California School Age Families Education (Flexible Funds)

Funding Description

Funding for this program is unrestricted pursuant to SBX3 4 (Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009), enacted February 2009. For additional information, please refer to the Action on 2008 and 2009 Budget Acts Web page.

Before 2008-09, the funds were restricted to the California School Age Families Education (Cal-SAFE) Program, which is a comprehensive, integrated, community-linked, school based program for expectant and parenting students and their children. The program provides academic and support services to encourage the students to stay in school, along with child care and developmental services for their children.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	All local educational agencies (LEAs) that received funding in 2007-08 are eligible for funds.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Education Code Section 42605; Budget Item 6110-198-0001
Source / Type	State / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2009-10
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	0000 / 8590
Total Available	$46,425,000
Recipient Amount	For 09-10, LEAs will receive the same amount as in 07-08, less approximately 14%
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Funding for this program from fiscal years 2008-09 through 2012-13 will be based on 2007-08 funding levels. LEAs will receive the same percentage of the available funding that they received of the funding allocated for 2007-08.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	Unavailable

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Expectant and Parenting Students [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cg/pp/]
Fiscal	California School Age Families Education [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/calsafe.asp]
Flexibility	Action on the 2008 and 2009 Budget Acts
Other	The funding for this program is now flexible pursuant to Education Code Section 42605. LEAs may utilize all of their program funds to provide services for the program or they may use all or part of their program funds for other educational purposes and/or other categorical programs.

Contacts

Program	Nancy Christophel, 916-319-0541, nchristo@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Julie Klein Briggs, 916-323-6191, jbriggs@cde.ca.gov
Division	School Fiscal Services Division, 916-327-0538 (phone), 916-327-4873 (fax)