A brief synopsis of each grant available through the Kansas Department of Education is available below. If you know the grant you would like to see choose it from the drop down menu. If your browser is not Java enabled simply scroll through the alphabetical list to the appropriate grant. To go to the main page for an individual grant click the name of the grant within the synopsis.

 

Name of Grant:	AmeriCorps
Team Responsible for Administration:	State and Federal Programs
Contact:	Ph: 785-368-6207   Fax:  785-368-6284
Purpose or Outcomes of the Grant:	To encourage Americans to serve either part or full-time in AmeriCorps to address education, public safety, human and environmental needs of our nation's communities.
Target Audience/Who Can Apply:	Public or private educational agencies and not-for-profit agencies.
Date of Application Process:	Due February

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Name of Grant:	Educable Deaf-Blind Program - State Aid
Team Responsible for Administration:	Student Support Services
Contact:	785-296-2191
Purpose or Outcomes of the Grant:	To assist LEAs in providing highly specialized technology and instructional materials for children and youth with deaf-blindness and/or multiple disabilities to participate in classroom settings.
Target Audience/Who Can Apply:	Priority candidates from July 1-December 31, after the first-come first served. Applications are carefully reviewed, must come from special education administration and are limited to a maximum of $3,000 per child.
Date of Application Process:	Applications taken from July 1 - June 30

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Name of Grant:	EETT Competitive Grants  (Title II Part D of the No Child Left Behind Act, Enhancing Education Through Technology) Two Areas:  Technology Rich Classrooms and Student Technology Leadership
Team Responsible for Administration:	Technology Assistance for Kansas Educators (TAKE)
Contact:	785-296-7922
Homepage:	http://take.ksde.org/
Purpose or Outcomes of the Grant:	KSDE is targeting the competitive portion of Enhancing Education Through Technology funds available to Kansas schools under Title II, Part D of the ESEA Reauthorization, No Child Left Behind, to assist schools with student and teacher empowerment to infuse technology into an engaging and active environment that enables the learner to become a technologist, problem solver, researcher and communicator.
Target Audience/Who Can Apply:	Technology Rich Classroom:  The purpose of this program is to provide evidence that technology integrated into a Technology-Rich learning environment and supported by strong, ongoing professional development can produce positive changes in the classroom environment that result in improved student learning in the areas of reading, math and science. All public accredited schools in Kansas may apply. Student Leadership:  The purpose of this program is to develop new Student Technology Leadership Programs across the state, which result in increased technology literacy for students by the end of the Eighth Grade. All public accredited schools in Kansas may apply.
Date of Application Process:	Usually October to first week in December

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Name of Grant:	Four-Year-Old At-Risk Program (new and continuation)
Team Responsible for Administration:	State and Federal Programs
Contact:	785-296-4964
Purpose or Outcomes of the Grant:	To provide an early childhood program for four-year-old at-risk children.
Target Audience/Who Can Apply:	Public school districts.
Date of Application Process:	Typically June

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Name of Grant:	Kansas Parents as Teachers
Team Responsible for Administration:	State and Federal Programs
Contact:	785-296-4964
Purpose or Outcomes of the Grant:	To maximize children's overall development during the first three years of life.
Target Audience/Who Can Apply:	Public school districts.
Date of Application Process:	New - Typically June and Continuation - Typically May

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Name of Grant:	Kansas Project for Children and Youth Who Are Deaf-Blind (Materials not available online)
Team Responsible for Administration:	Student Support Services
Contact:	785-296-2191
Purpose or Outcomes of the Grant:	To provide state-wide technical assistance and staff development for educators and parents who have children and youth with deaf-blindness.
Target Audience/Who Can Apply:	Family Scholarships for parents who have child with deaf-blindness.
Date of Application Process:	Ongoing

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Name of Grant:	Learn and Serve America
Team Responsible for Administration:	State and Federal Programs
Contact:	Shelby Hoytal, 785-368-6207
Purpose or Outcomes of the Grant:	Supports the development of service learning in Kansas schools and community-based organizations for young people in grades K-12
Target Audience/Who Can Apply:	Public or private educational agencies and not-for-profit agencies.
Date of Application Process:	Due December

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Name of Grant:	McKinney-Vento Homeless Grants for Children and Youth
Team Responsible for Administration:	State and Federal Programs
Contact:	785-296-6714
Purpose or Outcomes of the Grant:	To provide activities for and services to ensure that homeless children and youth enroll in, attend, and achieve in school.
Target Audience/Who Can Apply:	Public school districts.
Application Materials	Microsoft Word Format  , PDF Format
Date of Application Process:	June - August

 

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