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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Endowment Offers up to $100K through 'Grants for Arts Projects'
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The National Endowment for the Arts is offering grants ranging between $10,000 and $100,000 through its Grants for
Arts Projects funding category. Grants in this category support artistically excellent projects that celebrate creativity and cultural heritage, invite mutual respect for differing beliefs and values, and enrich humanity. The deadline for the first round of
Grants for Arts Projects is February 13. Go to the </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.arts.gov/grants/apply-grant/grants-organizations?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Visit%20the%20NEA%20website&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28December-2019%29"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%">National
Endowment for the Arts website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> for more information.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Fellowship Offers Chance to Explore Woody Guthrie's Influence
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy">Up to $5,000 in support is available to individuals to perform research on the life and legacy of one of America's most influential musicians, Oklahoma's
Woody Guthrie. The BMI Foundation and the Woody Guthrie Center have partnered to make possible the Woody Guthrie Fellowship program, providing annual awards for scholarly research at the extensive Woody Guthrie Archives in Tulsa. The archives feature the largest
collection in the world of primary resource material on Guthrie. The project should require at least two weeks of research at the Woody Guthrie Archives.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy"><a href="https://bmifoundation.org/applications/rules/woody_guthrie_fellowship_rules?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Applications&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28December-2019%29"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%">Applications</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy">
must be submitted no later than January 31, 2020.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Economic Opportunity Challenge
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Through the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.economicopportunitychallenge.org/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Economic%20Impact%20Challenge&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28December-2019%29"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%">Economic
Opportunity Challenge</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">, proposals for improving economic opportunity, security, and/or mobility for individuals
in the United States may earn grants of $100,000. A $10 million grant will be awarded to one finalist to scale their proposed solution aimed at improving financial health of low-income families. The aim of the challenge is to build a more vibrant economic
ecosystem through impactful, evidence-based solutions. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Community/Artist Partnership Grant Offered by OVAC</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Through the Community/Artist Partnership Grant program, the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) offers grants of
up to $1,200 to artists who initiate community-based projects leading to the creation of new work. Application deadlines occur four times throughout the year: January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15. Learn more by visiting the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.ovac-ok.org/grants-for-artists?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=OVAC%20website&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28December-2019%29"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%">OVAC
website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">.
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation) created the Community Facilities Fund to provide capital to help develop and improve essential community facilities in rural areas. Rural LISC
utilizes this fund to provide permanent and construction-to-permanent financing for rural community facilities, including health care centers, hospitals, educational facilities, and other nonprofit and public facilities in rural communities with populations
under 20,000. Deadline: ongoing. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.lisc.org/media/filer_public/e1/cc/e1cc38a3-07be-4899-aa1e-7a3689d98c70/community_facilities_fund_8-15-18.pdfhttps:/www.lisc.org/media/filer_public/e1/cc/e1cc38a3-07be-4899-aa1e-7a3689d98c70/community_facilities_fund_8-15-18.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Click
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#044A91">here</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> for more information.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CHALLENGE is a public competition to award $10 million to scale a game-changing solution aimed at improving the financial health of low-income families in the United States. The Challenge
will fund the most transformative evidence-based solutions to address barriers to improved economic opportunity, security, and mobility for individuals and families. The focus is on proven, data-driven solutions ready to serve as a model for implementation
across the country. Deadline: the registration deadline is 1/28/2020; applications must be submitted by 2/18/2020. More information about the funding guidelines and application process is available on the Challenge’s website
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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">is offering grants to nonprofits and public agencies to support the development and/or expansion of local implementation of a community infrastructure that integrates substance use disorder
treatment, housing services, and other critical services for people experiencing homelessness. Deadline: 12/16/2019</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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Assistance and Training Grant Program</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> USDA grant program assists communities with water or wastewater systems through free technical assistance and/or training provided by the grant recipients.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
Application Deadline: December 31, 2019 </span></strong></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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Waste Management Grant Program</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> USDA grant program assists communities through free technical assistance and/or training provided by the grant recipient to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources and improve
planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Application Deadline: December 31, 2019
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Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs </span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> U.S. Economic Development Administration solicits applications for construction, non-construction, planning,
technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: Ongoing</span></strong></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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Farm to School Grant Program</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> USDA Farm and Nutrition Service supports local communities through a variety of activities, including taste tests, farm visits, local purchasing, food and agriculture education, and farmer
and producer training. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: December 13, 2019</span></strong></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAxOTEwMzEuMTIyNjM2NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5yZC51c2RhLmdvdi9wcm9ncmFtcy1zZXJ2aWNlcy9hZ3JpY3VsdHVyZS1pbm5vdmF0aW9uLWNlbnRlci1wcm9ncmFtIn0.kqynAeiSpbLsDu8c23OBkyjiQdz3b6hHvlJvueS4aN4%2Fbr%2F70759332750-l&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C350b6ba631b24e0b048a08d75e0a2390%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C637081269962328027&sdata=uCmpyX0WlqSgM4TW9zyT5yBa4oMsTo1QxzgSoq41l9s%3D&reserved=0"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#2E74B5">Agriculture
Innovation Demonstration Center Grants </span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">USDA Rural Development offers a grant to establish
and operate Agricultural Innovation Centers that will provide </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAxOTEwMzEuMTIyNjM2NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb3ZpbmZvLmdvdi9jb250ZW50L3BrZy9GUi0yMDE5LTEwLTE2L3BkZi8yMDE5LTIyNTUxLnBkZiJ9.R1VsTQ9znu356Iop177evHQEWnIJt-gx4ZCqMLtlPOc%2Fbr%2F70759332750-l&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C350b6ba631b24e0b048a08d75e0a2390%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C637081269962328027&sdata=ohdNwLhZ7rejaHpdOIIAgaLKz%2Be5VEOLSAnCDXr%2BU7w%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782">technical
assistance</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> to help rural businesses market value-added agricultural products. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: March 20, 2020</span></strong></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Innovative Schools Program – the Walton Family Foundation</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">This program is designed to support schools that look and feel truly different, achieve unprecedented outcomes, serve high-need students, and embrace analysis of their
successes and challenges to share with other schools. Grants of up to $325,000 will be provided to new schools, opening in 2019 and beyond, anywhere in the United States. Visit the Foundations website by
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/innovative-schools-program"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">clicking here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">.
<b>Deadline: online pre-applications are due 1/15/2020</b>.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">) provides funding for research to better understand
challenges faced by rural population groups and develop evidence-based interventions that can reduce the health risks faced by rural Americans.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=321491"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Click here for program guidelines</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">.
<b>Deadline: 12/13/2019</b>. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">AMERICORPS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"> is offering state and national grants for FY 2020. The Corporation for National
and Community Service seeks to prioritize the investment of national service resources in economic opportunity, education, healthy futures, veterans and military families, rural intermediaries and faith-based organizations. Visit the website by
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nationalservice.gov/build-your-capacity/grants/funding-opportunities/2020/americorps-state-and-national-grants-fy-2020"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">clicking here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">
to review application guidelines. <b>Deadline: 1/8/2020.</b> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">THE BOB WOODRUFF FOUNDATION</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"> is offering grants to nonprofit organizations that provide
programs for post-9/11 impacted veterans, service members, their families, and caregivers. Grants are provided in the following three core areas: Education and Employment, Rehabilitation and Recovery, and Quality of Life. Visit the Foundation’s website by
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://bobwoodrufffoundation.org/grants/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">clicking here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"> to review
the funding guidelines. <b>Deadline: 12/19/2019.</b> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">The Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">invites application for Community Grants. Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to organizations serving rural Oklahoma Communities (populations less than 6,000) in support
of a new (or significant expansion of a current) effort that positively impacts the community in the areas of arts, culture, history, libraries, and literacy. More information can be
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps/rfp10629-carolyn-watson-rural-oklahoma-community-foundation-invites-applications-for-community-grants"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">found here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">.
<b>Deadline: January 31, 2020</b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Tribal Behavioral Health Grant Program (Native Connections)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"> U.S. Department of Health and
Human Service’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) grant designed to prevent suicide and substance misuse, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote mental health among American Indian/Alaska Native youth through the age of 24 years. More information
can be </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/sm-20-002"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">found here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">.
