This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, provides $899,000.00 to the Virginia Foundation For Community College Education to support college and career success for foster youth through work-based learning opportunities and coaching support. The three-year project, starting on June 1, 2023 and ending on May 31, 2026, aims to improve postsecondary...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Indian Hills Community College a three-year, $2,014,289 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant will support the Iowa College and Career Transition Counselor Initiative to expand one-on-one counseling services for high school juniors, seniors, and first-year college students. Fifteen Iowa community colleges will each hire additional transition counselors to help...
This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) will support the "ALASKA MENTAL HEALTH K-12 SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT" at the University of Alaska Anchorage from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The grant aims to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of postsecondary education in Alaska, with a focus on developing a school psychology program to address mental...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $5,017,185 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant, titled "PROJECT EMPOWER," will implement and sustain full-service community schools with two local educational agencies (LEAs) that are rural and...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $990,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to the Orange County Bar Foundation, Inc. The grant will fund the ICAN! Post-Secondary Assistance Program for Gang-Involved Youth from October 2023 through September 2026. This program will deliver services in Santa Ana, CA to help gang-involved youth access and complete postsecondary education and training....
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Cowley County Community College a $225,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The grant will support the college's IMPROVING STUDENT SUCCESS AND RETENTION USING DATA AND INTRUSIVE ADVISING project from October 1, 2022 to October 1, 2025. The project aims to provide intrusive advising and leverage student data to improve postsecondary instruction quality and expand opportunities...
The College For Every Student Inc. was awarded a $2,475,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The grant will support the NORTH COUNTRY RURAL POSTSECONDARY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM to provide assistance from Oct 1, 2022 through Sep 30, 2025. This will allow College For Every Student Inc. to implement institutional reforms and innovative...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education provides $275,000 under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to support rural outreach partnership programs. The Regents of the University of Colorado receives funding to implement a pre-college program in the San Luis Valley of Colorado for students in grades 10-12. A sub-award of $275,000 is provided to the San Luis Valley Area Health Education Center, Inc. to assign...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Beaufort County Schools a $1,237,500 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program (CFDA 84.116). The grant will support the implementation of a centralized advising center for Beaufort County Community College in Washington, NC from December 31, 2021 through December 31, 2024. The advising center will provide direct services to students in support of institutional reforms and innovative...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $1,804,726 Project Grant to the New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The award, titled "Bridging the Gap: Empowering Rural Education through Distance Learning and Mobile Advising," aims to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of postsecondary education in rural areas, particularly for underserved...