State Funding
Each state has different mandates and different priorities for how they plan to allocate funding to new and innovative programs. The best place to start your research is with your principal. You'll want to be sure to advise him/her of your plans. Ask for the names of the individuals at the district office who are responsible for grant writing. Contact them to discuss your project and find out what opportunities there are in your state. Ask what special funding is available for:
- Career and vocational programs
- Tech Prep and/or School-to-Work
- Restructuring and model programs
- Guidance and career planning
- Working with at-risk or drop-out prevention
- Gender equity or teen pregnancy prevention
Be sure your district grant writer is familiar with what you want to accomplish because "Requests for Proposals" (RFP = documents soliciting grant applications) come across their desk daily. If the grant writer is familiar with your program and an RFP arrives that looks promising, they will be much more likely to contact you and write a proposal for your program than try to think a new program up. Therefore you'll want to write a brief summary of what you'd like to accomplish. For help with the following sections, refer to the Carl Perkins Funding Guide.
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