Grant Consulting Services

Professional grant services with Kish Russell comes with over ten years of successful grant writing, managing, monitoring, evaluating, training, and support experience for hundreds of education, higher education, and non-profit grant administrators. Email Kish at kish@kishrussell.com to inquire about how you can get started with any of the services below.

Professional Development

Visit https://www.kishrussell.com/events to learn more about upcoming professional development events. Or schedule to bring the professional development to your district, campus, charter school, university, or college by sending an email to kish@kishrussell.com.

Title I Compliance Academy

Compliance! Where do you start? Ever wish documentation was easier to manage and monitor? The Title I Compliance Academy provides the blueprints to effectively plan, coordinate, manage, monitor, and evaluate the complex and required documentation for the ESSA, Title I program. Campus and district leaders will be empowered and equipped with the skills and tools to manage and monitor Title I compliance requirements from start to finish. Participants will develop and refine their skills to analyze documentation for the essential components and enhance leaders’ understanding of how to meet compliance with a step-by-step process. Compliance by Design provides detailed information, tools, templates, and checklists to master Title I program compliance: Comprehensive Needs Assessment, Schoolwide Plan, Annual Title I Meeting, School Parent Compact, Parent & Family Engagement Policy, Federal School Report Card, Parents' Right to Know, Value & Utility of Working with Parents, School/Parent Compact Parent/Teacher Conferences, Title I Program Evaluation, Private Non-Profit Schools Equitable Services, and much more! Includes a copy of the book: Compliance by Design-How to Manage Title I Compliance from Start to Finish (2021).

Title I Fiscal Compliance Academy

Title I Fiscal Compliance Academy will energize and activate knowledge and skills to effectively develop, manage, and monitor Title I fiscal requirements to include: Title I eligibility, Rank & Serve, Comparability, Supplement Not Supplant Methodology, Maintenance of Effort, Procurement, District Reservations, REAP/Transferability, Equitable Services for Private Non-Profit schools Title I allocations, allowable uses of funds, Title I budget codes, and much more to connect and support the Comprehensive Needs Assessment and Schoolwide Plan (District/Campus Improvement Plan). This session is perfect for both program and finance staff, Business Managers, Directors of Finance, Grant Analysts, or business/finance staff who works with Title I funded programs. Includes a copy of the book: Title I Fiscal Compliance by Design-How to Manage Title I Fiscal Compliance from Start to Finish (2022).

Title III Compliance Academy

Title III Compliance Academy provides the road map to understand Title III compliance requirements and how Title I and Title III compliance are integrated under ESSA. School and district Title III administrators will learn how to manage, and monitor Title III requirements to include: Eligibility and Student Identification, Progress Monitoring through Language Assessment Committees, Comprehensive Professional Development Plan, Title III Local Plan, Language Instruction Education Program and Comprehensive Needs Assessment, Fiscal Requirements, Private Non-Profit Schools, Procurement, Parents' Right to Know, Program Evaluation, allowable uses of funds, and much more. Includes a copy of the book: Title III Compliance by Design-How to Manage Title III Compliance from Start to Finish (2022).

Services

Grant Writing & Proposal Development

Customized grant and proposal writing services are available at an hourly rate. Services may include but are not limited to: analyzing data, research to support and enhance grant/proposal, writing a detailed and competitive narrative to align with the priorities of a grant/proposal, build a school/district/organization profile for use with any grant/proposal, budget development, establishing effective strategies/activities with clear outcome objectives, memorandums of understanding for external partnerships, facilitating collaboration and grant/proposal planning meetings, writing job descriptions for use with the grant/proposal, developing implementation timelines, selecting practical evaluation methods to demonstrate grant/proposal progress and success, writing press releases to report grant progress to parents/community/board members, and much more.

Grants Compliance Coaching

Once the grant is awarded, it requires effective leadership and support to be successful. Grant Compliance Coaching service provides three annual check points (October, January, and April/May) to review grant compliance documents and identify/address areas of potential non-compliance prior to being selected for a monitoring review by the funding agency. Additional support includes ongoing, unlimited support and consulting (via phone call, email, text and videoconferencing) on effective ways to manage the compliance requirements of any grant program, to include: review of grant guidelines, answer questions on allowable unallowable uses of funds, support with completion and submission of compliance reports, grant evaluations, goals and objectives are met and aligned with needs assessment and improvement plans, program evaluation, budget coding to meet grant program compliance monitoring reviews, and much more. This service can be customized to any grant program.

Grant Search Service

Grant Search Service will help your organization to find and locate relevant grant opportunities with regular grant notifications and emails.

ESSA Grant Services

ESSA grant services provide assistance to busy school district and charter school administrators to effectively apply for, manage, monitor, and complete reporting requirements for the ESSA Consolidated Grant: Title I Part A, Title I Part A Subpart C (Neglected & Delinquent), Title I Part C (Migrant), Title II, Title III, Title IV, and Private Non-Profit Schools.

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

The Comprehensive Needs Assessment service provides support and relief for busy school and district administrators to meet annual compliance requirements for federal and state grants. Services include: collecting data from a customized parent and staff survey to help administrators make informed decisions on how to prioritize programs and services for the school year, facilitating campus and district-level meetings with leadership to assess the current needs using a focus group format, and analyzing and synthesizing data to create narratives and summary statements for use with and integration within any DIP/CIP web-based platform. Compliance documentation for all parts of the CNA process will be available upon completion to include: sign-in sheets, agendas, copies of survey data, copies of data used during the CNA process, list of participating staff/parents/community members and leadership to include their roles, and the final completed CNA document. Perfect for maintaining compliance for the following grants: Title I Part A, Title I Part C-Migrant Education Program, Title I Part A Subpart D-Neglected & Delinquent, Title II Part A, Title III-English Learners and Immigrant, Title IV, Title V-Rural Low Income, Special Education-IDEA-B, Carl Perkins, Small Rural Schools Achievement (SRSA), Private Non-Profit Schools Equitable Services, McKinney-Vento, Parent & Family Engagement, State Compensatory Education, State Allotments, eRate.

