Opportunity Name: OVW FY 2013 Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program

Description:
The United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) (www.ovw.usdoj.gov) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program). This program furthers the Department of Justice?s mission by encouraging State, local, and Tribal governments and State, local, and Tribal courts to treat sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice system.

Opportunity Name: Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Nutrition Training Program

Description:
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) grant funds are awarded to establish and enhance nutrition centers of excellence to improve MCH by promoting the healthy nutrition of the mother, child, and family.  The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Nutrition Training Program improves access to quality health care by providing graduate education to nutritionists designed to: 1) foster leadership in administration, systems integration, continuous quality improvement, education, and nutrition services with a public health focus, for populations of women and children (infants through adolescents) and families; (2) the development and dissemination of curricula, teaching models, and other educational resources to enhance MCH nutrition programs; and (3) the continuing education, consultation and technical assistance in nutrition which address the needs of the MCH community with a special focus on Title V programs, community-based programs, and other Federal programs, such as the US Department of Agriculture?s WIC and Summer Feeding Programs. Unlike other master?s level nutrition training programs, MCH Nutrition students receive specialized training in core MCH public health principles, epidemiology, environmental approaches to population intervention, leadership skills, and the development and evaluation of nutrition-related, cost-effective interventions for specific populations. Training is also provided in identifying and designing outcome evaluations and in evaluating the potential physiological and biochemical mechanisms linking diet and nutritional status with risk or disease status. Training is designed to provide both clinical and public health approaches to working with the MCH population. Nutrition as a discipline focuses on life course for the population, and is a critical link between public health and chronic disease prevention. The program closely supports HRSA Strategic Goals: Goal 1, improve access to quality care and services, Goal 2 strengthen the health workforce, and Goal 4 improve health equity. Nutrition as a field is recognized as a critical factor in health promotion and disease prevention and a vital contributor to reducing the alarming rates of pediatric obesity in the US. The increase in prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in the US since the 1960s has been well documented. Overweight and obese children are more likely to develop risk factors that can lead to respiratory, metabolic and cardiovascular illness over their life course. The MCH Training programs have addressed the obesity epidemic in numerous ways.  Some examples are:  working with the American Medical Association (AMA) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on the development of national obesity guidelines; developing the credentialing test for the pediatric nutrition specialty of the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; developing competencies for graduate nutrition programs; serving on the national AAP Bright Futures Steering Committee and serving on various Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committees on Obesity and Prevention.  This MCH Nutrition investment is training the Nutrition leaders of the future for the country.

Opportunity Name: Strengthening Local Ownership for the Sustainable Provision of Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Services by the Health Bureaus of Amhara and Tigray Regional States of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under the President?s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

Description:
Under the leadership of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, as part of the President's Emergency Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) works with host countries and other key partners to assess the needs of each country and design a customized program of assistance that fits within the host nation's strategic plan and partnership framework.

Opportunity Name: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Indian Education (OIE): Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies CFDA Number 84.060A

Description:
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies program provides grants to support local educational agencies (LEAs) and other eligible entities described in this notice in reforming and improving elementary and secondary school programs that serve Indian students. The Department funds comprehensive programs that are designed to help Indian students meet the same State academic content and student academic achievement standards used for all students while addressing the language and cultural needs of Indian students. Such programs include supporting the professional development of teachers of Indian students. In addition, under section 7116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), the Secretary will, upon receipt of an acceptable plan for the integration of education and related services, and in cooperation with other relevant Federal agencies, authorize the entity receiving the funds under this program to consolidate all Federal formula funds that are to be used exclusively for Indian students. Instructions for submitting an integration of education and related services plan are included in the EASIE, which is described elsewhere in this notice under Application Process and Submission Information. Note: Under the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies program, applicants are required to develop the project for which an application is made: (a) In open consultation with parents and teachers of Indian students and, if appropriate, Indian students from secondary schools, including through public hearings held to provide a full opportunity to understand the program and to offer recommendations regarding the program (section 7114(c)(3)(C) of the ESEA); (b) with the participation of a parent committee selected in accordance with section 7114(c)(4) of the ESEA; and, (c) with the written approval of that parent committee (section 7114(c)(4) of the ESEA).Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.060A.Applications for grants under this program must be submitted electronically using the Formula Grant EASIE, at https//eden.ed.gov/Survey/.

