Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Grants to States for School Emergency (GSEM) Program CFDA Number 84.184Q

Agency: Department of Education

84.184 -- School Safety National Activities (formerly, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities-National Programs)

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

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For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and available at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf.

Purpose of Program: The GSEM program provides grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to increase their capacity to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) by providing training and technical assistance in the development and implementation of high-quality school emergency operations plans (EOPs), as defined in this notice.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.184Q.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Government

State governments

Additional information

1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs. Note: Consistent with the definitions in this notice, eligible applicants include SEAs in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Eligible applicants may collaborate informally or contract with other agencies to provide services to LEAs, including agencies such as: A State school safety center; The State emergency management agency; and The State homeland security department.

Grantor contact information

Description

Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 educationgrantinquiries@ed.gov Program Manager: Hamed Negron-Perez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3C130, Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone: (202) 453-6725. Email: Hamed.Negron-Perez@ed.gov.

Email

e-Mail: Program Manager

Hamed.Negron-Perez@ed.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
2018-02558.pdf	Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs Document	Aug 2, 2018 12:08 PM UTC
2018-16540.pdf	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Grants to States for School Emergency (GSEM) Program CFDA Number 84.184Q	Aug 2, 2018 12:07 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Grants to States for School Emergency (GSEM) Program CFDA Number 84.184Q; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018

Archived: October 4, 2018

Application process

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Award

$8,000,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$750,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

ED-GRANTS-080218-001

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Education

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

August 2, 2018

Archive date:

October 4, 2018