Mini Grant Program

Mini Grant Program

The Oklahoma Foundation for the Education of Blind Children and Youth (OFEBCY) is seeking proposals for projects which enrich educational opportunities for blind and visually impaired students in Oklahoma elementary and secondary schools. The purpose of the mini-grant program is to provide supplemental funding to help Oklahoma schools serve students who are blind/visually impaired. As a result, OFEBCY hopes these students have better access to the educational curriculum, increasing their understanding of concepts and skills, increasing their success in the classroom, and making them more independent and employable as adults.

Requested funds of up to $1000 must improve and enrich the education of students attending K-12 schools in Oklahoma who are served on an Individualized Education Plan as a blind or visually impaired student or have a documented visual impairment. Eligible educational objectives include access to the Expanded Core Curriculum, which includes compensatory skills, orientation and mobility, social interaction, independent living, recreation and leisure, sensory efficiency, assistive technology, career education, and self-determination, in addition to the standard core curriculum subjects such as English, math, science, technology and engineering.

Mini-grants from OFEBCY are intended to provide supplemental funding for items. Please ensure items you are requesting are not available through Federal Quota funds, district/school operating budgets, or other funding sources. The OFEBCY Board of Directors awards grants to children and youth without discrimination based on age, race, gender, or economic status. The grants are awarded with consideration to educational need and benefit to the student(s).

Proposals from applicants who have not completed follow-up requirements from previously awarded grant cycles will not be considered. 

OFEBCY Mini-Grant proposal cycle usually opens in late July and closes prior to the November Board Meeting. The OFEBCY Board votes on submitted proposals at their November Board Meeting.