(FOA)-Limited Submission – USDA – NIFA – Children, Youth and Families At-Risk Sustainable Community Projects (USDA-NIFA-SLBCD-006729); April 22, 2019  

 

Purpose: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) of the US Department of Agriculture announces the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) funding program to improve the quality and quantity of comprehensive community-based programs for at-risk children, youth, and families supported by the Cooperative Extension System. The CYFAR request for new Sustainable Community Projects (SCPs) has two strategic objectives:

 

1. To support community educational programs for at-risk, low income children, youth, and families which are based on locally identified needs, grounded in research, and which lead to the accomplishment of one of four CYFAR National Outcomes (Early Childhood, School Age; Teen, Parent/Family)
2. To integrate CYFAR programming into ongoing Extension programs for children, youth, and families – insuring that at-risk, low income children, youth, and families continue to be part of Extension and/or 4-H programs, and/or Family and Consumer Science Programs and have access to resources and educational opportunities.

 

Collaboration across disciplines, program areas, and geographic lines, as well a holistic approach that views the individual in the context of the family and community, are central to Sustainable Community Projects. NIFA is seeking applications from institutions that can develop statewide capacity.  Note: NIFA is offering two extension projects types for the NEW SCP: Regular (single institution) and Joint SCP (applicant plus one eligible land-grant partner).

 

Funding Amount/ Project Period: Up to $80,000 for the initial year (five-year project period) for a single institutional applicant ($160,000 for the initial year for a joint institutional applicant.)

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit:  1 for either a Regular SCP or Joint SCP

 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the following,assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by April 2, 2019:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description (2 pages maximum)

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

 

For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadline:  April 22, 2019