News and Events
from the Centers
 U.S.
Department of
Health and Human Services
The
HHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
(The Partnership Center), formerly the HHS Center for Faith-based and
Community
Initiatives, is a resource for secular and faith-based nonprofits and
community
organizations seeking to:
Increase their
impact in their communities.
Make
the most of what HHS has to offer.
Understand
federal grant opportunities and
responsibilities.
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HHS Releases $490 Million in
Emergency Funding to States for
Energy Assistance for Low-Income Families
On
January 21, 2010, Kathleen
Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services,
announced the release of $490 million in additional
funding to help low-income homeowners and
renters
meet home energy costs. These Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) funds will provide states, territories, tribes and the
District of Columbia with additional assistance to pay heating
and electricity costs.
The Department
of
Commerce has Launched an Interactive Map This
map indicates
the project locations of communities and recipients funded by the 2009 American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The map was
created by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture to increase transparency and
accountability of
federal spending by providing the public with additional methods of
accessing
project information. The map allows the public to click on individual
projects
and access specific project information and comment blogs. View the map
at http://recovery.commerce.gov/Map.
Educational Opportunities for
Unemployed Workers
“Americans with more education and training have more secure
jobs and higher earnings. With jobs hard to find, it may be a good time
to
consider going back to school.”
Opportunity.gov is a new
web site sponsored by
the Departments of Education and Labor
designed to help unemployed workers begin the process of applying for
student aid.
For
more,information go to http://federalstudentaid.ed.gov/opportunity/index.html.
President
Obama Announces White House Office of
Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Access
the Announcement
Amendments
to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the
President's Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships
Access Executive Order 13199
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Updated Grant Notices and
Grant Databases
For
Hot Topics or
Notes of Interest, check here for infomation between
newsletters.
U.S.
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Research and Evaluation Database Expanded
Youth Grant Database, Search
Feature for ETA Youth Grants by Geography and Category Now Available.The
Employment and Training Administration's Office of Youth
Services has recently introduced a comprehensive database which permits
a
review of all Formula-Funded
Grants and Discretionary
Grants by state
and/or initiative.
State
Fact Sheets
The
Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets contain
frequently requested data for each State and for the total United
States. These include
current data on
population, per-capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates,
employment,
unemployment, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm
financial
characteristics, top agricultural commodities, top export commodities,
and the
top counties in agricultural sales. The latest (2007) data on county
and State
poverty and median household income are now available.
See http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts
Database of Federally Funded Research
and Resources
This
research and resources database incorporates the best
FBCI research funded by Federal agencies as well as the best resources
developed with Federal funding. Visit this web site at:
http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/fbci/index.cfm
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