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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
CNCS-GRANTS-031908-001
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Mar 19, 2008
Creation Date:
Mar 19, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 30, 2008
The deadline for submission of applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 30, 2008.
Applications must be submitted using eGrants, the Corporation’s integrated, secure, web-based system for grant application and management. To create and submit an application via eGrants, please visit: http://www.learnandserve.gov/egrants.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 30, 2008
The deadline for submission of applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 30, 2008.
Applications must be submitted using eGrants, the Corporation’s integrated, secure, web-based system for grant application and management. To create and submit an application via eGrants, please visit: http://www.learnandserve.gov/egrants.
Archive Date:
May 01, 2008
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Community Development
Disaster Prevention and Relief
Education
Employment, Labor and Training
Environment
Food and Nutrition
Health
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Regional Development
Category Explanation:
Service-learning and Community service
Expected Number of Awards:
4
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$2,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$800,000
Award Floor:
$600,000
CFDA Number(s):
94.004
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Learn and Serve America_School and Community Based Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
State governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible applicants include Grantmaking Entities (GMEs) that are not currently Learn and Serve America grantees. GMEs are defined by statute for the purposes of this competition as public or private nonprofit- and faith-based-organizations, which have existed at least one year before applying, are experienced with service-learning, and are proposing to make subgrants in two or more states. All grantees must make and oversee subgrants to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) that are in partnership with one or more additional local organizations to implement service-learning activities in local communities. LEA partners may include private schools, for-profit businesses, faith-based organizations, other nonprofits, and institutions of higher education.
Agency Name
Corporation for National and Community Service
Description
The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the availability of approximately $2 million to qualified organizations to provide financial resources, training, and other assistance to local education agencies (LEAs) to implement service-learning projects as part of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum in grades 6-12. These funds will be awarded to an estimated 3 to 4 eligible applications with awards ranging from approximately $500,000 to $800,000 for a project period of up to 3 years. Eligible applicants include Grantmaking Entities (GMEs, which are public or private non-profit organizations that can make subgrants in two or more states) that are not currently Learn and Serve America grantees. A key role for GMEs is to manage subgrantees at the LEA level through frequent communication, training and technical assistance, and financial oversight.
The 2008 School-Based competition is intended to bring service-learning that addresses STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) objectives into high-poverty schools that have little service-learning history. The focus responds to the Corporation’s strategic goals to spread service-learning to 50% of K-12 schools and to avail many more youth from disadvantaged circumstances of service-learning opportunities. Consequently, applicants should focus their awarding of subgrants to schools in which more than half the students receive free or reduced price lunches.
A crucial part of a grantee’s role is to ensure high-quality implementation among subgrantees and to promote effective and efficient use of resources at the subgrantee level. Specifically, this role involves monitoring of program quality, overseeing LEA expenditures, identifying grantee and subgrantee staff roles, and providing needed training and technical assistance.
Successful applicants will describe a program design that provides student participants with the opportunity to:
• Use the knowledge and skills of one or more STEM discipline(s) to identify and address community problems;
• Collaborate with peers and community members to set and achieve goals; and
• Develop skills and attitudes useful for the workplace and for participating in civic affairs.
