New Interactive Map of Clean California Projects.
Gov. Newsom, Superintendent Thurmond Announce the Conversion of Nearly 1,000 Schools Into Community Schools
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Board of Education or SBE President Linda Darling-Hammond, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced that SBE unanimously approved nearly $1.3 billion in grants, appropriated during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 budget years, for community schools at its May meeting — the largest allocation of funds yet under the state’s initiative to transform schools through a child- and family-centered lens.
Community schools are a key initiative of California’s historic transformation of public schools that includes universal free school meals, universal transitional kindergarten, before- and after-school learning and investments in teacher training, coaching, recruitment and retention. The CCSPP statewide technical assistance infrastructure supports schools and LEAs to coordinate the implementation of these initiatives for maximum impact and sustainability.
The ten-year, $4.1 billion California Community Schools Partnership Program or CCSPP is the nation’s largest investment in dismantling barriers to learning that contribute to inequitable student outcomes. Community schools partner with education, county, and nonprofit entities to provide integrated health, mental health, and social services alongside high-quality, supportive instruction with a focus on community, family and student engagement.
With the State Board’s action, nearly $1.3 billion was awarded to 288 local educational agencies across the state. Those funds will support a total of 995 schools in implementing a community schools approach at their sites. The list of awardees can be found here. This allocation is in addition to more than $1.3 billion in implementation grants allocated in 2021 and 2022 to 204 LEAs and 1,028 school sites. The California Department of Education plans to administer a final round of implementation grants during the 2024-25 school year.
In Eureka City Schools, which received Cohort 1 and 2 implementation grants, investments in student transportation and multi-tiered systems of support have reduced chronic absenteeism. One McKinney-Vento student went from 40 absences to just one in a roughly 60-day timeframe, and another child went from 26 to one.
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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on May 9 unveiled a new interactive map that spotlights hundreds of beautification projects funded by Clean California. The mapping tool offers location-specific, multilayered data that demonstrates the impact these community-focused improvements and infrastructure investments are making throughout the state.
The map lists 319 projects statewide, powered by $643 million in funding from Clean California, Gov. Newsom’s $1.2 billion multiyear effort led by Caltrans to clean up, reclaim, transform and beautify public spaces. Nearly all projects benefit underserved communities.
Using the new mapping tool, users can search projects by county, city, zip code or address to locate Clean California projects in their area. The projects are color-coded based on project type, such as local grant projects, highway beautification projects, or local transit partnership projects. Each entry also includes a detailed project description, cost and government agency responsible for leading the effort.
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