HOW JPS SOLUTIONS HELPS FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

JPS Solutions helps faith-based organizations (FBOs) and community based organizations (CBOs) to become successful Supplemental Educational Services providers and to raise money through government and private grants.

Support for Prospective and Active Supplemental Educational Services Providers

Funding is available for FBOs and CBOs that provide academic support and/or after-school programs for youth through the Supplemental Educational Services provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. Supplemental Educational Services—i.e. tutoring—are provided free of charge to qualifying students enrolled in Title I schools that consistently fail to meet their academic goals. The organizations that deliver these services—called Supplemental Educational Services providers—are paid by the school district out of Title I funds. The New York City public schools, for instance, must set aside more than $150 million in Title I funds for supplemental educational services and related programs, and Supplemental Educational Services providers are paid as much as $2,100 per enrolled student. (To learn more about Opportunities to become a Supplemental Educational Services provider, click here.

JPS Solutions can help your organization win state approval to become a Supplemental Educational Services provider.

Our services include:

• Assessing your organization’s current tutoring or academic support programs to determine their eligibility to become a Supplemental Educational Services provider.
• Assessing your readiness to apply to be a Supplemental Educational Services provider.
• Helping you develop or adapt curricula and academic models that meet the criteria for state approval.
• Assisting you in analyzing your state’s Request for Qualifications and preparing high-quality Supplemental Educational Services Provider applications.
• Helping you identify and document the required scientifically-based research that supports your curricula and tutoring programs.
• Communicating on your behalf with state departments of education to support your application.

To support your application process, JPS Solutions has developed a series of online tools, research abstracts and web links. You can view these resources at www.sesproviders.org.

Also, once you have become a state-approved Supplemental Educational Services provider, JPS Solutions can help you implement your academic program and/or prepare required accountability reports for parents and for the school district(s) and state(s) in which you are providing services. To learn more, click here.

Grantwriting Services

JPS Solutions has helped FBOs and CBOs raise millions of dollars in public and private grants. JPS Solutions can help you identify grant opportunities that are best for you and to compete successfully for these funds.

Our grant development services include:

• Assessing your organization’s preparedness to apply successfully for grants.
• Identifying government grant opportunities that match your goals and circumstances.
• Helping you develop programs and partnerships to improve your chances of winning grants.
• Analyzing Requests for Proposals to determine your best strategies for meeting selection criteria.
• Writing grant proposals, budgets, evaluation plans and partnership memoranda of understanding.
• Reviewing and editing your grant proposals.
• Helping you leverage No Child Left Behind grant funding with grants from other government agencies, foundations and corporations.

To support your organization in preparing successful grant applications, JPS Solutions has created GrantQuest, a one-stop grant development resource. GrantQuest provides subscribers with a secure online environment where they can receive step-by-step guidance in writing winning grant proposals. With GrantQuest, you can:

• Download Requests for Proposals (RFPs), with annotations and advice tailored to meet the distinct needs of school districts, charter schools, nonprofit organizations and/or faith-based organizations.
• Consult with grant writing experts.
• Use RFP-specific worksheets, templates, sample narrative responses and other online resources.
• Access grant information tailored to your specific needs.
• Collaborate effectively in a secure online environment.
• Access abstracts of educational research to address “scientifically-based research” requirements.
• Use automated budgeting software.
• Receive e-mail “ticklers” and calendars to keep you on schedule and on target.
• Submit grant proposals electronically, where permitted.