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$6M Grants Boost Student Participation in Healthy School Meals

An Agriculture Dept. grants program is helping strong farm-to-school programs increase the number of students purchasing school breakfast and lunch, improve consumption of healthier foods at school and reduce plate waste. Preliminary Farm to School Census data for school year 2013-2014 indicate sch...

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$2M to Oversee LGBT Foster Care Programs

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families, ACF); Program: Quality Improvement Center (QIC) on Permanency and Placement Stability for LGBT Youth in Foster Care (CFDA Number: 93.556) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2011-ACF-ACYF-CW-0186); Eligibility: Governm...

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Toyota Offers Classroom Kits for Dream Car Art Contest

Teachers can obtain free classroom art kids from Toyota Financial Services (TFS) to help their students design entries for the 2016 worldwide Toyota Dream Car Art Contest, designed to inspire creativity in youth and encourage an interest in the automotive industry. Contest Deadline: Feb. 1. Judgin...

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DoEd, DOL Seeks Input on WIOA State Plan Modifications

The Labor and Education Depts. (DOL) seeks public comment on the elements that states will have to include in their Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) as the departments draft an guidance to implement the new law next year. Public Comment Deadline: Oct. 5. The formal Information Colle...

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DoEd Awards $9.2 Million to Improve Special Education Teacher Training

The Education Dept. awards $9.2 million in grants to nine states to improve personnel training systems to help children with disabilities. States receiving grants are: Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada and Tennessee. The State Personnel Development Grants Progra...

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(EXCLUSIVE) New Race to the Top Round Emphasizes Early Ed

 CYF hears that applicants who want a piece of the new Race to the Top (RTTT) funding this year will have to offer programs that make substantial improvements in early childhood education or pre-kindergarten instruction. The Obama administration wants programs that will strengthen a child's ed...

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(EDUCATION) Walmart Entities Launch New Classroom Grants

Walmart, Sam's Club, and the Walmart Foundation launch a new program called Teacher Rewards, which will provide more than $4 million to 40,000 teachers across the United States. The Teacher Rewards program focuses on schools with the greatest needs. Local participating stores will choose one K-8 s...

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(PARENTING) ACF Provides $52.5M for Fatherhood Initiatives

 Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families, ACF) (Office of Family Assistance, OFA); Program: Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood Grants (CFDA Number: 93.086) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2011-ACF-OFA-FK-0194); Eligibility: Governments and nonprofits...

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(EDUCATION) DoEd Offers $2M for Rehabilitation Projects

Agency: Education Dept. (DoEd) (Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services)(Nat'l Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, NIDRR); Program: Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program: Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs), CFDA Numbers ...

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(MUSIC) ASCAP Foundation Offers Education Grants

Private Funder: ASCAP Foundation; Opportunity: 2012 program grants: Funding Focus: Education and the arts; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: The average grant is approximately $3,000; Deadline: Aug. 1 (letter of intent) and Oct. 1 (proposal). Summary: The ASCAP Foundatio...

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