Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 042518 003
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Emergency Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.938C) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Education designed to help state education agencies (SEAs) respond to the sudden enrollment and service demands that follow major natural disasters. The program focuses on costs incurred during the 2017-2018 school year when students were displaced by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, as well as by the 2017 California wildfires, as long as those events were covered by a major disaster or emergency declaration under sections 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5190). In practical terms, it is meant to stabilize schools and districts that had to educate additional displaced students, including both public and non-public school students who enrolled or were served because they were forced to relocate.
A key part of the design is that funds flow first to eligible SEAs, which then use the grant to issue emergency impact aid payments to eligible local education agencies (LEAs) and to eligible Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-funded schools. Those payments are intended to offset the real, immediate costs of educating displaced students during that school year, which can include staffing pressures, classroom capacity issues, instructional materials, transportation adjustments, and other education-related expenses that districts and BIE-funded schools may have had to absorb quickly as families relocated.
The opportunity also references a related component under the Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth program (listed in the synopsis as CFDA 84.938A). Under that portion, the Department would award grants to eligible SEAs so they can provide financial assistance to LEAs serving homeless children and youth who were displaced by the covered disasters or emergencies. The goal there is to help districts address educational and related needs in a way that aligns with section 723 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and with section 106 of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148. This emphasis reflects the reality that disasters often push students into temporary housing or homelessness, creating barriers to enrollment, attendance, transportation, school stability, and access to basic supports that schools often have to coordinate.
Eligibility is limited to SEAs in any State, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the outlying areas. The posting notes that the published description is only a synopsis and directs applicants to the official Federal Register application notice for the controlling requirements, including detailed eligibility rules, submission instructions, performance measures, priorities, and contact information. Applicants are also directed to the Department of Education Common Instructions for Applicants to Discretionary Grant Programs (published February 12, 2018, 83 FR 6003) for standard guidance on how to obtain and submit an application. The opportunity was posted under Funding Opportunity Number ED GRANTS 042518 003, categorized as discretionary, using a grant instrument type, with activity areas in disaster prevention and relief and education, and it listed an original closing date of June 4, 2018.Apply for ED GRANTS 042518 003
- The Department of Education in the disaster prevention and relief, education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Emergency Impact Aid Program CFDA Number 84.938C" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.938.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-04-25.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-06-04. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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