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TRANSFORM PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

APHIAPLUS SERVICE DELIVERY - ZONES 2

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO SUPPORTSTRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES THROUGH INTEGRATED PROGRAMMING (SCIP).

THIS PROGRAM TARGETS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE USAID INVESTING IN PEOPLE OBJECTIVE AND THE GOAL OF IMPROVED FAMILY HEALTH THROUGH INCREASED USE OF HIGH IM

INCREMENTAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 400 000.

INCREMENTAL FUNDING OF $8,584,486, INCREASING OBLIGATED AMOUNT FROM $39,645,130 TO $48,229,616.99.

FAMILY PLANNING INTEGRATED PROJECT

THE PURPOSE OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO AND UTILIZATION OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE IN PAKISTAN, INCLUDING QUALITY FAMILY PLANNING (FP) AND MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD HEALTH (MNCH) SERVICES, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR SOME OF ITS MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

THE IMPROVED FAMILY PLANNING INITIATIVE ACTIVITY WHICH IS TO RUN FROM 2021-2026 WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIRST OF THREE PRIORITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE (GRM) AS DESCRIBED IN THE PLANO QUINQUENAL DO GOVERNO (PQG) 2020 – 2024, NAMELY, DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.THE ACTIVITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PRIORITY THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THREE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: ¿ EXPAND ACCESS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH SERVICES; ¿ PROMOTE THE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIETY IN SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, SPORTING AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR YOUTH; AND ¿ PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EQUITY, SOCIAL INCLUSION, AND PROTECTION OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION.

THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) PLANS TO INVEST IN A FIVE-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ACTIVITY IS TO INCREASE UTILIZATION OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES THROUGH UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE. IT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH: 1) STRENGTHENING CAPACITY TO MORE EFFECTIVELY TRAIN MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN FP IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, AND 2) FOCUSING AND EXPANDING PUBLIC SECTOR FP INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO HIGH NEED GROUPS SUCH AS ADOLESCENTS, YOUTH, NEWLYWEDS, AND POSTPARTUM GIRLS AND WOMEN.

THE PURPOSE OF THE OSRA ACTIVITY IS TO IMPROVE FAMILY HEALTH OUTCOMES BY REINFORCING THE NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (FP/RH) PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND POPULATION (MOHP). THE OSRA ACTIVITY WILL ACHIEVE ITS PURPOSE THROUGH THREE PIVOTAL RESULTS: 1) WOMEN’S AND MEN’S UPTAKE AND CONTINUATION OF VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES INCREASED; 2) YOUTH EQUIPPED WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO MAKE HEALTHY LIFE CHOICES; AND 3) GENDER DYNAMICS IMPROVED FOR ENHANCED VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES. THE OSRA ACTIVITY WILL CLOSELY COLLABORATE WITH THE MOHP AND POTENTIALLY WITH THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS (SCUH), THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SOLIDARITY (MOSS), THE NATIONAL POPULATION COUNCIL (NPC), AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT (GOE) ENTITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ATTAIN ITS RESULTS.

TO PROVIDE INCREMENTAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $804,000.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTIVITY IS TO PROMOTE WOMEN'S ACCESS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.

USAID PREPARE BURKINA ACTIVITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERY AWARD IN BURKINA FASO

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CA IS TO PROVIDE HIV/AIDS AND TUBERCULOSIS (TB) PREVENTION, TREATMENT, CARE AND SUPPORT, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT, REPRODUCTIVE HEA

AMPLIFY FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (AMPLIFY-FP)

THE PURPOSE OF FAMILY PLANNING ACTIVITY (FPA) IS TO INCREASE THE ADOPTION OF POSITIVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BEHAVIORS. THE FP4HD ACTIVITY WILL ACCOMPLISH ITS GOAL THROUGH THREE INTERMEDIATE RESULTS (IRS): 1. UGANDAN LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION STRENGTHENED TO SUPPORT VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING (FP); 2. POSITIVE SOCIAL NORMS AND BEHAVIORS ENHANCED TO IMPROVE HEALTHY TIMING AND SPACING OF PREGNANCIES; AND 3. ACCESS TO QUALITY, VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING INCREASED.

TUBITEHO MEANS ¿LET¿S TAKE CARE OF THEM¿ IN KIRUNDI, THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE OF BURUNDI, AND IS A ¿FLAGSHIP¿ ACTIVITY IN THE USAID/BURUNDI HEALTH PORTFOLIO FOR FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE, MATERNAL, NEONATAL AND CHILD HEALTH (RMNCH), AS WELL AS FOR MALARIA CONTROL AT THE HOUSEHOLD AND HEALTH FACILITY LEVEL.

SCALE UP OF HOME BASED CARE ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS INCLUDING

TO PROVIDE QUALITY, EXPANDED AND SUSTAINABLE HIV/AIDS AND MALARIA PREVENSION, TREATMENT, CARE AND SUPPORT ALONG WITH INTEGRATED REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,

TO PROVIDE QUALITY, EXPANDED AND SUSTAINABLE HIV/AIDS AND MALARIA PREVENTION, TREATMENT, CARE AND SUPPORT ALONG WITH INTEGRATED REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,

PEPFAR

THE BURUNDI MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (BMCH) PROGRAM TEAM, LED BY PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL, AND JOINED BY MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH (MSH), WILL

SCALE-UP OF HOME BASED CARE ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

HIV PREVENTION AMONG STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT PRE-SERVICE INSTITUTIONS IN THE REPU

EARLY HEAD START

IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION SVCS IN KENYA

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE EXISTING TOTAL/PATHFINDER PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE COVERAGE OF HIGH IMPACT, EVIDENCE-BASED COMMUNITY HIV-TB, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, AND WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) FOR TARGET CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS, PREGNANT WOMEN, MEN AND KEY POPULATIONS

GH15-1564, MOZAMBIQUE: INCREASING ACCESS TO HIV PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR KEY POPULATIONS IN MOZAMBIQUE UNDER THE PRESIDENTS EMERG

SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING COMPREHENSIVE HIV AND AIDS PREVENTION PRO

EARLY HEAD START

EXPANSION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL & PEER COUNSELING SRVS TO HIV-INFECTED WOMEN &

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR A PROGRAM IN EXTENDING SERVICE DELIVERY (ESD) FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING

EXPANSION OF HIV PREVENTION COUNSELING, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT AND OUTREACH SERVICE

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

EXTENDING SERVICE DELIVERY

PARENT INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS - PARENTAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS

TO PROVIDE INCREMENTAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000.00, THEREBY INCREASING THE TOTAL OBLIGATED AMOUNT FROM $515,100.00 TO $1,015,100.00; INCLUDE

PURPOSE: THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (YHDP) AIMS TO SUPPORT SELECTED COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS. THE POPULATION TO BE SERVED BY THIS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IS YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING UNACCOMPANIED AND PREGNANT OR PARENTING YOUTH. THE DEMONSTRATION HAS SEVEN PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: • BUILD NATIONAL MOMENTUM. • PROMOTE EQUITY IN THE DELIVERY AND OUTCOMES OF HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. • HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP. • EVALUATE THE COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH. • EXPAND CAPACITY. • EVALUATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. • ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAM AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COLLABORATION. BEGINNING IN 2016, NEW YHDP COMMUNITIES ARE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS DEPENDING ON THE ANNUAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY CONGRESS. A MAP OF CURRENTLY FUNDED YHDP SITES IS AVAILABLE AT THE LINK TITLED MAP OF YHDP-FUNDED COC (UNDER YHDP COMMUNITIES) AT HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/YHDP/.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ELEVEN TYPES OF ASSISTANCE MAY BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE YHDP: 1. ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY (INCLUDING STRUCTURES) FOR USE IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 2. REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 3. NEW CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE BUILDING OF A NEW STRUCTURE OR BUILDING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE FOR USE AS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; 4. LEASING OF A NEW STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 5. RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH MAY BE SHORT-TERM, MEDIUM-TERM, OR LONG-TERM, AS WELL AS TENANT-BASED, PROJECT-BASED, OR SPONSOR-BASED, FOR TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT HOUSING; 6. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ASSIST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HOUSING; 7. OPERATING COSTS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; 8. COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (HMIS); 9. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; 10. RELOCATION COSTS; AND 11. INDIRECT COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2 CFR PART 200, AS APPLICABLE. NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM (OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS USED TO SUPPLEMENT THIS ASSISTANCE) MAY BE USED TO REPLACE STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS PREVIOUSLY USED, OR DESIGNATED FOR USE, TO ASSIST HOMELESS PERSONS OR PERSONS AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AS A RESULT OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, THERE WILL BE: • SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. • INCREASED INCOME, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF PARTICIPANTS. • COMMUNITY-LEVEL UNDERSTANDING OF THE NUMBER AND NEEDS OF YOUTH AT-RISK OF AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. • NEW OR IMPROVED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: HOMELESS UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH (AGE 24 AND YOUNGER) AND HOMELESS YOUTH (AGE 24 AND YOUNGER) WITH CHILDREN.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

