FY2020: Statewide College and Career Readiness Program — Targeted Funds Grant to JFY NetWorks

Fund Code: 107

Purpose:

For a statewide college and career readiness program implemented by JFYNetWorks, a nonprofit corporation, to (a) maintain the JFYNet college and career readiness program to administer diagnostic and college placement tests in high schools; and (b) provide individualized online instructional curricula to strengthen the skills measured by the tests; provided, that JFYNetWorks, shall allocate not less than 50 per cent of the amount appropriated herein for the purposes of providing academic support to prepare students to demonstrate high school competency on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System 2.0 examination.

Eligibility:

The organization JFY NetWorks is eligible for this money, as noted in the Fiscal Year 2020 state budget 7061-9406 line item language.

Funding Type:

State

Funding:

Approximately up to $700,000 in total is available to JFY NetWorks for the purposes noted above.

Funding is contingent upon availability. All dollar amounts listed are estimated/approximate and are subject to change. If more funding becomes available it will be distributed under the same guidelines that appear in this RFP document.

Fund Use:

Funds must be used as described in a budget, budget narrative, and scope of services that is submitted to the Department's Office of Student and Family Support.

Project Duration:

Upon approval – 6/30/2020

Program Unit:

Office of Student and Family Support

Contact:

Allison Smith (781) 338-3232

Date Due:

Friday, October 18, 2019

Required Forms:

Part I — General: Program Unit Signature Page
(Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants)

 

Scope of Services

Please submit a scope of services summary document along with the required forms noted above. There is no template provided for this; you can submit the information on a Microsoft Word document you create.

Additional Information:

• It is expected that JFY NetWorks will work with the Department to collect/submit data from participating schools/districts including, but not limited to, to the number of service hours and subjects and the SASIDs of participating students.

• A narrative evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the program is requested by the Department — to be submitted after the end of the program (and by July 31, 2020).

Submission Instructions:

Submit all required grant materials through EdGrants.

In EdGrants, grantees are required to create and name the project. Please use the following naming convention for your "Applicant Project Name" in EdGrants:

FY20 FC107 JFY

All required forms should be uploaded / attached in the Attachments List of the Application Submission. This includes a signed / scanned PDF of Part I / Coversheet with Executive Director's signature.

For Guidance Documents regarding EdGrants, visit EdGrants: User Guides and Information.

Please note: It is up to the grantee to determine who they want to add as EdGrants Front Office users in order to submit the grant application as well as payment request information. Please review the EdGrants: User Security Controls document to make informed decisions regarding assigning your district level users.

Last Updated: September 20, 2019