The Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) published in the June 26, 2013 issue of the State Register contained an incorrect acceptance date. Following is the corrected paragraph with the proper acceptance date:

Application materials and details for workshops are available online at www.regionalcouncils.ny.gov. The funding solicitation opens on Monday, June 17 and applications will be accepted through the CFA until 4:00 pm on Monday, August 12, 2013.

NOT-FOR-PROFIT AGENCIES, STATE AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, FOR PROFIT CORPORATIONS AND UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit grant applications for a project that will support a technical assistance provider to establish and facilitate the work of a juvenile reentry consortium. The consortium will be made up of four to six counties or jurisdictions that come together to improve outcomes for youth returning to their communities from residential placement as a result of delinquency adjudications. Funding available under this RFP will support a technical assistance provider to:

1. Release and score an application for local county (/jurisdiction) participation.

2. Conduct analyses of current system operations in each county to identify processes, resources, gaps in services and barriers to cross-systems coordination – especially as they affect transition planning that starts at the outset of placement and includes family engagement, housing stability and educational transitions for youth returning from placement in voluntary agencies.

3. Convene participating counties in an initial best practices academy.

4. Provide on-site technical assistance to local counties in enhancing local reentry processes and services.

5. Provide counties a stipend of $30,000 (out of this grant) that could be used flexibly in support of their consortium participation.

6. Provide periodic reports to DCJS and the JJAG regarding project progress.

7. Convene a final project meeting of local counties and staff to review finalized reentry action plans, implementation activities, policy changes and next steps.

8. Partner with a research entity to conduct a process analysis of the consortium activities and to document any concrete outcomes from consortium activities.

It is anticipated that the successful applicant will partner with DCJS and the JJAG to plan, implement and evaluate this initiative.

Up to $500,000 in federal funding from the Title II Formula program is available for a single award to support a technical assistance provider. Funds will cover a 24 month project period, with the expectation that the first six months will be spent planning and selecting counties/jurisdictions and that the consortium work will run for 18 months. There is no match required for this grant program.

Funds may be awarded to not-for-profit agencies, state agencies, public and private colleges and universities, for profit corporations, and units of local government. However, DCJS is prohibited from allowing for a profit margin to be paid in any contract resulting from the RFP. A unit of local government is defined as any city, county, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purposes political subdivision of a State, and any Native American Nation which performs law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. Since funds are to be competitively awarded, these entities may or may not be represented in the final selection.

The contract start dates will be no earlier than 11/1/2013 and end dates will be no later than 06/30/2016. Proposals must be submitted via DCJS’ on-line Grants Management System (GMS). Proposals must be submitted on or before 12:00 noon, Friday, August 15, 2013.

Applications are available on DCJS’ website at: http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/ofpa/newrfp.htm. For assistance in accessing an application, contact: Schellie Tedesco, Juvenile Justice Unit, Office of Program Development and Funding, Division of Criminal Justice Services, 80 S. Swan St., Albany, NY 12210, (518) 457-3670

NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES INCLUDING COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NON-PROFIT HOLDING A 501(C)(3) TAX EXEMPTION STATUS INCLUDING FITNESS PROGRAMS AND PROVIDERS: PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, DISABLITY-SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS OR CONSORTIA, GROUPS OR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE ABOVE ORGANIZATIONS

Up to three grants for $50,000 per grant for 12 months will be funded by the DDPC to pilot inclusive fitness, wellness, or healthy lifestyle programs for adults with developmental and other disabilities. Additionally, one Technical Assistance and Evaluation Grant for $50,000 for 12 months may be awarded to evaluate and provide technical assistance to the grantees implementing the inclusive fitness, wellness or healthy lifestyles models.

The intent of these Field-Initiated Idea grants is to support fitness, wellness, or healthy lifestyle programs in New York State in becoming more inclusive by providing adults with developmental and other disabilities better access to programs and services. DDPC is interested in proposals that will result in the development or adaptation of fitness, wellness, or healthy lifestyle programs that simultaneously serve both people with and without disabilities in selected individual and group options.

The applicant’s program and budget narratives must provide the justification for the grant amount requested.

Field-Initiated Ideas should emphasize ways to decrease barriers to inclusion. Proposals should make fitness, wellness, or healthy lifestyle programs relevant and programmatically accessible to participants regardless of disability and provide opportunities to participate in age-appropriate activities with peers without disabilities. DDPC has identified short and long-term outcomes for the grants.