PREVENTION OF CERVICAL CANCER IN HIV POSITIVE WOMEN IN THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REP

EARLY HEAD START

HEALTH PROGRAM

THE PURPOSE OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS TO INCREASE DEMANDE FOR AND UTILIZATION OF FAMILY PLANNING (FP) METHODS IN THE PROVINCES OF MAPUTO, GAZ

EARLY HEAD START

THE USAID HEREBY AWARDS TO PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL , HERINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "RECIPIENT" THE SUM OF $1,800,000.00 WHICH HEREBY OBLIGATE $280,0

PSND - MIDWESTERN COLLABORATIVE- PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL COLLABORATION OF LEADERS, IN THE DELIVERY OF SECONDARY TRANSITION SERVICES WITHIN STATES WHILE STRENGTHENING VR AND CIL RELATIONS.

CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING - CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS IN THE

EARLY HEAD START ARRA EXPANSION

INTEGRATED COMMUNITY HEALTH (ICH).

PSND -PATHWAYS TO PARTNERSHIPS-PROVIDES INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN OR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES, AGES 0-26 THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, OUTREACH, AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTER

SECOND CHANCE REENTRY PROGRAM

REENTRY MENTORING AND TRANSITIONAL SERVICES

PATHFINDERS OF OREGON CONTINUUM OF CARE REENTRY PROGRAM

PATHFINDERS WILL PROVIDE HOUSING SUPPORT, POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, AND CASE MANAGEMENT TO YOUTH SURVIVORS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN MILWAUKEE, WI. THE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE SAFE, STABLE SHORT-TERM HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR YOUTH SURVIVORS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 1825 FOR 624 MONTHS.

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTER

SECOND CHANCE REENTRY PROGRAM

FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS FACE MANY CHALLENGES WHEN RETURNING HOME TO JACKSON COUNTY. IT IS ONE OF THE COUNTIES IN OREGON WITH A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE CRIME RATE AND RECIDIVISM RATE. UNLIKE MORE POPULOUS COUNTIES, FOR THOSE RETURNING TO JACKSON COUNTY THERE ARE NO REENTRY-FOCUSED PROGRAMS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO ACCESSING, ENGAGING WITH, AND RESPONDING TO INTERVENTIONS FOUND TO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE RECIDIVISM AND INCREASE THE CHANCES OF SAFE, SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT PEER-LED, HOLISTIC REENTRY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR RETURNING FROM PRISON BY EXPANDING SUPPORTS, ENHANCING INNOVATIVE PATHWAYS FOR SUCCESSFUL REINTEGRATION, PROMOTING SUCCESSFUL IOMPLETION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, AND ENCOURAGING LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR CHANGE AND RECOVERY.  PATHFINDERS OF OREGON (DBA THE PATHFINDER NETWORK) WITH STATE (OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS) AND LOCAL (JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY JUSTICE) PARTNERS PROPOSES “PRISON TO PEER SUPPORT: AN EXPANSION OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PROJECT” TO EXPAND UPON THE SUCCESSES OF THE PATHFINDER NETWORK AND JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY JUSTICE’S CURRENT PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMMING FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON SUPERVISION TO JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY JUSTICE AND FURTHER OUR COMMITMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE, PEER-LED REENTRY SUPPORT.  THE PATHFINDER NETWORK WILL SERVE 150 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MODERATE/MEDIUM AND ABOVE RISK (PER THE LS/CMI OR WRNA) AND RETURNING TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION IN JACKSON COUNTY. THIS PROGRAM WILL BE STAFFED BY PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TRAINED IN THE CREATING REGULATION AND RESILIENCE TRAUMA- AND RESILIENCY-INFORMED COMMUNICATION MODEL. OVER THE THREE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT BEFORE RELEASE AND CONTINUE IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER RELEASE. PRE-RELEASE SERVICES 90-120 DAYS PRIOR TO RELEASE INCLUDE REACH-INS THAT INCORPORATE RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY CAPITAL ASSESSMENT AND ACTION PLANNING, WITH WRAPAROUND SUPPORT INCLUDING SERVICE AND RESOURCE NAVIGATION; GENDER- AND TRAUMA-RESPONSIVE, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND SUPPORT GROUPS; COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND BASIC NEEDS ASSISTANCE AND BEHAVIORAL INCENTIVES POST-RELEASE FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS. THIS REENTRY MODEL SUPPORTS, ENHANCES, AND BRINGS ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONS AND TARGETED DOSAGE TO THE EXISTING REENTRY PROCESS. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL BE EVALUATED USING A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL AND PROCESS EVALUATION TO DETERMINE ITS EFFECTIVENESS, CONDUCTED BY DR. CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL FROM PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY. BOTH PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS ARE BEING SOUGHT. THE PLAN TO RESPOND TO THE PRIORITY CONSIDERATION CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 6 OF THE APPLICATION. FOR 1(B) THE PROPOSED SUBAWARDEE IS DR. CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL FROM PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY WHO WILL COMPLETE THE EVALUATION WITH A TOTAL COST OF $39,875.

PATHFINDERS TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM

PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FEMALE VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING

PATHFINDERS DROP-IN CENTER RHY-PDP SERVICES

PATHFINDERS' TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM

PATHFINDERS YOUTH SHELTER

STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM

PATHFINDERS SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR YOUTH VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING

BASIC CENTERS PROGRAM

PATHFINDERS YOUTH SHELTER

TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM-HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND EMPOWERMENT

THE GRANTS TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND SEX TRAFFICKING AGAINST CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS THAT DEVELOP OR EXPAND PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RESPONSE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND SEX TRAFFICKING, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR THEIR NON-ABUSING PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND LEGAL GUARDIANS. THE GRANTEE AND PROJECT PARTNERS WILL IMPLEMENT A PROJECT ADDRESSING PURPOSE AREA 2 - CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR YOUTH: PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RESPONSE SERVICES FOR YOUTH IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND SEX TRAFFICKING. THE PROJECT WILL: 1) ESTABLISH A COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM TO OVERSEE AND GUIDE PROJECT ACTIVITIES; 2) COMPLETE A LIMITED COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT OUTLINES THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THE PROJECT; 3) PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES THAT ADDRESS THE EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA ON YOUTH VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, OR SEX TRAFFICKING; 4) DEVELOP AND DELIVER TRAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER ALLIED PROFESSIONALS TO APPROPRIATELY RESPOND TO AND SUPPORT YOUTH VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE; 5) DEVELOP AND DELIVER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE PREVENTION OF AND RESPONSE TO THE CRIMES PREVIOUSLY LISTED FOR YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS; AND 6) DEVELOP AND DELIVER PREVENTION PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF YOUTH-LED STRATEGIES, ASSISTS YOUTH IN UNDERSTANDING AND RECOGNIZING ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR, AND INCLUDES BYSTANDER INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.

EMERGENCY HEALTH AND WASH RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IN ETHIOPIA

PATHFINDERS YOUTH SHELTER

PATHFINDERS YOUTH SHELTER

PATHFINDERS STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM

STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM

SPECIAL EDUCATION-TRAINING AND INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTER

YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

PATHFINDERS: HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR YOUTH VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING

THE COUNSELING CENTER OF MILWAUKEE, INC. PATHFINDERS BASIC CENTER PROGRAM

PATHFINDERS YOUTH SHELTER AND OUTREACH - THE BASIC CENTER PROGRAM (BCP) (CY) PROVIDES TEMPORARY SHELTER AND COUNSELING SERVICES TO YOUTH WHO HAVE LEFT HOME WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, HAVE BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE HOME, OR OTHER HOMELESS YOUTH WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE END UP IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR IN THE CHILD WELFARE, MENTAL HEALTH, OR JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS. BCPS WORK TO ESTABLISH OR STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS THAT MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES. BCPS PROVIDE YOUTH UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE WITH EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, COUNSELING AND REFERRALS FOR HEALTH CARE. BCPS CAN PROVIDE UP TO 21 DAYS OF SHELTER FOR YOUTH AND SEEK TO REUNITE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, OR TO LOCATE APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENTS.

STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM

SECOND CHANCE MENTORING PROGRAM

TO PERFORM AN EXTENSIVE MEDICAL SCREEN ON UP TO 4,000 CANDIDATES FOR THE HNP ACADEMY AND SUBMIT THE FINAL REPORT WITHIN SIX WEEKS OF PROJECT START.

REENTRY MENTORING AND TRANSITIONAL SERVICES

THE COUNSELING CENTER OF MILWAUKEE, INC. D/B/A PATHFINDERS' YOUTH ANIT-VIOLENCE ADVOCATE (YAVA)

SUCCESSFUL FATHERS, SUCCESSFUL FAMILIES: MENTORING YOUNG FATHERS

PATHFINDER SERVICES OF ND'S PROGRAM; PATHFINDER FAMILY CENTER, PROVIDES STATEWIDE SERVICES RELATED TO SPECIAL EDUCATION TO YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS (YYA), FAMILIES, AND THE PROFESSIONALS THAT SERVE THEM

LATERAL 21A PHASE II CONVERSION OF OPEN LATERALS TO UNDERGROUND PIPELINE

FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE RECOVERY, BASIC NEEDS, AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO AT LEAST 60 SURVIVORS OF SEX TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS VULNERABLE TO TRAFFICKING DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

PURPOSE: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EFFORTS BY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO QUICKLY HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHILE MINIMIZING THE TRAUMA AND DISLOCATION CAUSED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES BY HOMELESSNESS; PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF MAINSTREAM PROGRAMS BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; AND OPTIMIZE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE COC PROGRAM INCLUDES GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO SPECIFIC SUBPOPULATIONS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE GRANTS SPECIFICALLY SERVE YOUTH, DEFINED AS HOUSEHOLDS WHERE NO PERSON IS OVER THE AGE OF 24 UNDER THE YOUTH HOMELESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (YHDP). THE GOAL OF THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (YHDP) IS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS AND SHARING THAT EXPERIENCE WITH AND MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY TOWARD THE SAME END. THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO) FOR NEW YHDP GRANTS IS FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/YHDP (CHOOSE THE MOST RECENT YHDP NOFO LISTED). THE NOFO FOR YHDP RENEWALS AND REPLACEMENTS IS FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/COC/COMPETITION (CHOOSE THE MOST RECENT COC/YHDP RENEWAL OR REPLACEMENT NOFO LISTED).; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THESE GRANTS MAY BE USED TO PAY FOR THE ELIGIBLE COSTS USED TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PROJECTS UNDER FIVE PROGRAM COMPONENTS: 1. PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND RAPID REHOUSING; 2. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING; 3. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY; 4. HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HMIS); AND 5. HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION (IN SOME CASES). ELIGIBLE COSTS WITHIN THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE: 1. LEASING OF A STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 2. RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH MAY BE SHORT-TERM, MEDIUM-TERM, OR LONG-TERM, AS WELL AS TENANT-BASED, PROJECT-BASED, OR SPONSOR-BASED, FOR TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT HOUSING; 3. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ASSIST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HOUSING; 4. OPERATING COSTS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; 5. COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING HMIS; 6. PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; 7. RELOCATION COSTS; AND 8. INDIRECT COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2 CFR PARTS 200, AS APPLICABLE. IN ADDITION TO USING GRANT FUNDS FOR THE ELIGIBLE COSTS DESCRIBED ABOVE, RECIPIENTS AND SUBRECIPIENTS IN CONTINUUMS OF CARE DESIGNATED AS HIGH PERFORMING COMMUNITIES MAY ALSO USE GRANT FUNDS TO PROVIDE HOUSING RELOCATION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES AND SHORT- AND/OR MEDIUM-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO YOUTH AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AS SET FORTH IN 24 CFR 576.103 AND 24 CFR 576.104, IF NECESSARY TO PREVENT YOUTH FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER PROGRAM (OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS USED TO SUPPLEMENT THIS ASSISTANCE) MAY BE USED TO REPLACE STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS PREVIOUSLY USED, OR DESIGNATED FOR USE, TO ASSIST HOMELESS PERSONS OR PERSONS AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, MORE SPECIFICALLY USING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SUCH AS THE LENGTH OF TIME HOMELESS, RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS OVER TIME, AND EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING. COC PERFORMANCE PROFILE REPORTS CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/COC/COC-PERFORMANCE-PROFILE-REPORTS/; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: YOUTH DEFINED AS HOUSEHOLDS WHERE NO PERSON IS OVER THE AGE OF 24; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD

PURPOSE: THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (YHDP) AIMS TO SUPPORT SELECTED COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS. THE POPULATION TO BE SERVED BY THIS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IS YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING UNACCOMPANIED AND PREGNANT OR PARENTING YOUTH. THE DEMONSTRATION HAS SEVEN PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: • BUILD NATIONAL MOMENTUM. • PROMOTE EQUITY IN THE DELIVERY AND OUTCOMES OF HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. • HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP. • EVALUATE THE COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH. • EXPAND CAPACITY. • EVALUATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. • ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAM AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COLLABORATION. BEGINNING IN 2016, NEW YHDP COMMUNITIES ARE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS DEPENDING ON THE ANNUAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY CONGRESS. A MAP OF CURRENTLY FUNDED YHDP SITES IS AVAILABLE AT THE LINK TITLED MAP OF YHDP-FUNDED COC (UNDER YHDP COMMUNITIES) AT HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/YHDP/.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ELEVEN TYPES OF ASSISTANCE MAY BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE YHDP: 1. ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY (INCLUDING STRUCTURES) FOR USE IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 2. REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 3. NEW CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE BUILDING OF A NEW STRUCTURE OR BUILDING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE FOR USE AS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; 4. LEASING OF A NEW STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 5. RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH MAY BE SHORT-TERM, MEDIUM-TERM, OR LONG-TERM, AS WELL AS TENANT-BASED, PROJECT-BASED, OR SPONSOR-BASED, FOR TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT HOUSING; 6. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ASSIST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HOUSING; 7. OPERATING COSTS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; 8. COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (HMIS); 9. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; 10. RELOCATION COSTS; AND 11. INDIRECT COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2 CFR PART 200, AS APPLICABLE. NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM (OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS USED TO SUPPLEMENT THIS ASSISTANCE) MAY BE USED TO REPLACE STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS PREVIOUSLY USED, OR DESIGNATED FOR USE, TO ASSIST HOMELESS PERSONS OR PERSONS AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AS A RESULT OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, THERE WILL BE: • SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. • INCREASED INCOME, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF PARTICIPANTS. • COMMUNITY-LEVEL UNDERSTANDING OF THE NUMBER AND NEEDS OF YOUTH AT-RISK OF AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. • NEW OR IMPROVED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: HOMELESS UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH (AGE 24 AND YOUNGER) AND HOMELESS YOUTH (AGE 24 AND YOUNGER) WITH CHILDREN.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

