Author Archives
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HHS – Legal Assistance – Title III-B of the Older Americans Act (2014)
Description: Legal assistance provided under Title III-B is part of the essential core of the Administration on Aging’s (AoA) legal assistance and elder rights programs. The Title III-B legal services network can provide important assistance for older persons in accessing… Read More ›
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HHS – National Elder Abuse and Neglect Prevention/Adult Protective Services Resource Center (2014)
Description: The purpose of this National APS Resource Center (NAPS RC) is to provide current and relevant information and support to enhance the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of elder abuse prevention activities conducted by APS programs across the country. Domestic… Read More ›
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HHS – Social Services Block Grant Program (2014)
Description: Social Services Block Grants (SSBG) enables each state or territory to meet the needs of its residents through locally relevant social services. SSBGs support programs that allow communities to achieve or maintain economic self-sufficiency to prevent, reduce or eliminate… Read More ›
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HHS – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (2014)
Description: The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is designed to help needy families achieve self-sufficiency. States receive block grants to design and operate programs that accomplish one of the purposes of the TANF program. The four purposes of… Read More ›
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DOJ – Coordinated Tribal Justice Solicitation (CTAS) (2014)
Description: The Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation is administered by the OJP (including BJA, OVC, and OJJDP), COPS and OVW components of the U.S. Department of Justice. The CTAS provides federally-recognized Tribes and Tribal consortia the opportunity to conduct comprehensive planning,… Read More ›
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HHS – Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (2014)
Description: This formula grant program provides funding to States to develop, operate, expand, and enhance community-based, prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect. The program was reauthorized, amended and renamed as… Read More ›
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HHS – Post Release and Home Study Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children (2014)
Description: This grant allows providers to coordinate and administer home studies and post release services for select unaccompanied children in Office of Refugee Resettlement custody. Service providers must assist the sponsor in accessing applicable legal service resources, and monitor and… Read More ›
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National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program (NFMC) (2014)
Description: The National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) Program is designed to support the provision of foreclosure intervention counseling services on a short-term basis by HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Intermediaries, State Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs), NeighborWorks Organizations (NWOs) and other housing counseling… Read More ›
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ED – Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (2014)
Description: The PAIR program supports the protection and advocacy system in each state to protect the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities. Each PAIR program must set annual priorities and objectives to meet the needs of individuals with… Read More ›
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ED – Client Assistance Program (2014)
Description: The purpose of this program is to advise and inform clients, client applicants, and other individuals with disabilities of all the available services and benefits under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and of the services and benefits… Read More ›
Civil Legal Aid Federal Funding Resources 