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New RFPs Support Workforce Development and Transportation

2 weeks ago
by Alex Dunn
Written by Alex Dunn

Hi, I’m Alex Dunn, the Millionaire Grant Lady. I have 15 years of grant writing experience and over $125 million in awards under my belt. I offer advice, tips, tricks and opportunities to the DFW501c.news audience each week.

Here are two recent federal grant opportunities:

Grants for Transportation in Highly Rural Areas

  • Funder: Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Expected number of awards: 15
  • Cost sharing required? No
  • Due date: May 5, 2026
  • Award range: up to $50,000
  • Eligibility: VA accredited Veterans Service Organization (VSO) or a State Veterans Agency
  • Description: Highly Rural Transportation Grants (HRTG) is a grant-based program that helps Veterans in highly rural areas travel to VA or VA-authorized health care facilities. This program provides grant funding to Veteran Service Organizations and State Veterans Service Agencies to provide transportation services in eligible counties.  HRTG provides transportation programs in counties with fewer than seven people per square mile. There is no cost to participate in the program for Veterans who live in an area where HRTG is available.

Link to full RFP: https://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/vtp/highly_rural_transportation_grants.asp

Indian and Native American Programs – Employment and Training Grants

  • Funder: Department of Labor
  • Expected number of awards: 63
  • Cost sharing required? No
  • Closing date: May 22, 2026
  • Award range: up to $2.8 million
  • Eligibility: Nonprofits, tribal governments, tribal organizations
  • Summary: The Indian and Native American Program (INAP) supports employment and training activities for Indian and Native Americans throughout the United States by awarding grant funding to eligible entities at the local level for the provision of employment services. Grant award recipients may use funding to help all eligible Indian and Native Americans (INA), including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, with employment, financial assistance for education and training, and other supportive services necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
  • Link to full RFP: https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/instructions/PKG00292318-instructions.pdf

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Alex Dunn

Alex Dunn is the Millionaire Grant Lady and a social worker. Alex is passionate about behavioral health, education, family and social services and helping organizations to help others. With 15 years of experience in grants and $103 million in grant funding, Alex wants your organization to be able to use grants to meet your mission.

She is the creator of the Area of Focus™ and Core Cultivation™ strategies and the Attractiveness Quotient™ survey for nonprofits. Alex has used these strategies to multiply grant funding for organizations, with a total of $103 million in grant funding to date.

Alex is the author of numerous reports, including “Three Ways Mental Health Organizations Can Increase Their Grant Funding” and “Three Mistakes Well Meaning Organizations Make in Grant Funding”. She is a long-time board member and current president of the Grant Professionals Association North Texas chapter.

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