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Federal Requests for Proposals
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| Who: | Department of Health and Human Services |
| What: | Accepting proposals to utilize the $373 million in stimulus funds to create healthier communities through sustainable, proven, population-based approaches such as broad-based policy, systems, organizational and environmental changes in communities and schools. |
| Goals | To support intensive community approaches to chronic disease prevention to achieve the following prevention outcomes: -Increased levels of physical activity; -Improved nutrition; -Decreased overweight/obesity prevalence; -Decreased smoking prevalence and decreased teen smoking initiation; and -Decreased exposure to secondhand smoke. |
| How to apply: | Applicants can apply online utilizing the forms and instructions posted on the official Federal agency wide E-grant website. |
| Deadline: | Tuesday, December 1, 2009 |
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Resources
CALIFORNIA DISCUSSES STRATEGIES FOR ‘RACE TO THE TOP’ DOLLARS
| Who: | California Committee on Education |
| What: | Overview, discussion, and presentations on specific requirements and criteria needed to receive up to $700 million for California from the Race to the Top Fund. This session will focus on the following: |
| What/Where: | Los Angeles |
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WORKSHOP: CALIFORNIA’S ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE REBATE PROGRAM GUIDELINES
| Who: | California Energy Commission |
| What: | Workshop to discuss the State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program guidelines. Staff will seek public and stakeholder input on the guidelines for California’s participation. |
| When/Where: | Sacramento |
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CALIFORNIA PREPARES FINAL APPLICATION FOR ‘RACE TO THE TOP’ FUNDING
| Who: | California Committee on Education |
| What: | Presentations to review the final application from the state of California to apply for the ‘Race for the Top’ competitive grant funds. Topics of discussion include: changes in eligibility requirements, competitive criteria, the overall structure and level of funding in the competitive grant programs, the extent to which comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Education were incorporated, and final timelines for applications, awards and implementation. |
| When/Where: | Sacramento |
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MISSISSIPPI ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROJECTS POSTED ON STATE WEBSITE
| Who: | Mississippi Procurement Technical Assistance Program |
| What: | Hosting a web page to provide information about Mississippi's project implementation and to reduce the period of time for publication and bid openings for any construction projects under the Federal Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. |
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RECOVERY.GOV REPORTS DATA FROM RECIPIENTS OF STIMULUS FUNDS
Visit the government website to view reports on how many jobs were saved/created, which agencies have paid out the most money, where the largest federal contracts are going.
Stimulus in the News
Why Stimulus Jobs Aren’t Here to Stay
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was designed to put millions of people to work, mainly for "shovel-ready" projects. By their very nature, most of those projects last only until the work is completed or the funding runs out.
Analysis Finds Stimulus Confusion
The federal government sent Bob Bray $26,174 in stimulus aid to fix a fence and replace the roofs on public apartments in Blooming Grove, Texas, a town of fewer than 900 people outside Dallas. He hired five roofers and an inspector to do the job.
But the number of jobs he reported to the government looked very different — 450 jobs.
Streamlined Broadband Grant Process Promised
The Obama administration said it will streamline the application process for $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus grants in response to criticism from applicants and lawmakers that the program isn't getting money out quickly enough.
Communities Take Action
‘Race to the Top’ Program Seeks to Reward Good Teachers, Save Failing Schools
A handful of states stand to win significant federal funding to revamp schools and impose strict testing standards under an Obama administration effort to alter educational practices across the country.
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300 Protest Child Care Fee Increase in Arizona
Parents and teachers joined child-care providers and after-school program administrators in a rally of about 300 people at the Capitol. They asked Governor Brewer to use some of her $185 million in discretionary federal stimulus dollars to delay the fee increases, which are scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.
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State Requests for Proposals
Federal Requests for Proposals
Resources
- California Discusses Strategies for ‘Race to the Top’ Dollars
- Workshop: California’s Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program Guidelines
- California Prepares Final Application for ‘Race to the Top’ Funding
- Mississippi Economic Stimulus Projects Posted on State Website
- Recovery.gov Reports Data from Recipients of Stimulus Funds
Stimulus in the News
- Why Stimulus Jobs Aren’t Here to Stay
- Analysis Finds Stimulus Confusion
- Streamlined Broadband Grant Process Promised
Communities Take Action
- ‘Race to the Top’ Program Seeks to Reward Good Teachers, Save Failing Schools
- 300 Protest Child Care Fee Increase in Arizona
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Marguerite Casey Foundation & Equal Voice for America's Families Coalition.
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