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Discovering New Public Funding Sources and Grant-Writing Know- How

Discovering New Public Funding Sources and Grant-Writing Know- How. Christina Culver Kim Fleming. Our Firm.

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Discovering New Public Funding Sources and Grant-Writing Know- How

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  1. Discovering New Public Funding Sources and Grant-Writing Know- How Christina Culver Kim Fleming

  2. Our Firm C/H Global Strategies is a Washington, DC based strategic consulting and government relations firm for the Education Industry. Our firm offers expertise in public policy, grassroots awareness campaigns, strategic partnerships, sales and marketing programs, and message development on national, state, and local issues. We provide strategic advice, research and grant/RFP writing services to help you grow your business. confidential

  3. Who We Are • Christina Erland Culver has over 20 years of education policy, non-profit, and agency experience. Before becoming a consultant most recently, she dedicated several years as a political appointee at the U.S. Department of Education where she served as Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs and was responsible for federal relations with state government regarding compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act.  • Dr. Kimberly Fleming is founder and owner of Core Education, LLC. Fleming has more than 15 years experience in education, with experience working at the school, district, state, and university levels. She is a dynamic presenter and an accomplished grant writer specializing in complex federal procurement opportunities. In 2010, Dr. Fleming's proposals earned her clients over $86 million in federal funds. confidential

  4. Overview and Objectives Day 1 • Diversify your business • Federal Opportunities • State and Local Opportunities Day 2 • Analyze a grant application or Request for Proposals (RFP) • Strategize to meet proposal requirements • Generate an effective proposal confidential

  5. Diversify your business Assess your company – do a resource inventory • What are your assets? • What is your special sauce? • Teacher force – human capital • Content – or methodology • Technology, IP • brand • Infrastructure – facilities, business process confidential

  6. Diversify your business Do your homework • What are states buying? • What are school districts buying? • What are the districts needs? • What are the workforce development needs? • What are the state and district budget strengths and weaknesses? confidential

  7. Who do you know? • Do a relationship inventory • Get to know your customer • Build trust with them – become their advocate! Support their goals! • School District Champions • Superintendent, Title I Coordinator, Principals, Teachers, Parents • Community Organization Executive Directors confidential

  8. Diversify your business • Adapt your services and provide a solution to meet the needs of your community, state, region • in school services • professional development • adult learning i.e. literacy, training • alternative education • special needs - RTI • Make a commitment to build out a solution to those targeted needs and put resources into it confidential

  9. Strategic Partners – Bid Teams • Universities • Community Colleges • Career Colleges and Vocational Centers • Major Employers • Non-profits – Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA, Community Centers • Workforce Investment Boards, One Stop Centers • Social Services Centers and Providers confidential

  10. Bid Teams – teaming for the whole solution • Professional Development experts • Special Education experts • STEM experts • Turnaround experts • Technology experts • Assessment experts • Project Evaluator • Grant Writer confidential

  11. Grants vs. Contracts • Grant - A sum of money awarded to finance a particular activity typically to fill a need identified by the funding agency. Applicants conceive an idea and prepare a concept paper, pre-proposal or full proposal/application. Proposals are typically scored by peer reviewers who make recommendations for funding. Funders provide support and oversight. • Types of Grants • Government Grants – Federal or State • Private Grants – Foundations or Private Organizations • Corporate Grants confidential

  12. Grants vs. Contracts (cont’d) • Contract - A legal agreement in which service providers agree to provide services as specified by an agency. Funders provide close monitoring and maintain ownership of the project. • Types of Contracts • Government Contracts – Federal, State or Local • Subcontracts confidential

  13. Federal Education Funding Streams • Title I – disadvantaged students • Title II – Teacher Quality – professional development • Title III – English Language Acquisition • IDEA – Response to Intervention (RTI) • 21st Century Community Learning Centers confidential

  14. Federal Ed Funding Streams - ARRA • Race to the Top • RFP, RFIs, vendor fairs • Lead Partners • I3 - Innovation grants • School Improvement Grants • New schools adding to the lists • Almost every school district will have these schools and awards focused on them. confidential

  15. 2012 Budget Proposal $1.4 billion for new grant competitions • Early childhood education - $350 million • Elementary and Secondary education (RTTT) - $900 million • Higher Education outcomes - $150 million confidential

  16. 2012 Budget Proposal • $835 million Effective Teaching and Learning for a Complete Education (reading, STEM and humanities) • $750 million English Language Learners • $600 million School Turnaround • $372 million Charter and other Autonomous Public Schools • $365 million School Safety • $300 million to Investing in Innovation program • $150 million for Promise Neighborhoods • $80 million for STEM teacher preparation confidential

  17. US Department of EducationWebsites http://www.ed.gov/ http://www2.ed.gov/about/top-tasks.html 2010 Guide to U.S. Department of Education Programs PDF (3.42M, 08/2010) Web page to search specific programs: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/gtep/index.html confidential

  18. ED.gov confidential

  19. School Improvement Grants As part of the broad array of economic stimulus efforts included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the U.S. Congress appropriated an extra $3 billion for school improvement grants (SIGs) – located in Title I - to help reform persistently low-achieving schools. When added to the $546 million that had already been appropriated for school improvement grants for fiscal year 2009, the ARRA appropriation brings the total funding for these grants to more than $3.5 billion, ……available for use through September 30, 2013.

