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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As always, not everything may be for your program, but you may know someone who could benefit from it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="Style1"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FUNDING<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">Educational Research Center of America
</span></strong><span style="color:#444444">is calling on high school students to present original ideas which address a pressing need in their community. First place will receive $5,000, two runners up will receive $2,500, and 15 students will receive $1,000
to be used for higher education expenses. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Deadline: 7/25/2018</span></strong>. Submit your idea
</span><a href="http://rurallisc.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrtidiyd-jyhjmudc-x/"><b><span style="color:#CC9900">here</span></b></a><span style="color:#444444">. </span><span style="color:#464646"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b>2018 Project Orange Thumb Grant Application
</b><span style="color:#464646">The Fiskars Project Orange Thumb Grant Program will grant 30 recipients $3,500 in gift cards and tools to help support their goals of neighborhood beautification and horticulture education.
<br>
The garden initiative must be for a not-for-profit or 501(c)(3) organization within North America that has not received a Project Orange Thumb grant in the past. The Project Orange Thumb team looks for organizations committed to the long-term success of gardens
that will promote healthy and sustainable food sources, community collaboration and neighborhood beautification.<br>
Examples of new garden initiatives and garden expansion initiatives Project Orange Thumb has supported in the past include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#464646">Gardens that grow produce for school meal programs;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#464646">Gardens created to increase environmental and agricultural education in the community;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#464646">Gardens donating produce to hunger relief programs;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#464646">Gardens for nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and related facilities; and,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#464646">Gardens created to aid in healthy eating and lifestyle educational programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#464646">Applications are due by 11:59pm CST on February 2, 2018. Please review the
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
</span></strong><span style="color:#444444">is offering grants for innovative projects that are working to build a culture of health, ensuring that everyone has access to the care they need and all families have the opportunity to make healthier choices.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Deadline: applications accepted on an ongoing basis</span></strong>. Click
</span><a href="http://rurallisc.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrtidiyd-jyhjmudc-m/"><b><span style="color:#CC9900">here</span></b></a><span style="color:#444444"> to visit the website to review funding guidelines.
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#464646">The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)</span></b><span style="color:#464646"> has announced its grant program deadlines</span><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444"> for 2018.
The first deadline is February 15 for the NEA's </span></span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/dfkcdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">Art Works</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444"> category. The category offers support
ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 for projects. The deadline for the second round of Art Works is July 12. Other categories include the
</span></span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/t7kcdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">Challenge America</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444"> grant program, which provides $10,000 in support for projects that reach underserved
populations. Deadline for Challenge America is April 12.Applications for </span>
</span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/9zlcdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">Creative Writing Fellowships</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444"> are due March 7. Fellows receive non-matching grants of $25,000. The deadline
for the NEA's </span></span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/psmcdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">Our Town</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444"> grant program will be announced at a later date. The program supports community-based
design projects and cultural planning. Review all NEA grant opportunities for organizations and individuals on their website at
</span></span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/5kncdh"><span style="color:#A83E00">www.arts.gov/grants</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span></b></span><![endif]><span class="e2ma-style"><b><span style="color:#444444">Schools Can Earn $75k through Vans Custom Culture Competition.</span></b><span style="color:#444444"> Inspiring students to embrace their creativity and bringing
attention to diminishing arts education budgets, </span></span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/dnycdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">Vans Custom Culture</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444"> is a national high school
competition that provides up to $75,000 to high school art programs. Schools that register and are selected as one of 500 across the nation to compete receive blank canvas Vans shoes to use in creating customized designs around two themes. Art teachers or
school administrators must register their schools by January 31. The competition is open to public high schools across the U.S.
</span></span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/tfzcdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">Rules, FAQs, shoe templates, lesson plans, and more are available here</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)</span></strong><span style="color:#444444">
is offering grants to nonprofits and public agencies to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and related recovery and reentry services to sentenced adult offenders/ex-offenders with SUDs and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Deadline: 1/26/2018</span></strong>. Click
</span><a href="http://rurallisc.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrtidiyd-jyhjmudc-f/"><b><span style="color:#CC9900">here</span></b></a><span style="color:#444444"> to review funding guidelines. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">INVESTOPEDIA.ORG</span></strong><span style="color:#444444">, an initiative of Investopedia, supports programs that enhance financial empowerment among low-income
individuals and communities. Investopedia.org defines “financial empowerment” as providing the information, tools and coaching needed to achieve financial sustainability in the short and long term. One-year grants in the range of $10,000 to $25,000 are being
offered to nonprofit organizations that are working to help low-income individuals and communities reduce bad debt, make the most of their financial resources and build assets. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations based in the United
States.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Deadline: 1/31/2018</span></strong>. Visit the Investopedia website
</span><a href="http://rurallisc.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrtidiyd-jyhjmudc-z/"><b><span style="color:#CC9900">here</span></b></a><span style="color:#444444"> to review the funding guidelines and to submit an online application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015uejfsHMZN36lhV2ZHNTjfb8zcDh_Uo9qNlq0a7zTq6f-T9SmD4ms0OFwAPJXAbp5zPTe0yBLStA8oWOvl5Sqk6e898I9KHYxWxCn8wiYdgrdXgNCwAIPAo9psQhrdXUu-1ZoXEt9DDWyjPs5yRxUEy9brvF1upojIFD9qMi0vKFJy6K-UZpST6DaOvaKED_rNrBjqxl98MFnVjbC6gl8WF3h3Hrl6PqUznSXi8f2tdYfog8daqBPNpnSsdO7pDWPWT0AFcCRoY=&c=2IQ8LoUWgUtneDQI71EjrfAvWxYdAD18COTZgJwFfcdLnTv-agcF1g==&ch=eFxj_c3kAbanIMeiN_N5ngzZ_4aE4vRj4n6F4KCa98u5WFXiZIY4Yw==" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;text-decoration:none">Apply
for a Conservation Innovation Grant</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">
</span></strong><span style="color:black">Do you or your organization have an innovative idea for solving a conservation challenge? Looking for a funding partner to help turn your idea into reality? The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service wants to help.
