Grant Details

The purpose of the program is to assist and support students academically by providing them with academic enrichment activities and a broad array of other activities during non-school hours or periods when school is not in session. The program's goals are to:

• Provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low-performing schools, to meet the challenging State academic standards;
• Offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities, service learning, nutrition and health education, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, arts, music, physical fitness and wellness programs, technology education programs, financial literacy programs, environmental literacy programs, mathematics, science, career and technical programs, internship or apprenticeship programs, and other ties to an in-demand industry sector or occupation for high school students that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and
• Offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children's education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development.

Each eligible organization receiving an award will use the funds to carry out a broad array of before- and after-school, summer, weekend, and/or holiday activities that advance overall student achievement, and support student success, including –

• Academic enrichment learning programs, mentoring programs, remedial education activities, and tutoring services, that are aligned with the challenging State academic standards and any local academic standards; and local curricula that are designed to improve student academic achievement;
• Well-rounded education activities including such activities that enable students to be eligible for credit recovery or attainment;
• Literacy education programs, including financial literacy programs and environment literacy programs;
• Programs that support a healthy and active lifestyle, including nutritional education and regular, structured physical activity programs;
• Services for individuals with disabilities;
• Programs that provide after-school activities for students who are English learners that emphasize language skills and academic achievement;
• Cultural programs;
• Telecommunications and technology education programs;
• Expanded library service hours;
• Parenting skills programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy;
• Programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, or expelled to allow the students to improve their academic achievement;
• Drug and violence prevention programs and counseling programs;
• Programs that build skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), including computer science, and that foster innovation in learning by supporting nontraditional STEM education teaching methods; and
• Programs that partner with in-demand fields of the local workforce or build career competencies and career readiness and ensure that local workforce and career readiness skills are aligned with the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.)

The GaDOE awards subgrants only to applicants primarily serving students who attend schools with a high concentration of low-income students and families. For the purpose of this application, a high concentration of low-income students and families is defined as a poverty percentage (i.e., the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced price meals) of 40% or greater as determined by school enrollment or the participating attendance area. For additional information on the poverty statistics of eligible schools, please visit https://app3.doe.k12.ga.us/ows-bin/owa/fte_pack_frl001_public.entry_form.

Competitive priority points will be awarded to those applicants that meet very specific criteria:

• Proposal is submitted jointly/collaboratively between at least one LEA and at least one other eligible entity. (5 points);
• Program is proposing to serve participants that attend schools that have been designated as Opportunity, Focus or Priority: Opportunity only Schools – 2 points per school, Focus Schools – 3 points per school, and Priority Schools – 4 points per school (Up to 10 points);
• Program is proposing to serve participants that attend elementary school(s) that have fewer than 49% of students in grade 3 achieving a Lexile measure equal to or greater than 650 on the Georgia Milestones English Language Arts (ELA) End of Grade (EOG) (CCRPI Achievement Indicator 7) and fewer than 76% of students who miss less than 6 days (CCRPI Achievement Indicator 10). Please note that Priority, Focus, and Opportunity schools (Priority 2) are not eligible to receive this priority (5 points);
• Program is proposing to serve students from grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 (5 points);
• Program is proposing to serve participants in a county that is not currently receiving 21st CCLC funding in FY17. (5 points); and
• Program is proposing to operate a summer program, during each year of the award, for a total number of at least 60 hours for a minimum period of three consecutive weeks during each summer recess. (5 points)

Funds are used for program implementation, as well as for operating expenses such as:

• Personnel and personnel benefits;
• Staff development and training;
• Consultants, subcontractors and evaluators; and
• Classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.