Statewide Family Engagement Centers Program

Purpose

The purpose of the Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFEC) program is to provide financial support to organizations that provide technical assistance and training to State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) in the implementation and enhancement of systemic and effective family engagement policies, programs, and activities.  This programming is intended to lead to improvements in student development and academic achievement.

The Secretary is authorized to award grants to statewide organizations (or consortia of such organizations) to establish statewide family engagement centers that:

• Carry out parent education and family engagement in education, programs, and
• Provide comprehensive training and technical assistance to SEAs, LEAs, schools identified by SEAs and LEAs, organizations that support family-school partnerships and other such programs.

Grantees

• 2023 Cohort
  • California: Parent Institute for Quality Education, Inc.
  • Colorado: The Keystone Center
  • Connecticut: Capitol Region Education Council
  • Indiana: Indiana Resource Center
  • Louisiana: Louisiana Children's Research Center for Development and Learning, Inc.
  • Maryland/Pennsylvania: Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc.
  • Nebraska: National Center for Families Learning, Inc.
  • New Jersey: Statewide Parent Advocacy Network Inc.
  • North Carolina: National Center for Families Learning, Inc.
  • Ohio: The Ohio State University
  • South Carolina: University of South Carolina
  • West Virginia: Edventure Group Inc.
• 2022 Cohort
  • Alaska: Association of Alaska School Boards
  • Arkansas: Save the Children Federation, Inc. (Discontinued)
  • Colorado: NCFL
  • Hawaii: University of Hawaii
  • Maine: MAEC
  • New Hampshire: Campus Compact for New Hampshire
  • South Dakota: West River Foundation
  • Washington: Education Northwest
• 2018 Cohort
  • Arizona: National Center for Families Learning (NCFL)
  • Connecticut: Capitol Region Education Council
  • Hawaii: University of Hawaii
  • Kentucky: Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
  • Massachusetts: Federation for Children with Special Needs
  • Maryland/Pennsylvania: Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC)
  • Minnesota: PACER Center
  • Nebraska: NCFL
  • Ohio: The Ohio State
  • South Carolina: University of South Carolina
  • South Dakota: West River Foundation
  • West Virginia: EdVenture Group

Included below is information regarding the new awards made in each fiscal year since FY 2018.

Funding

Legislation

Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended, Title IV, Part E, Sections 4501 - 4506

Regulations

Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)

FY 2022 Notice Inviting Applications

The Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) was published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2021.

FY 2022 Extension of Application Deadline Date

The Extension of Application Deadline Date was published in the Federal Register on February 16, 2022.

FY 2022 SFEC Application Instructions

• The SFEC Application Package is for applicants to download and use as a guide only. Applicants should use the versions of forms that are in grants.gov.
• Application Package Instructions can also be found on Grants.gov. Unless the applicant qualifies for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, all SFEC grant applications must be submitted electronically via Grants.gov. The link to the application package instructions on grants.gov is below:
• https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336998

FY 2022 SFEC Application Package

Application Package SFEC 2022

Eligibility

Who may apply: Statewide organizations or consortia of such organizations.