The Department of Education has $10 million for planning grants for the Promise Neighborhoods program as part of the Fund for the Improvement of Education.
These planning grants for $400,000 to $500,000 each are for the planning purpose of what will be a program to improve significantly the education and development outcomes of children in distressed communities.
This is a heads up for school, community college and public librarians to REACH OUT NOW to eligible entities which could be non-profit organizations or institutions of higher learning who might be applying because they operate a school; partner with a school or Local Education Agency; currently provide a solution to cradle-through-college-to-career in a distressed neighborhood or represent a neighborhood being proposed for service.
Best is being part of a group’s application from the planning stage, but GET INTO THE GROUP AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR PLANNING.
U.S. Department of Education:
Promise Neighborhoods application:
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/index.html
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:Â May 21, 2010
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 25, 2010