SEG has the pleasure of providing evaluation services for 13 current Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) grant projects. In addition, SEG has been able to support 21 other DoDEA projects that are now completed since SEG’s inception. The DoDEA grant program seeks to support projects in school districts that serve military-connected students (https://dodeagrants.org/). Each year, pending funding availability, a new solicitation is announced around the end of January. This year’s competition has been announced and proposals are due on April 18, 2025. Grants are provided for five-year projects.
SEG has deep experience working with DoDEA projects, including designing evaluation plans that align with DoDEA’s vision on how to measure project outcomes. SEG’s K-12 Project Evaluation Manager, Dr. Stacy Ashworth, presented on this topic at the DoDEA Annual Community of Practice Meeting in November 2024 and wrote about the topic in a recent blog post.
DoDEA currently funds two programs, the Military-Connected Academic Support Program (MCASP), which supports projects school districts deem as needs for their military-connected students, and the World Language Advancement and Readiness Program (WLARP). SEG has experience working with both types of projects and is currently beginning the process of working with some districts on their 2025 proposals.
Shaffer Evaluation Group offers limited pro-bono grant writing services to support grant applications, like DoDEA. For DoDEA projects, we write the evaluation section, prepare the evaluation matrix, and develop the logic model at no cost in exchange for being named as the evaluator in your grant application. SEG would be happy to talk about your ideas and opportunities for collaboration with the current grant competition.
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