FA IA FY2015 WS LOGAN AML

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR MARYLAND

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

PFA PROJECT ABSTRACT O-BJA-2022-171114 PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM (PFA) IS REQUESTING $124,910.45 O IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM IN MARYLAND ON THE RISKS AND STRATEGIES FOR WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT. THERE ARE NEARLY 30,000 INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (IDD) IN MARYLAND AT RISK FOR WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT.            THE PROGRAM WILL BE DELIVERED OVER THE 2-YEAR GRANT PERIOD THROUGH TRAINING CLASSES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS (FIRE/EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT - ACADEMY, IN-SERVICE AND CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS), PARENTS/GUARDIANS, SCHOOL PERSONNEL, CLINICIANS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WE WILL INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, WEBSITE CONTENT, AND RESOURCE FAIRS.            PFA WILL TEACH 65 CLASSES FOR FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES ACROSS MARYLAND WHICH INCLUDE A ROBUST WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT SEGMENT. OUR CURRICULUM AND STAFF INSTRUCTORS ARE CERTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE MARYLAND TRAINING COMMISSIONS.            PFA WILL CREATE AND HOST 6 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS AND OTHER CAREGIVERS ON WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT PREVENTION AND STRATEGIES.              PFA WILL PROVIDE 10 TRAINING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL ON AN OVERALL UNDERSTANDING OF AUTISM AND ADDRESS BOTH PREVENTION AND STEPS TO TAKE WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL GOES MISSING.            PFA WILL TEACH 10 CLASSES FOR CLINICIANS THAT INCLUDE WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT RISKS AND RESOURCES FOR THEM TO SHARE WITH THEIR CLIENTS’ CAREGIVERS.            PFA WILL PROVIDE 4 CLASSES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE RISKS OF WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT.            PFA WILL EXHIBIT AT 30 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY RESOURCE FAIRS AND PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SAFETY DAYS WHICH ARE SPONSORED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. PFA WILL DISPLAY MATERIALS WHICH HIGHLIGHT THE RISKS OF WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND OTHER RESOURCES.             WITH GRANT FUNDING, PFA WILL UPDATE AND PRODUCE 1000 WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT SAFETY KITS TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT RESOURCE FAIRS, PUBLIC SAFETY EVENTS, PFA EVENTS, TARGETED SCHOOLS, AND ADULT DAY PROGRAMS.             PFA WILL PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT RISKS AND STRATEGIES BY SHARING RESOURCES THROUGH 20 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND 20 EMAIL BLASTS. PFA WILL ALSO SCAN THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES OF LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES FOR CRITICAL MISSING PERSONS POSTS TO SHARE.              THE PFA WEBSITE IS A COMPREHENSIVE VEHICLE FOR PROVIDING ASD/IDD RELATED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION. OUR WEBSITE CONTAINS A SECTION TITLED SAFETY, WHICH INCLUDES A SUBSECTION DEVOTED TO WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT RESOURCES. WITH GRANT FUNDING, WE WILL UPDATE ANY RESOURCES AND INFORMATION IN NEED AND SEARCH FOR NEW RESOURCES TO ADD TO THOSE WEB PAGES. IN ADDITION TO THE WEBSITE, PFA HAS A ROBUST STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PROCESS TO DISSEMINATE WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT INFORMATION THROUGH ITS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

FA IA FY2013 PATHFINDERS TEACH AML

PATHFINDERS RC D IS PARTNERING WITH THE MARION COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE IOWADEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP DIVISION OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY (THE DIVISION) TO ADDRESS ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM THE WOODRUFF NORTH ABANDONED MINE LAND SITE. THE SITE POSES A WATER QUALITYRESOURCE CONCERN. THIS CONCERN STEMS FROM HIGH SEDIMENT LOADS COMING FROM DANGEROUS BARREN SPOIL PILES LEFT FROM PREVIOUS COAL MINING ACTIVITY AND ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) FROM UNCONTROLLED RUNOFF AT THE SITE.THE WOODRUFF NORTH RECLAMATION PROJECT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2.36 MILES WEST OF BUSSEY, IA, .64 MILESSOUTHWEST OF THE BUSSEY SCHOOL, AND 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE, IA. IT IS PART OF THE NORTH CEDAR CREEK HUC10 WATERSHED THAT DISCHARGES INTO NORTH CEDAR CREEK. THE APPROXIMATELY 120-ACRE ABANDONED MINE LAND (AML) SITE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1977. THE RECLAMATION PROJECT WILL ELIMINATE THE COAL MINING FEATURES THAT PRESENT A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC S HEALTH AND SAFETY, RESULTING IN ACID MINE DRAINAGE. THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY .24 MILES UPSTREAM OF THE NORTH CEDAR CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE DES MOINES RIVER, WHICH IS USED FOR RECREATION SUCH AS FISHING AND BOATING. THE PROJECT AIMS TO RECLAIM THE AREA TO ALLEVIATE AML PRIORITY FEATURES AND ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SEEDING TO STABILIZE THE SITE.THE SITE DESIGN RE-ESTABLISHES PRE-MINING DRAINAGE PATTERNS. THE WOODRUFF NORTH PROJECT WILL BE RECLAIMED USINGCONVENTIONAL DESIGN. THIS DESIGN METHODOLOGY USES A TYPICAL TERRACE AND TILE DESIGN THAT SLOWS OFFSITE WATER THATIS BEING HELD IN THE TERRACE UNTIL THE DRAIN TILE SLOWLY DRAINS THE WATER THROUGH A WETLAND, ALLOWING TREATMENTBEFORE BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE SITE INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF NORTH CEDAR CREEK. THE SITE WILL BE SEEDEDWITH TWO DIFFERENT MIXES: 1) WARM AND COOL SEASON GRASSES AND WILL BE USED FOR UPLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT, HAYING,AND EROSION CONTROL. 2) WETLAND FRINGE GRASSES, RUSHES, AND SEDGES WILL BE PLANTED TO PROMOTE WILDLIFE HABITATAND PROMOTE WATER QUALITY.ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION WILL ABATE ALL THE HAZARDOUS ABANDONED MINE LAND FEATURES. THECONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL CLEAR, RE-GRADE, AND RE-VEGETATE APPROXIMATELY 120 ACRES UTILIZING CONVENTIONALTERRACES AND TILES FOR RECLAMATION. THE IOWA AML PROGRAM HAS OVERSEEN MORE THAN 62 SIMILAR AND SUCCESSFULRECLAMATION AND AMD REMEDIATION PROJECTS.NO INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAS ANY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RECLAIM THE SITE. WATERSHEDCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (WCAP) FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE WOODRUFF NORTH RECLAMATION PROJECT. PATHFINDERS RC D WILL WORK WITH THE STATE OF IOWAS AML PROGRAM TO RECLAIM THE SITE. FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR EARTHMOVING, WATER AND SOIL NEUTRALIZATION, AND SEEDING ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE THE ACID MINE DRAINAGE ORIGINATING FROM THIS SITE. THE TOTAL RECLAMATION CONSTRUCTION COST IS ESTIMATED AT $4,890,465.45. TOTAL PROJECT COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $5,020,885.45UPON COMPLETION OF RECLAMATION, WILDLIFE HABITAT AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE ENHANCED, PROVIDINGECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS TO ALL IOWANS. RECLAMATION WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH ONTHE SITE AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH IN ADJACENT WATERBODIES AND FIELDS IN THE COUNTY OVER TIMETHROUGH THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE WATER CYCLE AND SOIL SYSTEMS.

