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DC Opportunity Scholarship Program

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

84.370

Program objective

To provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia with expanded options for the education of their children. This program is part of a broader school improvement effort in the District of Columbia.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No Current Data Available.

  2. 2017

    No Current Data Available.

  3. 2018

    No Current Data Available.

  4. 2019

    No Current Data Available.

  5. 2020

    No Current Data Available.

  6. 2021

    FY 2021 funding supported more than 1,800 scholarship recipients in school year 2021-2022.

  7. 2022

    FY 2022 funding supported approximately 1,700 scholarship recipients in school year 2022-2023.

  8. 2023

    The grantee awarded more than 1,300 scholarships in the 2023-2024 school year.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

The Department will publish the Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) in the Federal Register. Contact the Program Office for more information.

  1. Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, (Division C of Public Law 112-10, as amended.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Education

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Child (6-15)
  • Education (0-8)
  • Education (9-12)
  • Education Professional
  • Local
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • School
  • State
  • Student/Trainee
  • Youth (16-21)

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