2024 Student Success Fund
Grant Application Page
About the Student Success Fund Grants
San Francisco voters passed Proposition G in November 2022, which created the Student Success Fund (SSF). This legislation amended the City Charter to provide additional set aside money for the School District from existing City funds.
Student Success Grants will support schools with planning for and/or implementing the District’s instructional and community schools frameworks. SSF Funds cannot be used to pay for Core Staffing positions which are defined by the District as Foundational Allocations in 2024-25 Staffing Model Allocations.
Individual award amounts will be determined based on multiple factors that may include school site size, school community needs, focal populations, alignment with District priorities and/or strategies, etc.
TIMELINE:
The goal of the timeline below is to align with District’s due date of March 22, 2024 for school sites to submit their School Site Spring Budget Template. Dates are tentative and subject to change:
Tuesday, January 23, 2024: Student Success Fund Application Released
Friday, January 26, 2024: Question Submission Period Closes
Monday, January 29, 2024: Bidders Conference via Zoom, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Thursday, February 8, 2024: Q&A Posted
Friday, February 9, 2024: Addendum I to Q&A Posted
Monday, February 26, 2024: Grant Applications Due
Monday, March 18, 2024: Grant Awards Announced
ELIGIBILITY:
The Charter language stipulates that the term “District” shall mean the San Francisco Unified School District and that an “Eligible School” shall mean a school in the District serving students at one or more grade levels from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The Charter language further stipulates that Eligible Schools must meet the following criteria:
(A) The Eligible School must have a School Site Council that has endorsed the grant funding application. Early Education Sites who do not have an SSC may have an equivalent body endorse the plan
(B) The Eligible School must have a full-time Community School Coordinator, or must plan to hire a Community School Coordinator, who will serve in a leadership role working alongside the principal in implementing the grant. The coordinator must also work to integrate on-site service providers and must participate in the SSC.
(C) The Eligible School must agree to coordinate with City departments and with the District’s administration to ensure that all resources, strategies, and programs at the Eligible School best serve students and their families, including using the state-mandated school plan to ensure a coherent and aligned approach for the school’s resources and initiatives.
Full text of the charter language can be found here.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS:
ADDENDUM I: 2024 Student Success Fund Grants: Final Submission Questions and Answers. This addendum was issued Friday, February 9, 2024.
2024 Student Success Fund Grants: Final Submitted Questions and Answers. This document contains all Questions and Answers submitted about the 2024 Student Success Fund Grant from the Student Success Fund Bidders Conference on Monday, January 29, 2024.
Student Success Fund Grant Information Session/Bidders Conference Slide Deck. This slide deck was presented at the Student Success Fund Bidders Conference on Monday, January 29, 2024.
Scoring Rubric and Priority Schools Criteria. This document contains information about the scoring rubric and criteria for priority schools. Both will be used to determine which school sites will be awarded funding for either a Readiness Grant or Implementation Grant.
Readiness Grants
Readiness Grants are for sites that need support to meet the eligibility criteria for SSF Implementation Grants. At the end of the grant period, sites will be expected to have a Community Schools Coordinator in place and to have completed a Hopes and Needs Assessment as well as developed their Community Schools Implementation Plan.
*Maximum Award: $350,000.00 per fiscal year
Grant Term: July 1, 2024-June 30, 2026
Sites that apply for and receive Readiness grants will be able to apply for Implementation grants at the end of the funding period.
The following sites are eligible to apply for the Readiness Grant:
Any SFUSD school site that has not received a CCSPP grant.
SFUSD schools sites that have received a California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) grant below $350,000/annual*
*If a site has received a CCSPP grant, the Student Success Grant amount will be the difference between the CCSPP grant and $350,000 cap.
How To Apply
Download and complete the following:
Readiness Grant Budget. Site budget must be completed by SFUSD site administrator.
Upload the items above in the General Application Form
After your application is completed and submitted, you will receive a confirmation email from DCYF City & Community Partnerships.
Implementation Grants
Implementation Grants are for sites that have hired/or have identified their Community Schools Coordinator, have completed their Community Schools Implementation Plan and are ready to expand or deepen their existing work.
*Maximum Award: Up to $550,000.00 per fiscal year
Grant Term: July 1, 2024-June, 30, 2027 with the option to renew for two additional years
Sites that apply for and receive Readiness grants will be able to apply for Implementation grants at the end of the funding period.
The following sites are eligible to apply for the Implementation Grant:
Schools that have received a California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) grant in any amount, with a functioning SSC, FT role to coordinate Community Schools work, and a completed Community Schools Implementation Plan
Current non-CCSPP SFUSD community schools, with a functioning SSC, FT role to coordinate Community Schools work, and a completed Community Schools Implementation Plan
*The grant amount will be the difference between the CCSPP grant and $550,000 cap.
How to Apply
Download and complete the following:
Implementation Grant Budget. Site budget must be completed by SFUSD site administrator.
Update (2/8/2024): Community Schools/Implementation Plan Template. Applicants can use this Community Schools/Implementation Plan Template, or they may use their own. Applicants will need to upload their plan in order for their application to be considered complete. Currently funded CCSPP sites should use/upload this Community Schools/Implementation Plan Template.
Relevant artifacts related to your campus Hopes and Needs Assessment
Upload the items above in the General Application Form
After your application is completed and submitted, you will receive a confirmation email from DCYF City & Community Partnerships.
Additional Questions
If you have questions about the SSF application or process, please consult the 2024 Student Success Fund Grants: Final Submitted Questions and Answers. The official question submission period has closed, and DCYF and SFUSD are no longer allowed to respond to questions.
Transparency Notice
All interested reviewers and applicants may access combined application materials in this consolidated file.
January 24, 2024: The Consolidated File was updated with the following:
Corrected link to the Student Success Grant FY24-25 Budget Setup Form
Edited SFUSD Staff/Index Code Tables
February 7, 2024: The link to the Community Schools Implementation Plan in the Implementation Grants section was removed.
February 7, 2024: The release date of the FAQ document was moved to February 8, 2024.
February 8, 2024:
The Community Schools/Implementation Plan Template was added to the Implementation Grants section of this page.
The Important Documents section was created, and the Scoring Rubric and Priority Schools Criteria document was posted.
The Consolidated File was updated with the Community Schools/Implementation Plan Template.
The 2024 Student Success Fund Grants: Final Submitted Questions and Answers document was posted in the Important Documents section.
The Student Success Fund Grant Information Session/Bidders Conference Slide Deck was posted in the Important Documents section.
February 9, 2024: An Addendum to the Q&A was posted in the Important Documents section.