Grant Writing Services

The vendor is required to provide grant-writing services including, but not limited to, the categories below.
- Categories:
• Adult education
• Bilingual education
• Business education partnerships
• Career education
• Consolidated applications
• Data services
• Emerging technologies
• Employment preparation
• Energy management
• Environmental education
• Governance workshops
• Grant searching and development
• Health and drug education
• Health and safety – equipment, preparedness, and training
• Homeless education
• Idea
• Information systems & technology – upgrades, enhancements, education, outreach
• Infrastructure improvement – facilities, buildings, and school transportation services
• Instructional technology
• Law enforcement & security
• Literacy programs
• Math
• Member-item grants
• Migrant education
• Multi-cultural (diversity) mentoring
• NCLB
• Professional development
• School improvement initiatives
• School library systems & services
• School reform
• Science
• Security
• Social studies
• Special education
• Student assistance
• Students with disabilities
• Technical education
• Others as needed
- Agency and its component school districts to develop a profile and an understanding about the types of funding resources that will best meet the needs of the agency and its component school districts; the successful vendor(s) will:
• Agency and its component school districts in developing partnerships, a programmatic approach, and an evaluation design to respond to the funding application
• Develop and submit the application and collaborate with federal, state, and other funding agencies during the development process
• Include grant funding for their own services and/or its component school districts, where applicable (evaluation, facilitation, program planning, budget development, staff training, and consultation).
• Respond to requests for clarification regarding eligibility, allowable activities, and budgetary allocations.
• Under agency leadership and participants, provide on-site training to personnel to write grants to funding agencies with specific grant applications or letters of inquiry in mind
• Agency leadership and/or participants, provide a grant-review service for personnel that will include a read over with suggestions for improvement in both format and content.
• Agency leadership and/or participants, provide technical assistance in electronic grant submissions.
synchronize proposal development and ensure delivery of grant proposals by deadline
• Meet with the agency and/or participants personnel to develop a program design based upon individual needs, collection of data, development of a budget, and providing resumes and letters of support and cooperation from relevant agencies and individuals.
• Grant searching and development and funding opportunities that match the agency and regional needs.
- Report requirements
• Each awarded vendor shall provide a report to agency on July 10th of each fiscal year ending June 30th, a written status of all ongoing grant projects that have been initiated, are in process, or have been completed since the last report.
• The written report may be a narrative word® document or a spreadsheet with appropriate annotations and descriptions.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: April 10, 2025