GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of the Mayor
Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
“Know Your Rights” Training Grant

Background information on the grant:
The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA) received $4,800 in grant funding from the Office on Human Rights (OHR) to be awarded competitively to one or more community-based organizations (CBOs) under its “Know Your Rights” community education and outreach training initiative. The purpose of the “Know Your Rights” initiative is to train front-line staff and community members at CBOs throughout the District who provide services to limited-English proficient (LEP) and non-English proficient (NEP) individuals. OHR recognizes that the individuals most educated about the law are often not the front-line staff working with the LEP or NEP individual directly. In order for LEP/NEP individuals to obtain the most efficient, effective and direct access to knowing their rights and recourse under the DC Language Access Act of 2004, OHR must ensure all front-line staff at CBOs where LEP/NEP populations frequent, as well as the LEP/NEP populations themselves, be well-versed and trained in the law.

Amount of grant funds available and number of awards:
OAPIA expects to award one grant for $4,800 to eligible community-based organizations.

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

• Serves limited-English proficient and/or non-English proficient individuals
• Have capacity to work effectively with language minority populations
• Have experience working with District Agencies

Program scope:
Focus of the grant will be to provide training on OHR’s “Know Your Rights” for no less than 300 individuals and the following 18 CBOs: Columbia Heights Shaw Family Support Collaborative, Life Skills Center, Multicultural Community Service, Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, Legal Aid Society of DC, Neighbor’s Consejo, CentroNía, La Clínica del Pueblo, DC Employment Justice Center, Latin American Youth Center, Asian American LEAD, Ethiopian Community Center, the African Immigrant Refugee Foundation, Women Empowered Against Violence, Inc, Newcomers Center, Asian Service Center, Mary’s Center, and Vietnamese American Community Service Center.

Release date of RFA:  June 9, 2008 (Click here for the RFA)*

Applicant inquiry period: June 9 – 20, 2008 (Applicants are encourage to call/fax/email questions to OAPIA during this period.)
    

Deadline for submission:  Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 4 pm 
                                                  441 4th Street, NW Suite 805 South
                                                  Washington, DC 20001

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