Serve Idaho offers grants
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March 13, 2013 |
Idaho nonprofit, educational, labor, community
and faith-based organizations, Indian tribes and
local governments are eligible for special
federal funding through the Schools Turnaround
AmeriCorps program to improve student
performance.
Serve Idaho, the Governor’s Commission on
Service and Volunteerism, announced that
interested organizations have until April 15 to
file applications for the grants that will range
from $16,000 to $80,000 for fixed amount
education awards and $250,000 to $1 million for
cost reimbursement grants. The grants would run
for three years.
A notice of intent to apply for a grant must be
filed by 5 p.m. March 28. A technical assistance
call will be held March 25 at 10 a.m.
The Corporation for National and Community
Service and the U.S. Department of Education
expect to have up to $5 million to award under
the program that fosters family and community
engagement in education, enhance school safety
and discipline as well as other nonacademic
factors, accelerate student learning in reading
and mathematics, increase graduation rates and
college enrollment and encourage increased
learning time.
“This program is a commitment to support schools
and communities in improving student
performance, especially by providing more
opportunities for children in disadvantaged
communities,” Renee Cox, Serve Idaho program
manager, said.
School Turnaround AmeriCorps coordinates with
local school and local education agencies under
School Improvement Grants and the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act and expands on the
efforts of Together for Tomorrow, a cooperative
initiative with the White House Office of
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to
boost community engagement in turning around the
nation's lowest-performing schools.
More information on the grant opportunity is on
the Internet at
http://serve.idaho.gov. |
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