  20. School Improvement Grants Four school improvement models transformation – most schools choosing this model turnaround restart closure model Key Term: Persistently Low Achieving Schools – PLAs – lowest 5% of Schools in Need of Improvement

  21. School Improvement Grants Process: Federal SIG awarded to SEA – states - by formula SEA creates RFP process (approved by feds) for LEAs SEA determines criteria/definitions for PLAs SEA puts out RFP to LEAs with PLA schools LEA applies to SEA (not all are awarded) LEAs awarded and then determine which PLAs get funded

  22. School Improvement Grants What you can do: Determine the PLA schools in each district where you do business. Focus on districts where you already do business Work at the Title I Director and Superintendent levels of the district Each state is different – determine criteria to get on the vendor schedule and preferred vendor lists Partner on the front end or contract on back end

  23. School Improvement Grants Two new reports from Center on Education Policy on how SIG funds are being used. Both can be accessed here: http://www.cep-dc.org/ Early State Implementation of Title I School Improvement Grants Under the Recovery Act • Author(s): Jennifer McMurrer, Shelby Dietz, and Diane Stark RentnerPublished: February 23, 2011 Changing Tires En Route: Michigan Rolls Out Millions in School Improvement Grants • Author(s): Caitlin Scott and KenneDibnerPublished: February 23, 2011

  24. Race to the Top $4.35 billion to 11 states and DC: 4-year grant period FY 2012 Proposed Funding - $900 million Available to School Districts

  25. Race to the Top Assurance Areas • College and Career Readiness (Standards and Assessments) • Great Teachers and Leaders • School Turnaround • Longitudinal Data Systems • STEM

  26. Race to the Top ‘No Consultant Left Behind’ – Rick Hess, Director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute • Follow the Money • Seek out local and state opportunities • Search state procurement sites for opportunities • Identify if states have approved vendor lists • Do not contact state personnel other than those named as contacts in RFPs – could disqualify you

  27. Federal Education Programs with Tutoring as an Allowable Use of Funds Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education Agencies (Title I,Part A) http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html 21st-Century Community Learning Centers Fiscal Year 2010 $1,166,166,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/index.html High School Graduation Initiative Fiscal Year 2010 $50,000,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/dropout/index.html Adult Education—Basic Grants to States Fiscal Year 2010 $628,221,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/adultedbasic/index.htm confidential

  28. Allowable Use of Funds (cont’d) Adult Education—National Leadership Activities Fiscal Year 2010 $11,346,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/aenla/index.html Smaller Learning Communities Fiscal Year 2010 $80,107,636 http://www.ed.gov/programs/slcp/index.html http://slcp.ed.gov Education for Homeless Children and Youths—Grants for State and Local Activities Fiscal Year 2010 $65,427,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/homeless/index.html http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html confidential

  29. Allowable Use of Funds (cont’d) Gulf Coast Recovery Grant Initiative Fiscal Year 2010 $12,000,000 - Note: FY 2010 is the first year of funding http://www.ed.gov/programs/gulf/index.html Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youths Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk Fiscal Year 2010 $50,427,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleipartd/index.html Developing Hispanic- Serving Institutions Program Fiscal Year 2010 $117,429,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/index.html confidential

  30. Allowable Use of Funds (cont’d) TRIO Programs Educational Opportunity Centers Fiscal Year 2010 $46,830,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/trioeoc/index.html Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEARUP) Fiscal Year 2010 $323,212,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/gearup/index.html Hispanic-Serving Institutions—Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) Fiscal Year 2010 $100,000,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/hsiccraa/index.html confidential

  31. Allowable Use of Funds (cont’d) TRIO Programs  (cont’d) Educational Opportunity Centers Fiscal Year 2010 $46,830,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/trioeoc/index.html Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEARUP) Fiscal Year 2010 $323,212,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/gearup/index.html Hispanic-Serving Institutions—Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) Fiscal Year 2010 $100,000,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/hsiccraa/index.html Student Support Services http://www.ed.gov/programs/triostudsupp/index.html confidential

  32. Allowable Use of Funds (cont’d) TRIO Programs  (cont’D) Talent Search Program Fiscal Year 2010 $141,954,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/triotalent/index.html Upward Bound Fiscal Year 2010 $257,831,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/trioupbound/index.html Upward Bound Math-Science Fiscal Year 2010 $35,230,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/triomathsci/index.html Veterans Upward Bound Fiscal Year 2010 $13,852,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/triovub/index.html confidential

