police-researcher partnerships; test promising crime prevention, response, and reduction practices; improve police accountability and build their capacity to analyze and use crime intelligence and data; implement and test justice information-sharing technology; and evaluate their effectiveness. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies, governmental agencies other than law enforcement acting as their fiscal agent, and federally recognized tribal governments and consortia

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 20, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Initiative (BCJI)

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program aims to reduce serious and violent crime, including gun violence; dismantle gang activity; and strengthen local capacity to combat drug use by integrating enforcement strategies into community-based crime reduction efforts and use this information to understand and target the issues. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local governments, institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, and Native American tribal organizations

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 6, 2021

Department of Justice

FY 2021 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program is designed to support law enforcement–behavioral health cross-system collaboration and to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental illness (MI) or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse (CMISA) by supporting projects that design or enhance a law enforcement–behavioral health response to people with MI and CMISA who come into contact with law enforcement due to their illness. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, mental health agencies

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 20, 2021

Department of Commerce

FY 2021 Broadband Infrastructure Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program assists in the deployment of broadband infrastructure through support for competitively and technologically neutral projects that involve the deployment of fixed broadband service that provide qualifying broadband service in eligible service areas. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Partnerships between a state or local government and a provider of fixed broadband service

WHEN'S IT DUE? August 17, 2021

Department of Defense

FY 2021 Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP)

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program addresses deficiencies in community infrastructure supportive of a military installation by investing in community infrastructure projects including any complete and useable transportation project, school, hospital, police, fire, emergency response, or other community support facility; or water, wastewater, telecommunications, electric, or gas. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local governments, utility services, non-profit organizations, and consortia

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 12, 2021

National Science Foundation

FY 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF): Energy, Power, Control, and Networks (EPCN)

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to encourage research on emerging technologies and applications including energy, transportation, robotics, and biomedical devices and systems. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State and local government entities, nonprofit organizations, for profit organizations, and institutions of higher education

WHEN'S IT DUE? Rolling due date