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File #: 18-0114    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Tabled
File created: 1/29/2018 In control: Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee
On agenda: 2/14/2018 Final action:
Title: Approves an 18-month grant agreement with the State of Colorado Department of Higher Education in the amount of $626,806 to fund the Denver Scholarship Foundation to award eight hundred ninety-five scholarships to new and returning postsecondary students from the Denver Public School (DPS) district during the spring 2018 and fall 2018 semesters (201839637).
Indexes: Debra Bartleson
Attachments: 1. RR18 0114 OCA Denver Scholarship Foundation
Contract Request Template (Contracts; IGAs; Leases)

Date Submitted: 01-30-18

Requesting Agency: Children's Affairs
Division:



? Name: Erin Brown, Andrew Sullivan
? Phone: 720-913-0906, 720-913-0892
? Email: Erin.Brown@denvergov.org , Andrew.Sullivan@denvergov.org

Item Title & Description:
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Approves an 18-month grant agreement with the State of Colorado Department of Higher Education in the amount of $626,806 to fund the Denver Scholarship Foundation to award eight hundred ninety-five scholarships to new and returning postsecondary students from the Denver Public School (DPS) district during the spring 2018 and fall 2018 semesters (201839637).
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Contract Control Number: 201839637

Vendor/Contractor Name (including any "DBA"): State of Colorado Department of Higher Education

Type and Scope of services to be performed:
This Grant Agreement addresses the second phase of the Scholarship Initiative, which is to build a scholarship fund leveraged by matching funds from nonprofit and private donors designed to incentivize increased scholarship giving in the State of Colorado. These dollars are intended to complement the services offered by student support programs that received funding during the first phase of the Scholarship Initiative, and to expand upon other student support services in the state.
Objective 1: Scholarships: Award eight hundred ninety-five (895) scholarships will be awarded to new and returning postsecondary students...

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