Minnesota: Believe and Build Afterschool Grants (ESSER III)

Eligibility:

Programs must meet ALL of the following requirements to be considered for a Believe & Build Afterschool grant:

• Afterschool programming is provided in Minnesota for Minnesota students.
• The young people served by the applicant are in one or more of the following grades: K-12
• The applying organization must be a nongovernmental, nonprofit communitybased organizations
• The program must provide a minimum of 60 sessions (each session must be at least 1 hour) of afterschool programming per site over the course of a full school-year. This includes before school, afterschool, school release days and weekends, but does not include summer
• Youth participation in programming is voluntary
• Programming primarily engages young people from one or more of the following audiences:
  • Students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunch
  • Students of color
  • English language learners
  • Students with disabilities
  • American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students
  • Students in foster care
  • Students in correctional facilities
  • Students experiencing homelessness
  • Migrant youth o LGBTQIA+ young people
  • Rural students disproportionately impacted by the pandemic
• Program can demonstrate that a majority of young people served are those who missed the most in-person instruction during the 2019-2020 and/or 2020-2021 school years and who did not consistently participate in remote instruction when offered during school building closures
• Program is able to meet all required assurances (see Appendix B p.34-48)

Good to Know: An organization may apply through a fiscal sponsor. The organization acting as a fiscal sponsor will be the applicant, and must meet the definition of a community-based organization provided in the Glossary At-A-Glance.

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Minnesota Summer Learning

On May 15, Governor Tim Walz announced a plan to fund enhanced summer learning programs in Minnesota to help students recover from the learning challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor allocated $75 million from the state’s flexible American Rescue Plan State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) administered at the federal level by the Department of Treasury to provide academic enrichment and mental health support this summer and beyond for Minnesota’s students, families, educators, communities, and schools.

Eligibility: School districts, schools, and community organizations

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