DROPOUT PREVENTION GRANTS

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The North Carolina General Assembly has appropriated thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) to support programs and initiatives that target students at risk of dropping out of school. Grants will vary in amounts up to a maximum of one hundred seventy five thousand dollars ($175,000). The grants will be for innovative programs and initiatives that target students at risk of dropping out of school and demonstrate the potential to be developed into effective, sustainable, and coordinated dropout prevention and re-entry programs in middle schools and high schools. Grants will be geographically distributed throughout the State and the eight educational regions.


2009 Dropout Prevention Grants Information
The purpose of this grant is to focus attention and resources on innovative programs and initiatives that promote keeping students in school when other conflicting factors are pushing them to drop out.


Approved and Funded Grants


A Sampling of Dropout Prevention Programs Demonstrating Strong Promise
(doc, 215kb)


DPI Contact Regional Map
(pdf, 101kb)


Dropout Prevention Grants 2007 Recipients Evaluation Report
(pdf, 760kb)


Recommended Standards for After-School Physical Activity
(pdf, 4.4mb)


2008 Dropout Prevention Committee Members
(pdf, 41kb)