{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141104191858/http://sinema.house.gov/index.cfm/newsletters?ContentRecord_id=AC9B07BF-8697-4AA5-839A-EF20109119A0", "November Grants Newsletter", "2014-11-03", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Kyrsten Sinema", "S001191", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "This month, we are pleased to announce over $11 million in grants for schools, non-profits, government agencies, and small businesses\u00a0in Congressional District 9. These grants will support programs including biomedical research at Arizona State University, school resource officers at Arizona schools, and self-sufficiency programs for at-risk families in Congressional District 9.\u00a0Congratulations to all of this month\u2019s grant recipients!\nNew grants continuously become available through various offices of the federal government. To stay up to date, please register with\u00a0www.grants.gov\u00a0and request notifications about funding opportunities. If you have suggestions or questions, please contact our Constituent Services Manager, Mary Peralta, at\u00a0mary.peralta@mail.house.gov.\u00a0\n\u00a0\nGrants Awarded in CD9  Department of Housing and Urban Development\n \nCity of Phoenix Awarded $3.4 million \u00a0for Lead Paint Removal\nThe\u00a0City of Phoenix\u00a0received\u00a0$3\u00a0million\u00a0in Lead Based Paint Hazard Control grant program funding and an additional\u00a0$400,000\u00a0in healthy homes initiative funding.\u00a0The City of\u00a0Phoenix will address lead hazards in\u00a0190\u00a0housing units, providing safer homes for low and very low-income families with children. The grant will also provide for healthy homes assessments in 160 units. The City of Phoenix will collaborate with partners in education, public health, and city agencies.\u00a0\n HUD Public Housing Family Self-Sufficiency Awards\nThis funding provides cities with the resources to staff their Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS).\u00a0FSS offers participants in the Housing Choice Voucher Program a number of services, including social supports, networking, job search, budget management, etc.\u00a0FSS Program Managers meet regularly throughout the year to share best practices and successes and to establish goals for the city programs.\u00a0The following cities in CD9 received FSS grants:\nCity of Chandler: $120,717.00\nCity of Mesa: $68,107.00\nCity of Scottsdale: $68,107.00\nCity of Tempe:\u00a0 $68,107.00\nDepartment of the Army\n \nVernadero Group Awarded $9.9 million Army Barracks Renovation Contract\nVernadero was awarded this shared contract for repair, building, and renovation of barracks and other military facilities at various locations in the US and Puerto Rico. \nVernadero is a veteran-owned small business in CD9 founded in 1999 to provide infrastructure and environmental program support to DoD installations and activities.\n  \nDepartment of Health and Human Services\nTumbleweed Center Awarded $500,000 to Combat Human Trafficking\nThe Tumbleweed Center for Youth and Development received a $500,000 grant from the Family & Youth Services Bureau of the US Administration of Children and Families.The funding will strengthen existing collaboration between agencies, and will provide comprehensive treatment and case management to victims of human trafficking.\u00a0The Tumbleweed Center serves homeless and vulnerable young men and women, ages 12-25, in Maricopa County. \nEdkey, Inc Awarded\u00a0$100,000\u00a0by Center for Mental Health Services\nThis funding supports Edkey's\u00a0new Behavioral Health Program at its Children First Academy and Sequoia Campuses in Mesa.\u00a0Funding will be used to train faculty, staff, and volunteers in mental health first aid for students.The Children First Academy serves students from\u00a0families who are homeless, low-income, or in transition. \u00a0\u00a0\nASU\u2019s iMPACT Center and Dr. Sandeep Gupta Receive $213,000\nThe National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering awarded this grant to\u00a0Dr. Gupta's team at ASU's iMPACT Center.The grant will support\u00a0iMPACT\u2019s work in developing a heart-monitoring device that will last for one month without a battery change. \u00a0Currently, heart monitoring device batteries must be changed every 48 hours.\u00a0This new device will work in partnership with smart phones and provide medical emergency alerts.\u00a0 \n$324,449 Awarded to ASU\u2019s Dr. Xiao Wang\nThe National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded this grant to\u00a0Dr. Wang and his biomedical engineering team. The funding supports the lab's ongoing work in understanding cell differentiation.\nASU's Southwest Interdisciplinary\u00a0Research Center Receives\u00a0$291,708\nDr. Marsiglia is the Director of the Southwest Interdisciplinary\u00a0Research Center, which is part of the ASU School of Social Work.\u00a0Dr. Marsiglia received funding to continue his research on\u00a0minority health and health disparities. \n$145,000 Awarded to Native American Community Health Center\nNative American Community Health Center received this funding for operational costs for their community health centers throughout the valley.\nDepartment of Justice\nArizona Department of Education Receives $5 million for School Resource OfficersThe National Institute of Justice awarded this funding to support research on the effectiveness of School Resource Officers. The study will examine\u00a0school climate and school safety at\u00a090 middle, junior, and high schools throughout the state.\n$769,188 Awarded to the Arizona Governor\u2019s Office for Children, Youth and Families\u00a0This funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will\u00a0support state and local delinquency prevention and intervention programs. \nGrant Opportunities\nVA Grants to Combat Veteran Homelessness\nNew funding is available for three-year non-renewable grants to non-profit organizations working to end veteran homelessness. The $207 million in grants available through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program\u00a0will help 70,000 homeless and at-risk veterans and their families. The grants will be distributed to 82 non-profit agencies and include \"surge\" funding for 56 high need communities.Click here\u00a0for additional information about this program.\n NIH Small Business Grants for Reducing Health Disparities\nThe National Institutes of Health is offering this grant to encourage small businesses to develop technologies for improving minority health and eliminating health disparities.Grants will be used by small businesses to develop technologies that improve health outcomes for racial/ethnic minorities, low-income, and rural populations. Click here to learn more. \nDepartment of Housing and Urban Development Jobs Plus Pilot Program\u00a0   HUD is now accepting applications for its Jobs Plus program. The program will help public housing agencies develop locally-based job training and placement programs. 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