  33. Allowable Use of Funds (cont’d) Literacy Programs Even Start Fiscal Year 2010 $66,454,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/evenstartformula/index.html Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Formula Grants, Discretionary/Competitive Grants Fiscal Year 2010 $250,000,000 http://www.ed.gov/programs/strivingreaders-literacy/index.html confidential

  34. 21st-Century CommunityLearning Centers Type of Assistance (specifically) Formula grants are awarded to SEAs, which, in turn, manage statewide competitions and award subgrants to LEAs, CBOs, and other public and private entities. ___________________________________________________ Appropriations Fiscal Year 2008 $1,081,166,187 Fiscal Year 2009 $1,131,166,000 Fiscal Year 2010 $1,166,166,000 ___________________________________________________ Fiscal Year 2010 Awards Information Number of New Awards Anticipated: 52 Average New Award: $21,997,744 Range of New Awards: $5,714,213–$127,443,628 2012 Budget Request $1,270,000 ___________________________________________________ confidential

  35. 21stCCLC (cont’d) Program Description Community Learning Centers • Academic enrichment opportunities during nonschool hours; Proposed 2012 budget allows use of funds for extended school day and school year programs • Focused on students who attend low-performing schools. • Tutoring in core academic subjects, such as reading, math and science • Enrichment activities – arts, music • Mentoring • Services to limited English proficient (LEP) students • Services to students who are truant, suspended or expelled • Literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children confidential

  36. 21stCCLC (cont’d) Contact Information: Name Pilla Parker E-mail Address Pilla.Parker@ed.gov Telephone 202-260-3710 ___________________________________________________ Links to Related Web Sites http://www.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/index.html confidential

  37. US Department of Labor Workforce Investment Act http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/ Green Jobs Initiative Community-Based Job Training Grants Veterans Employment and Training Services - VETS program Federal Grant Funding from Labor is to Regional Labor offices – Workforce Investment Boards, One Stop Shops

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  39. Veterans Administration http://www.gibill.va.gov/pamphlets/CH35/CH35_Pamphlet_General.htm Contact your local VA office to find out how you can support these programs • Work-Study Assistance Program • Tutorial Assistance • Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA) confidential

  40. Institute of Museum and Library Services http://www.imls.gov/applicants/project.shtm Look for Grant information in: • Formal Education • Informal Learning • Professional Development/Continuing Education confidential

  41. State and Local Funds • Extended Day and After School Programs • District Discretionary funding • State funded initiatives • Library programs – state and local • Summer workforce prep and summer school programs confidential

  42. Fresno, California Fresno County Board of Education: http://www.fcoe.org/index.php?n=1 City of Fresno: http://fresno.gov City of Fresno Business Incentive zones: http://www.fresno.gov/Businesses/IncentiveZones/Default.htm The County of Fresno website: http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/Default.aspx confidential

  43. Miami Dade Florida Miami Dade Government http://Miamidade.gov http://services.miamidade.gov/DPM/SolicitationList.aspx Miami Dade Board of County Commissioners http://www.miamidade.gov/commiss/home.asp Grant example http://www.miamidade.gov/commiss/mom_pop.asp Florida Department of Education http://www.fldoe.org Adult Workforce http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdgrants/ confidential

  44. Los Angeles , California LA County Government: http://lacounty.gov/wps/portal/lac/home/ http://lacounty.gov/wps/portal/lac/business/ http://www.worksourcecalifornia.com/job_seekers/jobs.htm LA County Office of Education: http://www.lacoe.edu/ James Irvine foundation: http://www.irvine.org/evaluation/program-evaluations/connected-network-of-schools Juvenile Justice http://probation.lacounty.gov/default.asp confidential

  45. Monroe County, NY Monroe County School Boards Association http://www.mcsba.org/index.html http://www.mcsba.org/jobs.html Monroe County http://www.monroecounty.gov/business-index.php NYS Education Department (SED)http://www.nysed.gov NYS Budget Departmentwww.budget.state.ny.us confidential

  46. General Info Find RFP: http://www.findrfp.com/default.aspx Grants: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp Substance Abuse programs: http://www.adolescent-substance-abuse.com/ Juvenile Justice: http://probation.lacounty.gov/default.asp confidential

  47. How we can help We are delighted to provide supplemental one on one grant consultation sessions to webinar participants: • research to identify specific funding opportunities • advice and counsel on how to best pursue opportunities • consultation to you and your in-house grant writer to review proposals • full grant writing services • pricing of services upon request confidential

  48. For more information: Christina Culver and Caroline Hughes C/H Global Strategies, LLC 2126 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 202-538-9031 christina@chglobalstrategies.com caroline@chglobalstrategies.com confidential

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