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GRANTS & FUNDING

Grants to Fund Pikmykid at Your School

Funding shouldn’t stand in the way of providing safety at school. Here are seven grants that may be used to purchase Pikmykid.

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Emergency Assistance to non-public schools

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Mission:

To provide services and assistance to eligible private schools to address educational disruptions caused by COVID-19. Your state education agency (SEA) is in charge of administering funds and will prioritize assistance to schools most impacted by COVID-19.

To determine which schools need aid the most, they’ll look at:

  • Loss of learning due to COVID-19
  • Lack of capacity or technology to provide remote learning
  • Loss of tuition revenue
  • and Enrollment decline

Who It Applies To:

Non-Public Schools

Your school is eligible if you:

  • Are a nonprofit organization
  • Are accredited, licensed, and operating in accordance with state law
  • Enroll a significant percentage of students from low-income families
  • Were founded before March 13, 2020
  • Have not received a Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP2) loan

Geography:

Nationally

How Pikmykid Applies:

  • The parent messaging feature helps parents keep in touch with their school staff and teachers.
  • The check-in feature allows for both in person and virtual check in during remote learning.
  • The platform enables social distancing, health questionnaires, contact tracing, and communication.
  • Training sessions inform teachers and staff on how to minimize the spread of infectious diseases by facilitating social distancing during arrival and dismissal.

ESSER FUNDS

Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund

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Mission:

To provide states with both funding and streamlined waivers to give state educational agencies (SEAs) necessary flexibilities to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who It Applies To:

Public Elementary & Secondary Schools

Geography:

Nationally

How Pikmykid Applies:

  • The platform allows for physical and mental health check-ins to be administered digitally during morning drop-offs.
  • Enables social distancing during arrival and dismissal by reducing congregation in common areas through streamlined dismissal by classroom.
  • Facilitates the activities authorized under the ESEA Acts as outlined below in the Title I, III, and IV funding information.

Idea

Individuals with disabilities Education Act

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Mission:

Ensure students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education.

Who It Applies To:

IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.

Geography:

Nationally

How Pikmykid Applies:

  • For students on the autism spectrum, Pikmykid supports structured rhythm to help them succeed at school. With a clear plan for arrival and dismissal, schools can prep students for everyday expectations and communicate well when schedules change.
  • The check-in feature allows school staff to know immediately when they need to arrange for services for students and can assist with progress monitoring.
  • The physical and mental health check-in feature enables schools to monitor students’ wellbeing and progress each day.

title i

Title I Part A of the Elementary & secondary Education Act

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Mission:

Ensure that children from low-income families are able to meet challenging state academic standards.

Who It Applies To:

Schools that serve a high number or percentage of children from low-income families.

Geography:

Nationally

How Pikmykid Applies:

  • Increases classroom time for instruction by streamlining the dismissal process and reducing the amount of time needed to line up for dismissal.
  • Enables schools to engage parents in the learning process with their students through clear and quick communication.
  • Allows schools to monitor students’ wellbeing and progress each day with the physical and mental health check-in feature.

TITLE II

Title II of the Elementary & Secondary education act

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Mission:

To increase the number of highly qualified teachers in classrooms. To provide professional development to principals and assistant principals to improve student instruction and learning outcomes. To increase the effectiveness of teachers and principals by holding local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools accountable for improvements in student academic achievement.

Who It Applies To:

Districts most often use Title II Part A funds to provide professional development. Other common uses include reducing class sizes and recruiting and retaining effective teachers and principals.

Geography:

Nationally

How Pikmykid Applies:

  • Pikmykid enhances classroom time for instruction.
  • Provides professional development training focused on emergency management, parent communication, safety protocols, attendance, and administrative ease.

title iii

Title III of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act

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Mission:

To ensure that English learners, including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency, develop high levels of academic achievement in English, and meet the same challenging state academic standards of their English speaking peers.

Who It Applies To:

Schools use these funds to implement language instruction educational programs designed to help LEP students achieve these standards. State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools are accountable for increasing the English proficiency and core academic content knowledge of LEP students.

Geography:

Nationally

How Pikmykid Applies:

  • Pikmykid enhances classroom time for instruction so teachers have more time to help students succeed.
  • Improves parent communication with a bilingual app for improving parent engagement.
  • Supports the following of safety protocols and increases attendance.

TITLE IV

Title IV Of The Elementary And Secondary Education Act

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Mission:

To ensure that high needs districts have access to programs that foster safe and healthy students, provide students with a well-rounded education, and increase the effective use of technology in our nation’s schools.

Who It Applies To:

Those wishing to use the funds:

  • To support a well-rounded education
  • To support safe and healthy students
  • To support the effective use of technology

Geography:

Nationally

How Pikmykid Applies:

  • Pikmykid provides a clear system for emergency alerts when an incident occurs, including the ability to perform emergency reunification safely.
  • Allows schools to accurately account for and encourage attendance of students.
  • Gives the school the ability to monitor physical and mental health of students through the health check-in feature.
  • Ensures students are released safely during dismissal to the correct parent or guardian.

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