How does the CSF Block Grant process work?
CSF projects its year-end fundraising totals after the Telethon and make fiscal year-end projections for June 30th. Schools are notified as soon as possible, no later than April 30th, as to their block grant amount for the following school year as well as Technology Resource Teacher (TRT) funding. Block grant spending plans from each campus will be due in May with spending plan presentations at the May Board Meeting by a committee member and the principal at the CSF board meeting. Guests are welcome to attend the presentation portion of the meeting. This replaces a more hurried autumn grant calendar when Block Grants were awarded prior to forging this partnership with the Parent Teacher Groups and gaining the support of teachers in all grade levels at each campus. The Foundation Board felt the autumn calendar occurred too late in the school-year planning cycle to achieve the maximum potential benefits from CSF funds and school site administrators and teachers agreed.
