The Connecticut State Department of Education is seeking applications for Primary Mental Health Grant Program to better serve at-risk primary grade children through the availability of an early intervention mental health program for the detection and prevention of emotional, behavioral and learning problems.
Donor Name: Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE)
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $20,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Primary Project is a Tier 2 school-based program for children displaying school adjustment problems in the mild or moderate range (for instance, withdrawal or shy behaviors, mild acting out behaviors, and potential learning difficulties). It is not a program for children who have severe social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties. Primary Project aims at enhancing social, emotional, behavioral, and learning skills while reducing social, emotional, and school adjustment difficulties in kindergarten through 3rd grade children. Targeted outcomes for these children include increased task orientation, behavior control, assertiveness, and peer social skills.
The focus of this grant is on the implementation of the general education, school-based early detection, and intervention programs, Primary Project that serves children in kindergarten through Grade 3.
Funding Information
- The estimated funding available statewide for the PMHP grant for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 is $345,288. There is no minimum grant award. The maximum grant award for both new and continuing districts is $20,000. Continuing districts must apply a minimum of 80 percent of state funds to Primary Project. Therefore, a maximum of 20 percent of state funds may be designated to the CMHC.
- The grant is funded for two years: fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.
Application Priorities
Preference will be granted according to the following criteria:
- Applicants who have never before been awarded funding to support PMHP activities will receive a bonus of five points in the proposal scoring
- Districts that indicate in their proposal how Primary Project will create opportunities for parent involvement and support components that exceed the minimum requirements may receive up to a bonus of five points in the proposal scoring
- Districts that provide evidence of future stability of the program and its personnel through a continuation plan that includes explicit school board support for the continued implementation of Primary Project will receive a bonus of five points in the proposal scoring
- Priority School Districts that apply will be awarded a five-point bonus in the proposal scoring
- Alliance School Districts that apply will be awarded a five-point bonus in the proposal scoring.
Eligibility Criteria
- Local or regional boards of education may apply for these grants. A PMHP will be supported under the terms of this announcement must be school-based and focus on the provision of services to children kindergarten through Grade 3.
- Applicants Should Take Special Note of the Following Criteria:
- New applicants must operate the standard PMHP model hereafter called “Primary Project
- If a school district has previously received state funding at any time to offer Primary Project (hereafter called “Continuing Districts”) the district may reapply if, and only if, the district offers Primary Project minimally at the previously funded level, and:
- expands Primary Project to offer one or more additional schools; or
- implements or continues a Complementary Mental Health Program Component (CMHPC) at the same school
- The services provided by school-based mental health professionals must be provided as in-kind contribution by the school district and not included in the proposed budget.
For more information, visit CSDE.
