Welcome to the Grants and Development Services website

We are here to assist our district, schools, and teachers in searching out grant opportunities, assisting with the grant writing process, and helping to navigate the management issues related to grants.  Our department is located at the Joyce Focht Instructional Support Center, 412 S. Main.  The main phone number for our office is  316-973-7945 .  Additional contact information follows: 

Dr. Russell Miller, Director
JFISC Rm. 202, rmiller@usd259.net

Wayne Jennings, Grants Specialist
JFISC Rm. 204, wjennings@usd259.net

Debra Avila, Secretary
JFISC Rm. 203, davila@usd259.net

At our website you will find links to many sources of information about grants and grant writing. Below you will find a description of the site's main areas. In the brown area on the left side of this page, click on the link or links of interest to you.

Attention Wichita Public Schools Employees:  The majority of active content from our office is maintained on our intranet portal site: http://wpsportal/sites/grants/default.aspx.  This site includes resources for grant writing, grant searching, and lots of other useful information.  If you are at home or otherwise outside the district network, you can access the district portal via WebVPN.  A user manual for connecting to WebVPN can be downloaded by clicking here.

Funding Sources
Check this page for links to individual sites and mega-lists of grant funding agencies and grant funding opportunities.

Grant Writing
Look here for help learning to write grant proposals or sharpening your grant writing skills as well as other project development assistance.

Grants - How Do I Begin
Look here if you are looking for money to fund a project or program and you don't know where or how to begin.