The Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District (RPOSD) announced new funding opportunities for park development across Los Angeles County, made possible by the Los Angeles County Safe, Clean Neighborhood Parks and Beaches Measure of 2016 (Measure A).
Funded by an annual parcel tax, Measure A will help increase the amount of park space and improve neighborhood access to open space, particularly in ‘high park need’ or ‘very-high park need’ communities. In this upcoming grant cycle, RPOSD will offer $33.4 million in Measure A competitive grant funding and up to $1 million through its new
Technical Assistance Program. Eligible park development entities are encouraged to attend a workshop and apply for Measure A funding.
Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University has been awarded $25,000 in the Lab-to-Market Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem Prize Competition, an award granted by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the National Science and Technology Council. Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University has been awarded $25,000 in the Lab-to-Market Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem Prize Competition, an award granted by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the National Science and Technology Council. (NMSU photo)
For the L2M Competition, the SBA partnered with the National Science and Technology Council to award $330,000 in prizes to organizations, programs and ideas supporting research and development innovation ecosystems. The competition focused on underrepresented communities and pandemic responses for inclusive innovation. Out of more than 160 application submissions from across the nation, 18 awardees were selected.
See various other veteran-owned business programs fostered by the Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD)
You can see which programs you may qualify for by completing SBA’s 16-question assessment.
What are some benefits of the program?
8(a) Business Development Program
Eligibility for contracts designated exclusively for 8(a) participants, called “set-aside contracts”
Eligibility for contracts issued directly to a 8(a) participants without competition, called “sole-source set-aside contracts”
Guidance from established businesses including financing, trade education, and help competing for government contracts, through the Mentor-Protégé Program
Receive training, executive education , and one on one consulting in marketing, accounting, contract management, opportunity development and capture, financial analysis, and compliance through the 7(j) Management and Technical Assistance Program
After 3 Years and $1 5 Million Testing Rape Kits, Alaska Made One New Arrest forensicmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forensicmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After 3 Years and $1.5 Million Testing Rape Kits, Alaska Made One New Arrest
In the state with the highest rate of sexual assault in the nation, testing the backlog of rape kits may not be enough. Many were from cases where the identity of the suspect was already known, or were opened only to find no usable DNA.
Dec. 30, 2020, 11 a.m. EST
Rape kits stacked in the evidence storage area of the Alaska State Crime Lab in 2019. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News)
Sexual Violence in Alaska
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