Search Results: keywords:"grant evaluation criteria"

  • H. R. 266 — To modify the Federal TRIO programs.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:3,700

    The bill titled the “Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2025” aims to modify the Federal TRIO programs, which assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds. It proposes changes to minimum grant amounts, procedures for awarding grants, and criteria for evaluating grant applications....

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    The "Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2025" is a plan to help students from families without much money by giving them more chances to learn and succeed in school. It aims to change the way schools get money from the government and make sure every student gets a fair chance to do well.

  • H. R. 5536 — An Act To require transparency in notices of funding opportunity, and for other purposes.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:816

    H.R. 5536, known as the “Grant Transparency Act of 2023,” seeks to increase transparency in how government agencies provide information about grant opportunities. It requires that notices for competitive grants include descriptions of the criteria and rating systems used to...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants government agencies to be clearer about how they choose who gets grant money, like showing their "report cards" and how they grade them. But they have to do this with the money they already have, without getting more, which might make it hard to follow the new rules.

  • S. 659 — To establish a grant program within the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to States that require the recording of all child welfare interviews with children and adults, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:743

    S. 659, also known as the "Generate Recordings of All Child protective Interviews Everywhere Act" or the "GRACIE Act of 2025," proposes to set up a grant program within the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The program aims to fund state agencies that...

    Simple Explanation

    The GRACIE Act of 2025 would give money to states if they agree to record important conversations between helpers and kids or adults when someone's worried about them being hurt. These recordings need to be kept safe and can only be seen by the right people.