iGrantWriters

JUNE 12, 2023

Agency Name: Administration for Children and Families - OCS Description: The Office of Community Services (OCS), under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is offering approximately $2 million in funding to Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and tribes that have affordable housing units and provide supportive services to residents.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 1, 2022

Their strategies typically focus on reducing emissions from sectors such as transportation, energy, housing and waste. Cities and communities around the world are stepping up to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prevent dangerous climate change impacts. But there’s one sector many communities.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

These mandates increase development costs, reducing the feasibility of new housing projects and ultimately limiting the supply of housing. COYHO is aimed at easing New York City's housing shortage by updating zoning regulations to encourage more housing development across the city.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 8, 2024

But I also made the point that the City Transportation Department could have handled outreach a lot better--basically they didn't do any. These are photos of a couple of outreach devices they deployed, including a signboard in the roundabout and a flyer dropped off at area houses.

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GovLoop

JULY 26, 2024

The unprecedented law, enacted in 1990, affirmed the rights of the disabled, making public spaces, places of employment and transportation less discriminatory. That March, for example, more than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S. It became known as “the Capitol Crawl.”

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GCN

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Less parking could pave the way for denser housing and more accessible public transportation.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2024

The initial use cases in the challenge are designed to have a meaningful impact on patient outcomes and include: Transportation : Patients lacking reliable and convenient transportation often skip or delay medical appointments. Health systems can leverage SDOH to identify patients with limited or no transportation options (e.g.,

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A city is a system of systems, bringing together transportation, energy, buildings, water, waste management and more. Cities are not just places where people live—they are interconnected networks of people, services and economic activity. Transforming these interconnected systems is vital.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After starting his career with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Nathaniel Ford has held key positions at transit systems across the United States, including the Bay Area Rapid Transit District in Northern California, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 10, 2020

They marched for human rights, for health care and education, but they came for the metro system, burning and damaging more than 86 stations across the city. Massive protests in Santiago last October forced the government to agree to rewrite. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Containing actions that are applicable at the neighborhood scale, the guide strives to present an integrated approach that responds to key sectors such as transportation, local urban initiatives, housing, public spaces, utilities, and more. -- My Neighbourhood Principles -- Compact -- Connected -- Inclusive -- Vibrant -- Resilient Associated with it (..)

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The Whistle Post

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Immediately following prison release, participants gain access to a support team, networking groups, peer mentoring, substance abuse treatment, or emotional wellness programming, financial and legal counseling, transportation, childcare, and housing assistance. The Second Chance Re-Entry Program is a project of The WorkPlace.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Learn how islands are leveraging digital technology to innovate across four of the main trends re-shaping our transport systems: promoting public transportation through mobility as a service (MaaS), active mobility, electrification, and autonomous vehicles. Islands can help us to imagine the art of the possible.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 10, 2020

They marched for human rights, for health care and education, but they came for the metro system, burning and damaging more than 86 stations across the city. Massive protests in Santiago last October forced the government to agree to rewrite. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

AUGUST 4, 2022

The following blog highlights how cultural districts, such as the Transgender District, play a proactive role in achieving comprehensive city goals related to housing, community development, transportation, arts/culture, and […] Source

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years. It's doing some great bike infrastructure, some of which we will be trying to get for the perimeter of Sugar House Park. Salt Lake City Transportation Department pop up booth at Poplar Grove Park.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Illustration from The House Book by Keith DuQuette, showing the intensification of land use as you move from suburban areas to the center city. From the article: This involved allowing additional dwelling units, or ADUs, typically basement or attic apartments or coach houses. From the Smart Transportation Guidebook.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

With essential services becoming ever more integrated with technology, accidents like this prevent citizens from booking doctor’s appointments, paying bills, taking public transport and more. million households in the UK without internet access, according to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee.

