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School Counselor Corps Grant Program

School Counselor Corps grant funding is awarded to eligible School Districts (on behalf of one or more secondary schools), BOCES, Charter Schools or Institute Charter Schools.  The purpose of this program is to increase the availability of effective school based counseling within secondary schools. Grant funds are also used for increasing the level of school counseling services provided to increase the graduation rate within the state and increase the percentage of students who appropriately prepare for apply to, and continue into postsecondary education.

Impact on Secondary Schools

The School Counselor Corps Grant program serves 88 schools in 22 districts and/or Charter School Institute schools. In total, the $5 million grant program was able to support 60.5 secondary counselors who provided services to over 82,000 students of which over 38,000 (46 percent) are economically disadvantaged.

For more information on the School Counselor Grant Program, please download the 2011 Impact Summary. (PDF)

Annual Reports

For the Annual Reports, please select the following:

New!!! 2013 School Counselor Corps Request for Proposal (RFP)

The 2013 - 2014 School Counselor Corps Grant Request for Proposal (RFP) is now available for education providers that that have not previously received School Counselor Corps funds. Approximately $480,000 will available for the new RFP, which will focus on program development in the first year and implementation in the second and third years of the grant.

 

The School Counselor Corps Program seeks to increase the availability of effective school-based counseling within secondary schools to increase the graduation rate within the state and increase the percentage of students who appropriately prepare for, apply to, and continue into postsecondary education. This RFP will be released prior to the approval of an additional 3-year grant cycle and is contingent upon any funding appropriated to the School Counselor Corps program in May 2013.

 

An application training webinar will be held on Friday, March 22 from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. and applications will be due on Wednesday, May 8.  For more information on the application webinar and School Counselor Corps Grant Program, visit the website below. Grants will be DUE Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

 

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Program Contact

Misti Ruthven
Phone: 303-866-6206
E-mail: Ruthven_m@cde.state.co.us