The State of Grant-funded Programs at LCSD

  • Here you will find information about all grants and grant-funded programs that are active at LCSD: past, present, and future (submitted but award not yet announced). Listed grants are those that have been active at the District from 2019 to the present.

  • Future Grant-funded Programs (not yet awarded)

    forging ahead 

  • Current Grant-funded Programs

    Look back. see further. power

    • Title I A  - Academic Intervention Services (AIS) in ELA and Math, parent and family engagement, neglected youth
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Grant Coordinator - Kris Woodcock, GDCP Grant Coordinator
    • Title I D - Incarcerated youth program at the Niagara County Jail, support for neglected and delinquent youth
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Russ Buckley
      • Grant Coordiantor - Kris Woodcock, GDCP Grant Coordinator  
    • Title II A - Class-size reduction at the primary grades, professional development, summer programming for students
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Grant Coordinator - Kris Woodcock, GDCP Grant Coordinator
    • Title III ELL - Support for the District's students and families who are not native English speakers, professional development for ELL teachers
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Amanda Bennett, Director of Student Services
      • Grant Coordinator - Kris Woodcock, GDCP Grant Coordinator  
    • Title IV A - Educational technology, SEL and anti-bullying programming, safe and healthy schools initiatives
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Grant Coordinator - Kris Woodcock, GDCP Grant Coordinator
    • School Improvement Grant (SIG) Basic - Emmet Belknap school improvement support
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Marianne Currie-Hall, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services
      • Implementing Administrator - Jennifer Gilson, EBIS Principal
    • CARES GEER & ESSER - Covid relief funds to fill the gap in state aide reductions, maintain existing staff and programs
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Grant Coordinator - Kris Woodcock, GDCP Grant Coordinator
    • Universal Pre Kindergarten (UPK) - John Pound Early Childhood Center PreK Program
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Amanda Bennett, Director of Student Services
    • STOP School Violence Program (FY19 & FY20) - Crisis response, threat assessment, social-emotional and behavioral health, and mental health including Trauma-Informed Care and Restorative Practices
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Amanda Bennett, Director of Student Services
    • My Brother's Keeper Family and Community Engagement Program - Improving outcomes for boys and young men of color through creating awareness and building cooperative trusting relationships
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Heather McClain, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
      • Grant Coordiantor - TBD, MBK Coordinator
    • CRRSA ESSER 2 - Covid relief funds to support students' academic, social-emotional, and behavioral outcomes
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Grant Coordinator - Kris Woodcock, GDCP Grant Coordinator
    • ARP-ESSER - Covid relief funds to support students' academic, social-emotional, and behavioral outcomes
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Grant Coordinator - Kris Woodcock, GDCP Grant Coordinator
    • ARP - Homeless Youth & Children (HCY) I & II - Covid relief funds to support children and youth experiencing homelessness
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Amanda Bennett, Director of Student Services
      • Grant Coordinator - Kris Woodcock, GDCP Grant Coordinator
    • Farm to School Edible Garden Track Grant - financial support for LCSD's growing Farm to School initiative, specifically to build a school/community garden
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Heather Scharping, Assistant Director for Health and Wellness
    • McKinney Vento 2022-2025 - Support for students experiencing homelessness
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Amanda Bennett, Director of Student Services
    • Local Foods for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program - financial support for LCSD's growing Farm to School initiative, increasing the amount and variety of local foods served to students
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Heather Scharping, Assistant Director for Health and Wellness
    • School Mental Health Support  - financial support to provide students with access to high-quality mental health care in school
      • Project Director - Holly Dickinson, Director of GDCP
      • Implementing Administrator - Amanda Bennett, Director of Student Services
  • Past Grant-funded Programs

    Once upon a time

    • Farm to School Planning Grant - Nutrition and agricultural education and local food procurement program
    • 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21stCCLC) - LionKIND free, high-quality, after school programming at EB and NP
    • McKinney Vento 2019-2022 - Support for students experiencing homelessness
    • Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund - Digital records management for the District's Personnel Office