Opportunity Information: Apply for SNU 700 12 GR061
The U.S. Embassy in Managua has announced a grant opportunity for the Community Security (CS) Grant Program, which offers funding of up to $100,000 for projects led by Nicaraguans aimed at enhancing security in Bilwi and at least two other communities within the Northern Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). The program focuses on strengthening community security as a strategy to combat social decline and improve citizen safety.
Key project goals include:
1. Enhancing community-police relations through better communication and outreach. 2. Implementing community-based security plans to improve overall safety. 3. Educating police on human rights, gender-related crimes, and youth gang issues. 4. Equipping community groups to bolster local watch efforts.
The grant is divided into three components:
- **Community Engagement** ($45,000): Encourages local participation in the development of security models. - **Community Training** ($45,000): Offers training in crime prevention, police roles, and after-school sports for youth coaches. - **Equipment** ($10,000): Focuses on improving communication and response capabilities with purchases such as radios and bicycles.
Applications must be submitted electronically by August 20, 2012, at 5:00 PM, and must comply with all program requirements. Interested parties should submit their proposals in English and ensure they follow all instructions outlined in the solicitation. For any inquiries, applicants can reach out via the provided email. The availability of funds for this opportunity is pending.Apply for SNU 700 12 GR061
- The U.S. Mission to Nicaragua in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Community Security" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 00.000 Not Elsewhere Classified.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 20, 2012 and posted on Jul 27, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 20, 2012. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2025.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $100,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Local Civil Society Organizations, including non governmental organizations (NGOs), religious associations, and universities. Applicants should note that the following criteria (1) serves as a standard against which all proposals will be evaluated, and (2) serves to identify the significant matters that should be addressed in all proposals. The USG will award grants to the applicants whose proposal represent the best value to the USG on the basis of technical merit and cost. Each application will be evaluated by a selection committee of U.S. Embassy Managua employees. The evaluation criteria are as follow The project supports community security in Bilwi and at least two other surrounding communities of the Northern Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) of Nicaragua s Caribbean Coast (as outlined in the Objectives). The project has a tangible outcome/result. The proposal must contain a component for long term sustainability and portability of best practices and lessons learned to other communities. The organization has demonstrated that they have technical capacity, organizational capacity, and leadership to carry out the project. The project is scheduled (and likely) to be completed in one year. The costs are reasonable, allowable, and allocable and the proposal is cost effective. The organization is non partisan and not working on behalf of a specific political party or lobbying for a particular political agenda. The proposal includes all sectors involved in the security of the communities. Networking among multiple community stakeholders should be a very important component in the development of the project.
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