Funding Amount

$2,500 - $7,500 per school (Total: $65,000 distributed to 13 schools)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Community Navigator Pilot Program Mini-Monies Program - Round 1

Status: Completed (distributed April 2022)

Geographic Scope: Vermont schools and school districts statewide

Funder: U.S. Small Business Administration through Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC)

Focus Areas:

  • Work-based learning and design thinking

  • Engineering and entrepreneurship programs

  • Culinary arts expansion and community outreach

  • Affordable housing initiatives

  • Independent-based learning (IBL) programs

  • Support for targeted populations: BIPOC students, rural communities, veterans, women
  • Award Amounts: $2,500, $5,000, or $7,500 per school

    Program Structure: VPA distributed $65,000 total to 13 Vermont schools/districts as part of Community Navigator Pilot Program using "hub and spoke" model

    Sample Funded Projects:

  • Spaulding High School: Collaboration with Generator and Champlain Valley Educator Development Center for work-based learning with Design Thinking, Engineering and Entrepreneurship focus

  • Burlington BTC Culinary Arts: Expansion of pop-up restaurant sites ("Champlain Café") to reach women, BIPOC, and rural areas

  • Orange Southwest School District/Randolph Technical and Career Center: Community outreach project building tiny homes for affordable housing

  • Hazen Pathways program: Students create Independent Based Learning (IBL) courses with materials, tools, and business owner mentorship
  • Recipient Schools/Districts:

  • Arlington Memorial High School

  • Burlington City School District

  • Cold Hollow Career Center, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union

  • Champlain Valley Union High School

  • Hazen Union School

  • Hazen Union High School

  • Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union

  • Lamoille North Supervisory Union

  • Vermont Adult Learning High School

  • Milton Town School District

  • Mount Abraham Unified

  • Orange Southwest School District

  • Stafford Technical Center

  • Spaulding High School, BUUSD

  • Windham Southeast

  • Winooski School District
  • Contact: Vermont Principals' Association, 2 Prospect St. Suite #3, Montpelier, VT 05602

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    educationk-12-schoolsstem-educationminority-businesseswomenveteransbipoc

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