Promise Neighborhoods Program: Implementation Grant Competition CDFA 84.215N | ED GRANTS 070816 001

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The Promise Neighborhoods Program: Implementation Grant Competition (CFDA 84.215N) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Education designed to help communities put into action comprehensive, place-based education and youth-support strategies. The program sits under the Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE), authorized in Title V, Part D, Subpart 1, Sections 5411-5413 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. 7243-7243b). In practical terms, the Department frames this authority around supporting nationally significant efforts that improve the quality of elementary and secondary education at the state and local level and help children meet challenging state academic content and achievement standards.

This particular competition is for implementation grants, meaning it is aimed at applicants that are ready to carry out a coordinated set of solutions rather than only plan them. Promise Neighborhoods implementation projects typically focus on aligning schools and community-based supports so children have consistent pipelines of services and opportunities, often spanning early learning through K-12 and into college and career. The synopsis in the notice emphasizes that applicants should rely on the official Federal Register application notice for the full set of program requirements, including any pre-application steps, required application components, performance measures, and the specific priorities that will be used to evaluate proposals.

Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. The notice highlights a common technical point that can trip people up: applicants should search Grants.gov using the CFDA number without the letter suffix, meaning you search for 84.215 (not 84.215N) to find the downloadable application package. The Department also directs applicants to consult the Federal Register notice for detailed submission instructions and for the authoritative version of all requirements. For public access to official rules and notices, it points to the Government Publishing Office resource for the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations.

Eligibility is broad across several types of organizations, but applicants must fit the competition's definition of an "eligible organization" as described in the official notice. The opportunity lists eligible applicants as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofit organizations (both those with and without IRS 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education), and certain other entities identified in the full notice. A key eligibility nuance is included for the competition's Absolute Priority 3, Promise Neighborhoods in Tribal Communities: for proposals under that priority, the applicant must either be an eligible organization that partners with an Indian tribe, or be an Indian tribe that itself meets the definition of an eligible organization.

Administratively, the listing identifies the agency as the Department of Education and categorizes the opportunity as a discretionary grant within the education funding activity category. The opportunity number is ED GRANTS 070816 001. The record shows an original closing date of September 16, 2016, an expected number of awards of five, and a creation date of July 8, 2016. The award ceiling is not specified in the provided synopsis, which is another reason the Federal Register notice is important for applicants trying to confirm funding ranges, match requirements (if any), the length of the project period, and what an implementation award is expected to cover.

Overall, the core idea of this opportunity is to fund organizations that can lead or coordinate a strong local partnership to measurably improve educational outcomes by connecting high-quality schooling with wraparound supports in a defined neighborhood or community. The official Federal Register notice is treated as the controlling document for everything that matters in application strategy: the precise definitions, the absolute and competitive priorities, the selection criteria, the required data and performance reporting, and any pre-application or eligibility documentation that must be included.

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Promise Neighborhoods Program: Implementation Grant Competition CDFA 84.215N" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.215.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-07-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-09-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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