The OSSE School Year 2020-21 Grant Forecast is for informational purposes only. [Download here]
OSSE is releasing a forecast of certain grant information for the upcoming 2020-21 school year. At this time we are sharing information about formula and competitive grants and continuation grants for which we have general information about funding and application timeline. We will update this list in the future with additional grant opportunities, as this information becomes available. Please note that the grants list below is not a full and complete list of grants that will be released by OSSE in the upcoming year.
Formula & Competitive Grants
Projected grants information, including eligibility requirements, is not comprehensive and is provided for planning purposes only. Further information, including Notices of Funding Availability and Requests for Applications, will be available in the DC Register, LEA Look Forward, DC Office of Partnerships and Grant Services, and on the OSSE website. Unless specifically noted below, LEAs serving adult students must offer a high school diploma to be eligible for any of the listed grants.
The information in this chart is subject to change. Grant releases and awards are subject to funding availability.
If you have any questions about the information provided below, please email [email protected]. For the OSSE organizational chart and key points of contact, please visit: https://osse.dc.gov/osse-resources.
Last Updated: 7/28/2021
| Grant Title | Eligible Recipients | Grant Type | Anticipated Application Release | Anticipated Award Release | Anticipated # of Awards | Maximum Award Amount | OSSE Division | Eligibility Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFE Consolidated Grant | Institutions of Higher Education; Non-profits; Community-Based Organizations | Competitive | April 30, 2020 | Summer 2020 | TBD | TBD | Postsecondary and Career Education | Providers with demonstrated effectiveness in developing, implementing and improving adult education within the District of Columbia. |
| ESEA Title IV, Part B - Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers | Local Education Agencies; Community-Based Organizations; Institutions of Higher Education; Non-profits; For-profits | Competitive | April 30, 2020 | Summer 2020 | 10-15 | TBD ~$500,000 | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Eligible entities must serve students who primarily attend schools implementing comprehensive support and improvement activities or targeted support and improvement activities under ESEA Section 1111(d); and other schools determined by the LEA to be in need of intervention and support; and the families of such students. |
| Carl D. Perkins, CTE | Local Education Agencies; Institutions of Higher Education | Formula | June 26, 2020 | Summer 2020 | 5-6 | TBD | Postsecondary and Career Education | Federally funded. |
| Pre-K Enhancement and Expansion Program | High Quality Designated Applicants (designation done through paper application prior to funding application) | Formula | July 24, 2020 | Summer 2020 | 20-30 | $10M | Early Learning | High Quality Designated Applicants (designation done through paper application prior to funding application) |
| ESEA Consolidated Application Phase I Assurances | Local Education Agencies | Formula | June 1, 2020 | Summer 2020 | 60 | N/A | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Assurances required of all LEAs eligible to receive Title IA, IIA, IIIA, and Title IVA funds. |
| IDEA Phase I Assurances | Local Education Agencies | Formula | June 1, 2020 | Summer 2020 | 60 | N/A | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Assurances required of all LEAs eligible to receive IDEA Part B funds. |
| CTE Certification Program | UDC CC; Local Education Agencies | Formula | July 9, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 2-8 | This is formula and needs-based. The total amount to be awarded is $140,000 | Postsecondary and Career Education | Past participants must provide evidence of previous grant utilization and student pass rates. |
| ESEA Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (MKV) | Local Education Agencies | Competitive | June 8, 2020 | Summer 2020 | 3-6 | $86,000 | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Only LEAs can apply. |
| IDEA Consolidated Application | Local Education Agencies | Formula | July 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 60 | $16.2M | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Only LEAs may apply. Must serve students with disabilities ages 3 through 21. |
| ESEA Title IA Basic Grants to LEAs | Local Education Agencies | Formula | July 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 45 | $26.5M | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Only LEAs may apply. Serves at least one student aged 5-17. K-12 poverty rate for the prior year cannot be under 35 percent. |
| ESEA Title IIA - Supporting Effective Instruction | Local Education Agencies | Formula | July 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 55 | $5.1M | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Only LEAs may apply. Serves at least one student aged 5-17. |
| ESEA Title IIIA - English Language Acquisition | Local Education Agencies | Formula | July 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 18 | $850,000 | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Only LEAs may apply. Serves at least one English learner student aged 3-21. |
| ESEA Title IVA - Student Support and Academic Enrichment | Local Education Agencies | Formula | July 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 45 | $3.3M | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Must have received Title I funds the preceding fiscal year. All new opening charter schools. |
