LOVE YOUR BLOCK GRANTS

Applications now available! 

Love Your Block is a special partnership between Citizens Committee for New York City and NYC Service that provides a unique opportunity for city residents to transform and beautify their neighborhoods.

 

Love Your Block grantees will receive a grant of $1,000 

Access to city services from the Departments of Transportation, Parks and Recreation, and Sanitation

Assistance with press for their neighborhood event  

Previous Love Your Block grantees have included block associations, tenant associations, and neighborhood-based volunteer groups. With funding and city services, they have been able to clean graffiti and vacant lots, construct wooden tree guards, plant flowers in tree beds, remove litter, and much more. Love Your Block grants pay for materials for one-day neighborhood clean-up events during the spring or summer. 

Join us for a grant application information session to learn about the grant and application process on February 4 at 6:30 PM.

Applications are due February 20, 2014. 

Contact Tehmina with questions or to RSVP for the information session at tbrohi@citizensnyc.org or 212-822-9563.

FUNDING RESOURCES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS (January 2014 Edition)

 



1. Using Social Media to Understand and Address Substance Use and Addiction

The goal of this FOA is to inspire and support research projects investigating the role of social media in risk behaviors associated with the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (hereafter referred to as "ATOD") and projects using social media to ameliorate such behaviors.
Apply by March 25, 2014
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Funding Opportunity Number RFA-CA-14-008 (R01)
Funding Opportunity Number RFA-CA-14-009 (R21)

2. Domestic Violence Intervention, Education And Prevention (DVIEP) Program

The following Concept Paper is a precursor to the forthcoming Domestic Violence Intervention, Education and Prevention (DVIEP) program Request for Proposal (RFP). Although DVIEP is a current program, the program has been substantially changed. DVIEP is a collaborative approach to assisting residents of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) housing developments who are experiencing domestic violence.

Comments to this concept paper are due no later than February 3, 2014.  Email comments to accoprocurements@hra.nyc.gov.

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3. Cultural Development Fund (CDF)
The Cultural Development Fund (CDF) enables qualifying cultural organizations to apply for grants from the Department of Cultural Affairs.  The agency encourages participation in the process by the widest possible representation of the City's diverse cultural constituency.  The current application cycle is for activities taking place between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.
Apply by February 10, 2014
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4. Neighborhood Grants

Through our Neighborhood Grants, Citizens Committee awards micro-grants of up to $3,000 to resident-led groups to work on community and school improvement projects throughout the city. We prioritize groups based in low income neighborhoods and Title I public schools.

Recent awards have enabled neighbors to come together to make healthy food available in their communities, transform empty lots into community gardens, organize tenants to advocate for better housing conditions, and start school recycling drives.

Apply by January 27, 2014
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5. NYC Fiscal Year 2014 Discretionary Contracts:
Newly Elected City Officials Take Office
Discretionary funds are funds that nonprofit, community-based social service providers use to meet the needs of local communities. The funds are allocated by the members of the New York City Council.  DYCD and other City agencies administer Discretionary contract funds.

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Nonprofit organizations should contact their Borough President and New York City Council representative to learn more about discretionary funding opportunities available in their districts.
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One Queens Grant Opportunity 2012-2013

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The Queens Fellowship's 2012-2013 Grant Making Committee is seeking proposals from Queens-based organizations and individuals for the 2013 One Queens Grant. The Committee will award grants of up to $1,000 to support and empower Queens-based organizations that will educate and advocate for a healthier Queens (i.e. physically, mentally, economically, spiritually, etc.). Proposals are due by April 11, 2013. Email thequeensfellowship@gmail.com for more information, and download the RFP and application here.

PRC Seeks to Sponsor Neighborhood Activities for Alcohol Awareness Month

Alcohol Awareness Month - Neighborhood Sponsorships The Children's Aid Society - NYC Prevention Resource Center is seeking to partner with local communities interested in hosting neighborhood outreach activities related to Alcohol Awareness Month.

April marks Alcohol Awareness Month, a nationwide campaign intended to raise awareness of the health and social problems that excessive alcohol consumption can cause for individuals, their families, and their communities.

The PRC will provide $1,000 to sponsor five (5) activities that will increase community awareness of the local risk factors associated with alcohol and underage drinking. Activities must be conducted in the month of April 2013.

 

Criteria

Activities should focus on the issue of prevention of underage drinking or alcoholism. You must address issues related to the consumption, consequence, and/or retail access of alcohol. You must target local youth and/or adults within your community.

Recipients must partner with at least one additional local stakeholder in the planning and delivery of this event. These may include:

Youth Serving Organizations; Law Enforcement; Schools and Universities; Civic and Volunteer Organizations; Hospitals and Health Clinics; Local Businesses; or Faith based Institutions.

Who is Eligible to Receive Sponsorship?

Organizations currently recognized as OASAS funded prevention, treatment, or recovery providers are eligible to partner with the Prevention Resource Center.
 

501c3 organizations serving as the fiscal agent for a local Community Group. All groups must have an active relationship with the NYC Prevention Resource Center.

Important Dates

Application Released	February 27, 2013
Information Call  1-866-244-8528; Pass: 620952	March 6, 2013 from 2:30pm - 3:00pm Eastern Time
Application Deadline	Friday, March 15th, 2013 at 5:00pm Eastern Time
Award Notification	no later than Friday, March 22nd, 2013
Awareness Activities	April 1 through April 30th, 2013
Activity Summary Deadline	May 15th, 2013

Submission

Please submit all completed applications including budgets by Friday, March 15, 2013 at 5:00pm.

 Applications may be sent by:

Word Document or PDF file to:  Scott McLeod	scottm@childrensaidsociety.org
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