Opportunity Name: Capacity Strengthening to Support Provision of High Quality and Evidence-based HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Services to Staff and Family Members of the Kenya Prisons Services Staff, Family Members, and Prisoners in Kenya and Program Transition to Go

Description:
Under the leadership of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, as part of the President's Emergency Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) works with host countries and other key partners to assess the needs of each country and design a customized program of assistance that fits within the host nation's strategic plan and partnership framework.

Opportunity Name: Technical assistance in support of clinical training and mentoring for HIV treatment and prevention services in the Republic of Zimbabwe under the President?s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Description:
Under the leadership of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, as part of the President's Emergency Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) works with host countries and other key partners to assess the needs of each country and design a customized program of assistance that fits within the host nation's strategic plan and partnership framework.

Opportunity Name: Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury

Description:
The purposes of the NCIPC extramural violence prevention research program are to:Build the scientific base for the prevention of violence by helping to expand and advance our understanding of the primary prevention of interpersonal and self-directed violence. Encourage professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines of epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, medicine, biostatistics, public health, health economics, law, and criminal justice to perform research in order to prevent violence more effectively.Encourage investigators to propose research that involves the development and testing of primary prevention strategies as well as research on methods to enhance the adoption and maintenance of effective strategies among individuals, organizations, or communities.

Opportunity Name: Statewide Family Network Program

Description:
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2013 Statewide Family Network Program grants. The purpose of this program is to enhance state capacity and infrastructure to be more oriented to the needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families. These grants will provide information, referrals, and support to families who have a child with a serious emotional disturbance and create a mechanism for families to participate in state and local mental health services planning and policy development.The Statewide Family Network Program builds on the work of SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services which helped to establish a child and family focus in programs serving children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances around the country. Today, nearly every state has active family organizations dedicated to promoting systems of care that are responsive to the needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families. Although significant progress has been made, further support will ensure self-sufficient, empowered networks that will effectively participate in state and local mental health services planning and health care reform activities related to improving community-based services for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families.SAMHSA has demonstrated that behavioral health is essential to health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover from mental and substance use disorders. Behavioral health services improve health status and reduce health care and other costs to society. Continued improvement in the delivery and financing of prevention, treatment and recovery support services provides a cost effective opportunity to advance and protect the nation's health. To continue to improve the delivery and financing of prevention, treatment and recovery support services, SAMHSA has identified eight Strategic Initiatives to focus the Agency's work on improving lives and capitalizing on emerging opportunities. The Statewide Family Network program closely aligns with SAMHSA's Recovery Support Strategic Initiative. As part of the Strategic Initiative, SAMHSA funded the Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS-TACS) to promote the widespread adoption of recovery concepts and practices throughout the United States. The BRSS-TACS will help facilitate the dissemination of information among consumers, families, and youth about health care reform initiated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, of 2010.The Statewide Family Network Program grants are authorized under Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2020 Mental Health and Mental Disorders Topic Area HP 2020-MHMD.

Opportunity Name: Emergency Medical Services for Children: Targeted Issues Demonstration Projects

Description:
HRSA is pleased to provide this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the Targeted Issues Demonstration Projects.  Support is available from the Division of Child, Adolescent, and Family Health (DCAFH), part of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  Please read the entire FOA carefully before completing the application. The Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program works to ensure that critically ill and injured children receive optimal pediatric emergency care.  This FOA for the Targeted Issues grants is intended to invite applications that will improve the care provided by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers for critically ill and injured children.  Applicants should address specific needs in the field of prehospital pediatric emergency care that transcend State boundaries.  Examples of prior Targeted Issue grants can be found at http://www.childrensnational.org/emsc.  Note that funding priorities and focus areas differed in prior years. Read this FOA carefully for the current focus area.   There will be two categories of grants (see details below). Category I projects will demonstrate the establishment of an infrastructure for pediatric Prehospital research. Category II projects will improve pediatric Prehospital research. Typically, the projects result in a new product/resource or the demonstration of the effectiveness of a model system component or service of value to the nation.  Objectives must meet a demonstrable need in the prehospital care of children, and methodologies and strategies for achieving the objectives must be realistic, appropriate and scientifically sound.  Evaluation and dissemination are important components of Targeted Issues grants.  Rigorous evaluation identifies successful projects and permits demonstration of successful projects for development and implementation in other places in the nation.  Dissemination plans should go beyond peer review publication to broader publication through alternative means to reach the target audience. For the current fiscal year, the following focus areas have been identified:

