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New Grant Opportunities
This is your weekly grant opportunities update from The National Special Districts Coalition. Special districts are either eligible to apply directly, or able to partner with a qualifying entity to apply for any of the grants listed.

Department of Justice

FY 2022 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to provide critical resources to state, local, and tribal jurisdictions for the purchase of bullet-resistant body armor for law enforcement officers. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local governments, Native American tribes, and state and territorial governments

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 27, 2022

Department of Justice

FY 2022 Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to increase access to and the quality of post-sexual assault health care services for victims of sexual assault. The funding agency seeks to support projects that will establish or expand sexual assault examination programs, including sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) programs and sexual assault forensic examiner (SAFE) programs. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? City, township, and county governments, Native American tribal governments and organizations, nonprofits, institutions of higher education, special district governments, and state governments

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 13, 2022

Department of Justice

FY 2022 Smart Reentry and Supervision: Grants, Tools, and Technical Assistance to Facilitate Change

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides resources to support states and units of local government in planning, implementing, or expanding effective reentry and supervision practices and service delivery systems that address individuals’ needs and reduce recidivism. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? County governments, Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits, institutions of higher education, and state governments

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 13, 2022

Department of Justice

FY 2022 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program Assistance

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This grant program supports domestic violence shelters to become pet-friendly so that victims of domestic violence and their pets may seek safe shelter together. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, and tribal governments, and nonprofits

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 13, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services

FY 2022 Employer Engagement Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program aims to strengthen employer engagement in the integration and self-sufficiency of eligible Afghan entrants within the community. Program support will fund efforts by local organizations to create networks of employers offering work-based English Language Learner and job skills training to eligible employees, which will help create stability in the workforce as well as help ensure employers have dedicated staff to meet the needs of their company. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Public and private nonprofit agencies, including state, county, city, or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, Native American tribal governments and organizations, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, and institutions of higher education

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 27, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services

FY 2022 Ethnic Community Self-Help Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support ethnic community-based organizations in providing refugee populations with critical services to assist them in becoming integrated members of American society. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, county, city, township, and special district governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments and organizations, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, and nonprofits

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 27, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services

FY 2022 Family and Youth Services Bureau Basic Center Program 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program seeks to provide emergency shelter and counseling services to runaway and homeless youth, under the age of 18, who have left home without the permission of their parents or guardians; have been forced to leave their home; cannot live safely with a parent, legal guardian, or relative; have no other safe, alternative living arrangement; or other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in contact with law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Public and nonprofit entities and combinations of such entities

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 27, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services

FY 2022 Administration for Community Living Assistive Technology Alternative Financing Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support projects that provide financing to assist individuals with disabilities of any age in obtaining assistive technology (AT) devices. Award recipients will establish or expand one or more alternative financing programs that will provide for the purchase, lease, or other acquisition of a full array of AT devices and services to ensure that all people with disabilities, regardless of disability type or health condition, age, level of income, or residence, have access to AT. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State and local governments, Native American tribal governments and organizations, faith-based organizations, hospitals, institutions of higher education, and other public or private entities

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 28, 2022

National Endowments for the Humanities

FY 2022 Media Projects

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support collaboration between media producers and scholars to develop humanities content and to prepare documentary films, radio programs, and podcasts that engage public audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Awards can support both development and production projects. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, state and local governments, and Native American tribal governments

WHEN'S IT DUE? August 10, 2022 and January 11, 2023