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Download full textOffice of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2021
President Biden is committed to seeking and providing the necessary resources to support the safe operation of institutions of higher education (IHEs) and addressing the ongoing impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education students, adult education students, faculty, and staff. In Volume 3 of this Handbook, a series to support…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, College Students
Love, Ivy; Campbell, Colleen – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
A quality education is the primary instrument of social and economic mobility in the United States. As open-access institutions, community colleges are the gateway to postsecondary education for millions of Americans. Many of these students would be unable to afford college without federal resources, such as student financial aid and tax credits.…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Student Needs
Reform Support Network, 2015
How can States address the continual and extraordinary challenge of sustaining and adapting the reforms they have implemented to improve student outcomes? What steps can States take to do so in the face of inevitably evolving conditions--such as a change in resources (for example, the end of a grant), leadership (a transition in personnel or…
Descriptors: Educational Change, State Departments of Education, Outcomes of Education, Resource Allocation
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2011
The School Improvement Grants (SIG) program is authorized by section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Under section 1003(g)(1) of the ESEA, the Secretary must award grants to States to enable the States to provide subgrants to local educational agencies for the purpose of providing assistance for school…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidance
Lind, Christianne; Relave, Nanette; Schmid, William; Terzaghi, Damon – Finance Project, 2009
This guide outlines strategies for financing asset-building initiatives and provides information on 71 federal funding sources that can be used to support a range of activities and services. It includes well-known sources of funding for asset building, for example, the Assets for Independence Demonstration Program and the Family Self-Sufficiency…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Public Agencies, Grants, Investment
US Department of Education, 2010
The Race to the Top program is authorized under sections 14005 and 14006 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Race to the Top is a competitive grant program to encourage and reward States that are implementing significant reforms in the four education areas described in the ARRA: enhancing standards and assessments,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Bradley, Valerie J.; And Others – 1978
The guide is designed to provide information about the requirements and provisions of various federal housing assistance programs and their direct relevance to the creation and support of residential options for the mentally ill. Chapter I provides a descriptive overview of potentially relevant federal housing provisions. In Chapter II, specific…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Group Homes
Child Care Bureau, 2008
Tribal Child Care and Development Fund administrators work each day to ensure that the children and families in tribal communities have the child care services that best meet their needs. The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), a federal block grant for States, Tribes, and Territories, is a key resource to help increase the availability,…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Low Income Groups, Child Care, Administrator Guides
Healy, Kerry K.; Broughton, Belinda – 1993
This fact sheet examines the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program established by the U.S. Congress in 1990 to support families by increasing the availability, affordability, and quality of child care. It outlines the program's funding level, eligible grantees of CCDBG funds, regulatory requirements, family eligibility, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Block Grants, Child Development, Child Welfare
New York State Library, Albany. – 1988
This document presents the policy guidelines to be observed by the New York State Library in the administration of Federal Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) funds. The first section is a general policy statement which covers priorities; the relationship between federal and state programs; the application review process; eligibility for…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Support, Library Cooperation
Ficklen, Myra – 1978
This guide provides summaries of federal programs in the biological sciences of interest to colleges and universities. Programs described fall within the following agencies: National Science Foundation, Public Health Service, Smithsonian Institution, Department of State, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Office of Education,…
Descriptors: Biology, Directories, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1978
This Energy Alert deals specifically with Public Law 95-619, the National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978 (NECPA). Title III, Part 1 of NECPA authorizes $900 million over a three-year period for grants to schools and hospitals for energy audits, technical assistance and energy conservation projects. This publication attempts to inform…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Energy Conservation
National Council for Resource Development, Washington, DC. – 1976
The National Council for Resource Development's Task Force on Federal Categorical Funding has investigated and reported the involvement of community colleges in various federal programs. The information in this report, covering sixty-seven federally funded programs, can be used by community college resource development officers in decision-making,…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Food Research and Action Center, New York, NY.
This guide presents information on the Child Care Food Program (CCFP), a federal program in which funds are made available to child care centers and family day care homes to assist them in providing nutritious meals to the children in attendance. In an effort to encourage community participation in the program, information is presented on 22…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Family Day Care, Federal Aid
Connecticut State Library, Hartford. – 1976
Guidelines detail the procedures for applications and proposals for project grants under Title I and III of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA)--grants intended to expand public library services, aid libraries for the institutionalized and handicapped, and support efforts at interlibrary cooperation. The guidelines provide: (1)…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Support, Grants
