Participating schools must meet the following requirements:
Charter schools, being public schools, are not eligible for this program.
If you are from an eligible non-public school:
DCAS verifies student enrollment using the BEDS form schools submit to NYSED in the Fall showing enrollment data as of BEDS Day (1st Wednesday in October). A copy of the school’s BEDS form along with the complete MOU and Budget Task must be submitted to DCAS via HHS Accelerator no later than November 15th of the same school year in which the school is accepted into the Program. Enrollment will be calculated by the number of students under each BEDS number. Schools with different BEDS numbers cannot combine enrolled students. A school’s budget task must be approved and their MOU be registered with the Comptroller’s Office before submitting an invoice for reimbursement.
Note: The 2023-2024 application period opened on March 1, 2023 and will close on May 15, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. EST.
For additional eligibility information and instructions, please access the hyperlinked documents below:
All sessions will be held via Zoom.
Please RSVP at least five (5) days before the session you plan to attend. Email the requested information below to ContactDCAS@dcas.nyc.gov. Note that the same information will be presented at each session so there is no need to attend more than one session. In your response please include:
As bandwidth is limited, we can only accommodate two representatives from each school.