Hi Folks,

Maureen Hoyler, COE President just sent this out. I will update when more
information becomes available!

Best,

Eric


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December 3, 2019



Dear Colleagues:



On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Education sent a draft SSS
request for proposal (RFP) and their workshop PowerPoint presentation to
everyone who registered for their Student Support Services pre-application
workshops. (copy and paste this link for the documents
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12FQMFM9wJrcMXqD2A0NHsZ-6TNzzBpTe?usp=sharing
<http://t.congressweb.com/l/?VMBTCGFEBPRQTSU>).  Please note that while the
draft RFP includes only limited additional information (i.e., Competitive
Preference Priorities, page numbers), more details about the competition
appear in the PowerPoint presentation. Because these materials are only
internal drafts, it remains unclear when the final RFP will be published or
what the closing date will be.



We ask you to pay close attention to the following pieces of information:



1.      Application - Competition Highlights  pp. 5-7;

2.      Application - The Competitive Preference Priorities, p. 68;

3.      Application - Instructions for the Project Narrative, pp. 76-79;

4.      ED PowerPoint - Slides 8-11 which discuss budget;

5.      ED PowerPoint - Slide 58 which provides additional information on
the Competitive Preference Priorities; and

6.      ED PowerPoint - Slide 53 which is ED's example of a Logic Model.



COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS tells us 1) that the competition will close at
11:59:59 Eastern Time of the unknown closing date (#4); 2) that ED is
recommending but not requiring  a 65 page limit (#6);   3) that attachments
may be included either as PDF or in Microsoft Word;  and 4) the two
Competitive Preference Priorities (#8) are:

#1:  Competitive Preference Priority 1:  Fostering Flexible and Affordable
Paths to Obtaining Knowledge and Skills:  Improving collaboration between
education providers and employers to ensure student learning objectives are
aligned with the skills or knowledge required for employment in in-demand
industry sector or occupations (as defined in section 3(23) of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014).


#2:  Competitive Preference Priority 2:  Fostering Knowledge and Promoting
the Development of Skills that Prepare Students to Be Informed, Thoughtful,
and Productive Individuals and Citizens; Supporting instruction in personal
financial literacy, knowledge of markets and economics, knowledge of higher
education financing and repayment (e.g. college savings and student loans),
or other skills aimed at building personal financial understanding and
responsibility.



THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROJECT NARRATIVE discuss formatting and the new
section, "Demonstrates a Rationale."



·   Recommended formatting (p. 77) is an 8.5" x 11"" page, on one side only
with 1" margins at the top, bottom and both sides.  Double-space all text,
and single-space titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references and
captions, as well as all text in charts, tables, figures and graphs.  Use a
12 point font such as Times New Roman, Courier, Courier New or Arial.  Page
numbers and an identified may be within the margin.  While this is
recommended by ED and no proposal will be eliminated for not following
these guidelines, COE strongly recommends that you do follow them.

·   The Demonstrates a rational (section H) means a key project component
included in the project's logic model is informed by research or evaluation
findings that suggest the project component is likely to improve relevant
outcomes.



POWERPOINT INFORMATION

·   Slides 8-11 discuss the budget which you can request.  For continuing
programs, your funding level for 2019-2020 is all you are able to request.
This does not mean that continuing projects will not receive an increase
but the appropriations level for TRIO has not yet been agreed upon.  The
maximum that new applications are able to request is listed by type on p. 8.



·   Slide 58 states there is a 3 page limit for each Competitive Preference
Priority.



COE will host webinars for Institutional Members on the Competitive
Preference Priorities and Section H Demonstrates a Rational as more
information becomes available.

COE remains committed to keeping you updated as we receive new information.



Sincerely,



Maureen Hoyler

President


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