AMERICORPS CALIFORNIA STUDENT SUCCESS COACH GRANT PROGRAM

Purpose

As a result of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vision and investment, the CA SSC Grant Program will provide competitive grants to supplement AmeriCorps programs delivering the defined attributes and services of student success coaches in high-need schools throughout the state.

Description

The California Student Success Coach Grant Program is an initiative administered by California Volunteers (CV) in partnership with AmeriCorps programs that offer leadership and maintain a strong track record in evidence-based practices in the delivery of student success coaching. As the State Service Commission for California, CV is responsible for engaging Californians in service, volunteering, and civic action to tackle our State’s most pressing challenges and lift-up all communities. By supporting more than 4,000 AmeriCorps State members annually, California Volunteers aims to inspire the next generation of civic leaders, create a pathway to debt-free college, and build a culture of service and civic engagement in California. Through the Student Success Coach Grant Program investment, CV will administer grants to existing AmeriCorps education and youth development programs dedicated enhancing the impact of student success coaches serving in California. Eligibility for these grants is defined by the following three pathways: (1) Existing Student Success Coach AmeriCorps Program Support: Direct investment to support implementation and operating efforts of existing AmeriCorps student success coach programs, who deliver a coaching model with great fidelity, as defined; (2) Aspiring Student Success Coach AmeriCorps Planning Support: Direct investments to support planning efforts of existing AmeriCorps education and youth development programs who currently deliver at least three of the drivers defining aspects of the student success coach model with great fidelity, yet desire to incorporate additional drivers of the model. This pathway also includes direct investments to existing SSC AmeriCorps programs who are exploring expansion of their service, including: increasing the number of student success coaches through recruitment, hiring, and onboarding practices; investing in additional training and development of existing AmeriCorps student success coaches to serve in new sites; and/or exploring and enhancing partnerships with districts/schools to secure placement of additional student success coaches. (3) Student Success Coach Programmatic Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Engagement Support*: Direct investment for one existing AmeriCorps student success coach program to develop and provide state-wide programmatic training and technical assistance—including the design and execution of curriculum, framework for implementation, and a learning network and communities of practice—to advance the awareness, support, expansion, and establishment of impact and success metrics of the California Student Success Coach Grant program, as defined.