Comprehensive Centers

 

This program supports no fewer than 20 comprehensive centers that provide training, professional development, and technical assistance to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, regional educational agencies, and schools to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, and improve the quality of instruction. By statute, the Department is required to establish at least 1 center in each of the 10 geographic regions served by the Department's regional educational laboratories (RELs). Information on the REL regions is available at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/.)

Active 84.283 Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 No Current Data Available. No Current Data Available.
Fiscal Year 2017 Information on an evaluation of the program, which began in 2013, is available at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/projects/evaluation/other_techcenters12.asp. A report describing findings is expected in late 2018. It will be announced and available on http://ies.ed.gov/ncee.
Fiscal Year 2023 Regional Centers provide intensive capacity-building services to help SEAs and other recipients identify, implement, and sustain effective evidence-based practices that improve instruction and student outcomes. The National Center provides universal and targeted capacity-building services to address common high-leverage problems and common programmatic monitoring and audit findings, as well as information on emerging national education issues. The Centers’ work has taken on additional meaning during the COVID-19 crisis, and Centers successfully pivoted to provide services to help SEAs and LEAs adapt to difficult and changing situations, revising their service plans on an on-going basis to address changing needs. Centers raised awareness of existing resources and services, provided information to SEAs to inform their resource allocation decisions in ways that would support educational equity, improved literacy instruction, and the educator workforce. The National Center supported the Summer Learning and Enrichment Collaborative, a national professional learning community bringing together state and local organizations across all 50 states and U.S. territories to explore how to leverage American Rescue Plan (ARP) and other federal funds to support effective summer learning and enrichment opportunities to meet the needs of students most impacted by the pandemic. As needed, Regional Centers support SEAs implementing recovery plans and help SEAs identify how to integrate stimulus funding into ESEA plans. Information on Comprehensive Center activities is available at https://compcenternetwork.org/. Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, Section 203 et seq. Research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutions of higher education (IHEs), or partnerships among such entities, or individuals with the demonstrated ability or capacity to carry out the activities required in the notice inviting applications, including regional entities that carried out activities under the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such Act existed on the day before November 5, 2002) and title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (as such title existed on the day before January 8, 2002). Agencies supporting or providing elementary and secondary education will benefit, including State and local educational agencies, regional educational agencies, the Bureau of Indian Education, Indian tribes, community-based organizations, and other recipients of funds under the ESEA. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is required. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. 2 CFR part 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements applies to this program. 34 CFR part 75 applies to this program. 34 CFR part 77 applies to this program. Final priorities, requirements, definitions, and performance measures for the Comprehensive Centers Program published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2019 (84 FR 13122) applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-102 does not apply to this program. Competitions are announced in the Federal Register and on the Department of Education web site at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/applicant-information/. Applications or proposals must be prepared and submitted in accordance with applicable program announcements. After completion of competitive peer review of applications, the Department makes the final decision on the approval and funding of applications. If an applicant is successful, the Department of Education will notify the applicant's U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and will send the successful applicant a Grant Award Notification (GAN). The Department of Education may also notify successful applicants informally. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Approximately 120 to 180 days. Not applicable. Awards are made for up to five years, subject to the availability of appropriations and grantee performance. The selection criteria are contained in the program application package and also are included in the notice inviting applications published in the Federal Register. Contact the program office for more information. The FY 2019 competition resulted in the Department making grant awards to 20 centers, including 19 regional centers and 1 national center. In addition, the Department supports one center funded in FY 2016 in response to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) that focuses on students at risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability; this Center was re-competed in FY 2021. Grantees are required to develop 5-year plans for carrying out authorized activities that address State and regional needs. Information on allowable activities can be found in the statute, which is available at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/legislation-regulations-and-guidance/. Performance Reports: Performance measures are established for the program and grantee. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR part 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR part 200.503. Records must be retained for a period of 3 years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report as required by 2 CFR 200.333. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Grants may be awarded for up to five years subject to the availability of funds and performance by the grantee. Electronic transfer. None/Not specified. Danielle Smith
Director, Program and Grantee Support Services, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., LBJ Bldg., Room 3E108
Washington, DC 20202 USA
danielle.smith2@ed.gov
Phone: (202) 453-5546 https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/ 91-1000-0-1-501 (Project Grants) FY 22$54,000,000.00; FY 23 est $55,000,000.00; FY 24 est $55,000,000.00; FY 21$52,000,000.00; FY 20$52,000,000.00; FY 19$52,000,000.00; FY 18$52,000,000.00; FY 17$50,000,000.00; FY 16$51,445,000.00; - The Department held a competition for new awards in FY 2019 and made 5-year awards for 19 regional centers and one national center; awards ranged from $1.0 to $6.5 million. In addition, the Department supports a 5-year award made in FY 2016 for a center that focuses on students at risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability; this center receives $1.5 million per year and was re-competed in FY 2021. For additional information, see https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/. Funds also may be used to support contracts to study program implementation and effectiveness. (a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The OMB Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) The regulations in 34 CFR part 299. (e) The Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Performance Measures-Comprehensive Centers Program (84 FR 13122, April 4, 2019) (f) The Secretary's Final Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs (83 FR 9096, March 2, 2018) Grantees also must follow requirements in the notice of final priorities, requirements, and selection criteria-Comprehensive Centers Program, published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2012 (77 FR 33573). Contact the program office for additional information.