Federal grant programs / Department of Education

Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program (84.424)

Also known as SSAE

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$7.5 billion
• Grant awards366
• Typical award$10.7 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$1.4 billion
• Size rank65 of 1824
• Type of assistanceFormula grants

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $1.2 billion in fiscal 2021 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 65th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 74% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 56 states and territories.

What the program funds

To improve student’s academic achievement by increasing the capacity of States, local educational agencies (LEAs), schools and local communities to: (1) provide all students with access to a well-rounded education; (2) improve school conditions for student learning; and (3) improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy for all students.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

State educational agencies including for the Outlying Areas and the Secretary of the Interior. LEAs and Indian tribal schools are subgrantees.

What the money can and cannot pay for

A State educational agency (SEA) must reserve at least 95 percent of its SSAE program allocation for subgrants to LEAs and not more than 1 percent of its SSAE program allocation for administrative costs. An SEA may use any remaining funds to support State-level activities and programs designed to meet the purposes of the program, which may include monitoring and providing technical assistance to LEAs. LEAs receiving formula allocations of $30,000 or more must conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and, based on the results of that assessment, use not less than 20 percent of their allocations for activities to support well-rounded educational opportunities, not less than 20 percent for activities to support safe and healthy students, and a portion to support the effective use of technology. LEAs receiving formula allocations less than $30,000 must use funds to carry out activities in at least one of these three areas. LEAs may reserve up to 2 percent of their allocations for administrative costs. Each subgrant awarded must be for a term of 1 year and in an amount of not less than $10,000. LEAs may form consortia and combine subgrant allocations to carry out activities jointly. SEAs and LEAs must use funds to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be used for authorized activities.

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title ESEA Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1,Public Law N/A.ESEA Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

FY 23 range: $1,115,914-$157,754,771; FY 23 average: $23,607,702. FY 24 est range: $1,027,009-$152,871,088; FY 24 est average: $23,607,702. FY 25 est range: $1,027,009-$164,909,373; FY24 est average $23,607,702. Financial information for this program excludes supplemental appropriations for activities to support safe and healthy students under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117-159).

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 88% of the money, colleges and universities 12% and tribes 0.1%.

By state

54 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.