Competitive Grants and Awards

Welcome to the Colorado Department of Education's Competitive Grants and Awards website. The Competitive Grants and Awards Unit is dedicated to enhancing school improvement through federal and state grant opportunities. We offer support to students, teachers and administrators in the application and funding process for the grant and award programs listed below.

Grant Programs

21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC)
Adult Education and Family Literacy Grant (AEFLA)
Colorado Charter Schools Program
Comprehensive Health Education
Diagnostic Review Grant
Differentiated Reading Strategies
District Improvement Grant
Eliminating Student Cost for Advanced Placement Exams (ESCAPE) Grant
Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT)
Expelled and At-Risk Services Grant (EARSS)
Improvement Support Partnership
Increasing Achievement and Growth Grant
Math and Science Partnership Grant
Preschool Teaching Pyramid Implementation Grant
Read to Achieve
Recruitment and Retention
School Counselor Corps Grant
School Improvement Grant
Supplemental Education Services
Supplemental Online Education Grant
Tiered Intervention Grant
Youth Out of the Education Mainstream

Awards Programs

Blue Ribbon Schools
Centers of Excellence
Colorado Teacher of the Year
Colorado Talent Pool
Governor’s Distinguished Improvement
Green Ribbon Schools
John Irwin Schools of Excellence
Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards
Title I Distinguished School
United States Senate Youth

Education Service Providers

Education Service Providers
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For Additional Information Contact:

Kim Burnham
303-866-6916
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Lynn Bamberry
303-866-6813
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