WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award a grant for the development of best practices to strengthen family support in child maltreatment reporting and prevention. The agency description of the grant states: "This Notice of Funding Opportunity will support the development and national dissemination of best practices to strengthen the capacity of child abuse hotline staff to distinguish bet  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to eight grants for the building of early childhood-child welfare partnerships to prevent child abuse. The agency description of the grant states: "In every State and community, early care and education (ECE) and child welfare systems are natural partners in meeting the social, emotional, developmental, mental health, and educational needs of you  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to 40 grants for targeted violence and terrorism prevention. The agency description of the grant states: "American communities continue to be vulnerable to the threats of targeted violence and terrorism, forms of violence that impact our collective sense of security and freedom as Americans. The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) helps to  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for research on embryonic lethal knockout mouse strains being generated through the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications to phenotype and/or perform research on embryonic lethal knockout (KO) mouse strains being ge  more