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Grants: Activities, Funding Opportunities and Challenges

Grants: Activities, Funding Opportunities and Challenges. Andreea M. Serban, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor Technology and Learning Services SOCCCD Board Meeting June 25, 2007. Key Developments in State Funding.

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Grants: Activities, Funding Opportunities and Challenges

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  1. Grants: Activities, Funding Opportunities and Challenges Andreea M. Serban, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor Technology and Learning Services SOCCCD Board Meeting June 25, 2007

  2. Key Developments in State Funding • 2002-2005 budget cuts in California Community Colleges funding; state grant funding significantly reduced • Governor's 2005-06 Budget: • expanded vocational and career technical educational opportunities for middle school and high school students • improved linkages between the career and technical curricula of the public schools and community colleges • Senate Bill 70, September 2005, provided $20 million to the California Community Colleges for CTE programs • System Strategic Plan for California Community Colleges

  3. Total Grant Funding Obtained 2005-07 • Technology and Learning Services (T&LS) 2006-07 $1,550,000 • Saddleback College $3,000,059 • Saddleback Foundation $ 280,500 • Irvine Valley College $ 41,028 • ATEP $ 205,000 • TOTAL $5,076,587 • Saddleback College pending $3,951,956

  4. Grant Applications and Status2005-07

  5. Topics/Programs Funded and Pending • Nursing $2,100,294 • Transfer research/articulation $1,550,000 • Teacher/counselor preparation in career technical education $ 406,900 • Other CTE programs $ 978,365 • Pending CTE programs $3,951,956 • Other $ 41,028

  6. Grant Challenges and Opportunities • Institutional commitment and direction • Organizational structure and staffing • Federal, state and private funding priorities • Complexity and, often, very short timelines of requests for applications • Consortia • Pre- and post-award grant management

  7. Expected Future Grant Funding Directions and Priorities • Federal • Math, Science, Engineering, Technology • State • Career Technical Education • Partnerships for Economic and Workforce Development • Transfer • Basic Skills • Private • Varied and multiple opportunities

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