Opportunity Name: Direct Certification Improvement Grant (Tier I

Description:
FNS is announcing a new Direct Certification Improvement Grant opportunity to make available to States approximately$8 million in remaining funds to be used for direct certification improvements.Purpose of Grants*The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) of 2010 (P.L. 111-296) amended the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) to add provisions intended to encourage States to improve program access through direct certification, including:1. Requiring States to reach percentage benchmarks for direct certification rates for children in households receiving assistance under SNAP according to the following timelines: 80% for school year 2011-2012; 90% for school year 2012-2013; and 95% for school year 2013-2014 and each school year thereafter; and2. Requiring States that fall below the benchmark for the previous school year to develop and implement continuous improvement plans (CIPs) to describe specific measures that the State will use to identify more children who are eligible for direct certification, including improvements or modifications to technology, information systems, or databases.The purpose of the Direct Certification Improvement Grants described in the new RFA is to fund State agency activities in planning and implementing direct certification improvement projects that will help them reach and maintain the direct certification rate benchmarks mandated by the HHFKA. Ultimately, FNS intends for the grants to assist States in improving access, increasing accuracy, and reducing paperwork in the NSLP and SBP by simplifying the certification process for free school meals.Types of Grants OfferedFNS is offering two types of Direct Certification Improvement Grants:1. Tier 1: Limited-scope planning and implementation grants may be awarded for up to$150,000 under a simplified application process to fund planning (particularly continuousimprovement plans for those not meeting 80% benchmarks in school year 2011-2012) andshort-term implementation projects of limited scope. Please note that funding is limited tono more than $75,000 for planning activities. The grants will be awarded for periods ofup to one year. States will have six opportunities to apply in 2013: February 1, March 1,April 1, May 1, June 3, and July 1, 2013 (if funds remain available); and2. Tier 2: Full-scope implementation grants may be awarded for up to $1,000,000 to funddirect certification implementation projects of significant scope, for periods of one to threeyears. State agencies will have two opportunities to apply: April 1, 2013 and July 1, 2013(if funds remain available).

Opportunity Name: NEA Challenge America Fast-Track Application, FY 2014

Description:
An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY 2014 Grants for Arts Projects categories: Art Works or Challenge America Fast-Track.The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2014The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least one of the underserved characteristics noted above also must be present. Grants are available for professional arts programming and for projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development.This category encourages and supports the following two outcomes: ?Engagement: Engaging the public with diverse and excellent art.?Livability: The strengthening of communities through the arts.You will be asked to select the outcome that is most relevant to your project (you also will be able to select a secondary outcome). When making selections, you should identify the outcome(s) that reflect the results expected to be achieved by your project. If you receive a grant, you also will be asked to provide evidence of those results.Challenge America Fast-Track grants: ?Extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. ?Are limited to the specific types of projects outlined below. ?Are for a fixed amount of $10,000 and require a minimum $10,000 match.?Receive an expedited application review. Organizations are notified whether they have been recommended for a grant approximately six months after they apply; projects may start shortly thereafter.

Opportunity Name: Planning Grants for Expansion of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families

Description:
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2013 for Planning Grants for Expansion of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families (System of Care Expansion Planning Grants). The purpose of these grants is to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for improving and expanding services provided by systems of care (SOC) for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families.

Opportunity Name: Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Magnet Schools Assistance Program CFDA-84.165A

Description:
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) provides grants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) and consortia of LEAs to support magnet schools that are part of an approved desegregation plan. Through the implementation of magnet schools, these program resources can be used in pursuit of the objectives of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which supports State and local efforts to enable all elementary and secondary students to achieve to high standards and holds schools, LEAs, and States accountable for ensuring that their students do so. In particular, the MSAP provides an opportunity for eligible entities to focus on expanding their capacity to provide public school choice to students who attend schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under Title I, Part A of the ESEA.Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.165A. Applications for grants under the Magnet Schools Assistance Program--CFDA Number 84.165A must be submitted electronically using Grants.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.

Opportunity Name: Distance Education Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (DEG)

Description:
The purpose of this program is strengthen the capacity of Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas to carry out resident instruction, curriculum, and teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences through distance education technology. The Distance Education Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (DEG) is a NIFA-administered competitive grants program focused on improving formal, postsecondary agricultural sciences education.

