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Grant Seeker Pro government grants software program receives incredible 5 star rating from professional grant writer Adam Goodman.
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Just In! Federal government just released additional funding for 2008. Government grants will exceed 100 billion for business alone
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Recently, Grant Seeker Pro Incorporated has been selected for the Keeping America Strong Award which is awarded to those small businesses that help keep our nation great.
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Housing grants for 2008 to hit over 1.5 Billion dollars. Fist time home owners to receive hundreds of millions in down payment assistance.
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Small business grants to get your business started have been recently renewed. Grant Seeker Pro keeping thousands of customers updated.
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Did you know the government updates the grants programs on a weekly basis? Grant Seeker Pro knows that and they make a special effort to advise you on all the recent changes to the government grants database.
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This
past April, the state established a loan
program run by the Ohio Housing Finance
Agency, expected to reach $500 million by
the end of 2007. There is also a much
smaller rescue fund of $1.5 million that
supplies grants.
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Under legislation introduced by state Sen. John Sabini (D-Jackson Heights), the government would pay 75% of the ESL tuition for foreign-speaking students who are over 18 and make less than $30,000 a year.
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U.S. Rep. John McHugh’s office informed Trudeau that Frances Lund and Troy Randall have been awarded National Research Project grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and will each receive $1.6 million in funding over the next four years.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the availability of approximately $47 million in grant funds for YouthBuild Grants.YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that simultaneously addresses several core issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development. Grant funds will be used to provide disadvantaged youth with: the education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency in occupations in high demand and postsecondary education and training opportunities; opportunities for meaningful work and service to their communities; and opportunities to develop employment and leadership skills and a commitment to community development among youth in low-income communities. As part of their programming, YouthBuild grantees will tap the energies and talents of disadvantaged youth to increase the supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless individuals and low-income families and to help youth develop the leadership, learning, and high-demand occupational skills needed to succeed in today’s global economy.
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According to a 2006 study by the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University, government grants contributed $11.7 million to O.C. non-profit arts in 2006 alone. That figure, which was $11.1 million in 2002, has only gone up $600,000 in four years.
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Small business research grants available
MORTGANTOWN — More than $1 billion in research grants are available from the federal government. "Small business owners and researchers may apply for grants to create new technologies that offer solutions to the nation’s most pressing scientific and engineering problems," said Sharon Stratton, manager of the WVU SBDC in Morgantown. Each year the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds more than $1 billion in early-stage research and development projects to small high-tech firms. SBIR funds touch the full spectrum of federal research and development. These awards are made in diverse fields including manufacturing process control, environmental monitoring, medical devices, software, avionics, optical computing, aquiculture and education.
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Clinton opens "Frontiers of Opportunity" for tribal colleges - Bill Clinton, federal grants to Native American schools
After two decades of prayers, politicking and impassioned pleas, tribal colleges have gained greater access to federal grants under an executive order signed by President Clinton.
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In 2007 the Legislature designated
$325,000 for a Sesquicentennial Grant
program to be available to communities and
organizations across Minnesota.
There
will be at least one grant, for up to
$1,000, awarded to a nonprofit or local and
county government and higher education and
local school districts in every county in
the state to help give every citizen the
chance to celebrate.
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A
grant program for small businesses
This program is called the Small Business
Innovation Research program, or SBIR.
SBIR funds are granted in two phases: Phase
I awards provide up to $100,000 to help
businesses research and test the feasibility
of a new product or service idea. Often
Phase I goals involve the development of a
working prototype. With completion of all
Phase I development goals, award recipients
can then apply for a second, Phase II, grant
award of up to $500,000 to help bring
developed technologies or services to
market.
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Free Meals and Food Items for the Needy
In 2007, the Congress set
aside $189.5 million for
The
Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).
This money was spent to provide free
emergency food and nutrition assistance
to low-income Americans.
Canned and dried fruits,
canned vegetables, fruit juice, dried egg
mix, meat/poultry/fish, dried beans, pasta
products, peanut butter, rice/grits/cereal,
and more than 60 products were made
available this year.
Homeless people, low-income
senior citizens, and needy households
benefit from
TEFAP.
Under this program, food is distributed to
needy households and individuals in the form
of food commodities
to be consumed at home or as prepared meals
served in certain locations.
If you qualify, you can get
free meals
served from soup kitchens or similar places
without making any applications. However,
you'll need to meet State income eligibility
requirements to be able to take home
commodity goods.
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