The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $925,315 Project Grant under the School Safety National Activities (CFDA 84.184) program to the Jersey City Board of Education for the "APPLE - Advancing Practicum Placements for Learning and Employment" project. This 1-year grant, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, aims to improve students' safety and well-being in Jersey City public schools by increasing the number of qualified...
The Birmingham City Schools School-Based Mental Health (BCS-SBMH) project was awarded a $3,921,051 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's School Safety National Activities (CFDA 84.184) program. The grant aims to improve students' safety and well-being by developing and expanding school-based mental health services, increasing the number of qualified mental health professionals in educational settings, and creating innovative approaches to student safety. The funding will...
The Jackson Parish Ambulance Service District (JPASD) was awarded a $517,713 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant funding will be used to enhance emergency medical services through comprehensive training initiatives focused on narcotic overdose response and mental health awareness. The project will be implemented...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $224,246 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) to Jackson State University (JSU), a public historically Black university in Jackson, Mississippi. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, supports PROJECT HELLO, which is designed to increase the number of fully credentialed...
This $4,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program will fund the NFUSION Metro System of Care in Hinds County, Mississippi. The project will expand access to trauma and grief-informed, culturally responsive, evidence-based mental health services and recovery support for children, youth, and young...
This $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) will support the Milwaukee Public Schools' (MPS) Success Center and the provision of social and emotional learning and mental health services. The award will...
The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $691,267 Project Grant under the School Safety National Activities (CFDA 84.184) program to the Fulton County Board of Education in Atlanta, Georgia. The award, titled "PROJECT PROSPERS: PRIORITIZING THE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES TO STUDENTS," will fund efforts to recruit and retain school psychologists to expand mental health services for students. The grant period runs from January 1,...
This federal Project Grant award of $417,342.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the School Safety National Activities (CFDA 84.184) program will support The Buffalo Mental Health Service Professional Fellowship. The grant aims to train school social workers to address the youth mental health crisis in Buffalo, NY. Key products and services to be delivered under this one-year award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025,...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,499,994 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Pastoral Counseling Service of Summit County Inc. (doing business as Red Oak Behavioral Health) to expand school-based mental health services in the greater Akron, Ohio area. Over a 3-year period, the grant will fund the training and deployment of 96 non-licensed mental health professionals to provide services to an additional 3,000...
The County of Hudson, New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services (Hudson County HHS) will receive $857,911 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Grant Program (CFDA 16.839). Hudson County HHS will continue and expand its School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Continuum Program to provide guidance, training, technical support, and professional development to students,...