GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET

GRANTS REPORT FOR PERIOD

April 9 - April 13, 2001 

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ITEMS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT: 
 
STATE APPLICATION IDENTIFIER (SAI) NUMBER ORIGINATOR/DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT IMPACT AREA CONTACT PERSON COMMENTS DUE
UTG010409-010 Ogden City: Economic Adjustment Construction Grant (CFDA# 11.307 - $750,000 federal amount requested) Weber Michael Pavich 801/399-9885 5/9/01
UTG010409-020 Richfield City: Airport Improvement Project (CFDA# 20.106 - $126,000 federal amount requested) Sevier Woody Farnsworth 435/896-6430 5/9/01
UTG010409-030 Kanab City: Airport Improvement Project (CFDA# 20.106 - $150,000 federal amount requested) Kane Keith McAllister 435/644-2534 5/9/01
UTG010409-040 San Juan County: Airport Improvement Project (CFDA# 20.106 - $94,787 federal amount requested) San Juan Rick Bailey 435/587-3225 5/9/01
UTG010409-050 Brigham City: Airport Improvement Project (CFDA# 20.106 - $150,000 federal amount requested) Box Elder Bruce Leonard 435/734-2001 5/9/01
UTG010410-010 Nebo School District: Community Leadership in Education and Recreation (CFDA #84.287 -= $1,237,092 federal amount requested),. Utah Roxanna Johnson 801/798-5374 5/10/01
UTG010410-020 Ogden City Corporation: Economic Adjustment Construction Grant ($750,00 federal amount requested). Weber Lorie Buck 801/399-9885 5/10/01
UTG010410-030 Division of Indian Affairs: Rural Business Opportunity (CFDA#10.773 - $86,120 federal amount requested). Statewide Forrest Cuch 801/538-8808 5/10/01
UTG010410-040 Department of Environmental Quality: Sharon Steel OU1 O&M (CFDA #66.802 - $100,000.00 federal amount requested). Statewide Brad Johnson 801/536-4100 5/10/01
UTG010411-010 Bear River Head Start: COLA and Quality Improvement (CFDA #93.600 - $168,542 federal amount requested). Box Elder, Cache, Rich Guy Ballard 435/755-0081 5/11/01
UTG010411-020 Division of Parks and Recreation: Outdoor Recreation - Acquisition Development and Planning (CFDA #15.916 - $630,400 federal amount requested). Statewide Lyle Bennett 801/538-7354 5/11/01
UTG010411-030 Weber State University Police: COPS MORE 2001 ($22,842.75 federal amount requested). Weber Roger Johnson 801/626-6460 5/11/01

Web link to Federal Register Notices referenced in this report 

GRANTS AVAILABLE

Department of Health and Human Services

Program to Build Capacity to Conduct Environmental Health Education Activities Related to Iodine-131; NOFA. The purpose of this program is to develop, promote, and disseminate environmental health education within communities that are located near DOE sites where Iodine-131 is identified as a contaminant of concern. Application deadline: May 30, 2001. Contact:Nelda Godfrey, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Room 3000, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146. Telephone (770) 488-2722. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 71, April 12, 2001, page 18942.

Technical Assistance Child Care Grant. This announcement is for private, nonprofit intermediaries to demonstrate the provision of technical assistance to child care providers to improve the quality and supply of child care facilities. Application deadline: June 11, 2001. Contact: Eleanor Wagoner, Administration for Children and Families, Child Care Bureau, Room 2313, Mary E. Switzer Building, 330 C Street, SW, Washington DC 20447. Telephone (202) 205-8087. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 71, April 12, 2001, page 18947.

FY 2001 Funding Opportunities; Improve & Evaluate Crisis Hotline Services. SAMHSA announces the availability of FY 2001 funds for cooperative agreements to certify, network, and evaluate crisis programs that offer hotline services. Application deadline:May 21, 2001. Contact:Maria Baldi, Public Health Advisor, Division of Program Development, Special Populations, and Projects, Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17C-26, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone (301) 443-2892. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 72, April 13, 2001, page 19184.

Support State Oral Disease Prevention Programs; NOFA. The purpose of this program is to establish, strengthen and expand the capacity of states, territories, and tribes to plan, implement, and evaluate oral disease prevention and health promotions, targeting populations an disparities. These programs may include addressing dental caries, periodontal diseases, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and other oral conditions considered to be public health problems. Application deadline: May 15, 2001. Contact: Cynthia Collins, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Room 3000, Mailstop E-18, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146. Telephone (770) 488-2757. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 72, April 13, 2001, page 19168.

Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Targeted HIV Outreach and Intervention Model Development; Evaluation and Program Support Center. The HRSA announces the availability of FY 2001 funds to be awarded under the SPNS program for discretionary grants, under a new competition that supports the development and evaluation of models of targeted HIV outreach and intervention for under-served HIV-positive populations not in care. Letter of Intent deadline: May 13, 2001. Contact: Janice Gordon, Grants Management Officer, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 7-89, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone (301) 443-2385. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 72, April 13, 2001, page 19179.

Cooperative Agreement for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Tracking, Research, and Integration; NOFA. The CDC announces the availability of FY 2001 funds for a cooperative agreement program to 1) assist States in developing or enhancing a sustainable, centralized EHDI tracking and surveillance systems, 2) integrate the EHDI system with other newborn screening programs, and 3) conduct applied research. Letter of Intent deadline: May 11, 2001. Contact: June Holstrum, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE< Mailstop F-15, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717. Telephone (770-488-7361. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 73, April 16, 2001, page 19503.