PATHFINDERS RC D IS PARTNERING WITH THE MARION COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE IOWADEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP DIVISION OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY (THE DIVISION) TO ADDRESS ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM THE VAN EE ABANDONED MINE LAND SITE. THE SITE POSES A WATER QUALITY RESOURCE CONCERN. THIS CONCERN STEMS FROM HIGH SEDIMENT LOADS COMING FROM DANGEROUS BARREN SPOIL PILES LEFT FROM PREVIOUS COAL MINING ACTIVITY AND ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) FROM UNCONTROLLED RUNOFF AT THE SITE.THE VAN EE RECLAMATION PROJECT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 4.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUSSEY, IA. AND 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE, IA. IN THE HUC 10 CEDAR CREEK WATERSHED. THE APPROXIMATELY 80-ACRE ABANDONED MINE LAND (AML) SITE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1977. THE RECLAMATION PROJECT WILL ELIMINATE THE COAL MINING FEATURES THAT PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND RESULT IN ACID MINE DRAINAGE. THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY .50 MILES UPSTREAM OF CEDAR CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE DES MOINES RIVER WHICH IS USED FOR RECREATION SUCH AS FISHING AND BOATING. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO RECLAIM THE PROJECT AREA TO ALLEVIATE AML PRIORITY FEATURES AND ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SEEDING TO STABILIZE THE SITE.THE SITE DESIGN RE-ESTABLISHES PRE-MINING DRAINAGE PATTERNS. THE VAN EE PROJECT WILL BE RECLAIMED USING ATRADITIONAL TERRACE DESIGN. THIS DESIGN METHODOLOGY USES A TYPICAL TERRACE AND TILE DESIGN THAT SLOWS OFFSITEWATER THAT IS BEING HELD IN THE TERRACE UNTIL THE DRAIN TILE SLOWLY DRAINS THE WATER THROUGH A WETLAND, ALLOWINGTREATMENT BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE SITE INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF ENGLISH CREEK. THE SITE WILL BESEEDED WITH FOUR DIFFERENT MIXES: 1) WARM AND COOL SEASON GRASSES AND WILL BE USED FOR UPLAND WILDLIFE HABITATAND EROSION CONTROL. 2) PASTURE SEED MIX. 3) WETLAND FRINGE MIX.4) POLLINATOR SEEDING WILL BE PLANTED TO PROMOTEWILDLIFE HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY.ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION WILL ABATE ALL THE HAZARDOUS ABANDONED MINE LAND FEATURES. THECONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL CLEAR, RE-GRADE, AND RE-VEGETATE APPROXIMATELY 80 ACRES UTILIZING CONVENTIONALTERRACES AND TILES FOR RECLAMATION. THE IOWA AML PROGRAM HAS OVERSEEN MORE THAN 62 SIMILAR AND SUCCESSFULRECLAMATION AND AMD REMEDIATION PROJECTS.NO INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAS ANY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RECLAIM THE SITE. WATERSHEDCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (WCAP) FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE VAN EERECLAMATION PROJECT. PATHFINDERS RC D WILL WORK WITH THE STATE OF IOWAS AML PROGRAM TO RECLAIM THE SITE. FUNDSWILL BE USED FOR EARTHMOVING, WATER AND SOIL NEUTRALIZATION, AND SEEDING ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE THE ACID MINEDRAINAGE FROM THIS SITE. THE TOTAL RECLAMATION CONSTRUCTION COST IS ESTIMATED AT $2,268,251.00. TOTAL PROJECTCOSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $2,398,671.00UPON COMPLETION OF RECLAMATION, THE LAND WILL BE USED FOR MOSTLY WILDLIFE HABITAT AND ROTATIONALLY GRAZING FORLIVESTOCK ON PARTS OF THE SITE. THEY MAY ALSO TAKE A CUTTING OF HAY OFF THE SITE, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESWILL BE ENHANCED, PROVIDING ECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS TO ALL IOWANS. RECLAMATION WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT WATERQUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH ON THE SITE AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH IN ADJACENT WATERBODIES AND FIELDSIN THE COUNTY OVER TIME THROUGH THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE WATER CYCLE AND SOIL SYSTEMS.

PATHFINDERS RC D IS PARTNERING WITH THE MARION COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE IOWADEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP DIVISION OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY (THE DIVISION) TO ADDRESS ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM THE JOHNSON ABANDONED MINE LAND SITE. THE SITE POSES A WATER QUALITY RESOURCE CONCERN. THIS CONCERN STEMS FROM HIGH SEDIMENT LOADS COMING FROM DANGEROUS BARREN SPOIL PILES LEFT FROM PREVIOUS COAL MINING ACTIVITY AND ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) FROM UNCONTROLLED RUNOFF AT THE SITE.THE JOHNSON RECLAMATION PROJECT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NW OF BUSSEY, IA, AND 15 MILES SOUTH OFKNOXVILLE, IA. THE APPROXIMATELY 10.5-ACRE ABANDONED MINE LAND (AML) SITE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1977. THERECLAMATION PROJECT WILL ELIMINATE THE COAL MINING FEATURES THAT PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THEPUBLIC AND RESULT IN ACID MINE DRAINAGE. THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY .75 MILES UPSTREAM OF CEDAR CREEK, LOCATED INTHE HUC 10 CEDAR CREEK WATERSHED, AND DISCHARGES INTO AN UNKNOWN TRIBUTARY THAT DRAINS DIRECTLY INTO CEDAR CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE DES MOINES RIVER THAT IS USED FOR FISHING AND CANOEING, AS WELL AS PUBLIC RECREATION. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO RECLAIM THE PROJECT AREA TO ALLEVIATE AML PRIORITY FEATURES AND ESTABLISH A PERMANENTSEEDING TO STABILIZE THE SITE.THE SITE DESIGN RE-ESTABLISHES PRE-MINING DRAINAGE PATTERNS. THE JOHNSON PROJECT WILL BE RECLAIMED USINGCONVENTIONAL DESIGN. THIS DESIGN METHODOLOGY USES A TYPICAL TERRACE AND TILE DESIGN THAT SLOWS OFFSITE WATER THATIS BEING HELD IN THE TERRACE UNTIL THE DRAIN TILE SLOWLY DRAINS THE WATER THROUGH A WETLAND, ALLOWING TREATMENTBEFORE BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE SITE INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CEDAR CREEK. THE SITE WILL BE SEEDED WITH TWODIFFERENT MIXES: 1) WARM AND COOL SEASON GRASSES AND WILL BE USED FOR UPLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT AND EROSIONCONTROL. 2) WETLAND FRINGE GRASSES, RUSHES, AND SEDGES WILL BE PLANTED TO PROMOTE WILDLIFE HABITAT AND PROMOTEWATER QUALITY.ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION WILL ABATE ALL THE HAZARDOUS ABANDONED MINE LAND FEATURES. THECONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL CLEAR, RE-GRADE, AND RE-VEGETATE APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES UTILIZING CONVENTIONALTERRACES AND TILES FOR RECLAMATION. THE IOWA AML PROGRAM HAS OVERSEEN MORE THAN 62 SIMILAR AND SUCCESSFULRECLAMATION AND AMD REMEDIATION PROJECTS.NO INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAS ANY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RECLAIM THE SITE. WATERSHEDCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (WCAP) FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE JOHNSON RECLAMATION PROJECT. PATHFINDERS RC D WILL WORK WITH THE STATE OF IOWAS AML PROGRAM TO RECLAIM THE SITE. FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR EARTHMOVING, WATER AND SOIL NEUTRALIZATION, AND SEEDING ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE THE ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM THIS SITE. THE TOTAL RECLAMATION CONSTRUCTION COST IS ESTIMATED AT $435,113.00. TOTAL PROJECT COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $565,533.00UPON COMPLETION OF RECLAMATION, THE LAND WILL BE USED FOR MOSTLY WILDLIFE HABITAT AND HUNTING ON THE SITE.RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE ENHANCED, PROVIDING ECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS TO ALL IOWANS. RECLAMATIONWILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH ON THE SITE AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH INADJACENT WATERBODIES AND FIELDS IN THE COUNTY OVER TIME THROUGH THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE WATER CYCLE ANDSOIL SYSTEMS.

