United Way of Broward County has announced a Request for Applications (RFA) in the area of Education.
Donor Name: United Way of Broward County
State: Florida
County: Broward County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/21/2023
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
UWBC is seeking creative, evidence-based, promising practice or replication of successful local programming to expose and provide access to high quality STEAM opportunities and support the social/emotional development of struggling students attending Broward County Title I schools. Services must be results-oriented with clear measurable goals, tasks, and objectives. Programing must focus on one or more components of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) and include strategies to enhance the social and emotional development and resiliency of youth. Proposed programing should either align with the Broward County School Year Calendar for 2023/24 or be planned as a summer program.
UWBC is seeking creative, evidence-based, promising practice or replication of successful local programming to expose and provide access to high quality STEAM opportunities and support the social/emotional development of struggling students attending Broward County Title I schools. Services must be results-oriented with clear measurable goals, tasks, and objectives. Programing must focus on one or more components of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) and include strategies to enhance the social and emotional development and resiliency of youth. Proposed programing should either align with the Broward County School Year Calendar for 2023/24 or be planned as a summer program.
Applicants must show they implement a cultural competence program to ensure that services are provided in a manner that respects the diversity of Clients and provides for equal access to quality services. Diversity includes differences in race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, culture, religion, socioeconomic status, educational level, and physical and intellectual abilities.
For the purposes of this RFA, UWBC will be accepting applications from non-profit agencies that have been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be categorized as agencies created for a charitable cause—most commonly referred to as 501(c)(3) organizations. It is expected that successful applications will implement high quality STEM/STEAM programming along with components that address homework/tutoring assistance, and activities that promote social emotional learning. Services proposed can be evidenced based, promising, or a local innovative program model, which has proven through evaluation that it is an effective practice that will benefit the proposed target population. If an agency is proposing a local innovative program, the applicant must submit a copy of the program’s evaluation report. Evidence based and promising practice resources are located in the service strategies section of this document.
United Way of Broward County Education RFA seeks programs that offer creative best practice models which are results oriented and have a clear set of measurable goals, tasks, and objectives.
As a pivotal community partner, UWBC is committed to addressing service gaps and complementary programming, rather than duplicate other efforts to support student achievement. Currently funded UWBC Education programs with demonstrated success that meet or exceed performance expectations are eligible to apply for funding under this procurement. Applications should address one or more of the following:
- Serve underserved learners attending Title I Schools.
- New programs may propose services at Title I Schools with 50% to 79% Free/Reduced Lunch (FRL) participation. This aligns with the current commitment by the Children’s Services Council of Broward County to serve Title I schools with 80% or higher FRL participation.
- Identified schools must also demonstrate a lack of community resources available that augment teaching strategies during and after the regular school day.
- To align programming with the Broward County School District’s renewed emphasis on social/emotional development and resiliency and its impact on academic success, all programs must demonstrate the ability to promote positive student social/emotional development and resiliency, and utilize evaluation tools to be provided by UWBC to assess performance for this program component.
- All programs must demonstrate an understanding of the family strengthening continuum of care and the ability to ensure that family strengthening supports for parents are available, where needed (see Section II.C.6. below).
- Programs may elect to demonstrate the capacity to provide activities during the summer months, when school is not in session.
Grant Period
Funds will be awarded for FY2023/2024, beginning July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2024, with the possibility of renewal for two additional years.
Eligibility Criteria
United Way will be accepting applications from agencies that have been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be categorized as organizations for a charitable cause—most commonly referred to as 501(c) (3) organizations.
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