Grant Money Available Now!
School-to-Work Urban/Rural Opportunities Grants
Deadline for Applications: 1/29/96, 2:00 pm.(EST)
On November 14,the Departments of Labor and Education put out a soliticitation
for grant applications for the Urban/Rural Opportunites Grants authorized under
title III of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994. The Departments
expect to award 25-35 grants. The first-year award amounts are expected to
range from $200,000 to $650,000. The Departments will award grants to local
partnerships serving youth who reside or attend school in high poverty areas
that have built a sound planning and development base for their school-to-work
programs, to begin implementation of School-to-Work Opportunites initiatives
that will become part of statewide School-to-Work Opportunities systems. These
local initiatives will offer young Americans access to programs designed to
prepare them for first jobs in high-skill, high wage careers, to increase their
opportunities for further education and training, and to address the special
needs of youth residing or attending school in high poverty areas.
Applications must be mailed to the address below by January, 29, 1996, at 2
p.m.(EST) Faxed applications will not be accepted: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center Attention: CFDA #84.278D, Washington,
D.C. 20202-4725. For futher information contact: Karen Clark National
School-to-Work Office ph 202-401-6222. Also, your team liaison was mailed a
copy of the application in November. Please contact your team liaison or
Maggie Flack at NCRVE for an additional copy. If we can be of any
assistance in the grant writing process, please do not hesitate to call your
team manager at 1-800-(old phone deleted).
Apple Education Grants
Deadline for Apllications: 2/16/96, postmarked no
later than midnight
Apple has announced its 1996 Apple Education Grants program, called Partners in
Education 3 (PIE 3). The 1996 program builds on the past two years' experience
of involving partnerships between K-12 schools and institutions that deliver
teacher training, such as schools of education, other departments within
univeristies or colleges, and nonprofit orgazinzations. Grantees will receive
Apple hardware (up to 12 computers the first year) , software,
telecommunications, a 10 day professional development retreat for five-member
teams, and an Apple WWW Internet Workgroup Server. A second year of funding
may be available based on the grantee's first year performance. PIE 3 seeks
proposals that present a plan for integrating Apple's technology into
student-centered, interdisciplinary environments at the K-12 school and a plan
for how this philosophy will be reflected in the training of teachers.
Priority will be given to proposals designed to strengthen diversity through
inclusion of students with varying backgrounds and abilities. Your
proposal plus one copy must be postmarked and sent to the address below no
later than midnight, February 16, 1996 to: Partners in Education 3 Apple
Education Grants One Infinite Loop, MS:38J Cupertino, CA 95014 For more
information contact: Apple Worldwide Community Affairs: 800-974-2974 or
408-974-2974 Guidelines and application forms are available on Internet at:
http//www.info.apple.com/education, or you can contact Maggie Flack at NCRVE
800-(old phone deleted).
If you know of any grant $$ or other opportunites, please send them via
e-mail(magi@uclink.berkeley.edu), fax (510-642-2124), or mail them to NCRVE,
attention: Maggie Flack.
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