So many bright and earnest ideas fail to materialize due to insufficient funding. A steady funding stream allows education agencies to expand their service offerings and strengthen internal capacity. The Standards Company team has authored numerous successful grant awards, allowing school districts to realize considerable external funding for their projects. Projects Our team can respond to a wide variety of project types to meet each school's unique needs including: After-school programs STEM programs College- and career-preparedness Youth development Social services Career pathways Features The fund-seeking process is complex and can overly burden even the largest school districts. To alleviate the strain on your staff and position your schools for maximum competitiveness, we offer a complete step-wise process as part of our monthly retainer fee. Issues analysis — Ensuring that your fund-seeking strategies align with the needs of your district is a top priority. Our issues analysis uncovers gaps in services provided to your students and focuses grant research on those areas. Funding research — Through continual monitoring of federal, state, and private sources, we monitor funding streams for tight fits between your needs and new grant opportunities.. Project development — Our issues analysis service will uncover problems that need addressing, but projects still need to be developed that solve those problems. Our staff has considerable experience in developing K-12 education projects over a wide range of subject areas, from STEM learning to campus safety. Grant proposal authoring and submission — Our technical writers have written hundreds of winning grant awards by employing a mix of technical writing skill with careful planning.