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SAFER
The SAFER Program provides funding for interoperable communication hardware, software, equipment maintenance, and training to allow for seamless communications between existing school communications systems and first responder communications systems.
School Security Disbursement Program (SB18-269)
the RFP will be released on Monday, December 3rd and the applications will be due on January 5, 2019. Additional information coming soon!
Ongoing Grants and Places to Look for Grants
Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) Grant Program
Administered by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
Established in 2008 with the signing of C.R.S.22-43.7, BEST provides an annual amount of funding, in the form of competitive grants, to school districts, charter schools, institute charter schools, boards of cooperative educational services and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. BEST funds can be used for the construction of new schools as well as general construction and renovation of existing school facility systems and structures.
Colorado Kids 1st
Colorado Kids 1st is an initiative of the Rocky Mountain Research and Prevention Institute (RMRPI)
Community groups and organizations with project proposals that comply with the Colorado Kids 1st mission of promoting health and preventing injuries to Colorado's children may apply for grants from the Colorado Kids 1st Fund.
The RMRPI Board of Directors funds projects that:
promote health and safety programs for Colorado's children
inform, educate and train the general public about children's health issues
promote public awareness of children's health issues
The Colorado Kids 1st Fund is designed to help community groups and organizations obtain funding, no matter how small the request. Therefore, there is no minimum grant amount.
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Colorado School Counselor Corps Grant Program
Administered by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
Colorado’s School Counselor Corps Grant Program (SCCGP) funding is awarded to eligible school districts, BOCES, charter schools or Institute charter schools. The purpose of this program is to increase the availability of effective school-based counseling within secondary schools. Grant funds are also used to increase the level of school counseling services provided to improve the graduation rate and increase the percentage of students who appropriately prepare for, apply to, and continue into postsecondary education.
EARRS Grant
The application process for Expelled and At-Risk Student Services (EARSS) program grant is now open for the Colorado Department of Education.
This application is being released for a new four-year grant cycle. Awards are contingent upon funding appropriated to the EARSS program in the FY17 state budget.
Funding priority will go to eligible applicants who have not received EARSS grant funding in the past three years. Those who do not meet this priority can still apply as funds may remain available after prioritized applicants are awarded.
An application webinar will be held 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. Register for this webinar here. Please submit a letter of intent by Wednesday, Jan. 18.
Applications will be due Tuesday, March 14. Access the request for proposals here.
For More Information, Contact: Janelle Krueger, Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement
Phone: 303-866-6750 or Email: [email protected]
Forecast of Funding Opportunities under Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs
This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the U.S. Department of Education has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs.
Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV)
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
This program funds short-term and long-term education-related services for local educational agencies (LEAs) and higher education institutions (HEIs) to help them recover from a violent or traumatic event in which the learning environment has been disrupted. Generally, Immediate Services assistance covers up to 60 days from the date of the incident. Extended Services assistance covers up to one year from the incident.
Public Welfare Foundation Juvenile Justice Program
Ongoing
Funded by the Public Welfare Foundation
Through its Juvenile Justice program, the foundation awards grants to groups that are working to advance policy reforms that reduce youth incarceration rates in the juvenile justice system by, for example, limiting the use of incarceration, expanding the use of community-based alternatives to incarceration, reducing lengths of stay, and/or decriminalizing minor misbehaviors or otherwise diverting youth from the juvenile court system; ending the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating youth as adults; and promoting fairer and more equitable treatment of youth of color by the juvenile justice system. Grant amounts are determined by the scope of the project.
To be eligible, applicants must have tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Letters of Intent are accepted year round. Upon review, selected organizations will be invited to complete full proposals.
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School Emergency Response Grant Programs
DHSEM is coordinating the grant funding for the School Access for Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program and the School Security Disbursement Program. The following grants fall under this program:
School Security Disbursement Program
School Access for Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program
Enhance School Safety Incident Response Program
Video Insight School Security In-Kind Grant Program
This is an ongoing grant opportunity
Video Insight will donate $1 million in grants to underfunded school systems across the United States.
The program will donate 50 video surveillance grants valued at $20,000 each to school and college applicants from across the United States.
For detailed information on how to apply for the 2015 Video Insight School Security In-Kind Grant program please visit this website or call (713)621-9779.
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