(GRANTS) Application Period for Ryan White Grant Program Underway:  States and territories are eligible to apply through Jan. 3, 2011 for shares of $1.29 billion of Part B Ryan White HIV Care Grants. These Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS) grants are designed to help develop and enhance access to Continuum...  Read More  08/30/2010 2:41 PM

(AWARDS) NY Issues $119 Million to Communities, Nonprofits, PHAs:  New York state officials shower the state with $119 million in funds through the Community Development Block Grant, Main Street Grant and Capital Project Program to boost housing, infrastructure and downtown revitalization in communities statewide. ...  Read More  08/30/2010 2:39 PM

(REPORT) New Orleans Homelessness Doubles since Katrina; Nonprofit Says City is Nation's Most-Blighted:  Homelessness has doubled in New Orleans during the five years since floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina wiped out sections of the city, dubbed the nation's most blighted in a report by the nonprofit Unity of Greater New Orleans. Random surveys throug...  Read More  08/27/2010 12:47 PM

(FUNDING) HUD Sends States Millions in Disaster Recovery Funds; Future Mitigation Targeted:  Thirteen states receive a combined $312 million in HUD disaster recovery funding, the money targeted at preventing and mitigating damage from future natural disasters. The money comes to the states through the Disaster Recovery Enhancement Fund (DRE...  Read More  08/27/2010 10:31 AM

(AWARDS) KS Rural Communities Share $9.2 Million in CDBG Funds:  Kansas Commerce Department officials distribute more than $9.2 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funding to rural communities statewide, most of which will use the money for infrastructure construction and upgrades. The August awa...  Read More  08/26/2010 4:24 PM

(AUDIOCONFERENCE) Program Focuses on Upcoming Funding Opportunities:   "This was a year of high expectations," says Frank Klimko, veteran grants analyst and editor of Children & Youth Funding Report and Private Grants Alert, in opening CD Publications' Aug. 26 audioconference. "Getting a Jump on FY 2011 Federa...  Read More  08/26/2010 4:18 PM

(USDA) Dept. Begins Competition for Rural Energy Grants:  Farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses are among those who apply for portions of $3 million in feasibility study grant funding for the Agriculture Department's (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The Aug. 6 announcement is one of t...  Read More  08/26/2010 3:41 PM

(STATES) NJ Appeals Court Says Redevelopment Plans Have Zoning Authority:  A New Jersey state appeals court rules that adopted redevelopment plans have authority over a municipality's development regulations, overturning a lower court ruling ordering the City of Asbury Park to issue new zoning regulations on a developer's w...  Read More  08/26/2010 2:01 PM

(NOFAs) HOPE VI, Choice Neighborhood Grant Competitions Underway:  Competition is underway for $134 million in 2010 HOPE VI revitalization program grants and the department's initial $65 million offering through the Choice Neighborhoods Program. HUD officials making the announcement on Aug. 25 set Nov. 22 as the de...  Read More  08/25/2010 11:38 PM

(TAX BREAK) TN Opens Rebate for Energy-Efficient Home Appliances:  Tennessee state officials are opening a rebate program for energy-efficient appliances that meet voluntary federal standards, in an effort to green housing and reduce energy costs. The state Dept. of Economic & Community Development (DECD) and t...  Read More  08/25/2010 11:36 PM