Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2014-ACL-AOA-NU-0075
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Food and Nutrition
Eligible Applicants: State governments | County governments | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education | Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education | Private institutions of higher education
Agency Name: HHS-ACL
Closing Date: 2014-05-28
Award Ceiling: $225,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1

Description: ACL/AoA will hold a competition for a cooperative agreement to operate a National Nutrition and Aging Resource Center (NRC).  The successful awardee will provide for training, technical assistance and support to the States' Units on Aging, Area agencies on Aging and Nutrition Program providers in every State, Territory and the District of Columbia.
ACL/AoA's objectives for the new cooperative agreement cycle include but are not limited to the following:
1.  enhance the skills, knowledge, business acumen and sustainability of the nutrition and aging network and
2.  increase the availability of information on programs and practices showing promise of successful integration of the nutrition network into the home and community based services network.
ACL/AoA anticipates a three-year project period, with three one-year budget periods, subject to availability of funds.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…

Funding Opportunity Number: BJA-2014-3856
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Law, Justice and Legal Services
Eligible Applicants: State governments | Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: USDOJ-OJP-BJA
Closing Date: 2014-05-22
Award Ceiling: $1,750,000

Description: Approximately 2.  2 million people were incarcerated in federal, state, and local prisons and jails in 2012, a rate of 1 out of every 108 adults.  The population declined for the fourth consecutive year, yet many state prison populations remain near all-time high levels.  And despite the decline in population, state spending on corrections has remained high.  Over the last 25 years, state corrections expenditures have increased exponentially?from $12 billion in 1988 to more than $53 billion estimated in 2013.  2
Justice reinvestment emerged as a way to address these issues through a targeted, data-driven policymaking process.  BJA, in a public/private partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts, launched the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) in 2010 as a multistaged process in which a jurisdiction increases the cost-effectiveness of its criminal justice system and reinvests savings into high-performing public safety strategies.
Under the JRI model, a governmental working group with bipartisan and interbranch representation analyzes the correctional population and its costs, develops cost-effective policy options, and implements reforms to manage correctional populations while enhancing public safety.  JRI jurisdictions reinvest these cost savings into high-performing initiatives that make communities safer.  In addition to reducing prison populations, justice reinvestment encourages states to embrace a culture of greater collaboration, data-driven decisionmaking, and increased use of evidence-based practices.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…