The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program.
Donor Name: Department of Education
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/03/2022
Grant Size: $400,000 to $1,200,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The MHSP Program provides competitive grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health 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 service 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.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $143,000,000
- Estimated Range of Awards: $400,000 to $1,200,000
- Estimated Average Size of Awards: $800,000
- Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Eligible Applicants: High-need LEAs, SEAs on behalf of one or more high-need LEAs, and IHEs. High-need LEA applicants and SEA applicants on behalf of one or more high-need LEAs must propose to work in partnership with an eligible institution of higher education (eligible IHE). Eligible IHE applicants must propose to work in partnership with one or more high-need LEAs or an SEA.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