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) plans to invest up to $10 million in the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program, funding innovative conservation projects in three focus areas: grazing lands, organic systems and soil health. Find
out more by viewing this </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015uejfsHMZN36lhV2ZHNTjfb8zcDh_Uo9qNlq0a7zTq6f-T9SmD4ms0OFwAPJXAbp5zPTe0yBLStA8oWOvl5Sqk6e898I9KHYxWxCn8wiYdgrdXgNCwAIPAo9psQhrdXUu-1ZoXEt9DDWyjPs5yRxUEy9brvF1upojIFD9qMi0vKFJy6K-UZpST6DaOvaKED_rNrBjqxl98MFnVjbC6gl8WF3h3Hrl6PqUznSXi8f2tdYfog8daqBPNpnSsdO7pDWPWT0AFcCRoY=&c=2IQ8LoUWgUtneDQI71EjrfAvWxYdAD18COTZgJwFfcdLnTv-agcF1g==&ch=eFxj_c3kAbanIMeiN_N5ngzZ_4aE4vRj4n6F4KCa98u5WFXiZIY4Yw==" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">recent
USDA release</span></a><span style="color:black"> on the grants. <b>Grant proposals are due Feb. 26, 2018.</b></span><b><span style="color:#333333">
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><b><span style="color:#333333">Higher Education</span></b><span style="color:#333333">
<b>Program - </b></span><span style="color:black">The HEP is a scholarship and grant program designed to provide tuition assistance to enrolled Choctaw Tribal Citizens attending an accredited college or university. Students must be working towards a minimum
of an Associate degree. </span><a href="https://www.choctawnation.com/higher-education-0" target="_blank"><b><i>More information...</i></b></a><span style="color:black">
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: March 1, 2018</span></i></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#333333">Economic Development Assistance Programs</span></b><span style="color:maroon">
</span><span style="color:black">the Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) mission is to lead the Federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for economic growth and success in the worldwide
economy. </span><a href="http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=279842" target="_blank"><i>More information...</i></a><span style="color:black">
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: Rolling</span></i></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#333333">Conservation Innovation Grant (National)</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:maroon">
</span></strong></b><a href="https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/financial/cig/" target="_blank"><b><i>Conservation Innovation Grants</i></b></a><span style="color:black"> are competitive grants that drive public and private sector
innovation in resource conservation. Projects awarded under CIG help develop the tools, technologies, and strategies to support next-generation conservation efforts on working lands and develop market-based solutions to resource challenges. Producers, including
non-Federal governmental (e.g. tribes), nongovernmental organizations, or individuals, must be </span><a href="https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/financial/eqip/" target="_blank"><b><i>EQIP</i></b></a><span style="color:black"> eligible
to receive CIG funding. <strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: February 26, 2018</span></i></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#333333">Small Business Innovation Research Program (Phase II)</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:maroon">
</span></strong></b><span style="color:black">All </span><a href="https://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/small-business-innovation-research-program-phase-ii" target="_blank"><b><i>Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II</i></b></a><span style="color:maroon"> </span><span style="color:black">projects
must have previously completed a successful USDA Phase I project before applying for a Phase II grant. Success rates for applicants have been 50-60% for Phase II. Projects dealing with agriculturally-related manufacturing and alternative and renewable energy
technologies are encouraged across all 2018 SBIR topic areas. USDA SBIR's flexible research areas ensure innovative projects consistent with USDA's vision of a healthy and productive nation in harmony with the land, air, and water.
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: March 8, 2018</span></i></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><span class="e2ma-style"><b><span style="color:#444444">National Report with Oklahoma Arts Ed Task Force Work Released</span></b></span>
<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444">Following three years of planning, research, and convenings that took place in 10 states across the U.S., including
</span></span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/djrcdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">Oklahoma</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444">, Americans for the Arts has released a summary of findings from its
</span></span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/tbscdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">State Policy Pilot Program (SP3)</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444">. The goal of the program was to lay a foundation for strengthening
arts education policies. Identified in the report, keys to successful implementation of arts education policies include administrative influence, stakeholder engagement, curriculum, and funding. Barriers to successful policy implementation include lack of
resources, political divisions, and competing education priorities.</span></span>
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/93scdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">Download the national SP3</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444"> report here to learn about key recommendations and more.
</span></span><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tfjg9/t3tssp/pwtcdh"><span style="color:#AF1900">See case studies and research</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:#444444"> performed by the Oklahoma task force.</span></span>
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