The Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL) is excited to invite applications from community-based organizations and sole proprietors for DEEL’s Equitable Communities Initiative (ECI) Youth Leadership & Cultural Education Request for Investment (RFI).
Donor Name: Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL)
State: Washington
City: Seattle
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/16/2022
Size of the Grant: $150,000
Details:
This funding opportunity was established as part of DEEL’s 2022 budget, and allocates up to $1,500,000 to support youth impacted by systemic inequities, prioritizing Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), immigrant, and refugee youth. Eligible applicants may submit an application that funds a proposal up to a maximum of $150,000. Funding will be awarded through a competitive request for investment (RFI) process managed by DEEL. DEEL will negotiate contracts with providers, inclusive of monitoring and achievement of contract goals and performance commitments.
As part of DEEL’s 2022 budget allocation supporting recommendations from the Equitable Communities Initiative, DEEL’s Youth Leadership and Cultural Education RFI will invest up to $1.5 million in community-based leadership and cultural education opportunities to improve academic outcomes for historically underserved youth of color, immigrant and refugee youth disproportionately affected by systemic inequities.
The City of Seattle is committed to ensuring all Seattle students and families are afforded the opportunity to live and thrive in Seattle by investing in education. DEEL partners with families and communities to advance educational equity, close opportunity gaps, and build a better economic future for Seattle students.
- K-12 & Community
Types of Programs
This grant will fund programs to improve academic outcomes for Black, Indigenous, immigrant and refugee youth of color through one or more of the following areas:
- Identity & belonging: Youth are provided culturally-relevant education and supportive, identity-affirming relationships with peers and adults.
- Learning & agency: Youth gain leadership skills including critical thinking analysis, strategy development, and systems-level thinking.
- Social-emotional well-being: Youth have access to identity-affirming safe spaces and opportunities to increase social-emotional skills including self-advocacy, self-efficacy, and self- and social awareness.
Eligible Applicants
DEEL is seeking applications from community-based organizations and sole-proprietors supporting youth impacted by systemic inequities, prioritizing BIPOC, immigrant, and refugee youth.
Provider criteria for these investments include:
- Commitment to racial equity and directing resources to youth populations based on the unique needs of historically underserved communities
- Demonstrated history of serving BIPOC, immigrant, and refugee youth.
- Systems that foster partnership with youth and families using culturally responsive communication, practices, and multiple opportunities and mechanisms for youth and families to engage in decision-making processes
- Systems and structures in place to collect, analyze, and evaluate data; data is used to recruit students, assess students’ needs, identify appropriate interventions, track student progress toward outcomes, and adjust instructional and programmatic practices
- Governance structure that provides oversight on organizational budget, operations, and values the use of data
- Experience achieving positive outcomes for BIPOC, and/or immigrant and refugee youth and/or young adults (ages 11-24).
For more information, visit Youth Leadership and Cultural Education.