| Investment In Schools (1003) | Local Education Agencies | Formula | July 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 1 | $4M | Systems and Supports, K-12 | LEA with CS1 Schools Only |
| ESEA Title I Part D, Neglected and Delinquent Youth | Correctional Facility | Formula | Aug. 3, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 1 | TBD | Systems and Supports, K-12 | An agency of State government responsible for the free public education of children in institutions for neglected or deliquent children. |
| Early Childhood Higher Education Scholarship T.E.A.C.H. | Only license holders for the T.E.A.C.H.program in DC | Formula | Aug. 3, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 1 | $800,000 | Early Learning | Only eligible to license holders for the T.E.A.C.H. progran in the District of Columbia. |
| DC Community Schools Incentive Initiative Grant | Local Education Agencies; Community Based Organizations | Competitive | Sept. 25, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 8 | $1.22M | Systems and Supports, K-12 | OSSE will make these grants available through a competitive process to eligible consortia. An “eligible consortium” is a partnership established between a local education agency in DC and one or more community partners for the purposes of establishing, operating, and sustaining a community school. DC Official Code § 38-754.02(3). An eligible consortium must demonstrate the ability to provide additional eligible services that did not exist before the establishment of the eligible consortium. DC Official Code § 38-754.03. |
| Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund) | Local Education Agencies | Formula | Aug. 24, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 48 | $22M | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Only LEAs may apply. LEAs must have either received a Title I-A allocation in SY19-20 or be a new charter school opening in the 2020-21 school year. |
| The Emergency Food Assistance Program | Community-Based Organizations | Formula | Oct. 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 1 | $125,000 | Health & Wellness | Capital Area Food Bank |
| NSLP Equipment Assistance Grant | District of Columbia Public School, Non-Profit Private/Non-Public School or a Public Charter School campus chartered by the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board | Competitive | Oct. 21, 2020 | Winter 2020 | 6-8 | $15,000 | Health & Wellness | Must currently participate in the National School Lunch Program. |
| SOAR Act Formula Combined – Academic Quality, Early Childhood, Facilities, and CARES Equivalent | Charter LEAs | Formula | Oct. 28, 2020 | Winter 2020 | 62 | Allocations for eligible LEAs are available here. | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
Academic Quality: All charter LEAs who were open and serving students during the 2019-20 school year, including early childhood and adult education charter LEAs. Early Childhood: All charter LEAs who were open and serving students during the 2019-20 school year and (1) have an overall student enrollment that is at least 40 percent three- and four-year-olds in pre-K program, and (2) meet the Title I, Part A poverty rate threshold. Facilities: All charter LEAs who were open and serving students during the 2019-20 school year, including early childhood and adult education charter LEAs. CARES Equivalent: All charter LEAs who were open and serving students during the 2019-20 school year, including early childhood and adult education charter LEAs, who did not receive an allocation for the CARES-ESSER grant. |
| DC Project Aware | Local Education Agencies | Formula | Oct. 30, 2020 | Fall 2020 | 3 | TBD | Health & Wellness | District of Columbia Public Schools; Friendship Public Charter School; KIPP DC Public Charter School |
| Charter Schools Planning (CSP) and Implementation | New Charter LEA's | Formula | June 4, 2021 | Summer 2021 | 1 | $750,000 for the planning phase and $750,000 for the implementation phase | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Only new charter LEAs conditionally approved by PCSB to open in school year 2022-23. |
| Mentoring Students in the Academic Middle | Local Education Agencies; Community Based Organizations; Institutions of Higher Education | Competitive | Dec. 1, 2020 | Winter 2021 | 1-3 | $200,000 | Postsecondary and Career Education | Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations, local education agencies, and institutions of higher education who shall maintain a focus on high school students and first generation college students, from underserved communities, in the academic middle and provide a research based approach to mentoring said students that is equitable, high-quality, measurable, aligned to college and career and financially sustainable. |
| Healthy Schools Grant | Non-profit entities in the District of Columbia having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service | Competitive | Feb. 24, 2021 | April 13, 2021 | 2 | $120,000 | Health & Wellness |
Non-profit or community-based organization with 501(c)(3) status. |
| Public Charter School Reopening Grant | Charter LEAs | Formula | March 5, 2021 | April 2021 | 46 | $750,000 | Chief of Staff | This is a formula grant with awards available to each charter local educational agency (LEA) proposing to reopen in the 2020-21 school year for in-person classroom instruction while also meeting certain requirements. Award amounts granted to each charter LEA will be based on the number of schools that reopen within the LEA, the type of program offered at each reopened school, and the number of students attending for in-person instruction. |
| Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund II | Local Education Agencies | Formula | May 7, 2021 | May 7, 2021 | 48 | $85M | Systems and Supports, K-12 | LEAs that either received a Title I-A allocation in school year 2020-21 or be a new charter school opening in the 2021-22 school year that will serve K-12 students.. |
| ESSER II Equivalent | Local Education Agencies | Formula | May 7, 2021 | May 7, 2021 | 10 | $745,000 | Systems and Supports, K-12 | All charter LEAs serving K-12 students during the 2020-21 school year who did not receive an allocation for the ESSER II grant. |
| ESSER III - ARP FY21 | Title I-A eligible LEAs | Formula | July 30, 2021 | Fall2021 | 47 | $347,685,439 | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Title I-A eligible LEAs |
| Charter Schools Replication and/or Significant Expansion Grant | Charter LEAs | Formula | Fall 2020 | Winter 2020/Summer 2021 | 3 | N/A | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Only high performing charter schools approved by PCSB to replicate (including through taking over a closing charter school) or significantly expand. |
| SOAR Act - Teacher Pipeline | Charter LEAs | Competitive | Spring 2021 | Summer 2021 | 8 | $500,000 | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Charter LEAs or nonprofit organizations in partnership with LEAs committed to a teacher pipeline project. |
| Immigrant Children and Youth | Local Education Agencies | Formula | Winter 2020 | Winter 2020 | 1 | $30,000 | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Only LEAs may apply. LEAs that have experienced a signficant increase in the percentage or number of immigrant children and youth, as compared to the two preceding fiscal years. |
| SOAR Act - Third Party | Non-Profit Organizations | Competitive | June 4, 2021 | Summer 2021 | 7-10 | $300,000-$400,000 | Systems and Supports, K-12 | Nonprofit organizations seeking to serve two or more charter LEAs; must have a demonstrated history of success working with DC charter schools on similar projects. |
Continuation Grants
Last Updated: 7/28/2021
| Grant Title | Grant Type | Anticipated Application Release | Anticipated Award Release | OSSE Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC CAN Continuation | Continuation | Summer 2020 | Fall 2020 | Postsecondary and Career Education |
| Title IV, Part B - Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers | Continuation | July 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| DC Community Schools Incentive Initiative Grant | Continuation | Sept. 18, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| Healthy Tots | Continuation | Summer 2020 | Fall 2020 | Health & Wellness |
| Quality Improvement Network Baseline | Continuation | Aug. 3, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Early Learning |
| Building & Sustaining Quality Early Care and Education | Continuation | Aug. 3, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Early Learning |
| Child Development Associate Training Scholarship & Promotion Program (CDA) | Continuation | Aug. 3, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Early Learning |
| Environmental Literacy Advancement Grant | Continuation | Summer 2020 | Fall 2020 | Health & Wellness |
| Special Education Enhancement Fund (SEEF) FY21 Continuation of FY19 - Cohort 2 | Continuation | Oct. 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| Early Literacy Intervention Grant | Continuation | Sept. 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Teaching & Learning |
| DC School Gardens Grant (SGG) | Continuation | Dec. 1, 2020 | Winter 2020 | Health & Wellness |
| Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (MKV) | Continuation | Sept. 4, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| School Improvement Grant (SIG) 1003g | Continuation | Oct. 1, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| DC Project AWARE | Continuation | Fall 2020 | Fall 2020 | Health & Wellness |
| National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grant | Continuation | Oct. 9, 2020 | Spring 2021 | Health & Wellness |
| Truancy Prevention and Literacy Pilot Continuation | Continuation | Oct. 23, 2020 | Fall 2020 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| Special Education Enhancement Fund (SEEF) - FY21 Cohort 3 | Continuation | Feb. 12, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| SOAR Act - Academic Quality/Early Childhood Continuation | Continuation | Feb. 5, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| SOAR Act - Teacher Pipeline Continuation (Cohort 1) | Continuation | Feb. 5, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| SOAR Act - Third Party Continuation (Cohort 1) | Continuation | Feb. 5, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| SOAR Act - Third Party Continuation (Cohort 2) | Continuation | Feb. 5, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| SOAR Act - Third Party Continuation (Cohort 3) | Continuation | Feb. 5, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| SOAR Act - Public Facilities Continuation (Cohort 1) | Continuation | Feb. 5, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| SOAR Act - Public Facilities Continuation (Cohort 2) | Continuation | Feb. 5, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| Title V-B Replication & Expansion Cohorts 2 and 3 | Continuation | Feb. 5, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| Title V-B Charter School Dissemination Cohort 2 | Continuation | Feb. 5, 2021 | Winter 2021 | Systems and Supports, K-12 |
| Quality Improvement Network Expansion | Continuation | March 1, 2021 | Spring 2021 | Early Learning |
