Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers

NEW 21st CCLC Request for Applications (RFA) for Cohort IX

Applications are being accepted for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grant. This three-year grant allows eligible applicants to establish or expand community learning centers that provide students with academic enrichment opportunities, along with activities designed to complement the students' regular academic program. CDE will award approximately $5.75 million to centers across the state.

The term "community learning center" refers to an entity that:

1. Assists students to meet the challenging State academic standards by providing the students with academic enrichment activities and a broad array of other activities during non-school hours or periods when school is not in session (before, after school, and or during summer recess) that:
   1. reinforce and complement the regular academic programs of the schools attended by the students served; and
   2. are targeted schools the students' academic needs and aligned with the instruction students receive during the school day; and
2. Offers families of students served by such centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children's education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development.

Priority will be given to those programs serving students that attend high-poverty, low-performing schools.

Recorded Application Training Webinar

There will be a recorded application training webinar posted here on March 3, 2021 for interested applicants. The webinar and slides associated with the recorded webinar will be posted below.

• Access the webinar 
• View the slides from the webinar 

RFA Office Hours

In an effort to ensure that all potential applicants have the same information and are provided consistent responses, one hour webinar "office hours" will be available starting March 5th to answer questions from applicants. Dates and times are located on the Office Hours webpage. "Office hour" discussions will be recorded and posted on the website. 

Intent to Apply

If interested in applying for this funding opportunity, please complete the Intent to Apply form by Wednesday, March 10, 2021, by 11:59 pm (this has been extended a week from the original date of March 3, 2021). Though strongly encouraged, the Intent to Apply is informational and is not a required component of the grant application submission process. Those who complete the intent to apply will receive updates on the grant.

Grant applications are now due Wednesday, May 12, 2021 by 11:59pm (extended from the original due date of April 14, 2021)

Note: The following version of the application is intended only as a reference document for instructions and grant application planning purposes. Applications for the 21st CCLC grant program must be submitted online via SurveyMonkey Apply. Submissions of application materials either in hard copy or e-mail will not be accepted.

NEW Announcement

If funding is available in addition to the annual 21^st CCLC grant allocation for this competition, the additional funding will allow CDE to grant awards to applicants beyond the geographical distribution caps in the chart found on page four of the 2021 21^st CCLC RFA. Click here for more information regarding this new announcement.