Parent Links (Hope! Dream! Achieve!)

Funding Description

The Parent Links (Hope! Dream! Achieve!) program will provide funding to selected Family Resource Centers to provide parent-to-parent support to families of infants identified through the California Newborn Hearing Screening Program.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Other organizations or agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Family Resource Centers funded by the Individuals with Disabilties Education Improvement Act (IDEA) are eligible to apply. This is not a competitive grant, and there is no Request for Applications (RFA).
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Pre-K
Eligible Age Level(s)	0, 1, 2

Funding

Legal Authority	Budget Item 6110-001-0890
Source / Type	Federal / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2011-12
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	0000 / 0000
Total Available	$103,000
Recipient Amount	$10,000-$65,000
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Using funding from a federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention grant, the California Department of Education will provide $10,000 per year for three years to one existing IDEA funded Family Resource Center (FRC) in the northern California region, and in 2011-12 only, $3,000 will be awarded to support Deaf Awareness Week activities; $25,000 per year for three years to one existing IDEA funded FRC in the central California region, and $65,000 per year for three years to one existing IDEA funded FRC in the southern California region.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	July 20, 2012

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Unavailable
Fiscal	Unavailable
Other	This is a three year funded program. There is no application available for fiscal year 2011-12 since only applicants that were originally awarded in the first fiscal year of this program (2009-10) are eligible for funds.

Contacts

Program	Nancy Grosz Sager, 916-327-3868, nsager@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Beckie Robinson, 916-327-3530, brobinson@cde.ca.gov
Division	State Special Schools and Services Division, 916-327-3850 (phone), 916-445-4550 (fax)