Goals 2000: Urban/Rural Local Reform Initiative

The Department of Education's Goals 2000: Urban/Rural Local Reform Initiative (CFDA 84.312) has not disbursed grant awards since October 2001, making this program inactive for pursuit.

The single documented award on record—a $554,617 Project Grant to support a Parental Assistance Program and Parental Information and Resource Centers initiative—was obligated over 25 years ago with a performance period ending September 2002. No grant opportunities have been posted recently, and no funding activity is evident in the current grant portfolio. The program appears dormant; the Department of Education remains the sole identified funding agency, having obligated $500 thousand in federal dollars against a total project cost of $555 thousand, indicating a modest non-federal cost share of $55 thousand.

The Goals 2000 agenda, which emphasized state and local education reform during the 1990s and early 2000s, supported parental engagement infrastructure and information dissemination through local school districts and community organizations. However, the absence of any award activity post-2002 signals that this Assistance Listing has not been an active funding mechanism for nearly a quarter century. Business development professionals should not allocate resources to pursue this program; it does not represent an open funding opportunity.