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Here are two new federal grant opportunities that were recently announced. These opportunities could be a strong fit depending on your organization’s mission and goals.
Title: Competitive Personal Responsibility Education Program
- Funding Agency: Administration for Children & Families
- Projected number of awards: 21
- Award range: up to $450,000
- Due date: August 17, 2026
- Cost sharing required? No
- Who is eligible? Eligible applicants are limited to local organizations and entities or consortia, with the capacity to develop and implement Competitive PREP projects in states and territories that do not accept FY2026 allocations for State PREP.
- Summary: The Family and Youth Services Bureau will be accepting applications for the development and implementation of the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) in states that do not accept FY2026 allocations for State PREP. This program supports educational projects for youth ages 10–19 and for pregnant and parenting youth under age 21, focusing on abstinence and contraception to prevent pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and HIV/AIDS. Projects are also required to implement at least three of the following six adulthood preparation subjects: healthy relationships, adolescent development, financial literacy, parent-child communication, educational and career success, and healthy life skills.
- Link to full RFP: https://files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunities/4d574990-cdad-42eb-aae7-8927c692ddf1/attachments/26a6705f-2af5-4851-a27c-1c04a773b513/HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-AK-0014.pdf
Title: Healthy Homes Production Grant Program
- Funding Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Projected number of awards: 25
- Award range: up to $4,000,000
- Due date: August 31, 2026
- Cost sharing required? Yes
- Who is eligible? Unrestricted
- Summary: Applicants receiving a Healthy Homes Production award under this NOFO will be expected to accomplish the following objectives: a. Maximize both the number of vulnerable residents protected from housing-related environmental health and safety hazards and the number of housing units where these hazards are controlled; b. Identify and remediate housing-related health and safety hazards in privately owned, low-income rental and/or owner-occupied housing, especially in units and/or buildings where families with children, older adults 62 years and older, or families with persons with disabilities reside; c. Promote cost-effective and efficient healthy home methods and approaches that can be replicated and sustained; d. Support public education and outreach that furthers the goal of protecting children and other vulnerable populations from housing-related health and safety hazards; e. Build local capacity to operate sustainable programs that will prevent and control housing-related environmental health and safety hazards in low- and very low-income residences, and develop a professional workforce that is trained in healthy homes assessment and principles; f. Promote integration of this grant program with housing rehabilitation, property maintenance, weatherization, healthy homes initiatives, local lead-based paint hazard control programs, health and safety programs, and energy efficiency improvement activities and programs; g. Build and enhance partner resources to develop the most cost-effective methods for identifying and controlling key housing-related environmental health and safety hazards; h. Promote collaboration, data sharing, and targeting between health and housing departments; i. Ensure to the greatest extent feasible that job training, employment, contracting, and other economic opportunities generated by this grant will be directed to low- and very-low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing, and to businesses that provide economic opportunities to low- and very low-income persons in the area in which the project is located.
- Link to full RFP: https://files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunities/b74b4ad6-6a81-4417-ad1b-11d011365946/attachments/02b232fc-ff95-440e-9e3c-04dfd2600428/HealthyHomesProduction_LHC-2600-DC-0044.pdf
