The Department of Public Instruction’s Student Services/Prevention and Wellness Team is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Peer-to-Peer Suicide Prevention Grant Competition.
Donor Name: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/07/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000
Details:
A competitive grant program has been established for peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs for Wisconsin high schools. With a focus on training Wisconsin students to recognize the signs of suicide shown by fellow students, peer-to-peer programs use messages of hope, health, and strength to develop peer leaders and resources for students who may be struggling. Peer-to-peer training ensures that the people students are most likely to turn to in troubling times, their friends and classmates, have the knowledge and tools needed to recognize warning signs of suicide and depression, and are able to help their friends and peers.
Any school at which pupils attend high school grades is eligible for this grant, and recipients of a grant under this program may use the grant funds to support an existing peer-to-peer suicide prevention program or implement a new peer-to-peer suicide prevention program. In awarding grants under this program, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) will give preference to applications for a grant to implement a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program based on the educational value of the project and an equitable statewide geographic distribution of funds.
Program Services and Activity Requirements
The focus of the project must:
- Implement a new peer-to-peer suicide prevention program at a school at which students attend high school grades, or;
- support an existing peer-to-peer suicide prevention program at a school at which students attend high school grades.
- No grant award may exceed $1,000.
- A match amount is not required.
Priorities for Funding
- Grant reviewers will place an emphasis on:
- Projects that clearly outline the implementation of a new or existing evidence-based or best practice peer-to-peer suicide prevention program within their high school.
- The equitable geographic distribution of funds.
- Successful Peer-to-Peer Programs will demonstrate:
- a focus on prevention of youth risk behaviors as they relate to suicide prevention,
- youth leadership opportunities,
- training for peer leaders,
- small-group discussions, activities, or practice of skills with proven age-appropriate strategies,
- evaluation and follow up, and
- efficient use of funding.
Funding Information
The amount of each individual grant award may not exceed $1,000.
Eligibility Criteria
High Schools operated by private, public and tribal schools throughout Wisconsin.
For more information, visit WDPI.
