Oregon Nita M. Lowey 21st CCLC Grant

Oregon Nita M. Lowey 21st CCLC Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Oregon Department of Education
Amount: US $250,000 - US $2,350,000
Last Updated: October 17, 2023

Summary

The Oregon Nita M. Lowey 21st CCLC Grant supports 21st Century Community Learning Centers, aiming to enrich academic and developmental opportunities for students in high-poverty schools. Funded by federal Title IV-B grants, the program emphasizes mental health, K-5 literacy, and career education. With an anticipated funding of $10 million annually, grants ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 will be awarded to eligible applicants, enabling critical support for students and their families over a five-year period.

Overview

Oregon Nita M. Lowey 21st CCLC Grant Thanks to the federal Title IV-B grant funds, each of the 115 21st CCLC programs will offer equity-driven academic enrichment, a broad array of youth development opportunities, and family engagement activities that are designed to improve student growth and achievement in high-poverty schools. This new cohort of grantees built their proposals for funding focused on three state priority areas including: Mental Health & Well-being, K-5 Literacy, and Middle and High School Career & Technical Education (CTE). The purpose of the 21st CCLC program is to provide opportunities for eligible applicants to establish or expand activities in community learning centers [§4201(a)]. 21st CCLC services focus on helping children in schools who serve a large portion of students navigating poverty succeed academically through the application of evidence-based practice and extended learning time by: Providing opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low-performing schools, to meet the challenging State academic standards in core academic subject such as reading, writing, and mathematics; Offering students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities, service learning, nutrition and health education, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, arts, music, physical fitness and wellness programs, technology education programs, financial literacy programs, environmental literacy programs, mathematics, science, career and technical programs, internship or apprenticeship programs, and other ties to an in-demand industry sector or occupation for high school students that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and Offering families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development. Funding ODE anticipates funding between 20 and 30 grants in this competition with a total annual federal award of approximately $10,000,000 pending congressional appropriations. Applicants may request funds ranging from a minimum of $50,000 to no more than $500,000 per year based on need and the proposed programming. All approved applicants will receive 100% of their award in years 1, 2, and 3. Funding will be reduced to 90% of the original (year 1) funding level during year 4 and to 80% during year 5. However, even with the reductions, no program will receive less than $50,000 per year.

Eligibility

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