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WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 25, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Associated General Contractors of America will provide highway work zone safety training classes next year thanks to a federal safety grant the association earned. The association will use the $135,000 Susan Harwood Training Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to offer the safety training classes designed to prevent injuries among highway, street and bridge construction workers, officials

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 12, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald today announced the award of approximately $300 million in grants that will help approximately 115,000 homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families. The grants will be distributed to 301 community agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Building on its longstanding commitment to Native American communities, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced $3 million in tribal AmeriCorps grants that will increase the number of AmeriCorps members serving tribal communities by 41 percent

Santa Barbara - July 15, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Rep. Lois Capps (CA-24) announced more than $8 million in federal grants designed to provide housing and economic opportunities for working-class residents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The report by Vic O’Brien, development director at GreenSquare Group, explores the potential of private investment in affordable housing supported by tax credits, known in America as Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)

WASHINGTON - June 30, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announced grants totaling $36,710,368 awarded to 156 organizations nationwide to provide more than 12,000 veterans with training to help them succeed in civilian careers. The grants are being awarded under the department's Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP), administered by the Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $40 million in grants to hundreds of national, regional and local organizations to help families and individuals with their housing needs and to prevent future foreclosures. HUD’s housing counseling grants, and the additional funding they help to leverage, will assist more than 1.5 million households find housing, make more informed housing choices, or keep their current homes. See a list of all counseling agencies awarded funding today

Greensboro, NC - May 15, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- United Way of Greater Greensboro is pleased to offer two grant opportunities for new and existing programs that create positive community impact. These grants are focused on supporting the education and success of children and youth, financial stability and independence of families and individuals, and healthy lives for all in our community. These grants are available due to the generosity of the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 13, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- REALTOR® Magazine and the Good Neighbor Society have announced the recipients of the sixth annual Volunteering Works, a program that matches Realtors® who work on small-scale charitable efforts with mentors and awards them grant money.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Supporters of an “enhanced” but expired federal tax deduction for landowners who donate property for conservation or preservation want Congress to reinstate it and make it permanent, CQ Roll Call reported May 2.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 7, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today joined the national director of AmeriCorps in announcing $3.5 million in AmeriCorps funding to four Virginia organizations. The grants support nonprofit organizations serving at-risk youth, and organizations which train and deploy military veterans to assist other veterans and their families in Virginia

Washington, D.C. - May 7, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a $465,000 grant for the Town of Wellsville from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Economic Development Assistance Programs. This federal funding will be used to update and expand the town’s water infrastructure. In September, Senator Gillibrand sent a letter to the regional director of the EDA requesting funding for Wellsville

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 28, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- HUD announced $29 million in grants to assist more than 1,200 extremely low-income persons and families living with HIV/AIDS annually. This funding will provide these households with a stable living environment, which is essential to accessing healthcare and HIV related services. In addition to housing assistance, these local programs will provide access to the needed supportive services such as life skills, job readiness services and employment training

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 25, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $29 million in grants to assist more than 1,200 extremely low-income persons and families living with HIV/AIDS annually. This funding will provide these households with a stable living environment, which is essential to accessing healthcare and HIV related services. In addition to housing assistance, these local programs will provide access to the needed supportive services such as life skills, job readiness services and employment training.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 15, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announces a grant competition that will award an estimated 24 or more Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program grants totaling approximately $6 million to provide an estimated 2,000 veterans with occupational, classroom and on-the-job training, as well as job search and placement assistance, to help them succeed in the civilian labor market

SACRAMENTO, CA - April 1, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Speaking at the Green Schools National Conference, Global Green USA and Pureology announced the completion of its comprehensive, student-led Green School Makeover at Boston Latin School. A panel of expert judges selected the winning school after six months of intensive outreach by educators, school districts and educational organizations, resulting in more than 450 submissions. Drawing on its green building expertise that spans more than two decades, Global Green USA provided Boston Latin School with a $75,000 grant to realize its student-created proposal of giving America’s first and oldest public school a sustainability-focused makeover.

New York, N.Y. - March 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of a $500,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the City of Buffalo to fund green infrastructure projects to improve water quality in Lake Erie. Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator for the Great Lakes, was joined today by Congressmember Brian Higgins and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown at the offices of the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper to announce the projects.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded nearly $1.8 billion to public housing authorities in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to make major large-scale improvements to the nation’s 1.1 million public housing units. View funding by public housing authority here

RACINE - March 13, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of a $250,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the city of Racine to fund green infrastructure projects to improve water quality in Lake Michigan. EPA Region 5 Administrator / Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman was joined at Memorial Hall by Racine Mayor John Dickert and Vicki Elkin, Executive Director of the Fund for Lake Michigan to announce the projects

WASHINGTON - March 6, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continuing the transformation of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) into a 21st century organization, the President has proposed a $163.9 billion budget, a 6.5 percent increase over Fiscal Year 2014, that will support VA’s goals to expand access to health care and other benefits, eliminate the disability claims backlog, and end homelessness among Veterans. The budget includes $68.4 billion in discretionary spending, largely for healthcare, and $95.6 billion for mandatory programs – mostly disability compensation and pensions for Veterans