506515 - SFY 2024 Continuation LCAN Grant
Funding Opportunity Details

Community Engagement

Final Application Deadline: May 19, 2023 4:30 PM

Description

• **EXTENSION APPLICATION FOR MATH PATHWAYS ONLY**

  **IMPORTANT: THIS DESCRIPTION CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THIS GRANT APPLICATION. READ BEFORE PROCEEDING.**

  Program Description

  The Iowa College Student Aid Commission (Iowa College Aid) is a state agency with a Governor-appointed Board of Commissioners. We are the only agency in Iowa that works with all sectors of higher education. Our mission is to advocate for and support Iowa students as they explore, finance and complete educational opportunities beyond high school to increase family and community success. We also view increasing college attainment as among the most effective and sustainable strategies for encouraging economic growth and fighting poverty.

  The LCAN grant program is an important part of this overarching goal. Iowa College Aid is a partner in the Governor’s Future Ready Iowa (FRI) initiative. LCANs directly contribute to the FRI goal that 70% of Iowa’s workforce has education beyond high school by the year 2025.

  Iowa College Aid’s Community Engagement Division administers the LCAN Grant Series. While implementing Iowa’s statewide career and college information system several years ago, Iowa College Aid identified the need to build the capacity of college attainment partnerships at the local level. To respond to this need, our agency launched the LCAN program. The initiative offers funding and consultation, training and technical assistance at each phase of LCAN development.

  The LCAN Grant Series supports cross-sector leadership teams and networks dedicated to increasing college attainment in communities across Iowa. LCAN grant funding supports staff, training and other expenses associated with creating an LCAN.

  Additional Information

  Grant application due: May 15, 2023 at Iowagrants.gov.

  Grant timeframe: Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024)

  Maximum award: $50,000 range

  Eligibility Criteria: The LCAN Continuation Grant is open to returning LCANs that received funding in the previous year, completed the previous year deliverables and are applying for Year II, III or IV of LCAN funding.  To be eligible for funding, applicants must continue to have an identified fiscal agent with 501(c) status.  (Please note: as part of Iowa College Aid's consideration of your grant application, financial records of the proposed LCAN Fiscal Agent may be requested for review. This could include but is not limited to: documentation of 501(c) status of Fiscal Agent; most recent audit report of fiscal agent, 990 Tax Forms, operational budget. Iowa College Aid will contact you to request this information if it is pertinent to the review of your application.)

  To be eligible for funding, applicants must meet the deliverables required with the application for Year I (outlined below), including an identified fiscal agent with 501(c) status.

  LCANs utilize the Collective Impact framework to remove barriers to college attainment in Iowa communities. For a list of Collective Impact resources, readings, and partner organizations in other states, please refer to the Appendix below.

  Contacts

  Anne Thomas, Community Engagement Consultant

  anne.thomas@iowa.gov

  Megan Sibbel, Community Engagement Consultant

  megan.sibbel@iowa.gov

  **The website links below include components of the grant.  Download each form, complete the form and upload it in the indicated place in the attachments section of this application.