HOW CENTER FOR FAITH-BASED & NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS ANNOUNCE GRANT AWARDS... (371 hits)
For Immediate Release From Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships!
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced $179 million in grants focused on supporting academic acceleration for every child, building on the Biden-Harris Administration's goal to improve academic achievement nationwide. These grants include $149 million in new Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant (CLSD) awards—the largest number of awards ever for this program—and nearly $30 million in Competitive Grants for State Assessments (CGSA) awards. These grant awards were highlighted as part of the Department’s Back to School Bus Tour at an event headlined by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden.
“Literacy is a critical foundation for every student’s success in school and beyond,” said Secretary Cardona. “The Biden-Harris Administration’s American Rescue Plan has helped states and districts make significant gains in academic progress. The new funding announced today will help states, school districts, and communities continue to develop and implement evidence-based literacy interventions, and ensure that, together, we continue to raise the bar for student academic success, giving every student the best opportunities to succeed.”
This announcement comes as Secretary Cardona is embarking on his 2024 Back to School Bus Tour with stops in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. This year’s theme, “Fighting for Public Education,” highlights how school communities are using the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic investments in public education to implement evidence-based, and promising, innovative strategies to accelerate academic success and support students of all ages and backgrounds. The 2024 Bus Tour will celebrate public education as the American system that opened doors for so many of our nation’s success stories —from astronauts to astrophysicists, writers to engineers, musicians to mathematicians, innovative entrepreneurs in the private sector to great leaders in the public sector.
Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grants (CLSD)
Students reading on grade level by third grade is critical to their future academic success. To advance effective, evidence-based literacy practices, the Department is awarding more than $149 million in new awards to 23 state educational agencies through the CLSD program. This is the first time the Department is making awards in the CLSD program under the Biden-Harris Administration, and this is the largest number of grant awards ever made under the CLSD program. These new grants will support states and educational partners in developing and implementing evidence-based literacy interventions and supports to help students achieve key literacy milestones. They also will help states, school districts, and communities promote equitable access to high-quality literacy instruction and materials for every student. Many states receiving these new awards will partner with state Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to provide districts, schools, and early care and education programs with intensive and targeted support for evidence-based literacy instruction.
A list of all the FY 24 grantees can be found below:
AK Alaska Department of Education and Early Development $10,000,000 CA California Department of Education $3,802,533 CO Colorado Department of Education $1,498,940 DC DC State Education Office $527,078
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced today more than $80 million in grant awards to 26 grantees to improve access to postsecondary education for students from low-income backgrounds. The grants are being provided under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program, which aims to significantly increase the number of students from low-income backgrounds who are prepared to attend and succeed in postsecondary education.
“GEAR UP helps communities come together to start early in preparing young people to go to college and succeed,” said U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal. “The Biden-Harris Administration has fought to help all students reach their college dreams and go on to a better life.”
GEAR UP provides six- or seven-year grants to states and partnerships to provide services at middle and high schools serving a large proportion of students from low-income backgrounds. Eight grantees are receiving awards through the GEAR UP State program and 18 grantees are receiving awards through the GEAR UP Partnership program. More information can be found here.
AR Arkansas Tech University $925,600 Partnership CA Vaughn Next Century Learning Center District $2,709,600 Partnership GA Bibb County School District $2,643,209 Partnership IN Purdue University $4,995,000 State
Blending and Braiding Webinar Series: Oct 03 - Jan 16 Starts in 1:00 p.m., EST
Webinar Series Objectives:
Increase awareness and understanding of how to blend and braid federal, state, and local funds to implement whole child approaches to education and make it easier for these services to be provided and for students and families to access services;
Identify and highlight examples of states, districts, counties, cities, and schools that are blending and braiding funds to provide cradle-to-career supports that make it easy for students and families to access services and help communities thrive;
Demonstrate how creating community-driven approaches for schools and the broader whole child work can support increased access to services and supports; and
As appropriate, identify how federal funds can be used to sustain whole child investments that started with ARP funds.
On Sept. 19, the Department awarded nearly $50 million to Hispanic-serving institutions to support Hispanic and Latino students, and the colleges and universities preparing them for the future.
“Our nation’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions open up new doors to opportunity and success for Hispanic and Latino students every day,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “The grants we’re announcing today double down on the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investments in Hispanic-serving institutions and reflect our determination to raise the bar for educational opportunity and equity in America.”
On Sept. 16, the Department announced that it is awarding grants to eight historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program (Hawkins) https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/tea... and the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/gra... The Department is also making an additional award to establish a National Technical Assistance Center to Diversify the Workforce Serving Children with Disabilities. These announcements are part of the Department’s comprehensive efforts since Day One of the Administration to increase educator diversity.
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Department Awards More Than $251 Million to Improve Employment Opportunities for Individuals With Disabilities
On Sept. 10, the Department awarded $251 million to 27 grantees across the country who are working to ensure individuals with disabilities have access to in-demand, good-paying jobs of the 21st century: https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-releas... These five-year grants, under the Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) program https://rsa.ed.gov/about/programs/disabili... will continue to promote competitive, integrated employment (CIE) so that youth and adults with disabilities are paid real wages for real jobs while creating pathways to some of today’s most in-demand fields.
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Warmly,
Maggie Siddiqi
Director, Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships U.S. Department of Education VISIT: https://sites.ed.gov/cfbnp/