Opportunity Name: Children, Youth and Families at Risk Sustainable Community Projects

Description:
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), USDA announces the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) funding program to improve the quality and quantity of comprehensive community-based programs for at-risk children, youth, and families supported by the Cooperative Extension System. The CYFAR program mission is to marshal resources of the Land-Grant and Cooperative Extension Systems to develop and deliver educational programs that equip limited resource families and youth who are at-risk for not meeting basic human needs with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives.

Opportunity Name: Integrating Newborn Screening: Long-term Follow-up into Primary Care Practices

Description:
This funding opportunity announcement solicits applications for the demonstration program ?Integrating Newborn Screening long term follow-up into primary care provider practices? Applicants will investigate the feasibility of implementing the long-term follow-up responsibilities outlined in the 2011 report, ?What Questions Should Newborn Screening Long-term Follow-up Be Able to Answer?  A statement of the US Secretary of Health and Human Services? Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (SACHDNC)? and will utilize grantee networks to contribute to the long-term follow-up information collection on patients identified by newborn screening. The Secretary?s Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (SACHDNC) provides advice to the Secretary on reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with heritable disorders, with particular emphasis on newborn screening (NBS). Efforts to systematically evaluate health outcomes, and impact, beyond long-term survival, with a few exceptions, are just beginning.  To facilitate these nascent efforts, the SACHDNC reviewed the goals and expectations of the type of long-term follow-up that is required to ensure best outcomes and improve access to care for patients identified through newborn screening. The key questions follow the central components of long-term follow-up - care coordination; evidence-based treatment; continuous quality improvement, and new knowledge discovery-and are framed from the perspectives of the state and nation, primary and specialty healthcare providers, and the impacted families. This initiative will use the overarching questions outlined in the report for primary care practices to demonstrate the feasibility of accomplishing those roles by answering the questions outlined for primary care: Are children/adolescents receiving coordinated care through a medical home? How are the children/adolescents doing clinically? Are children identified through NBS and enrolled in care doing better than those identified clinically? As the primary care provider, am I doing the best for my patients? Do children in my care have the opportunity to enroll in clinical research studies? Applicants are strongly encourage to leverage existing resources such as NICHD?s Newborn Screening Translational Research Network?s (NBSTRN) long-term follow-up data base and common data elements or to dovetail with established newborn screening long-term follow-up projects.  Appropriate informed consent and IRB procedures should be followed in all situations. Answers to these questions will provide data for the feasibility of accomplishing long-term follow-up in the primary care setting.  These overarching questions will be used to demonstrate the abilities of primary care practices to provide accurate and ongoing information on patients identified with heritable disorders on newborn screening to public health departments and long-term follow-up programs. Successful applicants will: Demonstrate the capacity to link primary care practices to state newborn screening follow-up programs in a functional manner in order to facilitate seamless follow-up of infants identified with NBS conditions. The grantee will identify and begin collaborations with two or more primary care practices, that have at least one patient that has been identified through newborn screening and/or a long-term follow-up network (e.g., Community Health Centers; Federally Qualified Health Centers or other practice supported by the Bureau of Primary Health Care at HRSA to State newborn screening systems)  The primary care practices and long term care follow up networks must have established communications and be working within an established Regional Collaborative through HRSA?s Genetic Services grantee network. Demonstrate a plan for assessing the feasibility of establishing long-term follow-up in a primary care setting.  Can the clinics working with the grantee answer the following questions: What number of children (combined and by specific disease) identified by the newborn screening program and enrolled in care have an individual health/care coordination plan that is updated at regular intervals? What number of children identified through NBS and enrolled in care are doing better than those identified clinically? What number of NBS disorders in children identified through NBS and enrolled in care have best practices available for ongoing disease management? What number of children identified through NBS and enrolled in care are enrolled in clinical research related to their disorder?  Develop a work plan that leverages existing resources. such as NICHD?s Newborn Screening Translational Research Network?s (NBSTRN) long-term follow-up data base and common data elements; and including established newborn screening long-term follow-up projects incorporating clinical outcome data collection. Appropriate informed consent and institutional review board (IRB) procedures should be followed in all situations.

Opportunity Name: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Indian Education (OIE): Demonstration Grants for Indian Children CFDA Number 84.299A

Description:
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Demonstration Grants for Indian Children program is to provide financial assistance to projects that develop, test, and demonstrate the effectiveness of services and programs to improve the educational opportunities and achievement of preschool, elementary, and secondary Indian students.Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.299A.Applications for grants under the Indian Education--Demonstration Grants for Indian Children program, CFDA number 84.299A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us.You may access the electronic grant application for the Indian Education_Demonstration Grants for Indian Children program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.299, not 84.299A).

