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a) To be able to provide support to community education programs for children at-risk, youth, and the households that are based solely on locally identified needs, those that are soundly grounded in research, and will lead to the
accomplishment of one of CYFAR National Outcomes

b) To be able to integrate CYFAR programs into current Extension programs for children, youth, and families, thereby insuring that these at-risk and low income households will continue to be a part of the Extension programs and will constantly have access to available resources and educational opportunities.

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture estimates that they will be able to administer a maximum amount of $320,000 to fund the Children Youth and Families At-Risk Sustainable Community Project.

Interested applicants can submit their application to eligible Land-Grant Institutions such as:

a) Tuskegee University

b) West Virginia State University

c) 1862 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities

d) University of the District of Columbia.

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture has also stressed that they will still be considering applications from current CYFAR grantees but they have also emphasized that those eligible land-grant institutions which don't have an active award will be given a priority as long as they observe the program's application guidelines.

The United States Department of Agriculture, the primary agency funding the Children Youth and Families At-Risk Sustainable Community Project, is the country's leading agency that is responsible anti-hunger efforts, stewardship of of national forest and rangelands, and product safety and conservation efforts.

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Additional Resources

category - Health Grants

Health Resources and Services Administration's Licensure Portability Grant Program
The Health Resources and Services Administration has constituted the Licensure Portability Grant Program (LPGP) wherein they aim to improve the experience of State licensing boards that have manifested a credible record in implementing cross-border activities in order to help overcome licensure barriers in the provision of telemedicine services across various States.

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Family Planning Services Grants
OPHS has recently established a funding opportunity entitled Family Planning Services Grants, a program wherein the OPHS, along with the HHS, will award grants to eligible individuals who seek to operate voluntary family planning services projects that would provide family planning services to everyone who desires to avail of such services, including low-income families in under-served areas.

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Mobile Health Tools to Promote Effective Patient Provider Communication to Underserved Populations
The National Institute of Nursing Research, in cooperation with the Office of Dietary Supplements has constituted the funding opportunity for Mobile Health tools aimed at the improvement of effective patient-provider communication, adherence to treatment and self-management of chronic diseases in underserved populations.

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Zambia Economic Resilience Program for Improved Food Security
The Zambia Economic Resilience Program for Improved Food Security is designed to implement innovative techniques and approaches that would hopefully enable the community's most vulnerable and poor rural families to improve food security by strengthening their economic resilience.

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