CDI has been instrumental in fostering positive change along various tracks, the through-line of which is the reciprcal relationship between climate and democracy. In the RICE program, we're working hard with partners to bridge the urban/rural divide and peovie youth opporunties to be involved. With our LGU program we're influencing national organziations to be true to their roots, and to work to educate everyone on ecoliterary. With our strudent engagement program, we're working nationally to encourage younger people worldwide to be active and ancourage change.
And with our Democracy Reimagined program, we are showing what we mean: that only with an improved democracy can we solve our most dangerous and intractable issue: the climate crisis.
Internship Opportunity:
Colorado Jewish Climate Action (CJCA)
Summary:
CJCA is looking to recruit interns to help manage its three working committees (advocacy, greening Jewish institutions, and education/youth empowerment). This is an opportunity to gain valuable experience in the climate sector while providing critical help to a nonprofit climate action startup. Each internship involves a commitment of five hours per week. Interns will attend their committee’s bi-weekly meeting, take notes, and manage follow-up tasks. Other tasks and opportunities will also be assigned as necessary. These internships are unpaid and are open to everyone.
About CJCA:
Colorado Jewish Climate Action seeks to transform Colorado Jewish life by bringing climate action to the forefront of the Jewish communal agenda. Working with secular, interfaith, and frontline allies, we pursue just solutions to the climate crisis.
Contact:
Moshe Kornfeld
Email: info@coloradojewishclimateaction.org
Phone: (585) 330-4949.
Funding Opportunity:
Rural Housing Service, USDA
Summary:
The Rural Housing Service (RHS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing a pilot for the Section 502 Direct Home Loan program to test alternative eligibility criteria related to community representation for Community Land Trust (CLT) organizations. The Agency intends to evaluate the impact of allowing eligibility criteria other than membership open to all residents of the geographic area which could meet the intent of the statutory requirements for CLTs to have specific community representation. This notification outlines the pilot parameters and provides contact information for additional details about the pilot.
Dates:
The effective date of this pilot is December 8, 2023. The duration of the pilot is anticipated to continue until December 8, 2025, at which time the RHS may extend the pilot program (with or without modifications) or terminate it depending on the workload and resources needed to administer the program, feedback from the public, and the effectiveness of the program. If the pilot program is extended or terminated early, the RHS will notify the public.
For further information contact:
Jeremy Anderson, Finance and Loan Analyst, Direct Loan Origination Branch, Single Family Housing Direct Loan Division, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Email:
jeremy.anderson@usda.gov;
Phone: (202) 302–3092.
Supplementary information:
Authority
The RHS Single Family Housing Direct Division administers the Sec. 502 Direct Loan Program under the authority of Section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended; and operates under 7 CFR 3550, subpart B. Section 506(b) of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1476(b)), permits the Secretary to conduct demonstrations relating to national housing goals. All statutory or regulatory program.
Grant:
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Description:
REAP Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Program. Refer to Application Package AND Application Instruction links to obtain all necessary forms for a complete application. Contact State Energy Coordinators with questions: http://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RBS_StateEnergyCoordinators.pdf
Link to Additional Information:
REAP Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program
Grantor Contact Information:
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
State Energy Coordinator
http://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RBS_StateEnergyCoordinators.pdf
Refer to energy coordinator list via link posted above.
Grant:
Health Resources and Services Administration
Description:
The purpose the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (“Network Planning Program”) is to plan and develop integrated health care networks that collaborate to address the following legislative aims: (i) achieve efficiencies; (ii) expand access to and improve the quality of basic health care services and health outcomes; and (iii) strengthen the rural health care system. This program supports one year of planning and brings together members of the health care delivery system, particularly those entities that may not have collaborated in the past, to establish and/or improve local capacity in order to strengthen rural community health interventions and enhance care coordination. The Network Planning program uses the concept of developing networks as a strategy toward linking rural health care network members together to address local challenges, and help rural stakeholders achieve greater collective capacity to overcome challenges related to limited economies of scale for individual hospitals, clinics, or other key rural health care stakeholders. For more details, see Program Requirements and Expectations.
Grantor Contact Information:
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
nosian@hrsa.gov
Contact Nkem Osian at (301)443-2751 or email nosian@hrsa.gov