Department of State

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Israel-Arab Peace Partners Program. The Office of Citizen Exchanges announces an open competition for grants under this program to develop and implement exchange programs involving participants from Israel and one or more Arab countries or entities in the Middle East or North Africa. Application deadline:June 13, 2001. Contact: Thomas Johnston, The Office of Citizen Exchanges, ECA/PE/C, Room 224, U.S. Department of State, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547. Telephone (202) 619-5325. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 71, April 12, 2001, page 18997.

Environmental Protection Agency

Notice of Availability of Regional Environmental Stewardship Program Grants. EPA is announcing the availability of FY 2001 federal grant/cooperative agreement funds for grants to States and federally recognized native American Tribes for research, public education, training, monitoring, demonstrations, and studies for pesticide environmental stewardships. Application deadline: June 11, 2001. Contact: Debbie Kovacs, (8P2-TX), 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202-2466. Telephone (303) 312-6417. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 71, April 12, 2001, page 18929.

Department of Education

Even Start Statewide Family Literacy Initiative Grants. These grants are awarded to States for planning and implementing Statewide family literacy initiatives, consistent with the Evan Start Family Literacy Program. The purpose of Even Start is to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities of the Nation's low-income families by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program. Application deadline: June 11, 2001. Contact: Danielle Johnson, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW< Washington, DC 20202-6132. Telephone (202) 205-9588. Federal Register, Vol 66, No. 71, April 12, 2001, page 18918.

Bilingual Education: Teachers and Personnel Grants; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2001. This program provides grants for preservice and inservice professional development for bilingual education teachers, administrators, pupil services personnel, and other educational personnel who are either involved in, or preparing to be involved in, the provision of educational services for children and youth of limited English proficiency. Application deadline: May 16, 2001. Contact:Sue Kenworthy, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 5090, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-6510. Telephone (202) 205-5539. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 72, April 13, 2001, page 19356.

Bilingual Education: Comprehensive School Grants; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2001. This program provides grants to implement schoolwide bilingual education programs or schoolwide special alternative instruction programs for reforming, restructuring, and upgrading all relevant programs and operations, within an individual school, that serve all or virtually all limited English proficient children and youth in one or more schools with significant concentrations of these children and youth. Application deadline:June 15, 2001. Contact: Margarita Ackley, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 5086, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-6510. Telephone (202) 205-0506. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 73, April 16, 2001, page 19437.

Department of Agriculture

Request for Proposals; Agricultural Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program, FY 2001. The program will focus on comprehensive risk management for agricultural producers in the U.S. It will address national, regional and local risk management issues an encourage partnering in program delivery. Application deadline: June 1, 2001. Contact:Donald West, National Program Leader, Farm Business Management, Economic and Community Systems Unit, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 2215, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW< Washington, DC 20250-2215. Telephone (202) 720-7166. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 72, April 13, 2001, page 19344.

Department of Labor

Workforce Investment Act, Section 171(d), Demonstration Program; Sectoral Employment Demonstration. The purpose of this demonstration is to test the feasibility of the workforce development system to plan and undertake local/regional initiatives involving a particular industry sector in order to increase access to employment for designated target groups and to strengthen the economic competitiveness and performance of the sector's firms. Application deadline:May 18, 2001. Contact: Jai Johnson, Division of Federal Assistance. Telephone (202) 693-2879. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 72, April 13, 2001, page 19223.

Department of Commerce

Critical Infrastructure Protection Grants Program (CIPGP). The objective of the CIPGP is improvement of the robustness, resilience, and security of information in all the critical infrastructures. This will be accomplished by funding research leading to commercial solutions to those information technology security problems central to critical infrastructure protection that are not being adequately addressed. Application deadline: June 15, 2001. Contact: Kim Morgan, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, stop 8901, NIST North, Room 622, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8901. Telephone (301) 975-3660. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 72, April 13, 2001, page 19139.

Corporation for National and Community Service

Notice of Funding Opportunity to Support AmeriCorps Promise Fellows. The Corporation will use federal funds to award grants to support AmeriCorps Promise Fellows to state commissions on national and community service; Indian Tribes; nonprofit organizations proposing to sponsor AmeriCorps Promise Fellow in more than one state. Proposal deadline:June 15, 2001. Contact: Austin Holland, Corporation for National Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Box APF, Washington, DC 20525. Telephone (202) 606-5000 ext. 274. Federal Register, Vol. 73, April 16, 2001, page 19432.

GRANTS AWARDED

Department of Commerce

University Center Technical Assistance Program. Weber State University has been awarded $90,000 in federal funds for a Technology Assistance Center. Contact: Lewis Podolske, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Telephone (202) 482-2309.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Announcement of Funding Awards for FY 2000 Public and Indian Housing-Section 8 Housing Vouchers Assistance Programs. This announcement notifies the public of funding awards for FY 2000 to housing agencies and on-profit agencies under the Section 8 Housing Vouchers Assistance programs. For Utah---- for Family Self Sufficiency Program Funding - Housing Authority of Salt Lake City - $24,799; Davis County Housing Authority - $35,076; Utah County Housing Authority - $37,623; Provo City Housing Authority - $38,545; Housing Authority of Salt Lake County - $40,845; for Mainstream 1 year funding - Cedar City - $76,887; for Mainstream 5 year funding - Logan City - $1,385,280. Contact: Michael Diggs, Grants Management Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 501 School Street, SW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004. Telephone (202) 358-0273. Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 72, April 13, 2001, page 19186.