Immigrant Youth Grant

Immigrant Youth Grant is sponsored by Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WI DPI). This discretionary grant provides funds to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in Wisconsin that experience a significant increase in immigrant youth.

Immigrant Youth Grant | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Title III, Part A Immigrant Youth Grant (IYG) Competition The 2025-2026 Immigrant Youth Grant Competition is closed. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WI DPI) reserves approximately 5% of its available Title III funds in order for local education agencies (LEAs) to provide enhanced instructional opportunities to immigrant youth.

Local Education Agencies experiencing a significant increase in students meeting the definition of immigrant youth may apply for this discretionary grant. The state of Wisconsin defines significant increase as at least a 25% increase of immigrant children and youth in the current year over the average of the prior two years.

LEA eligibility is determined by immigrant data reported for the Third Friday Count in WISEdata via the LEAs student information system to WISEdata. 2026-2027 Grant Competition: Individual public schools meeting the significant increase requirement may apply for this discretionary grant opportunity. There is no $10,000 threshold for this part.

Eligible individual districts may form a consortium of eligible districts; however, one district must serve as the fiscal lead of the immigrant grant consortium. Eligible districts may also choose to join a consortium led by a Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) serving as fiscal lead for the immigrant grant consortium.

NOTE: Those applying as part of a consortium must have an MOU/other agreement in place with individual consortium members detailing the activities that will meet the common goals of the consortium. Additionally, each consortium lead must submit the consortium verification form along with their grant application.

Nonpublic School Participation Immigrant Youth in Nonpublic Schools Once eligibility for Immigrant Youth has been determined for those LEAs meeting the significant increase requirements, eligible districts applying for the funds should review which nonpublic schools are participating in Title III and engage in meaningful consultation with nonpublic officials.

To be eligible for the Immigrant Youth discretionary grant, a private school student must be enrolled in a private elementary or secondary school in the geographic area served by an eligible LEA who receives a subgrant for immigrant youth and must meet the definition of immigrant youth under ESEA section 3201(5).

The eligible LEA, alongside the nonpublic school, would then establish through meaningful consultation how students and teachers of immigrant students might receive services and how those services will meet their children's needs.

Examples of equitable services that an LEA that receives a subgrant for immigrant youth under Title III, Part A may provide to private school immigrant youth, their teachers and other educational personnel based on timely and meaningful consultation with private school officials include: Tutorials, mentoring, and academic or career counseling for immigrant youth Curricular materials, educational software, and technologies to support immigrant youth; and Instructional services designed to assist immigrant youth achieve in schools in the U.S., such as programs of introduction to the educational system and civic education.

Eligible Students and Data Collection According to the ESEA, as amended by ESSA, Section 3201(5), Immigrant Children and Youth refers to individuals who are: were not born in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. have not been attending one or more schools in any one or more states for more than three full academic years.

Students who meet the definition of immigrant youth may be adoptees, born in the U.S. Military, refugee students, exchange students, among others. Immigrant students may or may not be identified as English learners. 3 full years in the United States need not be consecutive.

Per Title III Non-Regulatory Guidance, Section G-1, the term "immigrant children and youth" used in Title III is not related to an individual's legal status in the United States. Under the U.S. Supreme Court Plyler v. Doe , schools are required to provide equal access to a basic public education to all students, regardless of immigration status.

Download: Immigrant Youth D-ata Glance Under ESSA Section 3115(e), an LEA must use immigrant children and youth funds to provide enhanced instructional opportunities for students.

Family literacy, parent and family outreach, and training activities designed to assist parents and families to become active participants in the education of their children; Recruitment of and support for personnel, including teachers and paraprofessionals who have been specifically trained or are being trained to provided services to immigrant children and youth; Provision of tutorials, mentoring and academic or career counseling, educational software, and technologies to be used in program; Identification, development and acquisition of curriculum materials, educational software and technologies to be used in the program; Basic instruction services that are directly attributable to the presence of immigrant children and youth in the LEA, including payment of costs of providing additional classroom supplies, costs of transportation, or such other costs as are directly attributable to such additional basic instruction services; Other instruction services that are designed to assist immigrant children and youth to achieve in elementary and secondary school in the U.S. such as programs of introduction to the educational system and civics education; and Activities coordinated with community-based organizations, institutes of higher education, private sector entities, or other entities with expertise in working with immigrants, to assist parents and families of immigrant children and youth.

Download: List of Eligible Grant Activities for the Immigrant Youth Eligible LEAs who wish to apply for this grant should read the following: Immigrant Youth Grant Guidance. Section 3114 of Title III specifies that if an LEA receives an immigrant education subgrant, it is expected that all applicants conduct a needs assessment related to their immigrant children and youth population.

LEAs should engage immigrant families in the planning, review and evaluation of programs funded under this part. Each LEA must complete a final report of grant activities. Information included in the grant application should describe how any activities undertaken will explicitly support immigrant children and youth Districts should anticipate being able to serve immigrants during the grant year.

The grant year runs from July 1 through June 30 of the current competition school year. Grants must be expended during the fiscal year awarded. Title III Immigrant Youth funding does not carry over.

Grant requests have traditionally ranged from $10,000 to $50,000 for eligible grant activities. Download: 2025-2026 Immigrant Youth Grant Application Download: 2025-2026 Consortium Verification Form Download: 2025-2026 Immigrant Youth Grant Rubric Download: 2025-2026 Immigrant Youth Grant Final Report Template NOTE: For best results, LEAs should download and save the application prior to completion.

When completing and submitting an application, data should be kept confidential. Under no circumstance should identifiable student data be submitted in or alongside the application.

Additional pages may be added to the grant application for the Number of Students Served section only and should also be scanned into the document directly following that section (between pages 5-6 of the grant application) to support ease of reviewer reading and scoring.

Resources Supporting Newcomers Welcoming, Registering and Supporting Newcomer Students: A Toolkit for Educators of Immigrant and Refugee Students in Secondary Schools WIDA: 5 Strategies to Welcome Newcomer Students Into Your Classroom REL: Starting Schools in the Unites States: A Guide for Newcomer Students' Familes Immigrant Children and Youth Grant Webinars Local Educational Agengies are invited to participate in one of the following informational webinars for the 2025-26 Immigrant Youth Grant competition.

Click on the links below for more information and to register for the event. Link to Slide Presentation Click for Information and/or to Register: April 11, 2025 1:00pm-2:30pm Click here for Information and/or to Register: April 16, 2025 8:30am-10:00am Click here for Information and/or to Register: April 17, 2025 3:00pm-4:30pm NOTE : Webinars will be the same information, but are offered at different times of the day.

Webinars are also scheduled for a full hour and a half, but are not expected to last the full durations. This is to allow sufficient time to collect and respond to any questions from participants. 2025-26 Immigrant Youth Grant Competition All recipients of the grant are required to submit the following report.

Below is the template recipients should use to submit the required information. All final reports are due on or before September 1 and can be submitted to the Title III consultant listed at the bottom of this page. 24-25 Immigrant youth annual report template.

(Please submit within 90 days of final claim.) This list represents the Immigrant Youth Grant recipients and grant awards.