Short-Term Outcomes

1. Commitment to work collaboratively with the DDPC and other relevant systems on all aspects of project development, implementation and evaluation;

2. Outreach and recruitment of adults with developmental and other disabilities seeking to participate with their peers (both with and without disabilities) in individual or group fitness, wellness, and healthy lifestyle programs;

3. Identify a baseline and increase the number of people with developmental and other disabilities actively participating in fitness, wellness, and healthy lifestyle programs with their peers without disabilities;

4. Identify physical, administrative, and programmatic adaptations already in place or modifications made to existing programs to increase usability by adults with developmental and other disabilities;

5. Provide professional development for Fitness Providers that includes disability awareness, program adaptation, and how to accommodate the needs of people with developmental and other disabilities;

6. Monitor changes in health status and positive health and behavioral outcomes for people with developmental and other disabilities (e.g. increased knowledge of how to engage and maintain a healthy lifestyle, more frequent physical activity); and

7. Successful demonstration projects will work with the identified Technical Assistance and Evaluation grantee to complete an evaluation of this initiative that will include mandatory data collection (both individually and across the four demonstration projects) to assess: best practices, lessons learned, barriers overcome, and challenges encountered in first year as a basis for modifications during subsequent years.

Long-Term Outcomes

1. Increase the number or capacity of existing programs that simultaneously serve both individuals with and without disabilities in individual and group fitness, wellness, and healthy lifestyle programs;

2. Contribute to general knowledge base and experience related to inclusive fitness, health, and wellness for individuals with developmental and other disabilities;

3. Development of professional skills to better serve people with developmental and other disabilities in a variety of fitness, wellness, and healthy lifestyle program options;

4. Increase overall systems capacity to serve individuals with developmental and other disabilities;

5. Promotion, replication, and scaling up of effective practices or evidence-based programs as a result of program implementation;

6. The Technical Assistance and Evaluation plan developed by the applicant will include the following components:

1. Individualized Technical Assistance to Project Sites:

a) Monitor and document the development and implementation of the selected demonstration grants;

b) Provide ongoing one-to-one and group technical assistance to the selected demonstration grants; and

c) Provide linkages and a means of communication between and among the projects to share information and support problem solving.

2. Data Collection, Site Visits, and Information Dissemination:

a) Establish close working relationships with all grantees through regular contact, site visits, and technical assistance meetings;

b) Oversee and support data collection by project site grantees;

c) Conduct on-site observations at each site at 3, 6, and 12 months - additional site visits should be scheduled to observe and document Grantee fitness, wellness, healthy lifestyle programs, and professional staff training sessions;

d) Assessment of stakeholder satisfaction including people with developmental and other disabilities, peers without disabilities, fitness providers, collaborators, and other relevant stakeholders;

e) Collect data on program participation and participants by grant site and activity;

f) Conduct pre- and post-surveys or other methodologies (e.g. participation logs, journals) to assess participant and stakeholder satisfaction, goals and outcomes;

g) Document and analyze outcomes of the four demonstration sites including program strengths, barriers encountered in program development and implementation, and lessons learned during the project cycles;

h) Identify, compile and disseminate best practices and recommendations, to change practices and policies; and

i) Assess the validity of grantee-developed programs for people with developmental and other disabilities.

The full RFP can be downloaded from www.ddpc.ny.gov. All interested applicants are required to submit a one page letter of intent by July 26, 2013 to [email protected] Letters of intent are required for applications to be accepted for this RFP.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to check the DDPC website periodically for any amendments to the RFP. All changes will be posted by August 16, 2013 at http://ddpc.ny.gov/Pages/requests_for_proposal.html. No other notifications will be given.

All final grant applications should be sent to the address listed above and to the attention of Sheila Carey, Executive Director, and must be delivered to the DDPC office by close of business (5:00 pm) on September 6, 2013. No applications will be accepted after this deadline.

FIRE COMPANIES

Pursuant to the Agriculture Appropriations Act, Section 7(b)3 of P.L. 95-313 (Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978), the Department of Environmental Conservation hereby gives notice of the following:

The Department of Environmental Conservation will administer the Volunteer Fire Assistance matching grant to assist rural fire companies in the purchase of fire suppression equipment. Applications will be accepted through July 25, 2013.

It is expected that $360,000 in federal funding will be available to award fire companies matching grants for the purchase of wildland fire suppression equipment and wildland fire suppression safety equipment. Grants are based on federal guidelines and are for use in fire districts serving a rural area or a rural community with a population of 10,000 or less.

Applications are scored on population, the I.S.O Fire Prevention Insurance rating, the date of the last VFA grant received and the presence of Native American communities in the district.

Applications are available on-line at http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/2364.html. For further information, contact: Lynne Korona, Division of Forest Protection, 625 Broadway, 3rd Fl., Albany, NY 12233-2560, (518) 402-8839