COLAGE ANNOUNCES GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT LGBT FAMILIES, CHILDREN AFFECTED
BY
HURRICANE KATRINA
Grants Are A First for New Orleans-Area LGBT Families
FEMA Assistance
http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/katrinaFEMA.shtm
Financial Assistance: Crime Victim Compensation
(National Center for Victims of Crime)
http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbName=DocumentViewer&
DocumentID=32351
This resource page provides an overview of crime victim compensation programs
including general eligibility. It also includes links to state crime victim
compensation boards for more state-specific information.
Help Rebuild Hurricane Damaged Areas!
Universities Rebuilding America Partnerships - Community Design
POSTED: 11/5/05
FUNDING SOURCE: HUD
ELIGIBILITY: IHEs
$ AVAILABLE: $2,000,000
# OF GRANTS AVAILABLE: N.A.
MAX GRANT SIZE: $300,000
DEADLINE: 12/1/05
CONTACT INFORMATION: Dorthera Yorkshire, 202-708-0667
DESCRIPTION: Funding for schools of architecture, urban planning and design,
or construction at accredited colleges and universities to establish and
operate partnerships with and for communities affected by Hurricane Katrina
or Rita (or both). FEDERAL REGISTER PUBLICATION: 11/1/05
It Happed to Alexa Foundation
http://www.ithappenedtoalexa.org/
This foundation is dedicated to helping sexual assault victims through the
process of a criminal trial. Rape victims who reside in the U.S., and who
are about to testify in the criminal trial are eligible to apply for financial
assistance to cover the expenses of a support person or persons who will
accompany the rape/sexual assault victim to court.
Program Directory of Crime Victim Compensation Boards
http://www.nacvcb.org/progdir.html
The TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act:
The President has
signed H.R. 3672, "The TANF Emergency Response
and Recovery Act," a bill designed to provide additional TANF resources
to the three states that were directly impacted by Hurricane Katrina and
the states that are providing aid to evacuees.
Mark Greenberg
at the Center for Law and Social Policy has written a report that describes
the new law, its limitations, and the ways in which S. 1717
addresses these limitations. That report can be found at:
http://www.clasp.org/publications/new_tanf_bill_and_katrina_relief_cj2.pdf
