The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) /Behavioral Health Commission is committed to supporting youth with effective services opportunities and resources for the prevention of e-cigarette, vaping, and other tobacco product usage among youth and young adults.
Donor Name: Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)
State: Kansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $6,000 – $34,000
Grant Duration: 10 Months
Details:
The primary goal and purpose of this RFA is to equip Kansas youth and young adults with knowledge and skills to live e-cigarettes, vaping, and other tobacco/nicotine-free by allocating additional funding toward the prevention of e-cigarettes, vaping, and other tobacco usages among youth by leveraging individual-level interventions.
Funding Information
- Information Dissemination
- Media Campaigns, Brochures, Radio and TV public service announcements, Social Media
- Four awards for $12,000 each
- Speaking Engagements
- Two awards for $6,000 each
- Health fairs and other health promotion, e.g., conferences, meetings, seminars
- Four awards for $34,000 each
- Media Campaigns, Brochures, Radio and TV public service announcements, Social Media
- Prevention Education
- ATOD prevention programs, Ongoing classroom/or small group sessions, Peer leader/helper programs, Educational programs for youth groups
- Four awards for $27,000 each
- Ongoing classroom/or small group sessions, Peer leader/helper programs, Educational programs for youth groups, Afterschool hours programs
- Three awards for $22,000 each
- ATOD prevention programs, Ongoing classroom/or small group sessions, Peer leader/helper programs, Educational programs for youth groups
- Drug-Free Initiatives
- E-cig, Vape, Tobacco-free dances, and parties
- Youth/adult leadership activities
- Community drop-in centers
- Community service activities
- Recreation activities
- Four awards for $20,000 each
Grant Period
- The project phase for these optional grants will be June 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.
Target Population
- The targeted population is youth grades 6 – 12 and young adults 18-25 years of age.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services invites community coalitions, and others from private, nonprofit, and/or community organizations to apply. Eligible grantees must be an existing organization that has been established at least one year prior to the date of the RFA. Effective applicants must possess a stable and effective organizational structure with clearly defined staff roles that can facilitate the required programming.
- Selected applicants shall sign a Notice of Grant Award, an agreement that KDADS will provide. The proposal submitted to KDADS shall become part of the Notice of Grant Award.
- Applicants are required to have a DUNS number at the time of submission of the funding proposal. This number is a unique nine-digit identification number provided by Dun & Bradstreet.
- The minimum qualifications of proposing organizations must include the following items:
- KS Business License (issued by the Office of the Secretary of the State);
- Experience implementing services of similar complexity;
- Capacity to submit required data to KDADS in a manner that is timely and accurate; and,
- Capacity to implement and begin all services within one month of receiving notification of award and complete services by Capacity to implement and begin all services within one month of receiving notification of award and complete services by March 31, 2023
Kansas Department for Aging and Disabilities Services/Behavioral Health Commission invites Kansas nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations of all disciplines to submit proposals.
For more information, visit E-Cigarette Prevention/Reduction Grant.
