CYFAR Sustainable Community Projects (New)

The summary for the CYFAR Sustainable Community Projects (New) Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	CYFAR Sustainable Community Projects (New)
	CFDA Number:	10.500
	CFDA Description:	Cooperative Extension Service
	Federal Agency Name:	CSREES
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education Community Development Agriculture
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-CSREES-SLBCD-001091
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 19, 2007
	Creation Date:	Oct 19, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Dec 10, 2007
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jan 11, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,200,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$100,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Only Cooperative Extension Services at 1862 Land-Grant Universities are eligible to apply. Commercial, non-profit, and other organizations that are not Cooperative Extension Services at 1862 Land-Grant Universities and Colleges are not eligible to apply.
Grant Description: The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), USDA announces the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) funding program to improve the quality and quantity of comprehensive community-based programs for at-risk children, youth, and families supported by the Cooperative Extension System. The CYFAR program mission is to marshal resources of the Land-Grant and Cooperative Extension Systems to develop and deliver educational programs that equip limited resource families and youth who are at-risk for not meeting basic human needs with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Fiscal Year 2008 Children, Youth, and Families at-Risk Sustainable Community Projects
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/cyfar_scp.html
Grant Announcement Contact: CSREES Help Desk
Phone: 202-401-5048
Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays electronic@csrees.usda.gov For questions regarding this RFA
Similar Government Grants: • Rural Youth Development; • New Technologies for Ag Extension Program; • Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project; • Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities: State and Regional AgrAbility Projects; • Children, Youth, and Families at Risk - Sustainable Community Projects