Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0005413
The FY 2019 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program: Host Family and School Placement and Monitoring opportunity is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) funding competition focused on a key operational piece of the long-running FLEX high school exchange program. Through this announcement, ECA is seeking organizations that can carry out the on-the-ground work of securing appropriate U.S. host schools, recruiting and screening host families, placing students, and then providing the ongoing support and monitoring needed to keep students safe and successful throughout the exchange year. The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the Department of State expects substantial involvement in program direction and oversight during implementation rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back.
At a high level, FLEX is designed to advance U.S. foreign policy and public diplomacy goals by strengthening relationships between the United States and the countries of Europe and Eurasia. In this context, “Eurasia” is defined broadly to include Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The program’s core model is a scholarship-funded academic-year exchange: selected high school students from participating European and Eurasian countries live with volunteer American host families and attend a U.S. high school for an academic year. The exchange is meant to work in both directions in terms of benefit and learning. Students gain first-hand experience of American civic life, cultural norms, and values, while American families, schools, and communities learn directly from the visiting students about the cultures, traditions, and daily life of people across Eurasia.
This particular FY 2019 competition is specifically for the “Host Family and School Placement and Monitoring Component” for the 2019-2020 academic year. In practical terms, applicants are being asked to propose how they will identify and secure host school placements, vet and select host families, place FLEX students with those families and schools, and then continuously support and monitor those students for the duration of their stay. Monitoring and support typically implies structured check-ins, problem-solving and mediation when issues arise, compliance with applicable exchange program rules and safeguarding expectations, and ensuring students have access to guidance and emergency assistance. The emphasis on both placement and monitoring signals that ECA is not only interested in recruitment of host sites and families, but also in the ongoing duty-of-care functions that keep an exchange program stable and credible.
The opportunity is listed as discretionary funding under Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0005413, associated with CFDA number 19.415. The issuing agency is the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, specifically the Office of Citizen Exchanges. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, and the notice presents an award ceiling of $30,300,000. The opportunity was created on September 6, 2018, with an original closing date of November 5, 2018.
Eligibility is aimed at established, mission-capable organizations with the institutional capacity to run a national-scale exchange support operation. Eligible applicants include U.S. public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations that hold 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (including nonprofits other than institutions of higher education). The listing also notes “Others” with reference to additional eligibility clarification in the full announcement. Overall, the competition invites proposals from organizations that can demonstrate the infrastructure, compliance readiness, and operational reach needed to place and support a portion of FLEX students across U.S. communities during the 2019-2020 academic year, while aligning program delivery with FLEX’s broader public diplomacy purpose of building long-term mutual understanding between Americans and participants from Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.Apply for SFOP0005413
- The Department of State, Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2019 The Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program: Host Family and School Placement and Monitoring" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.415.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 06, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 05, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $30,300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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