Funding Amount

$45,000 total (distributed to multiple schools)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Community Navigator Pilot Program Mini-Monies Program - Round 2

Status: Application process opened December 15th (for winter 2024 distribution)

Geographic Scope: Vermont schools and school districts

Funder: Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) with U.S. Small Business Administration grant funding

Focus Areas:

  • Special projects supporting entrepreneurship and business development

  • Work-based learning initiatives

  • Design thinking and engineering programs

  • Support for targeted populations: BIPOC students, rural communities, veterans, women
  • Program Structure: The VPA distributes mini-monies directly to schools as part of the Community Navigator Pilot Program, which uses a "hub and spoke" model with VtSBDC as the hub and nine spoke organizations creating collective impact

    Other Spoke Organizations:

  • Vermont Law School (VLS)

  • Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) Financial Futures Program

  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF)

  • Center for Women and Enterprise (CWEVT)

  • Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation (CVEDC)

  • Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC)

  • Vermont Professionals of Color Network

  • Main Street Alliance-Vermont
  • 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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