Colorado’s Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Cohort X grant competition applications are due Monday, April 10.

CDE will award approximately $5.5 million in 21st CCLC funding for Cohort X. Grant awards will range from $50,000 to $180,000 per year per center. Priority will be given to those programs serving students who attend high-poverty, low-performing schools.

For application materials, technical assistance opportunities, and tools and resource for applying, visit the 21st CCLC Cohort X webpage.

The 21st CCLC grant program is authorized under Title IV, Part B of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015. The purpose of this important program is to establish or expand community learning centers that:

1. Provide opportunities for academic enrichment to help students meet state and local student performance standards in core academic subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics;
2. Offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and
3. Offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development.