District & Campus Improvement Plans

ESSA, State Compensatory Education, and many other federal and state grant funds require an annual District and Campus Improvement Plan to be reviewed and updated annually to comply with grant requirements. Comprehensive support services are available for every stage of this process: compliance review to include alignment with the Comprehensive Needs Assessment, data collection, analysis and synthesis of data, development of SMART goals and performance objectives, eliminating duplication to create a more user- and reader-friendly format, setting up and facilitating DIP/CIP committee meetings with sign-in sheets and agendas. Perfect for maintaining compliance for the following grants: Title I Part A, Title I Part C-Migrant Education Program, Title I Part A Subpart D-Neglected & Delinquent, Title II Part A, Title III-English Learners and Immigrant, Title IV, Title V-Rural Low Income, Special Education-IDEA-B, Carl Perkins, Small Rural Schools Achievement (SRSA), Private Non-Profit Schools Equitable Services, McKinney-Vento, Parent & Family Engagement, State Compensatory Education, State Allotments, eRate

Small Rural Schools Achievement/Rural Low Income Schools Grant

SRSA/RLIS Services provide support and assistance with applying for, managing, monitoring, and completing compliance reporting requirements for grant funds.

IDEA-B-Special Education Grant Services

IDEA-B Special Education Grant Services will help school districts and charter schools to apply for and manage the IDEA-B grant application process in TEAL or other grant platforms. Additional support and consultation services are available for Maintenance of Effort, Time and Effort, and compliance and reporting requirements.

Carl Perkins CTE Grant

Carl Perkins CTE Grant Services provide support and guidance for administrators to effectively apply for, manage, monitor, and complete compliance reporting requirements. Services also include support with reviewing data and completion of the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA) and Compliance Report.

State Compensatory Education

State Compensatory Education Services are available to support school district and charter schools with managing the planning, budgeting, compliance, and reporting requirements required for State Compensatory Education funding. Additional support is available to apply for and manage requirements for Facilities Allotment, Teacher Incentive Allotment, Mentor Teacher Allotment, CTE Allotment, Bilingual Allotment, Special Education Allotment, Early Childhood Allotment, Gifted/Talented Allotment, and Instructional Materials Allotment.

eRate

eRate services are available to manage the complex requirements to apply for funding for Category One and Category Two, coordinating and managing the procurement process, creating scope of work for RFPs, reviewing and scoring bids, completing 470/471/486 forms in the USAC/eRate system, corresponding with eRate technical negotiators, and monitoring the performance of eRate service providers.

EDGAR

EDGAR services provide school districts and charter schools with guidance and support with navigating the complex EDGAR federal financial grant and compliance requirements. Professional development, mentoring, coaching, procedures, and manual services provide valuable assistance to busy financial and grant management staff.

Private Non-Profit Equitable Services

Services are available to support district administrators with managing, monitoring, and implementing all requirements for Private Non-Profit Schools consultation, resource allocation (pooling or individual allocations), facilitating affirmations and correspondence, manage compliance documentation, negotiation of allowable services, amendments, final amounts, district reservations, and carry-over for Title I, Title I Part C, Title II, Title III, and Title IV. Also available, is PNP services for applying for TEA competitive grants.

ESSER, Coronavirus Relief Funds, PPRP

Grant consulting services are available to apply for, manage, monitor, and complete reporting requirements ESSER, Coronavirus Relief Funds, and PPRP.

Community Assessment

A comprehensive review of the needs within the community will equip any grant application/proposal with current, relevant, and meaningful data and facts. The Community Assessment provides a detailed report of the needs of the community: education, economic, population growth, demographics, industry, nutrition, health, insurance, housing, family characteristics, poverty, race and language, and much more. The information is published in an easy to read and understandable infographic format that is suitable for any audience including board members or policy council members. This is the perfect add-on service for any Head Start Grant service.

Professional Development

Professional development is available for any grant funded topic to include: Comprehensive Needs Assessment, District/Campus Improvement Plan, Private Non-Profit Schools Equitable Services, State Compensatory Education, District Equity Plan, EDGAR, Program Evaluation, Carl Perkins CTE, School Improvement Planning/ESF, How to Find and Apply for Competitive Grant Funding, Grant Writing Basics & Beyond, Title I Parent & Family Engagement, Time and Effort and much more.

Grant Manual

You won the grant…now what? Conveying all the information about the grant to staff members and stakeholders can be an overwhelming process. The Grant Manual Development Service will set your grant up for success. A customized grant manual can be developed within weeks of registering for this service. Components of the grant manual may include but not limited to the following:

• Grant guidelines to include allowable and unallowable uses of funds

• Project period and timeline of all grant activities

• Roles and responsibilities of grant leadership, staff, and stakeholders

• Goals and objectives, strategies and activities

• Evaluation procedures and timelines

• Reporting requirements and deadlines

• Effective ways of managing and monitoring grant performance

• Internal grant controls

• Budget and fiscal requirements

• Communication and press release examples

  Click here: Example of a previously developed Grant Manual for the Texas Literacy Initiative Grant

A customized one or two hour grant manual training is also available upon completion of the grant manual service at an additional cost. The training will include a fully developed powerpoint presentation with notes for the presenter and handouts to facilitate the training for the school, district, or organization staff.

Click here to download the form to get started: Grant Manual Development Service form