RFA: American Indian / Alaska Native Student Success Plan

This is a grant request for applications (RFA) issued by the State of Oregon Department of Education to support the American Indian/Alaska Native Student Success Plan (AIANSSP) 2025-2030 program. The procuring agency is the Oregon Department of Education Youth Development Division, which seeks applications from eligible organizations to implement comprehensive student support strategies addressing attendance, chronic absenteeism, and grade level transitions for American Indian and Alaska Native students in Pre-Kindergarten through post-secondary education. Applicants must propose programs that align with one of five primary goals: Champion Tribal Languages, Address Inequity in Native Student Data, Pursue Native Excellence, Cultivate Holistic Systems of Support, or Center Native Student Voices, with detailed action plans, community engagement strategies, equity assessments, and comprehensive evaluation methodologies. Deliverables include submission of an approved Action Plan within 30 calendar days of grant execution, monthly virtual meetings with the ODE Grant Manager, an Interim Report by January 31, 2027, and a Final Report by June 30, 2027, documenting all activities, participants, meeting minutes, surveys, and promotional materials. The evaluation criteria comprise 400 available points across five sections: Goal, Objective, Action Plan and Community (150 points); Service Area, Equity and Student Identity (100 points); Budget Form and Narratives (100 points); Assessment Plan (50 points); and Plan Students Served (up to 50 bonus points, with points scaling from 15 points for 11-20 students to 50 points for 101 or more students). The RFA was posted on May 15, 2026, with applications due by June 17, 2026, and the contract term running from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

Eligible applicants include tribal nations, educational organizations, consortiums of organizations, and federally recognized Oregon Native American Indian tribes serving American Indian and Alaska Native student populations. The procurement includes specific set-aside considerations for tribal applicants and consortium applications, with consortium applicants permitted to combine plan student counts across member organizations and required to identify each member's contribution to the action plan. No current vendors or incumbent contractors are listed for this new initiative. The grant program will award up to 10 grants with a maximum funding value of $144,000 per grantee, representing total program funding of up to $1,440,000, with disbursements structured at $100,000 upon approval of the Action Plan and $44,000 upon submission of the Final Report. Indirect and administrative costs are capped at 10 percent of the grantee's federally-approved rate or the rates specified in the grant agreement, whichever is lower. Insurance requirements vary by activity tier, ranging from $1,000,000 in commercial general liability for classroom-based activities to $5,000,000 for overnight trips and high-risk activities, with the State of Oregon named as an additional insured on all liability policies. Funding is derived from the Oregon Department of Education's General and State Funding sources and is contingent upon the state receiving sufficient appropriations and expenditure authority.