Fiscal Year 2024 LCAN Awards
Iowa LCAN Spring Conference
The 2023 LCAN Spring Conference was a great success and we look forward to doing it again in March, 2024. More information about dates and location coming soon! .
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Virtual Presentation Library
Click here to watch the recording of our virtual presentation, "LCAN and Collective Impact in Iowa" from March 2022.
Click here to watch the recordings from the October 14, 2021 LCAN Coordinator Gathering.
Click here to watch the recording of our virtual presentation, Iowa LCAN Year 1 Grant Application Workshop. (Please watch A Framework for the Future, first.)
Click here to watch the recording of our virtual presentation, A Framework for the Future: Raising College Attainment Through Collective Impact.
Iowa College Aid works with communities across the state to address workforce needs and increase educational attainment through the Local College Access Network (LCAN) grant series. Iowa College Aid provides consultation and funding to select Iowa networks, using the Collective Impact framework to increase college attainment at the local and statewide level.
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^We did not accept new applications in the spring of 2020, so we do not currently have any Year IV grantees.
LCAN Grant Series
Iowa College Aid offers a four-year series of grants to Iowa communities to build Local College Access Networks using the Collective Impact framework. The LCAN grant series is intended as seed funding for locally driven collaborative measures. Iowa College Aid also welcomes applications from initiatives that are focused on serving a specific population within Iowa. Sustainability of LCANs and their initiatives should be considered beginning in the exploratory phase of the grant process and will be addressed throughout the grant series. View Grants-at-a-Glance 3.0 for a high-level view of what the grant funds; funding amounts and match requirements by year; grant deliverables for each year, and a summary of how each year progresses, building on the previous year.
For more information on Collective Impact or the LCAN Grant series, please contact Anne Thomas or Megan Sibbel.
LCAN Grant Calendar
Grant Calendar
| February | LCAN Webinar |
| March | Annual LCAN Conference |
| April 1 | Year I RFP issued for July 1 - June 30 grant cycle |
| April 15 - May 15 | LCAN grant application open on Iowagrants for new and returning LCANs |
| June 1 - June 30 | Award Notifications and Contracts |
| January 1 | Mid-Year Performance Report due |
| June 30 | Last day of grant period/last day to expend current year grant funds |
| July 30 | Final current year claims due. Closeout reports due from Year IV LCANs |