PATHFINDERS RC D IS PARTNERING WITH THE MARION COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE IOWADEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP DIVISION OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY (THE DIVISION) TO ADDRESS ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM THE BARNETT ABANDONED MINE LAND SITE. THE SITE POSES A WATER QUALITY RESOURCE CONCERN. THIS CONCERN STEMS FROM HIGH SEDIMENT LOADS COMING FROM DANGEROUS BARREN SPOIL PILES LEFT FROM PREVIOUS COAL MINING ACTIVITY AND ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) FROM UNCONTROLLED RUNOFF AT THE SITE.THE BARNETT RECLAMATION PROJECT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE, IA., IN THE HUC 10ENGLISH CREEK WATERSHED. THE APPROXIMATELY 16-ACRE ABANDONED MINE LAND (AML) SITE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1977. THE RECLAMATION PROJECT WILL ELIMINATE THE COAL MINING FEATURES THAT PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND RESULT IN ACID MINE DRAINAGE. THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY .75 MILES UPSTREAM OF ENGLISH CREEK, WHICHFLOWS INTO THE DES MOINES RIVER AND IS USED FOR RECREATION, SUCH AS FISHING AND BOATING. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECTIS TO RECLAIM THE PROJECT AREA TO ALLEVIATE AML PRIORITY FEATURES AND ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SEEDING TO STABILIZETHE SITE.THE SITE DESIGN RE-ESTABLISHES PRE-MINING DRAINAGE PATTERNS. THE BARNETT PROJECT WILL BE RECLAIMED USINGCONVENTIONAL DESIGN. THIS DESIGN METHODOLOGY USES A TYPICAL TERRACE AND TILE DESIGN THAT SLOWS OFFSITE WATER THATIS BEING HELD IN THE TERRACE UNTIL THE DRAIN TILE SLOWLY DRAINS THE WATER THROUGH A WETLAND, ALLOWING TREATMENTBEFORE BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE SITE INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF ENGLISH CREEK. THE SITE WILL BE SEEDED WITHTHREE DIFFERENT MIXES. 1) WARM AND COOL SEASON GRASSES WILL BE USED FOR UPLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT AND EROSIONCONTROL. 2) PASTURE SEED MIX. 3) WETLAND FRINGE GRASSES, RUSHES, AND SEDGES WILL BE PLANTED TO PROMOTE WILDLIFEHABITAT AND PROMOTE WATER QUALITY.ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION WILL ABATE ALL THE HAZARDOUS ABANDONED MINE LAND FEATURES. THECONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL CLEAR, RE-GRADE, AND RE-VEGETATE APPROXIMATELY 16 ACRES UTILIZING A NATURAL REGRADEMETHOD FOR RECLAMATION. THE IOWA AML PROGRAM HAS OVERSEEN MORE THAN 62 SIMILAR AND SUCCESSFUL RECLAMATION AND AMD REMEDIATION PROJECTS.NO INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAS ANY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RECLAIM THE SITE. WATERSHEDCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (WCAP) FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE BARNETTRECLAMATION PROJECT. PATHFINDERS RC D WILL WORK WITH THE STATE OF IOWAS AML PROGRAM TO RECLAIM THE SITE. FUNDSWILL BE USED FOR EARTHMOVING, WATER AND SOIL NEUTRALIZATION, AND SEEDING ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE THE ACID MINEDRAINAGE ORIGINATING FROM THIS SITE. THE TOTAL RECLAMATION CONSTRUCTION COST IS ESTIMATED AT $431,000.00. TOTALPROJECT COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $561,420.00UPON COMPLETION OF RECLAMATION, THE LAND WILL BE USED PRIMARILY FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT AND HUNTING ON THE SITE.RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE ENHANCED, PROVIDING ECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS TO ALL IOWANS. RECLAMATIONWILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH ON THE SITE AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH INADJACENT WATERBODIES AND FIELDS IN THE COUNTY OVER TIME THROUGH THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE WATER CYCLE ANDSOIL SYSTEMS.

JAGER SOUTH ABSTRACTPATHFINDERS RCAND D IS PARTNERING WITH THE MAHASKA COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE IOWADEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP DIVISION OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY (THE DIVISION) TOADDRESS ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM THE JAGER ABANDONED MINE LAND SITE. THE SITE POSES A WATER QUALITY RESOURCECONCERN. THIS CONCERN STEMS FROM HIGH SEDIMENT LOADS COMING FROM DANGEROUS BARREN SPOIL PILES LEFT FROM PREVIOUSCOAL MINING ACTIVITY AND ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) FROM UNCONTROLLED RUNOFF AT THE SITE.OVERALL PROJECT DESCRIPTION THIS PROJECT IS DIVIDED INTO A NORTH AND SOUTH PORTION DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF 320THSTREET DIVIDING THE SITE INTO TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS. THE ANTICIPATED WORK WILL BE TO CONCENTRATE ON ONE SIDE OFTHE SITE AT A TIME, AND HAVE MINIMAL DISTURBANCE CROSSING 320TH STREET. THE SITE WILL BLEND INTO THE EXISTINGLANDSCAPE BY USING THE NATURAL REGRADE ENGINEERING DESIGN. BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH PORTIONS WILL HAVE A WETLANDPRESENT. THE PROJECT WITH THEN BE SEEDING DOWN WITH AN UPLAND SEEDING MIX TO PROVIDE COVER.THE JAGER SOUTH RECLAMATION PROJECT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE EDDYVILLE RACEWAY PARK.THE APPROXIMATELY 21.6 ACRE ABANDONED MINE LAND (AML) SITE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1977. THE RECLAMATION PROJECT WILLELIMINATE THE COAL MINING FEATURES THAT PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND RESULTINGACID MINE DRAINAGE. THE SITE IS 2 MILES FROM THE DES MOINES RIVER, WHICH IS ACTIVELY USED FOR RECREATION AND THECURRENT CONDITION OF THE SITE NEGATIVELY IMPACTS AN UN NAMED TRIBUTARY. THIS DRAINAGE THEN FLOWS SOUTHWEST INTOTHE LOST CREEK, WHICH THEN FLOWS INTO THE DES MOINES RIVER. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO RECLAIM THE PROJECTAREA TO ALLEVIATE AML PRIORITY FEATURES AND ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SEEDING TO STABILIZE THE SITE.THE SITE DESIGN RE ESTABLISHES PRE MINING DRAINAGE PATTERNS INCLUDING TWO DRAINAGE WAYS AND A WETLAND. ACCORDINGTO THE PROJECT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION WILL ABATE ALL THE HAZARDOUS ABANDONED MINE LAND FEATURES. THE CONSTRUCTIONCONTRACT WILL CLEAR, RE GRADE AND RE VEGETATE APPROXIMATELY 21.6 ACRES USE THE NATURAL REGRADE DESIGN FORRECLAMATION. THIS METHOD USES THE LANDSCAPE TO CREATE SMALL TRIBUTARIES THAT CARRY WATER INTO ONE LARGERMEANDERING STREAM. THE IOWA AML PROGRAM HAS OVERSEEN MORE THAN 53 SIMILAR, AND SUCCESSFUL, RECLAMATION AND AMDREMEDIATION PROJECTS.NO INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAS ANY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RECLAIM THE SITE. WATERSHEDCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (WCAP) FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE JAGER SOUTHRECLAMATION PROJECT. PATHFINDERS RCAND D WILL WORK WITH THE STATE OF IOWA S AML PROGRAM TO RECLAIM THE SITE. FUNDSWILL BE USED FOR EARTHMOVING, WATER AND SOIL NEUTRALIZATION, AND SEEDING ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE THE ACID MINEDRAINAGE ORIGINATING FROM THIS SITE. THE TOTAL RECLAMATION CONSTRUCTION COST IS ESTIMATED AT 476,289.10. TOTALPROJECT COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT 578,752.10.UPON COMPLETION OF RECLAMATION, WILDLIFE HABITAT AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE ENHANCED, PROVIDINGECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS TO ALL IOWANS. RECLAMATION WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH ONTHE SITE, AS WELL AS, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH IN ADJACENT WATERBODIES AND FIELDS IN THE COUNTY OVERTIME THROUGH THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE WATER CYCLE AND SOIL SYSTEMS.