Opportunity Name: R40 MCH Autism Intervention Research

Description:
MCH Autism Intervention Research The current competition for R40 MCH Autism Intervention Research supports research on evidence-based practices for interventions to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities.  Consistent with HRSA?s mission as the access agency to provide services to underserved populations, applicants are encouraged to propose research studies that address the unique and very important needs of underserved populations, including low-income, racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, and individuals who are not already readily included in current research on children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities.  Also encouraged are proposals that address the unique barriers to identification, diagnosis, and receipt of interventions for underserved populations, including issues pertaining to insurance coverage and reimbursement for evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities.  Examples of research topics of interest to MCHB include but are not limited to the following: Health care access and continuity of care, including transition into adulthood (e.g., employment and health care); Family engagement and family partnerships; Family well-being, coping, resilience, and social networks; Variations in access to services affecting family functioning in diverse populations; Service systems and infrastructure including: characterizing the current ASD diagnostic and service utilization patterns in community settings, examining the relationship between diagnosis and services availability for ASD, and evaluating services and intervention outcomes; Increasing identification of ASD including Aspergers in diverse populations, including ethnic minorities and girls; Safety issues including wandering from residential and educational settings. MCH Autism Intervention Secondary Data Analysis Studies (SDAS) Program The current competition for R40 MCH Autism Intervention Secondary Data Analysis Studies supports research on evidence-based practices for interventions to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities, exclusively utilizing the analysis of existing secondary data.  Consistent with HRSA?s mission as the access agency to provide services to underserved populations, applicants are encouraged to propose secondary data analysis studies that address the unique and very important needs of underserved populations, including low-income, racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, and individuals not already included in current research on children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities.  Proposals that address the unique barriers to identification and diagnosis and receipt of interventions for underserved populations and issues pertaining to the financing/reimbursement of services for children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities are also encouraged.  Studies in the areas of autism prevalence, factors associated with prevalence, or autism and medical home will not be considered for funding under this competition. Innovative use of secondary datasets from a variety of sources is encouraged when applying for the SDAS competition. The Maternal and Child Health Bureau?s intent is to ensure that project interventions are responsive to the cultural and linguistic needs of special populations, that services are family-centered and accessible to consumers, and that the broadest possible representation of culturally distinct and historically underrepresented groups is supported through programs and projects sponsored by the MCHB. Objectives of the MCH Autism Intervention Research and MCH Autism Intervention SDAS Programs: Funding associated with these awards is intended to support the conduct of research studies and secondary data analyses that will result in the following: Advancement of the current knowledge pool leading to improvements in interventions that address the health and well-being of children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities and their families; and Information dissemination to health professionals and the public, especially families impacted by ASD and other developmental disabilities.

Opportunity Name: Cost-Benefit of Incentive-based Smoking Cessation for Pregnant Women

Description:
The purpose of this FOA is to assist applicants with the preparation of an application that aligns with this announcement. The intent is to solicit proposals for a study to assess the cost-benefit of a smoking cessation intervention that targets pregnant smokers. The intent is to evaluate a high intensity and low intensity contingency management (CM) intervention on prenatal smoking cessation. The suggested approach is a three-arm randomized controlled trial to assess smoking abstinence at end of pregnancy and cost-benefit of different intensity levels of CM on prenatal smoking cessation. The 3 arms would include: 1) a high intensity CM intervention for smoking cessation during pregnancy; 2) a low intensity CM intervention for smoking cessation during pregnancy, and 3) standard of care.

Opportunity Name: NEA Literature Fellowships: Prose, FY 2014

Description:
The Arts Endowment?s support of a project may begin any time between January 1, 2014, and January 1, 2015, and extend for up to two years.The NEA Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Applications are reviewed through an anonymous process in which the only criteria for review are artistic excellence and artistic merit. To review the applications, the NEA assembles a different advisory panel every year, each diverse with regard to geography, race and ethnicity, and artistic points of view.The NEA Literature Fellowships program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose and poetry available in alternating years. For FY 2014, which is covered by these guidelines, fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) are available. Fellowships in poetry will be offered in FY 2015 and guidelines will be available in the fall of 2013. You may apply only once each year.Competition for fellowships is extremely rigorous. We typically receive more than 1,000 applications each year in this category and award fellowships to fewer than 5% of applicants. You should consider carefully whether your work will be competitive at the national level.

