Transcript AGENDA - College Spark Washington

COLLEGE SPARK
WASHINGTON
2012 Community Grants Program
LOI Webinar
9/27/2011
9:30 AM
9/28/2011
2:00 PM
AGENDA
Overview
College Spark Mission
Areas of Focus
Types of Grants Available
Application Timeline
Online LOI
Budgets and Financials
Introduction
We’re here to make the College Spark
application process clear to you today
Please ask questions along the way or in the
future
Grant Request Overview
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Number of LOIs
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Number of Applications
Invited
Number of Grants
Awarded
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3,000,000
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Support Requested
Grants Awarded
College Spark Mission
College Spark funds programs that help lowincome students become college-ready and
earn their degrees. We make grants to
organizations and institutions throughout
Washington state that are helping low-income
students improve their academic achievement,
prepare for college life, and graduate from
college.
College Spark Areas of Focus
College
Readiness
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Academic Preparation
Connecting Education to Career
College-Going Culture
Alignment
Enhanced Data Systems
Educator Capacity
Dual Enrollment
Retention
and Degree
Completion
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Retention/Persistence
Gatekeeper Course Completion
Transition from pre-college college level
Avoiding remediation or improving placement score
Policy analysis and improvements
Types of Grants Available
Planning Grants
Capacity-Building Grants
Research or Evaluation Projects
Coalition-Building Projects
Selection Criteria
Mission alignment, low-income students
Sustainability, strong partnerships
Evidence based improvements OR innovative
approach coupled with assessment strategy
Learning opportunity
Improving programs, organizations, or
systems
Assessing Impact
Capacity-building, serving students directly
College readiness: academic indicators (grades, test
scores, attendance)
Degree completion: Student Achievement Initiative
momentum points (retention, progress through precollege, gatekeeper course completion,
degree/credential)
Increases in college knowledge and/or mindset; other
social/emotional indicators
Must include a baseline or comparison
Assessing Impact
Coalition-Building: a comparison that assesses
improvements in members’ effectiveness or
capacity.
Planning: range of individuals involved in the
planning; will plan be used to improve
program, organization, or system?
Evaluation/Research: Generating new
knowledge about what works in college
readiness/completion.
Application Timeline
RFP released on 9/19/2011
LOI Webinars 9/26/11 and 9/28/11
LOI due by 10/17/11
LOI is an online form. In addition, two hard copies of the LOI and
attachments must arrive at College Spark by due date of October 17.
Packet must be printed from completed online LOI form.
If you will be invited to submit a full proposal, you will be notified by
12/19/2011
Webinar for invited applicants on 12/28/11 and 1/4/12
Two copies of Application and materials due to College Spark by 1/27/12;
packet must be printed from completed web application.
Grant awards announced April 23, 2012
May – June: Finalize measurable objectives and distribute Grant
Agreements
Online LOI
Contact and
Application
Type
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Project description
Target population, geographic regions served
Project cost and amount of request
Focus area (Readiness, Retention/Completion, or both)
Grant type (Planning, Capacity-Building, Research/Evaluation,
Coalition)
Detailed
Project
Description
• Percentage of persons served that are low-income and how you
verify that
• Program history
• Project description: what are your activities and outcomes?
• If applicable, partnerships or systems-level improvements planned
• If project does not provide services directly to low-income
students, explain how they will benefit
Impact and
Alignment
• What will change as a result of this program or project?
• How will this grant improve your program, organization, or
system?
• How does this program or project relate to College Spark’s focus
areas and funding priorities?
Budgets and Financials
Project Budget
Organizational
Level Finances
Program or
Department
Level
Financials
• Allowable expenses
• Broken out by year
• Include other funding sources
• Describe how remaining
funds needed will be secured
including pending and planned
sources of funding and
decision dates
QUESTIONS and COMMENTS
Rachel Clements
[email protected]
(206) 461-5480
Heather Gingerich
[email protected]
(206) 461-5326