JAGER NORTH ABSTRACTPATHFINDERS RCAND D IS PARTNERING WITH THE MAHASKA COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE IOWADEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP DIVISION OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY (THE DIVISION) TOADDRESS ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM THE JAGER ABANDONED MINE LAND SITE. THE SITE POSES A WATER QUALITY RESOURCECONCERN. THIS CONCERN STEMS FROM HIGH SEDIMENT LOADS COMING FROM DANGEROUS BARREN SPOIL PILES LEFT FROM PREVIOUSCOAL MINING ACTIVITY AND ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) FROM UNCONTROLLED RUNOFF AT THE SITE.OVERALL PROJECT DESCRIPTION THIS PROJECT IS DIVIDED INTO A NORTH AND SOUTH PORTION DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF 320THSTREET CUTTING THROUGH THE SITE. THE SITE WILL BLEND INTO THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE BY USING THE NATURAL REGRADEENGINEERING DESIGN. BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH PORTIONS WILL HAVE A WETLAND PRESENT. THE PROJECT WITH THEN BE SEEDINGDOWN WITH AN UPLAND SEEDING MIX TO PROVIDE COVER.THE JAGER NORTH RECLAMATION PROJECT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE EDDYVILLE RACEWAY PARK.THE APPROXIMATELY 32.4 ACRE ABANDONED MINE LAND (AML) SITE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1977. THE RECLAMATION PROJECT WILLELIMINATE THE COAL MINING FEATURES THAT PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND RESULTINGACID MINE DRAINAGE. THE SITE IS 2 MILES FROM THE DES MOINES RIVER, WHICH IS ACTIVELY USED FOR RECREATION AND THECURRENT CONDITION OF THE SITE NEGATIVELY IMPACTS AN UN NAMED TRIBUTARY TO LOST CREEK. THERE IS ONE MAIN UNNAMEDDRAINAGE WAY IN THE JAGER NORTH PROJECT THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE SITE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, FLOWS THROUGH A METALCULVERT UNDER 320TH STREET, AND INTO THE JAGER SOUTH SITE. THIS DRAINAGE THEN FLOWS SOUTHWEST INTO THE UNNAMEDTRIBUTARY TO LOST CREEK, WHICH THEN FLOWS INTO THE DES MOINES RIVER. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO RECLAIM THEPROJECT AREA TO ALLEVIATE AML PRIORITY FEATURES AND ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SEEDING TO STABILIZE THE SITE.THE SITE DESIGN RE ESTABLISHES PRE MINING DRAINAGE PATTERNS INCLUDING ONE SMALL DRAINAGE WAY AND TWO WETLANDS.ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION WILL ABATE ALL THE HAZARDOUS ABANDONED MINE LAND FEATURES. THECONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL CLEAR, RE GRADE AND RE VEGETATE APPROXIMATELY 32.4 ACRES USE THE NATURAL REGRADEDESIGN FOR RECLAMATION. THIS METHOD USES THE LANDSCAPE TO CREATE SMALL TRIBUTARIES THAT CARRY WATER INTO ONELARGER MEANDERING STREAM. THE IOWA AML PROGRAM HAS OVERSEEN MORE THAN 53 SIMILAR, AND SUCCESSFUL, RECLAMATION ANDAMD REMEDIATION PROJECTS.NO INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAS ANY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RECLAIM THE SITE. WATERSHEDCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (WCAP) FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE JAGER NORTHRECLAMATION PROJECT. PATHFINDERS RCAND D WILL WORK WITH THE STATE OF IOWA S AML PROGRAM TO RECLAIM THE SITE. FUNDSWILL BE USED FOR EARTHMOVING, WATER AND SOIL NEUTRALIZATION, AND SEEDING ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE THE ACID MINEDRAINAGE ORIGINATING FROM THIS SITE. THE TOTAL RECLAMATION CONSTRUCTION COST IS ESTIMATED AT 714,433.65. TOTALPROJECT COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT 816,896.65.UPON COMPLETION OF RECLAMATION, WILDLIFE HABITAT AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE ENHANCED, PROVIDINGECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS TO ALL IOWANS. RECLAMATION WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH ONTHE SITE, AS WELL AS, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH IN ADJACENT WATERBODIES AND FIELDS IN THE COUNTY OVERTIME THROUGH THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE WATER CYCLE AND SOIL SYSTEMS.

MCCREA ABSTRACTPATHFINDERS RCAND D IS PARTNERING WITH THE MAHASKA COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE IOWADEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP DIVISION OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY (THE DIVISION) TOADDRESS ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM THE MCCREA ABANDONED MINE LAND SITE. THE SITE POSES A WATER QUALITY RESOURCECONCERN. THIS CONCERN STEMS FROM HIGH SEDIMENT LOADS COMING FROM DANGEROUS BARREN SPOIL PILES LEFT FROM PREVIOUSCOAL MINING ACTIVITY AND ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) FROM UNCONTROLLED RUNOFF AT THE SITE.THE MCCREA RECLAMATION PROJECT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SOUTH WEST OF THE CITY BEACON, IOWA. THEAPPROXIMATELY 28.2 ACRE ABANDONED MINE LAND (AML) SITE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1977. THE RECLAMATION PROJECT WILLELIMINATE THE COAL MINING FEATURES THAT PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND RESULTINGACID MINE DRAINAGE. THE SITE IS 2 MILES FROM THE DES MOINES RIVER, WHICH IS ACTIVELY USED FOR RECREATION AND THECURRENT CONDITION OF THE SITE NEGATIVELY IMPACTS AN UN NAMED TRIBUTARY OF DRAINAGE DITCH NUMBER 2. THIS DRAINAGETHEN FLOWS SOUTHWEST INTO A SMALL UNNAMED TRIBUTARY WHICH FLOWS INTO THE DES MOINES RIVER. THE GOAL OF THEPROJECT IS TO RECLAIM THE PROJECT AREA TO ALLEVIATE AML PRIORITY FEATURES AND ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SEEDING TOSTABILIZE THE SITE.THE SITE DESIGN RE ESTABLISHES PRE MINING DRAINAGE PATTERNS INCLUDING ONE SMALL DRAINAGE WAYS AND WETLANDS.ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION WILL ABATE ALL THE HAZARDOUS ABANDONED MINE LAND FEATURES. THECONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL CLEAR, RE GRADE AND RE VEGETATE APPROXIMATELY 28.2 ACRES USING THE HYBRID DESIGN FORRECLAMATION. THIS METHOD USES CONVENTIONAL RECLAMATION WITH TERRACES, TILES, AND INTAKE RISERS. THEN THERE WILLBE SECTIONS OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL USE NATURAL REGRADE, WHERE THE ENGINEER S DESIGN MIMICS FUNCTIONS OF NATURALLANDSCAPE THAT WOULD EVOLVE OVER TIME. THIS APPROACH RECLAIMS LAND BY DESIGNING NATURAL LANDSCAPE WITH STABILITYAGAINST EROSION BUILT INTO THE SITE AND WATER IS ALLOWED TO TRAVEL WHERE IT WOULD TRAVEL NATURALLY. THERE ALSOWILL BE 1.7 ACRES OF WETLANDS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE TO HELP WITH THE TREATMENT OF AMD, AND SEDIMENT CONTROL BEFORELEAVING THE SITE. THE IOWA AML PROGRAM HAS OVERSEEN MORE THAN 53 SIMILAR, AND SUCCESSFUL, RECLAMATION AND AMDREMEDIATION PROJECTS.NO INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAS ANY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RECLAIM THE SITE. WATERSHEDCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (WCAP) FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE MCCREARECLAMATION PROJECT. PATHFINDERS RCAND D WILL WORK WITH THE STATE OF IOWA S AML PROGRAM TO RECLAIM THE SITE. FUNDSWILL BE USED FOR EARTHMOVING, WATER AND SOIL NEUTRALIZATION, AND SEEDING ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE THE ACID MINEDRAINAGE ORIGINATING FROM THIS SITE. THE TOTAL RECLAMATION CONSTRUCTION COST IS ESTIMATED AT 730,300.00. TOTALPROJECT COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT 832,763.00.UPON COMPLETION OF RECLAMATION, WILDLIFE HABITAT AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE ENHANCED, PROVIDINGECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS TO ALL IOWANS. RECLAMATION WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH ONTHE SITE, AS WELL AS, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SOIL HEALTH IN ADJACENT WATERBODIES AND FIELDS IN THE COUNTY OVERTIME THROUGH THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE WATER CYCLE AND SOIL SYSTEMS.

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IA FY2021 WS PATHFINDERS DELONG

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15.253 NOT-FOR-PROFIT AMD RECLAMATION

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FA IA FY2017 WS PATH ROWLEY

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FA IA FY2016 WS LARKIN

FA IA FY2016 WS PATHFINDERS NOLL

FA IA FY2016 WS MORGAN

FA IA FY2015 WS PATHFINDERS VANDERBEEK AML

FA IA FY2015 WS PATHFINDERS LANGSTRAAT AML

FA IA FY2015 WS PATHFINDERS SYTSMA AML

FA IA FY2015 WS PATHFINDERS MEYER AML

FA IA FY2015 WS PATHFINDERS MEMMELAAR AML

FA IA FY2014 PATHFINDERS DOOLEY WCAP

FA IA FY2014 WS PATHFINDERS BLIZZARD AML

FA IA FY2014 WS PATHFINDERS HARRINGTON

FA IA FY2013 VER PLOEG AML

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FA IA FY2013 JUDGE AML

FA IA FY2013 WS PATHFINDERS ROUDYBUSH

FA IA FY2013 WS PATHFINDER SAILORS

FA IA FY2013 WS PATHFINDERS GLENN SOUTH AML

FA PATHFINDERS WS LEWIS AML

HARRIS AML

FA IA FY2012 WS PATHFINDERS JANSSEN AML

FA IA FY2012 PATHFINDERS LANE AML

FA IA FY2012 WS PATHFINDERS OLDHAM

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NOT-FOR-PROFIT AMD RECLAMATION