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The Whistle Post

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Program participants will have the opportunity to gain skills training and direct employer access in several rapidly growing sectors like transportation, healthcare, construction, and manufacturing. How Building Better Futures Works Building Better Futures is a state-wide program offered in a hybid learning setting.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In writing the previous post on schools as neighborhood anchors, I referenced the Planning Whole Communities Toolkit , by the Puget Sound Regional Council. Speaking of National Community Planning Month , this could become the foundation of a broader and deeper community planning toolkit, by adding various "missing" sections.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 8, 2024

Our Nation Ending Fear, Intimidation, Rape, and Endangerment — ONE FIRE — began as a single point of contact for services victims might need, including temporary shelter, emergency groceries, transportation, legal representation and even someone to go to the hospital with them. It can house up to 10 families.

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The City Fix

APRIL 4, 2024

In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 14, 2024

In April, Bhat served on a White House Roundtable on Zero-Emission Freight Infrastructure. A White House data sheet states that the roundtable focused on ways to begin “supercharging the buildout of the infrastructure necessary to make a zero-emissions freight ecosystem a reality in the United States.”

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 15, 2023

This includes costs associated with shelter, food, transportation, medical care, hygiene supplies, and case management. The program prioritizes the safe and humane release of migrants from DHS facilities and aims to support non-federal entities in increasing their capacity to accommodate these individuals.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., In solid waste, it means that the agency only plans wrt residential waste pickup for houses of 1-4 units. Glass collection container in Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City I gave them a bunch of ideas.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 14, 2022

About Natalie Ikhrata : Natalie is pursuing her Master's in Urban Planning, Housing, and Transportation at the University of Southern California. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 14, 2022

About Natalie Ikhrata : Natalie is pursuing her Master's in Urban Planning, Housing, and Transportation at the University of Southern California. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 14, 2022

About Natalie Ikhrata : Natalie is pursuing her Master's in Urban Planning, Housing, and Transportation at the University of Southern California. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 19, 2023

From left to right, Gloria Shepherd, Paul Nissenbuam, Maria Lefevre and Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg. From left to right, Fletcher Schoen, Jennifer Harkins and White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients. “It Federal Employee of the Year Medalist Laura Cooper, front, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 16, 2024

In alignment with Singapore’s ambitious sustainability objectives , the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore is intensifying its efforts to spur the adoption of electric vehicles. Additional security measures include AWS Secrets Manager for housing credentials and AWS Certificate Manager for SSL certificates.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 12, 2023

New “super-core” measures have frequently excluded housing as it too has become decoupled from likely future price rises. Yet food, energy, and housing, whose prices remain elevated even if not likely to rise further, comprise a significant fraction of total household spending. since the pandemic, respectively.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Here are some examples of how vacant land can integrate with other systems, like transportation, stormwater management, and economics, along with neighborhood life. Local government agencies can implement policies and programs that incentivize the use of vacant land for affordable housing or economic development.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 17, 2024

I've written hundreds of blog entries about bicycling and how to promote it as a real form of transportation, focused on but not limited to DC, which is a perfect city for it. More recently, Washington Area Bicyclists Association has sponsored such events for seniors specifically (" Older adult transportation block party ").

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“Cities have a really unique power and role in reducing transportation emissions, because they're often in control of what gets built, how it gets built. And really, we need to think about changing the form of our cities in California, so they're not so spread out [to promote reduced emissions by walking more].

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Also see " Op-Ed in Washington Post about preserving affordable housing in the Purple Line corridor (Department of Duh) " from earlier in the year on the same topic. It's what you call a "priming effect." And you want that to happen, since you're spending billions of dollars on it.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“Cities have a really unique power and role in reducing transportation emissions, because they're often in control of what gets built, how it gets built. And really, we need to think about changing the form of our cities in California, so they're not so spread out [to promote reduced emissions by walking more].

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Reprogramming the City

MARCH 22, 2022

San Francisco’s BART transportation agency has released eight ideas for old subway cars that were the winning proposals to repurpose retired trains from the fleet. The owners hope to see the house last upwards of 100 years. Which begs the question – what will become of the “Fleet of the Past?

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