(Washington, DC) The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA) is soliciting grant applications from qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) serving the District’s Asian and Pacific Islander (API) residents. The FY 2008 Asian and Pacific Islander Community Grant Program offers grants of up to $50,000 to CBOs located in the District of Columbia.  The grant funds are intended to enhance existing and startup programs focused on meeting API residents’ and/or merchants’ needs in health, education, housing, legal, public safety, business, and employment.

Amount of grant funds available and number of awards:
OAPIA expects to award between 4-8 grants to eligible community-based organizations with awards up to $50,000.

Eligible organizations and entities:
Nonprofit (501(c)3) organizations located in the District of Columbia that:

• Serves primarily Asian and Pacific Islander residents and/or merchants
• Demonstrates cultural understanding of Asian and Pacific Islander community
• Demonstrates capacity to work effectively with language minority populations

Program scope:
Focus of the grant will be to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health, education, housing, legal, public safety, business, and employment services to the District’s API residents and merchants.

Release Date of RFA:  August 3, 2007

RFA: Community Grant FY 08 Request for Applications*

Pre-bidder’s conference:

August 10, 2007,  10 am – 12 pm
441 4th Street, NW
11th Floor, Conference Room 1114 South
Washington, DC 20001

Deadline for submission:

Monday August 27, 2007 at 12 pm
441 4th Street, NW
Suite 805 South
Washington, DC 20001

Contact: Thanh Nguyen, OAPIA, (202) 727-3120, thanh.nguyen@dc.gov.