WATERSHED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM

NTL FIRE PLAN - WLDLFE URBAN INT COM AST, 2008

FISH, WILDLIFE, & PLANT CONSV. RES. MGMT, 2008

WAAL WEST AML MINE RECLAMATION

WESTERCAMP AML/AMD PROJECT

EDWARDS-AMERICAN AML/AMD PROJECT

LATERAL 18 REHABILITATION PROJECT

FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

LATERAL 71 PHASE III REHABILITATION PROJECT

THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF SYRIAN AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN REFUGEES IN EGYPT

WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

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STRONG TOGETHER: YOUNG MOMS & THEIR KIDS

PATHFINDERS OF OREGON PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT PAVING A TRAIL OF HOPE: THE PATHFINDER CLUB, AN ARTS-BASED SUPPORT CLUB FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUTH WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OR DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY JUSTICE JUVENILE SERVICES DIVISION. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROVIDING WEEKLY CLUB SESSIONS; FACILITATING ART, WRITING, MINDFULNESS, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES WITH EMBEDDED SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING STRATEGIES; SHARING AND PUBLISHING THE WORK OF CLUB MEMBERS TO INSPIRE, SUPPORT, EDUCATE, AND CREATE CHANGE; SUPPORTING THE RELEASE AND REENTRY OF CLUB MEMBERS IN COLLABORATION WITH JUVENILE SERVICES DIVISION STAFF; AND EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF THE CLUB ON REACHING PROGRAM GOALS.

PURPOSE: THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE VITA GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO 1) EXTEND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN HARDEST TO REACH AREAS BOTH URBAN AND NON-URBAN; 2) INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO FILE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) HEIGHTEN QUALITY CONTROL; 4) ENHANCE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS; AND 5) SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE ACCURACY RATE OF RETURNS PREPARED AT VITA SITES. END GOAL/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: VITA GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO 1) FOLLOW EXISTING GUIDANCE GOVERNING VITA SITE OPERATIONS; 2) ENSURE AT LEAST 90% OF RETURNS PREPARED ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE INCOME IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC) THRESHOLDS; 2) FILE ALL ELIGIBLE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) ACHIEVE 100% OF THEIR RETURN PRODUCTION GOALS; 4) BECOME MORE EFFICIENT WITH GRANT FUNDS; AND 5) SHOW INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN RETURN PREPARATION EACH YEAR. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: TAXPAYERS WHO ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE, NATIVE AMERICANS, INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE ELDERLY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM AND MUST ADHERE TO GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. BROADBAND: SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BROADBAND USAGE ARE NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

LOW INCOME/DISABLED RURAL VITA PROGRAM

FA IA FY2013 WS PATHFINDERS VAN BEEK AML

PURPOSE: THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE VITA GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO 1) EXTEND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN HARDEST TO REACH AREAS BOTH URBAN AND NON-URBAN; 2) INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO FILE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) HEIGHTEN QUALITY CONTROL; 4) ENHANCE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS; AND 5) SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE ACCURACY RATE OF RETURNS PREPARED AT VITA SITES. END GOAL/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: VITA GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO 1) FOLLOW EXISTING GUIDANCE GOVERNING VITA SITE OPERATIONS; 2) ENSURE AT LEAST 90% OF RETURNS PREPARED ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE INCOME IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC) THRESHOLDS; 2) FILE ALL ELIGIBLE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) ACHIEVE 100% OF THEIR RETURN PRODUCTION GOALS; 4) BECOME MORE EFFICIENT WITH GRANT FUNDS; AND 5) SHOW INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN RETURN PREPARATION EACH YEAR. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: TAXPAYERS WHO ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE, NATIVE AMERICANS, INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE ELDERLY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM AND MUST ADHERE TO GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. BROADBAND: SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BROADBAND USAGE ARE NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

PURPOSE: THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE VITA GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO 1) EXTEND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN HARDEST TO REACH AREAS BOTH URBAN AND NON-URBAN; 2) INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO FILE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) HEIGHTEN QUALITY CONTROL; 4) ENHANCE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS; AND 5) SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE ACCURACY RATE OF RETURNS PREPARED AT VITA SITES. END GOAL/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: VITA GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO 1) FOLLOW EXISTING GUIDANCE GOVERNING VITA SITE OPERATIONS; 2) ENSURE AT LEAST 90% OF RETURNS PREPARED ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE INCOME IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC) THRESHOLDS; 2) FILE ALL ELIGIBLE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) ACHIEVE 100% OF THEIR RETURN PRODUCTION GOALS; 4) BECOME MORE EFFICIENT WITH GRANT FUNDS; AND 5) SHOW INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN RETURN PREPARATION EACH YEAR. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: TAXPAYERS WHO ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE, NATIVE AMERICANS, INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE ELDERLY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM AND MUST ADHERE TO GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. BROADBAND: SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BROADBAND USAGE ARE NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

PURPOSE: THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE VITA GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO 1) EXTEND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN HARDEST TO REACH AREAS BOTH URBAN AND NON-URBAN; 2) INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO FILE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) HEIGHTEN QUALITY CONTROL; 4) ENHANCE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS; AND 5) SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE ACCURACY RATE OF RETURNS PREPARED AT VITA SITES. END GOAL/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: VITA GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO 1) FOLLOW EXISTING GUIDANCE GOVERNING VITA SITE OPERATIONS; 2) ENSURE AT LEAST 90% OF RETURNS PREPARED ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE INCOME IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC) THRESHOLDS; 2) FILE ALL ELIGIBLE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) ACHIEVE 100% OF THEIR RETURN PRODUCTION GOALS; 4) BECOME MORE EFFICIENT WITH GRANT FUNDS; AND 5) SHOW INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN RETURN PREPARATION EACH YEAR. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: TAXPAYERS WHO ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE, NATIVE AMERICANS, INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE ELDERLY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM AND MUST ADHERE TO GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. BROADBAND: SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BROADBAND USAGE ARE NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

PURPOSE: THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE VITA GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO 1) EXTEND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN HARDEST TO REACH AREAS BOTH URBAN AND NON-URBAN; 2) INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO FILE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) HEIGHTEN QUALITY CONTROL; 4) ENHANCE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS; AND 5) SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE ACCURACY RATE OF RETURNS PREPARED AT VITA SITES. END GOAL/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: VITA GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO 1) FOLLOW EXISTING GUIDANCE GOVERNING VITA SITE OPERATIONS; 2) ENSURE AT LEAST 90% OF RETURNS PREPARED ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE INCOME IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC) THRESHOLDS; 2) FILE ALL ELIGIBLE RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; 3) ACHIEVE 100% OF THEIR RETURN PRODUCTION GOALS; 4) BECOME MORE EFFICIENT WITH GRANT FUNDS; AND 5) SHOW INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN RETURN PREPARATION EACH YEAR. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: TAXPAYERS WHO ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE, NATIVE AMERICANS, INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE ELDERLY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM AND MUST ADHERE TO GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. BROADBAND: SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BROADBAND USAGE ARE NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

VITA PROGRAM HUNTINGTON COUNTY INDIANA

LOW INCOME/DISABLED RURAL VITA PROGRAM

LOW INCOME/DISABLED RURAL VITA PROGRAM

VITA PROGRAM HUNTINGTON COUNTY INDIANA

VITA PROGRAM HUNTINGTON COUNTY INDIANA

INDO PACIFIC SECURITY CONFERENCE 2024 BY PATHFINDERS ORGANIZATION PROMOTING FREE OPEN AND SECURE INDO PACIFIC REGION

TO SUPPORT INDIAN OCEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE.

RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT

A COMMEMORATION LECTURE TO GENERATE THE INTEREST OF THE SRI LANKAN PUBLIC TO THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY COL. OLCOTT (WHO IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN) TO SRI LANKAN BUDDHISM AND CREATION OF THE MODERN NATION STATE.

BOENDER WATERSHED PROJECT

PS09-943: HIV PREVENTION AMONG STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT PRE-SERVICE INSTITUTIONS IN THE REPU

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

APHIA

BLM-CO-RGFO TIGER TUNNEL DUMP RECLAMATION

SCALE UP OF HOME BASED CARE ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS INCLUDING