<b>Application Deadline: December 10, 2019</b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">Water Management Funding Opportunity for Indian Tribes
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">The Bureau of Reclamation funding provides technical assistance to federally recognized tribes in the 17 western states to assist them in developing, managing and protecting
water resources. More information can be </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=68523"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">found here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">.
<b>Application Deadline: January 8, 2020</b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Tribal Energy Infrastructure Development</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs provides funding to support Indian Tribes, including Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Village
Corporations, Intertribal Organizations, and Tribal Energy Development Organizations, interested in developing their vast energy resources. More information can be
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaIdfe5dcfa3-2786-4c03-ae29-e77926e46f35"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">found here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">.
<b>Application Deadline: February 6, 2020</b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Notice of Funding Availability for the Indian Community Development Block Grant Program (ICDBG</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will award up to $65 million to tribal programs through the ICDBG to develop viable Indian and Alaska Native communities by creating decent housing, suitable living environments, and economic opportunities primarily
for persons with low- and moderate- incomes. More information can be </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ICDBG"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">found here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">.
<b>Application Deadline: February 3, 2020</b>.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">Download TestIT, the Rural Broadband Mapping App</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
A mobile app has been developed to allow individuals to accurately identify areas with low or no internet connectivity. This data is aggregated to identify gaps in broadband coverage, help guide advocacy for adequate funding, and inform decision-making at
federal, state, and local levels. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.naco.org/sites/default/files/documents/TestIt%20Mobile%20Launch%20v3.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">More information can be found here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">With Cottage Food on Their Plate, States Serve Up Legislative Changes</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">An overview of new state laws that address the production, sale, and regulation of cottage foods.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.astho.org/StatePublicHealth/With-Cottage-Food-on-Their-Plate-States-Serve-Up-Legislative-Changes/11-25-19/?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Informz"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Full
article here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Rural America at a Glance, 2019 Edition</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
This report highlights recent social and economic conditions in rural America, focusing on trends in population, employment, poverty, and income. The full publication and related webinar can be
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=95340"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">found here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">First Meeting of the Precision Agriculture Task Force</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced the membership and first meeting date of the new task force assigned to explore ways to enhance the productivity and efficiency
of the nation’s farms and ranches through broadband-based technologies—a concept known as “precision agriculture.”<b>
</b>The full press release can be </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-360889A1.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">found here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Ancient Aztec farming technique could aid urban ag, study finds.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">An Aztec farming technique involving
raised fields on freshwater lakes could help modern-day cities. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2019/11/19/ancient-aztec-farming-technique-could-aid-urban-farming-study-finds/?pk_campaign=0cbc4c1ebf&pk_source=mailchimp&pk_medium=email&pk_content=337388&pk_cid=df03261668&utm_campaign=0cbc4c1ebf&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=337388&utm_term=df03261668"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Full
article here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Investors back global online market-place for ethical, green farmers</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. A former investment banker has
raised more than $10 million to expand a startup that helps developing-nation farmers who are using green and ethical methods to earn more by linking them directly with food buyers around the world.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-food-internet/investors-back-global-online-market-place-for-ethical-green-farmers-idUSKBN1XT16X"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Full article here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">6 Tips for Switching to No-Till</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tips for transition to no-till from famers who have made the switch.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.farmers.gov/connect/blog/conservation/6-tips-switching-no-till?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Full article here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Innovations in Biochar</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">By baking biomass (tree wood, plants, manure, etc.) without oxygen, a long-lasting charcoal is created that can return carbon to the soil.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://nrcs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=1ca4e544cf8b4e1fac1fcde6d0e26f91"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Full article here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Gotham Greens Opens Its Second Urban Greenhouse in Chicago.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">US urban agriculture company Gotham Greens
has opened a new facility in Chicago to help it deliver a year-round supply of fresh produce to customers.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.foodbev.com/news/gotham-greens-opens-its-second-urban-greenhouse-in-chicago/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Full article here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Indoor aquaponics farm to bring jobs (plus fresh fish and veggies) to Duquesne</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A new indoor aquaponics facility is planned to open on a riverfront near Pittsburg.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/indoor-aquaponics-farm-to-bring-jobs-plus-fresh-fish-and-veggies-to-duquesne/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Full article here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">What It’s Really Like to Grow Hops</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. Production of hops in the U.S. continues to climb, with a record
