Alabama 21st CCLC Operational Manual

Below is the Manual in its entirety, thus far.  Remember, it is a working document which will reflect additions and revisions, as dictated by federal, state and local legislation and regulations.   

• The first document is the Table of Contents.
• The second is the body of the manual which reflects the revisions from our meetings in November 2009, and the additions since.
• The third document provides a listing of the revisions for those who received their manuals in November.
• The fourth is the Appendices documents.
• The remainder are Appendices which were in a pre-existing PDF format or a landscape format, and could not be reformatted into the body of the Appendix document. Therefore, they are included here as separate documents.

Table of Contents

Alabama 21st CCLC Operational Manual 2010

Revisions, Additions, and Instructions 2010

Appendix

Remember, the following Appendices will need to be inserted into the body of the Appendix document.  See the above explanation.

Appendix F

Appendix J

Appendix R

Appendix V

Appendix X

Appendix Y

If you have any questions regarding the Manual, please don’t hesitate to ask your assigned consultant or Chris Groccia at Auburn University.

Sustainability 

An abundance of information regarding the importance and methodologies of sustainability can be found in 21st CCLC Operational Manual.  For your convenience, links for various resources are provided here.  Additionally, grantees are welcome to share ideas and best practices in this section of the blog.

Fundamental Learnings and Principles of Sustainability

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/LearnCenters/finance.html

http://www.financeproject.org/index.cfm?page=28

http://www.financeproject.org/publications/usingnclbfunds.pdf

http://ceep.indiana.edu/manual/PDF2/Building%20and%20Sustaining%20After%20School%20Programs.pdf

http://www.learningpt.org/afterschool/strength.pdf

Grant Writing and Proposals

http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/fundingWritingProposals.cfm

http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html

http://712educators.about.com/od/grantwriting/Grant_Writing.htm

http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

http://www.npguides.org/guide/index.html

http://www.tgci.com/

Funding Sources

Mark Ward
Alabama State Department of Education
21st CCLC State Coordinator
Federal Programs Section
5348 Gordon Persons Building
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
Telephone: 334.242.8199
Email: mward@alsde.edu

New FY 2010 – 2011 Grant Application

(Continuation Application information for Cohort 7 is found below)

 FY 2010 – 2011 Grant Application

The FY 2010 – 2011 Grant Application has been released.  Applicants can access the application on both the State Department’s home page at www.alsde.edu , and for your convenience we have included it here: 21st CCLC FY 2010 – 2011 RFA.

FY 2010 – 2011 Grant Application Instructional Webinar

On Tuesday, May 4, 2010, an Instructional Webinar was conducted by the ALSDE to assist grant applicants through the application process.  For those unable to attend the live session, the Webinar has been uploaded to the State website, and housed in the eGAP Document Library.  Additionally, provided here is the document with the link to the Webinar recording contained therein: 21st CCLC Webinar Recording Link. Follow the instructions for the Java download, etc; and the Webinar with recording and PowerPoint will launch.

* For additional technical assistance throughout the application process, you may contact Chris Groccia at Auburn University.  Her email address is groccc1@auburn.edu; and her office phone number is 334.844.5781.

** Due to the large file size of the PowerPoint, technical paramaters won’t allow the upload of the document here.  However, if you would like a copy of just the PowerPoint,  please contact Paul Morin at pma316@gmail.com.

Additional Resources to assist with the Application Process

To assist applicants through the process, checklists for both LEA’s and CBO’s have been provided.  Remember, each component of the application must be answered in full to even be forwarded to the competitive reading process. 

FY 2010 – 2011 LEA Grant Application Checklist

FY 2010 – 2011 CBO Grant Application Checklist

FY 2010 – 2011 Grant Application Scoring Rubric – Document provided, so applicants will know and understand the criterion by which the applications will be scored.

CBO Budgetary and Financial Accountability & Guidance – Document provided for the CBO’s consideration during the budgetary process.

Continuation FY 2010 – 2011 Grant Application

To assist current Grantees (Cohort 7) through the Continuation Application process, the following slide presentations are provided:

LEA Continuation Application Instructional Slides – FY 2010 – 2011

CBO Continuation Application Instructional Slides – FY 2010 – 2011