| Grant Name |
Funding Source |
Duration Dates |
Purpose of Grant |
Grant Manager |
Cumulative Amounts |
| Automotive Technologies Technical Education Partnership (AT-TEP) |
Dept. of Labor; President’s High Growth Initiative |
12/04 – 11/06 |
To provide automotive service technician training, in partnership
with Toyota USA, Tarrant County College and Kilgore College,
that would address the need for qualified technicians while
1) improving workplace diversity, 2) standardizing education
to meet industry standards, and 3) providing career paths for
automotive service technicians. |
Curt Jenkins |
3,608,129 |
| Early Childhood Educators Professional Development Program |
Dept. of Education |
11/02 – 10/05 |
To address the professional development needs of 130 early
childhood educators working with 650 or more children, birth
through age three, living in 85 high-need communities in Dallas
County. Eastfield serves as the fiscal agent and in addition
to managing the project, will provide 100 educators with 23-29
credit hours of college
course work, and will train 28 directors and 11 mentors.
|
Nancy Beaver |
2,312,076 |
| TRIO – Student Support Services |
Dept. of Education |
9/01 – 8/05 |
To provide the support services necessary to address the
educational and socio-economic barriers that prevents many students
from successfully completing their college education. |
Bobbi White |
1,107,505 |
| Higher Education Hispanic/Latino Svc Partnerships (Adelante) |
Dept. of Health and Human Services |
9/03 – 8/08 |
To develop academic and other training models to prepare
professors to work effectively with hispanic/latino youth and
to improve the quality of long term effects of Head Start program
services to hispanic/latino children and their families |
Nancy Beaver |
150,000 |
| TRIO Upward Bound |
Dept. of Education |
9/03 – 8/08 |
Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income
families, high school students from families in which neither
parent holds a bachelors degree, and low-income, first-generation
military veterans who are preparing to enter postsecondary education.
The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rates at which participants
enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
|
Romilio Castillo |
608,000 |
| TRIO Talent Search |
Dept. of Education |
9/02 – 8/07 |
To assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who
have potential to succeed in higher ed. To provide academic,
career, and financial counseling in order to encourage graduation
from high school and continue on to postsecondary school. |
Reva Rattan |
608,000 |
Computer Science,
Engineering, Mathematics Scholarship Program (CSEMS) |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
10/04 – 9/08 |
To provide scholarships for low-income students seeking degrees
or careers in computer science, engineering, or mathematics
|
Eric Aurand |
396,000 |
| Annual Application (Direct) |
Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board |
9/04 – 8/05 |
To support and improve service for technical students and
programs
|
Lindle Grigsby |
382,379 |
| Customer Call Program |
GTE |
Until spent |
Assist the economically disadvantaged |
Lindle Grigsby |
150,000 |
| Quality Child Care Local Match Initiative |
Work Source for Dallas County |
9/03-8/04 |
To provide scholarships, books, materials and application
fees for 40 CDA students and to provide continuing education
courses for directors and teachers of infants and toddlers.
|
Nancy Beaver |
133,117 |
| Child Care Access Means Parents in School |
Dept. of Education |
9/02 –9/06 |
Adds caregiver for 7-9 year olds in evenings plus evening
coordinator summer care for 20 school agers. Provides school
funding for student use of the Parent/Child Study Center |
Nancy Beaver |
70,152 |
| Child & Adult Care Food Program |
USDA/Tx Dept. of Human Services |
10/04 – 9/05 |
To provide subsidy for meals served to children in the Parent
Child Study Center |
Karan Marshall |
42,900 |
| Virtual College of Texas Architectural CAD Certificate |
Texas Association of Community Colleges |
5/04 - 8/05 |
On-line degree program of the Virtual College of Texas for
the Online Architectural Computer Aided Design Operator’s
Certificate |
Mike Kirkpatrick |
27,500 |
| Virtual College of Texas Mental Health Substance Abuse |
Texas Association of Community Colleges |
5/04 - 8/05 |
To develop a distance learning mental health substance abuse
prevention certificate program |
Gloria Jackson |
24,500 |
| Substance Abuse/Mental Health Program |
UT Austin |
9/03 – 9/04 |
To provide substance abuse education & research data
for students and communities |
Gloria Jackson |
22,000 |
| Addiction Technology Transfer Project |
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Svc Administration |
9/04 – 9/05 |
To promote research by helping to harness science to transform
lives affected by drug abuse and addiction |
Gloria Jackson |
22,000 |
| Local Admin |
The Higher 9/04 – 8/05Education Coordinating Board |
|
Institutional support |
Lindle Grigsby |
20,125 |
| GO Center Project |
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
3/04 – 10/05 |
To use college students as mentors to high school students
in two high schools with low college-going rates and large
percentage of minority students.
|
Maria Arocha |
15,158 |
| Job Location & Development |
Dept. of Education |
7/04 – 6/05 |
To provide an opportunity for EFC students to find employment
via job fairs, etc. Provides job search & career-related
seminars, provides material and software. |
Patsy Caropresi |
8,750 |
| TOTAL FOR CURRENT GRANTS: |
$9,708,291 |
