Deadline: 12-Aug-22
Applications are now open for the Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) Program to provide support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools.
Types of Projects
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FSCS provide comprehensive academic, social, and health services for students, students’ family members, and community members that will result in improved educational outcomes for children. These services may include:
- high-quality early learning programs and service;
- accelerated learning aligned with academic supports and other enrichment activities, providing students with a comprehensive academic program;
- family engagement, including parental involvement, parent leadership, family literacy, and parent education programs;
- mentoring and other youth development programs;
- community service and service learning opportunities;
- programs that provide assistance to students who have been chronically absent, truant, suspended, or expelled;
- job training and career counseling services;
- nutrition services and physical activities;
- primary health and dental care;
- activities that improve access to and use of social service programs and programs that promote family financial stability; mental health services; and
- adult education, including instruction of adults in English as a second language.
Funding Information
Grant Amount for FY 2022: $75,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
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Section 4622(1) (B) of the ESEA establishes eligible applicants as a consortium of:
- 1 or more LEAs, or the Bureau of Indian Education; and
- 1 or more community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, or other public or private entities.
For more information, visit U.S. Department of Education.
For more information, visit https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/school-choice-improvement-programs/full-service-community-schools-program-fscs/