The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) issues this Request for Applications (RFA) for the Career Ready Early Scholars Program (CRESP) Grant.
Donor Name: District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
State: District of Columbia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/13/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Career Ready Early Scholar Program (CRESP) is a locally funded initiative sponsored by the Department of Employment Services (DOES). CRESP provides District youth ages 9-13 years-old who are in middle school and/or elementary school to engage in comprehensive career exploration. This program provides a diverse, hands-on experience for District youth during the summer.
Through CRESP, they strive to provide youth with the opportunity to:
- Earn incentives and gain meaningful academic and personal knowledge;
- Learn and develop the skills, attitudes, and commitments necessary to succeed and continue to finish middle school and beyond;
- Gain exposure to various topics such as financial literacy, college readiness, athletics, culinary arts, STEM, public speaking, language arts and more; and
- Learn at various locations throughout the district such as colleges and universities and DCPS public, private or charter schools.
The goal of CRESP is to introduce the District’s young scholars to career and college-readiness, workforce development, self-awareness and advocacy.
Funding Information
- Up to $3,000,000.00 is available.
DOES intends to issue up to fifteen (15) grant awards. Applicants can apply to provide the CRESP during the school year or during the summer, or both.
- School Year: DOES will award up to $50,000 to grantees that only seek to provide CRESP during the school year.
- Summer: DOES will award grants in the range of $280,00.00 to $575,000.00 to grantees that seek to provide CRESP during the summer. For the summer, DOES plans to award applicants based on a rate of up to $7,000 per participant for six weeks of in-person CRESP grant programming.
- Both School Year and Summer: DOES will award grants in the range of $280,00.00 to $575,000.00 to grantees that seek to provide CRESP during both the school year and the summer.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include public and private non-profit and for-profit organizations eligible to do business with the District government, including but not limited to community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, Public, charter, or alternative secondary schools and post-secondary institutions.
For more information, visit DOES.
