Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): School Choice & Improvement Program (SCIP)Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.215J | ED GRANTS 060723 002

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The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) is offering a discretionary grant competition under the School Choice and Improvement Program (SCIP) called the Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.215J. This opportunity is grounded in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, specifically sections 4621-4623 and 4625. The central aim is to support the planning, implementation, and day-to-day operation of full-service community schools. In practice, that means helping schools build stronger systems for coordinating and integrating academics with critical student and family supports, so services are easier to access, better aligned, and more effective. The program is especially focused on children and families connected to high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools, where gaps in access to wraparound supports can be most severe.

A key feature of this competition is that applicants are expected to apply as a consortium rather than as a single standalone organization. An eligible applicant is a consortium made up of (1) one or more local educational agencies (LEAs) or the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and (2) one or more community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, or other public or private entities. Because it is a group application, the consortium must follow the Department of Education rules for group applications in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129. The eligible applicant categories listed for this opportunity are broad and include various levels of government (state, county, city or township, special district governments) and nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education). If a nonprofit is applying as part of the consortium, it may need to document its nonprofit status using one of the allowable forms of evidence described in 34 CFR 75.51, such as an IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter, state certification, or incorporation documents showing nonprofit status.

This posting also highlights an application deadline extension tied to federally declared disasters. The original Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for the FY 2023 FSCS competition was published June 7, 2023 (88 FR 37222) and set the standard application deadline (transmittal of applications) for August 8, 2023. A later extension notice, published August 4, 2023, created a limited extension only for "affected applicants" located in certain disaster-declared areas. Specifically, the extended deadline applies to eligible applicants with mailing addresses in designated New York counties (Clinton, Dutchess, Essex, Hamilton, Ontario, Orange, Putnam, and Rockland), designated Oklahoma counties (Beaver, Cimarron, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Harper, Jefferson, Love, Major, Mayes, McCurtain, Payne, Pushmataha, Rogers, Stephens, Tulsa, and Woodward), and the State of Vermont. For these affected applicants, the deadline to submit applications was extended to August 16, 2023, and the intergovernmental review deadline was extended to October 16, 2023. The disaster basis for this extension comes from FEMA disaster declarations for severe storms, flooding, landslides, mudslides, straight-line winds, and tornadoes, as applicable to New York (DR-4723-NY), Vermont (DR-4720-VT), and Oklahoma (DR-4721-OK).

The extension is narrowly limited and does not change the competition rules for everyone. Only applicants that meet the definition of an affected applicant can use the August 16, 2023 deadline, and they may be required to provide documentation showing they are located in the federally declared disaster area (for example, evidence tied to the organization mailing address). Applicants outside those areas were still required to meet the original August 8, 2023 deadline, and late submissions from non-affected applicants would not be accepted. The notice also clarifies how resubmissions work for affected applicants: if an affected applicant already submitted by the original deadline, they can resubmit by the extended deadline but do not have to. If they do resubmit, the Department will review the last timely submitted version received by 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 16, 2023; if they do not resubmit, the Department will use the original submission.

Finally, the description emphasizes that the summary is not a substitute for the official Federal Register notice. Applicants are directed to the official application notice for the full set of requirements, including eligibility details, submission instructions, performance measures, priorities, and program contacts, as well as the Department of Education's Revised Common Instructions for Applicants (published December 7, 2022) for directions on how to obtain and submit an application. The extension notice itself is available on govinfo (FR-2023-08-04, document 2023-16704), and the referenced FEMA disaster declarations are posted on FEMA's website.

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): School Choice & Improvement Program (SCIP)Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.215J" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.215.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-06-07.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-08-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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