Funding Opportunities

This page seeks to connect faith-based and community organizations with current funding within HHS.  Additionally, it provides resources to assist faith-based and community organizations looking to partner with the Federal government.

• Current Funding Opportunities
  • Human Services
  • Health/Substance Abuse Treatment
  • International
  • Research
• Opportunities for Faith-Based and Community Organizations at the State and Local Levels
• Catalogs and Tools to Search for Grants
• Become A Grant Reviewer
• Frequently Asked Questions about Grants and Funding for Faith-Based and Community Organizations

Current Funding Opportunities

Human Services

• Assets for Independence Demonstration Program – Applications due by January 15, 2009.
• Standing Announcement for Unaccompanied Alien Children – Applications due by March 24, 2009
• Standing Announcement for the Ethnic Community Self-Help Program – Applications due by March 24, 2009
• Wilson/Fish Alternative Program Refugee Resettlement – Applications due by April 30, 2009

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Health/Substance Abuse Treatment

• Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program – Applications due by September 15, 2008
• HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants Part A – Applications due by September 29, 2008
• 2009 Reg. 1 Family Planning Services FOA – Applications due by October 1, 2008
• 2009 Reg. 8 Family Planning Services FOA - Applications due by October 1, 2008
• 2009 Reg. 6 Family Planning Services FOA - Applications due by October 1, 2008
• Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program– Applications due by October 16, 2008
• **NEW** 2009 Family Planning Services (Region 5 - Ohio) - Applications due by November 1, 2008
• 2009 Reg. 3 Family Planning Services FOA - Applications due by December 1, 2008
• 2009 Reg. 10 Family Planning Services FOA - Applications due by January 1, 2009
• 2009 Reg. 4 Family Planning Services FOA - Applications due by March 1, 2009
• 2009 Reg. 5 Family Planning Services FOA - Applications due by March 1, 2009
• 2009 Reg. 9 Family Planning Services FOA - Applications due by March 1, 2009
• **NEW** 2009 Family Planning Services (Region 3 Pennsylvania, Western and Northeast Area) - Applications due by March 1, 2009
• **NEW** 2009 Family Planning Services (Region 5 - Ohio: Central Ohio and Summit, Portage & Medina counties (Northeast Area) - Applications due by March 1, 2009
• **NEW** 2009 Family Planning Services (Region 8 - North Dakota and Utah) - Applications due by March 1, 2009
• 2009 Reg. 2 Family Planning Services FOA - Applications due by June 1, 2009

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International

• Strengthening Safe Hospitals and Clinics in HIV/AIDS Prevention Activities, Services, and Practices in the Republic of Mozambique under PEPFAR – Applications due by October 31,2008
• Collaborative HIV/AIDS Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (R21) - Applications due by May 7, 2011

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Research

• Pilot Clinical Trials of Pharmacotherapies for Substance Related Disorders (R01)  – Applications due by October 23, 2008.
• Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging (P30)– Applications due by October 30, 2008.
• Improving Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Interventions and Programs in Low Income Adult Populations (R21) – Applications due by November 24, 2008.
• **NEW** Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (U10) - Applications due by March 31, 2009
• Research on Malignancies in the Context of HIV/AIDS – Applications due by September 7, 2010.
• Millennium Promise Awards: Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Research Training Program (NCoD) (D43) – Applications due by September 28, 2010.
• Fogarty International Research Collaboration – Behavioral and Social Sciences (FIRCA-BSS) Research Award (R03)  – Applications due by September 29, 2010
• Collaborative HIV/AIDS Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (R21) – Applications due by May 7, 2011
• Collaborative HIV/AIDS Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (R21) – Applications due by May 7, 2011
• Integrating Bio-behavioral and Socio-cultural Research to Prevent HIV Transmission and Infection (R01) – Applications due by May 7, 2011
• Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (R03) - Applications due by September 7, 2011
• Medications Development for Polydrug Addiction Treatment – Applications due by September 7, 2011
• Economics of Treatment and Prevention Services for Drug & Alcohol Abuse (R01) – Applications due by September 7, 2011
• Investigational Nutrigenetic Studies for Cancer Prevention (R21)  – Applications due by September 7, 2011
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants (T35)  – Applications due by September 7, 2011
• Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Population Health (R21)  – Applications due by September 7, 2012

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Opportunities for Faith-Based and Community Organizations at the State and Local Levels

• Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPT)  - Program Information and State Contacts
• Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) - Program Information and State Contacts
• Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) - Program Information and State Contacts
• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) - Program Information and State Contacts
• State Abstinence Education Program - Program Information and State Contacts
• Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) - Program Information and State Contacts

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Catalogs and Tools to Search for Grants

• 2006 Grants Catalog (PDF - 328KB) - This catalog lists more than 170 grants programs across several Federal agencies - including the Department of Health and Human Services - that may be of interest to faith-based and community organizations.
• The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance – Assists in finding federal grants and programs.
• Grants.gov - Search and apply for all grants offered by the federal government

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Become a Grant Reviewer

• Apply to be a grant reviewer for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
• Apply to be a grant reviewer for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Apply to be a grant reviewer for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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