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FY2025 Fund Code 0355: Emergency Homeless Support for Extraordinary Needs (Targeted) - Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs Educational Collaboratives Department of Elementary and Secondary Education DESE Budget Inter-District School Choice School Finance Regulations Chapter 74 Nonresident Tuition FY2025: Emergency Homeless Support for Extraordinary Needs (Targeted) This state funded targeted Homeless Emergency Support grant aims to provide funding for the schools and districts in responding to the significant influx in enrollment due to State's Emergence Order .
The targeted grant fund provides resources to schools and districts to meet the educational needs of significant numbers of school-aged children experiencing homelessness due to the multifaceted nature of the Emergency Assistance (EA) Programs, include the shelter expansion hotel sites (current and close), the new Temporary Respite Centers (TRC), and districts that experiencing an increase in enrollment due to doubling up based on new 5 business day stay policy at TRC sites in the new school year.
Targeted funding will accommodate the educational requirements of the students enrolled and served in the district experiencing the surge.
The Homeless Emergency Assistance for Extraordinary Needs targeted grant provides funds to schools and districts facing challenges of meeting the need for additional classroom space to accommodate the significant increase in student enrollment due to the placement in those communities, and the educational requirements of the students they will enroll and serve.
This grant program supports the education of students who are homeless through culturally responsive, high-quality programming that advances equity, including racially equitable and culturally responsive high-quality programming in any or all the following: Purchase office trailers, Retrofit of classrooms to create additional student learning spaces within a school facility; Purchase classroom furniture; Hiring new staff to meet the needs of students experiencing homelessness; Purchase translation devices or procure translation services for newcomer students; and other one-time creative solutions as the district prescribes will best address their unique constraints.
Any local educational agency in shelter expansion hotel sites (current and closed), and the Temporary Respite Centers* is/was opened by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC), formerly DHCD; or can demonstrate an increase in homeless enrollment due to doubling up based on new 5 business day stay policy at TRC sites in the new school year or during the 2023-2024 school year may apply.
* Others will be considered if/as the state adds more sites. State Line Item: 1599-0514 Approximately $2,000,000 is available. This RFP is the governing document for these grant funds.
Funding is contingent upon availability. All dollar amounts listed are estimated/approximate and are subject to change. If more funding becomes available, it will be distributed under the same guidelines that appear in this RFP document.
Projects can either expand or improve classroom spaces to serve students who are homeless and students who are housed inclusively. Districts may provide classroom spaces on school grounds, at other facilities, or may use funds to enter contracts with other agencies that are committed to racial equity to provide education services for children and youth who are homeless.
The Emergency Support funds may also be used to provide the same services to students who are housed to ensure that educational activities integrate students who are homeless. Funds may be used to cover expenses incurred to support students placed in eligible shelter expansion sites prior to the grant submission date.
Upon Approval* – 6/30/2025 *Grant start date cannot be prior to DESE receiving a substantially approvable Application Submission as directed in this RFP's Submission Instructions. Goods and services cannot be procured prior to Grants receiving and approving an application submission. Funds cannot exceed the project duration end date.
Student and Family Support Rolling but no later than Friday, January 31, 2025 Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis and may be submitted prior to the due date. Due to the purpose of this grant program, DESE may extend the due date if needed. This RFP Posting will be updated if there are any extensions to the due date.
The FY25 0355 Emergency Homeless Support for Extraordinary Needs Grant will be submitted in our new GEM$ system. GEM$ is a cloud-based fiscal and program management grant system that will eventually phase out the use of EdGrants. Grants for Education Management System (GEM$) The following will be required to be submitted or uploaded directly into GEM$: Budget: Will be entered into the GEM$ Budget Form.
All applicants must include the anticipated number of students served and a brief description of how the funds will be spent to meet extraordinary needs. Grant applications are considered submitted when the LEA Fiscal Representative approves the grant application in GEM$. The Superintendent / Chief Executive Approved Step allows for the organization lead to review and approve the grant application.
Removing the requirement for the Part I Standard Contract Form, this step signifies Superintendent /Chief Executive sign off. Any grant budget changes requiring signature will re-execute this step when amended signifying the organization lead is approving these changes.
Please Note: Grant Submission at the LEA level requires roles to be established for Grant writer for the specific fund code, LEA fiscal for financial review/approval, and Superintendent/Chief Executive sign off. All these roles should be established prior to the grant due date and all appropriate forms should be either uploaded to GEM$, maintained at the LEA level or sent in to the DESE RFP contact as described on the individual forms.
The user guidance documents and forms are found on the GEM$ homepage under DESE Resources. This form can be accessed without logging in to the system. Last Updated: September 24, 2024 This link will take you to an external website which may or may not be accessible and WCAG 2.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Schools and districts in Massachusetts. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.