Parent Mentors

Your Superintendent, Treasurer, and Educational Agency Representative will be receiving the official grant award notification in the next few days as well, which will include a copy of this packet.

Please note: If you do not currently have the Parent Mentor position filled and do not anticipate using the grant this year, please reply to Catherine.Lewis@education.ohio.gov with a confirmation that the funds will not be used by your Educational Agency. 

Next Steps for Treasurers and Educational Agency Representatives:

Step 1. Please complete the One Funding Application within the OneFunding platform. Please use the following guidance when completing the application: 

• Unlike in CCIP, the questions need to be filled out directly in the OneFunding Application webpage within the text boxes provided. 

• It is still expected that the Educational Agency Representative will meet with the Parent Mentor at least once a month. This can be included in the answer for Question 4 and will be a requirement to accept the application. Please include the name and contact information for the Educational Agency Representative in this answer as well.

• Please include the Parent Mentor’s name, email, and phone number in your answer for Question 5(c). 
• Question 9 asks teams to upload additional documents before submitting the application. To complete this requirement, please upload the Request for Applications Packet that is attached to this email. You do not need to add additional information to the attached document before uploading, as the application questions are the same as those asked within the OneFunding Application itself. Uploading this packet as-is satisfies the OneFunding platform’s need for a document upload and acts as an assurance of your team’s understanding of the project requirements.
• This year’s application has been streamlined for consistency across all grant-funded projects throughout the Department. The unique nature of the Parent Mentor Project may make several questions difficult to answer. If you need assistance in answering any of the questions, please reach out to us.
• While we encourage collaborative planning with the Parent Mentor, it is ultimately the responsibility of the Educational Agency Representative and the Treasurer assigned in EdSteps to complete and upload the application.

Step 2. Once finished, please make sure that both the Fiscal Representative and Authorized Representative respectively click the “approval” button on the OneFunding Application: 

Please note that the Current Status in the application must say Authorized Representative Approved to establish a Substantially Approved Date. If the status shows as “Application Completed,” the Fiscal Representative and Authorized Representative will still need to go into the platform and hit the approval button. To establish your Substantially Approved Date, your application status must be listed as Authorized Representative Approved in OFA. 

Resources: 

For a step-by-step walkthrough of the application submission process, please review the recorded webinars available through the Department’s website. If you need further technical assistance on submitting your application, do not hesitate to reach out through the DEW Parent Mentor mailbox or through my direct email at catherine.lewis@education.ohio.gov.