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Week of April 30, 2021

New Grant Opportunities

Department of Justice
FY 2021 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program
WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides funding to implement new or enhance existing programs that offer training and services for law enforcement officers' emotional and mental health such as peer mentoring, suicide prevention, stress reduction, and police officer family services. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local, state, tribal and territorial law enforcement agencies
WHEN'S IT DUE? June 3, 2021
 

Department of Justice
FY 2021 Advancing the Use of Technology to Assist Victims of Crime
WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides funding to to organizations that demonstrate innovative strategies to create, expand, or enhance the use of technology in innovative ways to interact directly with crime victims and/or to provide information, referrals, crisis assistance, and longer-term help. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, local governments, tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education
WHEN'S IT DUE? June 28, 2021
 

Department of Justice
FY 2021 Transforming America's Response to Elder Abuse: Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) for Older Victims of Financial Exploitation and Abuse
WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports the development and/or enhancement of multidisciplinary teams (MDT) and to strengthen the capacity of "enhanced MDTs" to better identify and respond to cases of elder abuse and more comprehensively serve and support victims of financial exploitation. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, local governments, tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education
WHEN'S IT DUE? June 28, 2021
 

Department of Labor
FY 2021 Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC): Grant Initiative for Appalachian and Delta Regions
WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports projects that assist rural communities in aligning workforce development efforts with economic development plans. Projects will serve areas that have been hard hit by economic transition and are recovering slowly in the Appalachian region and Lower Mississippi Delta (Delta) region. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, local governments, for-profit organizations and small businesses, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, non-profit organizations, private institutions of higher education, and special district governments
WHEN'S IT DUE? July 21, 2021
 

Department of Agriculture
FY 2021 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Process and Technology Improvement Grants
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support efforts to develop and implement projects that focus on improving the quality and efficiency of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) operations and processes. Supported projects must analyze how the project will impact racial equity and inclusion. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, local governments, agencies providing health or welfare services, public health or educational agencies, and non-profit entities 
WHEN'S IT DUE? June 22, 2021
 

National Endowment for the Arts
FY 2022 Our Town
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to provide opportunities for the arts to be integrated into the fabric of community life. Funding will support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes. Successful projects will ultimately lay the groundwork for systemic changes that sustain the integration of arts, culture, and design into local strategies for strengthening communities. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Partnerships that involve a nonprofit organization and a local governmental entity
WHEN'S IT DUE? August 17, 2021

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