Opportunity Name: Systems Science and Health in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R21)

Description:
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) at the National Institutes of Health, encourages Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to develop basic and applied projects utilizing systems science methodologies relevant to human behavioral and social sciences and health. This FOA is intended to encourage a broader scope of topics to be addressed with systems science methodologies, beyond those encouraged by existing open FOAs. Research projects applicable to this FOA are those that are either applied or basic in nature (including methodological development), have a human behavioral and/or social science focus, and feature systems science methodologies.

Opportunity Name: Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native American Populations (R01)

Description:
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop, adapt, and test the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions in Native American (NA) populations. NA populations are exposed to considerable risk factors that significantly increase their likelihood of chronic disease, substance abuse, mental illness, and HIV-infection. The intervention program should be culturally appropriate and promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles, improve behaviors and social conditions and/or improve environmental conditions related to chronic disease, the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, mental illness or HIV-infection. The intervention program should be designed so that it could be sustained within the entire community within existing resources, and, if successful, disseminated in other Native American communities. The long-term goal of this FOA is to reduce mortality and morbidity in NA communities. For the purposes of this FOA Native Americans include the following populations: Alaska Native, American Indian, and Native Hawaiian. The term Native Hawaiian means any individual any of whose ancestors were natives, prior to 1778, of the area which now comprises the State of Hawaii.

Opportunity Name: Academic Research Enhancement Award (Parent R15)

Description:
The purpose of the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program is to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. AREA grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions, otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH research programs, to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. AREA grants are intended to support small-scale research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions, to expose students to meritorious research projects, and to strengthen the research environment of the applicant institution.

Opportunity Name: Title V State Abstinence Education Grant Program

Description:

The "State Abstinence Program" was restored through Fiscal Year 2014 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act, hereafter), Pub.L. 111-148.  To qualify for funding in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, States must submit an application.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) will accept applications from States and Territories for the development and implementation of  State Abstinence Programs. The purpose of this program is to support decisions to abstain from sexual activity by providing abstinence programming as defined by Section 510(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. g 710(b)) with a focus on those groups that are most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock, such as youth in or aging out of foster care.

States are encouraged to develop flexible, medically accurate and effective abstinence-based plans responsive to their specific needs. These plans must "provide abstinence education, and at the option of the State, where appropriate, mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision to promote abstinence from sexual activity, with a focus on those groups which are most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock." An expected outcome for all programs is to promote abstinence from sexual activity.

Opportunity Name: Street Outreach Program

Description:
Today, in communities across the country, young people are living on the streets after running from or being asked to leave homes characterized by abuse, neglect, or parental drug and alcohol abuse. Once on the streets, such youth are at risk of being sexually exploited or abused by adults for pleasure or profit. In addition, such youth may engage in shoplifting, survival sex, or drug dealing in order to provide for their basic needs. Since 1996, SOP has been aiding this population by funding grantees to provide street-based services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploitation. These services, which are provided in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist such youth in making healthy choices regarding where they live and how they behave.

Opportunity Name: National Communication System for Runaway and Homeless Youth Grant

Description:

This funding opportunity will support the establishment and operation of a National Communications System (Hotline) for youth who have run away, or are considering running away, and their families.In the early 1970s an alarming number of youth were leaving home without parental permission, crossing State lines and while away, from home, were exposed to exploitation and other dangers of street life. The National Communication System (NCS) was established in 1974 to address the interstate nature of the runaway and homeless youth problem. To fulfill the objectives of the legislation, NCS must be able to provide a neutral and confidential channel of communication that is available on a 24-hour per day, 365-day per year basis throughout the United States. The system must be able to identify resources for runaway and homeless youth in the areas where the youth are located; provide pre-runaway prevention counseling and identify resources for youth who are contemplating running away; provide crisis intervention to clients, when appropriate, to address problems and/or issues surface during telephone contact; address access to transportation services for this purpose; allow f amilies/guardians to leave messages or have conference calls with runaway youth, and provide families/guardians with advice and referrals to agencies that may be able to assist them. This includes linkages with shelters, counseling, medical assistance, and other vital services.During the year 2010, the NCS hotline handled over 93,000 calls from runaway and homeless youth and their families, provided thousands of referrals to social service agencies, and conducted numerous conference calls with parents and legal guardians on behalf of runaway and homeless youth.