From 2023 to 2026, the Partnership for Student Success at the Johns Hopkins University Everyone Graduates Center has supported 83 awards across 42 states and Washington, DC via the Community Collaboration Challenge (CCC). The CCC’s emphasis on cross-sector collaboration brings together educators, families, community organizations, and local leaders to co-design solutions that reflect local priorities. By focusing on short-term microgrants or stipends, the program lowers the barriers to experimentation and empowers communities to test and refine student-centered strategies.

Conversations with past awardees indicate that many are able to continue their efforts beyond the conclusion of the CCC timeframe. Often, initial funding through the CCC allows awardees to prove a concept and advocate for additional funding from other, sustainable sources, gain interest and/or support for programming, or build long-lasting partnerships that help them to serve more students in their communities. In past cycles, the CCC has prioritized initiatives that tackle key national challenges such as addressing chronic absenteeism and increasing youth engagement in peer support roles.

The Partnership for Student Success is excited to launch the 2027 Community Collaboration Challenge (CCC) competition. The 2027 CCC will provide $3,000 – $8,000 awards to communities across the country and is designed to support collaboration and pilots to increase access to quality, K-12 student supports across five evidence-based support areas: high-impact tutoring, mentoring, student success coaching, postsecondary transition coaching, and wraparound/integrated student supports.

This year’s competition will follow a two-step process. First, we will ask organizations to submit an Intent to Apply. The top applicants (approximately 10%) will be invited to submit a full application.

We encourage nonprofits, schools, districts, higher education institutions, and state and local government agencies and intermediaries to submit an Intent to Apply for these awards to facilitate collaboration to expand or improve evidence-based and people-powered supports for local K-12 students.

Have questions? Please review the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

Access the full list of Intent to Apply questions here.

Tuesday,
October 27th –
12:30-1:00pm ET

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