Description: The term “Colonia” has been borrowed from the Spanish term for a residential neighborhood. In the United States, a “colonia” has a specific meaning, referring to a community within the mainly rural US-Mexico border region with marginal conditions related… Read More ›
Pass-Through Funds/ Block Grants
Federal funds flowing through state and local governments
HUD – CDBG Administered Non-Entitled Counties in Hawaii Program (2014)
Description: The FY 2004 Appropriations Act required the Governor of Hawaii to decide if the State wished to participate in the State CDBG Program by July 31, 2004. The State made the decision not to participate in the program. As… Read More ›
DOJ – STOP Formula Grant Program (2014)
Description: This solicitation provides program and application guidelines for Fiscal Year 2014 Services Training Officers Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program (STOP Formula Grant Program) funding, including guidelines for complying with requirements of the Violence Against Women Act… Read More ›
DOJ – Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant Program (2014)
Description: The Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) was created by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005), 42 U.S.C. §14043g, and is the first federal funding stream solely dedicated to the provision of… Read More ›
DOJ – Title II Nonparticipating State Program: Wyoming (2014)
Description: Wyoming has chosen not to participate in the Formula Grants program under Title II, Part B of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act). As such, the state is ineligible to receive the FY 2014 Title II… Read More ›
DOJ – Vision 21 Victim Legal Assistance Networks (2014)
Description: Victims of crime often have a range of legal services needs stemming from their crime victimization. Currently, some or all of those needs may be met through a disparate patchwork of resources in the victim’s community, or there may… Read More ›
DOJ – Title II Formula Grants Program (2014)
Description: The Formula Grants Program is authorized under Sections 221–223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act) of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5631─5633. Pursuant to Part B of Title II of the JJDP Act, states… Read More ›
DOJ – Second Chance Act – Two-Phase Adult Reentry Demonstration Program (2014)
Description: A majority of over 3.3 million individuals who have served time in federal and state prisons and returned to communities have needs that will negatively impact their ability to live productive, pro-social, crime-free lives in the community. The Second… Read More ›
DOJ – Second Chance Act – Juvenile Reentry Demonstration Program (2014)
Description: The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities and are returning to their communities. The… Read More ›
HHS – Community Services Block Grants (2014)
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/programs/csbg Agency: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration of Children and Families, Office of Community Services Program: The Community Services Block Grants (CSBG) program provides funds to assist state and local governments “alleviate the causes and conditions… Read More ›
Civil Legal Aid Federal Funding Resources 