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Atlas Opportunity Score 78/100
Verified August 30, 2026
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education is accepting Year 2 continuation applications for the Cultivating Ongoing Achievement through Coaching in Literacy (COACH) program from LEAs selected competitively in Year 1. NJDOE anticipates 40 awards from $6,327,000 in available funding. Applications are due September 22, 2026.
Required next actionConfirm the LEA is a Year 1 COACH grantee selected through the original competitive process, retrieve the published Year 2 continuation NGO, update the literacy-coach staffing, training, implementation, sustainability and budget materials for the September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 project period, and submit through the NJDOE grant process by September 22, 2026.
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Atlas Opportunity Score 72/100
Verified August 30, 2026
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education is accepting Year 2 continuation applications for the Funding for Optimal Comprehensive Universal Screeners (FOCUS) Cohort 2 program from the 27 public LEAs funded in Year 1. A total of $95,024 is available; applicant-specific maximums are listed in Appendix A of the controlling NGO. Applications are due September 22, 2026.
Required next actionConfirm the LEA is one of the 27 FOCUS Cohort 2 Year 1 grantees listed in Appendix A, retrieve the published NGO and applicant-specific maximum award, update the Year 2 literacy-screener implementation and budget, and submit the continuation application through the NJDOE grant process by September 22, 2026.