Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Safe and Supportive Schools: Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.184X

On March 1, 2024, we published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) Grant Program competition, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.184H, and the Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program competition, ALN 84.184X. The NIA established a deadline date for the transmittal of applications of April 30, 2024 for the SBMH program and May 15, 2024 for the MHSP program. This notice extends the deadline date for transmittal of applications for all eligible applicants for both programs until May 31, 2024 and extends the date of intergovernmental review until July 30, 2024. DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 31, 2024. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 30, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the SBMH program, contact Amy Banks, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone: (202) 453-6704. Email: OESE.School.Mental.Health@ed.gov. For the MHSP program, contact Nicole White, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone: (202) 453-6729. Email: Mental.Health@ed.gov. -

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022.

Purpose of Program: The MHSP Program provides competitive grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers (as defined in section 4102 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA)) (services providers) for employment in schools and local educational agencies (LEAs). The goal of this program is to increase the number and diversity of high-quality, trained providers available to address the shortages of mental health services professionals in schools served by high-need LEAs (as defined in this notice). The partnerships must include (1) one or more high-need LEAs or a State educational agency (SEA) on behalf of one or more high-need LEAs and (2) one or more eligible institutions of higher education (eligible IHE) (as defined in this notice).

Partnerships must provide opportunities to place postsecondary education graduate students in school-based mental health fields into high-need schools (as defined in this notice) served by the participating high-need LEAs to complete required field work, credit hours, internships, or related training, as applicable, for the degree or credential program of each student. In addition to the placement of graduate students, grantees may also develop mental health career pathways as early as secondary school, through career and technical education opportunities, or through paraprofessional support degree programs at local community or technical colleges.

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.184X.