Lead-Safe Grant Program

Posted by on March 18, 2005

United States Conference of Mayors Announces Lead-Safe Grant Program
Deadline: April 22, 2005

The United States Conference of Mayors (<a href="http://usmayors.org/">http://usmayors.org/</a>) and DuPont (<a href="http://www1.dupont.com/NASApp/dupontglobal/corp/index.jsp">http://www1.dupont.com/NASApp/dupontglobal/corp/index.jsp</a>) have announced the 2005 Cities United for Science Progress (CUSP) Lead-Safe for Kids’ Sake grant program.

For the 2005 grant program, DuPont has provided $375,000 in financial support. For the most outstanding lead-safe strategy of 2005, CUSP will award one city the $175,000 Award of Excellence. In addition, two cities will each receive $100,000 Awards of Distinction for lead-safe best practices. The program’s sponsors are especially interested in recognizing innovative and replicable lead-safe strategies and practices that leverage the winning resources.

Members of the United States Conference of Mayors must complete and submit the application form.

See the USCM Web site to download a program brochure.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/815/mayors">http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/815/mayors</a>

For additional RFPs in Community Improvement/Development, visit: <a href="http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_community.jhtml">http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_community.jhtml</a>