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Vice Speaker BJ Cruz is asking Sen. Adolpho Palacios Sr., chairman of the public safety committee, to call for an oversight hearing to determine why the Guam Fire Department has been denied nearly $11 million in federal grants that could have assisted the cash-strapped department in addressing the critical shortage of ambulances.
After a series [...]

The Mayors’ Council is apparently upset over the government’s delay to implement nearly a $1 million dollars in grant funding to help low income individuals.
Executive Director Angel Sablan says the council and the Department of Public Health signed a Memorandum of Agreement to start Project HELP, which stands for Helping Enhance Lives with Pride [...]

Two federal grant programs available at the Guam Community College provide more funding for work-study and scholarships for students who need it the most, according to a press release.
As of July 1, GCC President Dr. Mary Okada received word from the U.S. Department of Education that GCC’s application for the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership and [...]

The Guam Humanities Council will host a free grant-writing workshop July 10 at the GHC office.
Registration for the workshop ends July 8.
The workshop is a requirement all those who are first time applicants for GHC’s Community Grant Cycle for 2010. Working in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guam Humanities Council [...]

Governor Felix P. Camacho received official notification that the Guam Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamps Program, has been recognized for exceptional nutrition services and awarded as one of the nation’s “Most Improved Payment Accuracy Rate” for Fiscal Year 2009. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of External and Intergovernmental [...]

The face of Guam Community College is changing rapidly, with the groundbreaking this morning of the college’s long-awaited new Student Center – the third new building to be constructed on the GCC campus within a two-year span. The Anthony A. Leon Guerrero Allied Health Center opened in December 2009, and the college’s new Learning Resource [...]

The Department of Public Health and Social Services has announced an increase in grant funding for the Guam Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Guam Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs. The total grant for both programs is $641,357, an increase of $85,779.
The Guam Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program will continue to provide free [...]

The Department of Education has chosen the company it wants to hire as a third-party financial manager, but is holding off on releasing the company’s name until its federal counterpart gives the thumbs up.
Deputy Superintendent Taling Taitano said last night DOE chose its preferred bidder last week and expects to receive approval from the U.S. [...]

Guam Homeland Security and the Office of Civil Defense in coordination with the Offices of the Governor and lieutenant Governor yesterday presented several of the island’s response agencies with 800 MHz handheld radios at a ceremony at the Emergency Operations Center in Agana Heights.
Over 200 radios were presented to the Department of Corrections, Guam Police [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded $3,194,877 through the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) to Guam. The TSGP is designed to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism, major disaster, and other emergencies. The funding received today was appropriated [...]

The Guam Community College received word Monday morning from the Department of Interior that the college will receive nearly $320,000 from Interior’s Operations and Maintenance Improvement Program (OMIP) to supply its new Learning Resource Center with recyclable furniture and collateral equipment. The $4.3 million building, which will be the first LEED-certified building for the government [...]

The Guahan State Clearinghouse received notification of a new grant opportunity from the US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development that would allow local rental property owners to make significant improvements on properties intended for use by low income families. The grant also allows for public agencies, private non-profit organizations, which includes but is not limited [...]

Local farmers and rural small businesses have an opportunity to apply for Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) funding that would enable them to implement renewable energy sources at their businesses and make energy efficiency improvements, all aimed at reducing Guahan’s carbon footprint. The Guahan State Clearinghouse announced the new grant today, which is being [...]

Fiscal mismanagement at the Guam Environmental Protection Agency has hurt the agency’s ability to protect human health and the environment, according to the U.S. EPA’s 2009 End of Year Program Review Summary released April 28.
The 23-page review focuses on Guam EPA’s financial difficulties that it has been experiencing over the last two years and [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo says she has led an effort with several of her colleagues to support the nation’s seaports by sending a letter to Secretary Ray LaHood of the U.S. Department of Transportation requesting that the Department commit at least 25% of National Infrastructure Investments grants for port infrastructure.
The U.S. Congress appropriated $600 million [...]