October 22, 2020 Cobb District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes announces that her office and its partners have been awarded a four-year grant worth up to $400,000 to create a Family Justice Center, where victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse can receive services in a single location. Read the complete story.
October 23, 2020 The Williamson County Commissioners Court next week will reconsider a grant for the sheriff’s office it rejected in July after some deputies said they are missing out on much-needed free equipment from the federal government that will cost more than $500,000 to replace. Commissioners who voted July 21 against the grant that […]
October 23, 2020 SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — With abundant fields of apples, pears, grapes, cane berries, stone fruit, hops and botanical herbs, the Northwest has become the heart of the craft cider movement. Since 2017, Northwest regional sales of cider have experienced double digit growth — then the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, devastating […]
October 23, 2020 Last month the U.S. Justice Department designated a handful of cities — including Seattle — “anarchist jurisdictions,” and threatened to block their federal funding. This week, Seattle, Portland and New York City have fought back, filing a legal challenge in the hopes of blocking President Trump’s threats to withhold critical federal dollars […]
October 22, 2020 Sustaining Native American culture is the goal of one Bismarck nonprofit and the group received a major grant in order to do just that. For a group dedicated to helping people and families prosper and find a sense of belonging in North Dakota, this federal grant money will go a long way. […]
October 20, 2020 Armed with a $30 million federal grant, the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools will be soliciting proposals to expand charter schools in the state over the next five years, a new role for the advocacy organization. Lenny McAllister, the coalition’s new executive director, told reporters Tuesday outside Freire High School, a […]
October 20, 2020 The Augusta County Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program is in line to receive $600,000 from a U.S. Department of Justice grant program. The funding is part of more than $7.8 million in federal funding to support treatment for substance use disorder and drug court programs across the Commonwealth announced Monday by Sens. […]
October 20, 2020 MADISON, Wis. (WAOW)— The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is receiving a $10 million federal grand to assist Wisconsin schools in expanding “priority areas” in student mental health. Wisconsin is only one of six states to earn funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The funds are spread out over five […]
October 20, 2020 The city of Chicago this week will receive a $1 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to aid in the testing and tracking of sexual assault kits, many of which have been held up in a statewide backlog that dates back decades. The grant, announced Monday, comes from the […]
October 12, 2020 Rowan College at Burlington County has earned a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education aimed at improving student outcomes, it announced Monday. The two-year college based in Mount Laurel said in a news release that the five-year grant, called “Strengthening Institutions,” will be used in four main ways: Increasing […]