Maximum amount that can be applied for is $65,000
Hispanic Entrepreneurship Assistance Program (HEAP) – is designed to develop and implement Hispanic Entrepreneurship Assistance Programs. Funded agencies will serve as community HEAP Centers, providing entrepreneur development services to Hispanic residents who have recently started a business and in depth assistance to those looking to create a new business.

Maximum amount that can be applied for is $60,000
Citizenship and Integration Program - The Citizenship and Integration Grant offers a salient opportunity for naturalization programs across New Jersey. Permitted organizations must promote civic integration through improved knowledge of English, U.S. history and civics, and properly prepare residents for naturalization. Prospective grantees must demonstrate a need for such services in their community and promote mutual benefits for newcomers that allows enhanced civic participation and improved economic mobility.

Maximum amount that can be applied for is $60,000
Empowerment Centers for Workforce Development to Adults and Dislocated Workers Program - This program will create and develop a comprehensive workforce development system that will engage the entire Hispanic community towards increasing levels of self-sufficiency.

Maximum amount that can be applied for is $50,000
Workforce Investment In-School and Out-of-School Youth Program - This program is designed to provide workforce development program services to at-risk youth between the ages of fourteen (14) and twenty-one (21) years of age who meet economically disadvantaged eligibility requirements established by the Workforce Investment Act, Title I. Programs will address specific issues facing New Jersey’s Hispanic youth. The work experience correlated to career goals must be present for each youth served.

Grantees under the Workforce Development Category must develop a strategic and mutually beneficial partnership with the local Workforce Investment Board (WIBs) in your respective County (For your region, for those applying for Empowerment Center funding).

Maximum amount that can be applied for is $60,000
Community Service Programs - This category promotes and encourages innovative community service programs that are culturally competent, whose effective services address the following target areas (known as program sub-categories).

Program Sub-Categories

• Children at Risk
• Prevent Health Risks and Disease
• Senior Citizen Information and Referral Services
• Mental Health Service

The CHPRD engages persons with expertise from various fields to read applications and provide an analysis and rating of the quality of each grant application based upon published selection criteria. The opinion of External Peer Reviewers and the final group consensus of the CHPRD’s Advisory Committee are considered by the CHPRD in making funding decisions and to provide feedback to applicants.

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