Washington, DC

CONTACT: Andrew Chang (EOM) (202) 727-5560; [email protected]

(Washington, DC) – The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA) issued its Request For Applications (RFA) for the FY 2015 Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Grant. Copies of the RFA can be found at www.apia.dc.gov or at OAPIA’s office located at 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 721N, Washington, DC 20001.

OAPIA is soliciting grant applications from qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) serving the District’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The grant is intended to fund programs that provide services to the District’s AAPI residents and/or merchants in the areas of employment, small business support, public education, public safety, housing services, legal services, health and human services, arts, culture and the humanities, Vietnamese American youth academic and mentoring services, and domestic violence intervention.

A pre-bidders meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from 10 am to 12 noon in Room 1112 South at 441 4th Street, NW, Washington, DC. The deadline for submission of grant applications is Monday, September 15, 2014 at 12 noon.

For more information, please visit our website at www.apia.dc.gov or contact Neel Saxena at [email protected] or (202) 727-3120.