Tribes Learning Communities – Tribes TLC®
Funding Sources

Tribes TLC® has been implemented using a variety of grant funding sources with a focus on enhancing academic achievement, professional development, mentor teaching, beginning teacher training, developing leadership, safe and drug free schools, comprehensive school reform, alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse prevention, violence and bullying prevention, conflict resolution and mediation, character education, service learning, small learning communities, alternative education, charter schools, youth development, delinquency prevention, community development, technology in education, English language acquisition, diversity, multi-cultural education, health, wellness and physical education. Schools and districts have also received funding from foundations, corporations, and private organizations.

The following links will provide information on possible funding sources, depending on your project and focus. Please contact CenterSource for more information and supporting documentation.

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Title V – Community Prevention Grants Program (OJJDP)
Requires application by a governmental entity, such as a city, police department, juvenile justice organization. The governmental entity can partner with a school, school district, non-profit, or for-profit entity. Requires 50% match, which can be in the form of “in-kind” services.
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/titlev/

Grantees and State Contacts
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/titlev/grant.html

Eligibility and Guidelines
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/titlev/elguide.html

Formula Grants Program (OJJDP)
Schools and districts can apply. No match required.
http://www.dsgonline.com/projects_formulagrants.html

Elementary and Secondary Education Act, NCLB
Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/index.html

U.S. Department of Equation Funding
http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=ln

Title I – Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg1.html

Title II – Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg20.html

Title III – Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg39.html

Title IV – 21st Century Schools

Part A – Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg51.html

Part B – 21st Century Community Learning Centers
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg55.html

Title V – Promoting Parental Choice and Innovative Programs
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg57.html

Title VI – Flexibility and Accountability
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg87.html

Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/grants/index.shtml

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov

State Departments of Education, Juvenile Justice, and Health and Human Services

Foundation, Corporate, and Private Grants
The following are just a few of the online grant resources. Also contact your local businesses, who generally like to give back to the community through donation and grant programs.

The NEA Foundation
www.neafoundation.org/grants.htm
Tribes is featured in the new NEA publication,
CARE: Culture, Abilities, Resilience, Effort: Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gaps
The publication can be found at http://www.nea.org/teachexperience/careguide.html

SchoolGrants.org – a user-friendly and comprehensive site
http://www.k12grants.org/grant_opps.htm

Yahoo Directory: Education Grants
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Financial_Aid/Grants

Grants Alert
http://www.grantsalert.com/

Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/grants/additional_grants.shtml

FundsNet Services
http://www.fundsnetservices.com/educatio.htm

The Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org/

Carnegie Corporation
http://www.carnegie.org/sub/program/education.html

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
http://www.glf.org/default.htm

Milken Family Foundation
http://www.mff.org/

Spencer Foundation
http://www.spencer.org/

Time Warner/AOL Foundation
http://www.timewarner.com/corp/citizenship/education/index.html

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