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Result: Laying the Foundation: Progress on Early Full-Service Community Schools Grant Implementation Activities. Study Snapshot. NCEE 2026-001

Title:
Laying the Foundation: Progress on Early Full-Service Community Schools Grant Implementation Activities. Study Snapshot. NCEE 2026-001
Language:
English
Authors:
Ijun Lai, Erica Lee, Ira Nichols-Barrer, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) (ED/IES), Mathematica
Source:
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. 2025.
Availability:
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; Web site: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/
Peer Reviewed:
Y
Page Count:
25
Publication Date:
2025
Contract Number:
91990020C0001
Document Type:
Report Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors:
Grants, Community Schools, Program Implementation, Partnerships in Education, Program Administration, School Community Relationship, Public Agencies, Federal Government, Integrated Services
IES Funded:
Yes
Entry Date:
2025
Accession Number:
ED676969
Database:
ERIC

Further information

The U.S. Department of Education's Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) program awards grants to states, districts, or other organizations to help partner schools implement community schools, which seek to provide coordinated, comprehensive supports to children and their families. This snapshot charts FSCS's progress in two foundational areas: early activities that grantees must help partner schools complete and partnerships that grantees must finalize with local providers to deliver essential services to children in community schools. In the first months of their 5-year grant period, most grantees reported that all partner schools had hired a coordinator, but progress was limited on training them and on implementing activities typically led by coordinators, such as conducting a needs assessment and establishing a school-based leadership team. More than a third of grantees reported that their partners were finalized, but many grantees also did not rule out the possibility for future changes.

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