high of 107 million pounds harvested last season, according to figures from the USDA. While this growth is still nothing compared to the tree fruit industry overall in the U.S., interest in hops as an alternative crop — especially among fruit growers — continues
to brew. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.growingproduce.com/fruits/what-its-really-like-to-grow-hops/?e=Alan.shannon@fns.usda.gov&utm_source=realmagnet&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=gpweeklynews11162019"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Full
article here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<b>Tulsa</b> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The Oklahoma Arts Council Cornerstone Conversations tour is designed to empower Oklahomans representing all communities
to partner in creating shared goals for using the arts to meet needs in communities and schools across our state. A building block in the creation of the Oklahoma Arts Council's 2021-2025 strategic plan, the tour will allow the Oklahoma Arts Council to listen,
learn, and dream with Oklahomans for what is possible for the state through the arts. There is no cost to attend, however RSVPs are requested. Send an email to
<a href="mailto:heidi.costello@arts.ok.gov">heidi.costello@arts.ok.gov</a> or call (405) 521-2040 to reserve your seat.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art <br>
1900 W. MacArthur St.<br>
Shawnee, OK 74804</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Tulsa: December 16, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.<br>
Ahha Tulsa<br>
101 E. Archer St.<br>
Tulsa, OK 74103</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Apply for the Oklahoma Teaching Artist Roster</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Oklahoma Arts Council is now accepting applications for its Oklahoma Teaching Artist Roster. The roster is a resource used by schools and organizations statewide seeking qualified
teaching artists for residencies and programs. Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in their discipline and an ability to provide instruction. Artists must be current Oklahoma residents. Artists representing cultural traditions are encouraged to apply.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://arts.ok.gov/Oklahoma_Teaching_Artists/Oklahoma_Teaching_Artists_Application.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Apply%20for%20the%20roster&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28December-2019%29"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Apply
for the Oklahoma Teaching Artist roster</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo5">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Nominate an Inspiring Teacher for a Sondheim Award</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To celebrate the role of teachers and their ability to inspire success, The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards presents $10,000 to select teachers in any subject
area who have made a difference in their students' lives. Eligible teachers must teach or have taught in a K-12 school or university in the United States. Stories should detail a specific personal interaction with the teacher that had a significant impact.
An example of an interaction is provided </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://education.kennedy-center.org/education/sondheim/verbena_article.cfm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=example%20provided%20here&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28December-2019%29"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://education.kennedy-center.org/education/sondheim/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=The%20Kennedy%20Center/Sondheim%20Inspirational%20Teacher%20Awards&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28December-2019%29"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Nominate
a teacher</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> by January 31.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo5">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">VSA Playwright Discovery Program
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">Through the VSA Playwright Discovery Program Competition, students with disabilities in grades 6-12 can submit original works of writing to earn the chance for exclusive
access to industry professionals and the opportunity to participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington, D.C.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">Open to young writers with disabilities and collaborative groups that include students with disabilities, the program accepts submissions of scripts, videos, screenplays, musical
theater works, and other performance works.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="https://education.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/programs/about_playwright_competition.cfm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Click%20here%20to%20learn%20more%20%28VSA%20Playwright%29&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28December-2019%29">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Applications are due</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"> January 2, 2020</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:navy;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo5">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Webinar: Community Eligibility – A Strategy to Improve Public Health, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. ET
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">Hear from the authors of a new study published in the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition that finds significant benefits for students attending schools that participate
in the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a program which allows schools in high-poverty areas to offer school meals at no cost to all students. The study finds that students and families are two and a half times less likely to experience food
insecurity if they attend a CEP school, as compared to students attending similar schools that are eligible but not participating in the CEP program – even after adjusting for race/ethnicity and education level of the parent. The research also found that students
had higher attendance rates in CEP schools, and more students advanced beyond 10th grade. The webinar will review the study and its findings as well as strategies for advocating for CEP as part of a broader strategy to improve education outcomes and public
health. To register, </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/webinars/community-eligibility-strategy-improve-public-health-not-just-school-meal-funding-option"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">click
here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">.
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