The Connecticut State Department of Education is pleased to announce its ARPA – Summer Mental Health Supports Grant Program to support the delivery of mental health services for students.
Donor Name: Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE)
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/08/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000-$50,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Purpose
To support the delivery of mental health services for students when school is not in session through Connecticut local and regional school districts, operators of youth camps and other summer programs.
Funding Priorities
In determining if an agency shall be granted funds, the Commissioner of Education shall give priority to programs serving:
- Disproportionately impacted populations
- Low-income households or populations
- Towns with a population of less than 13,000 residents.
Funding Information
- The estimated funding available statewide for the ARPA-Summer Mental Health Supports Grant for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 is $2,962,963, FY 2024, is $2,962,964 and FY 2025 is $2,074,074. The minimum grant award for applicants is $10,000, and a maximum award of $50,000 per applicant. This amount will be awarded as 100% in each of the first two years of the grant, FY 2023 and FY 2024, and 70% in FY 2025
- Grant Period: June 1, 2023 – August 31, 2025.
Eligible Activities and Spending
- Eligible Spending Categories
- Personal services – salaries
- Personal services – employee benefits
- Purchased professional development and in-service training
- Professional Education Services – proposed mental health service workers can be contracted with outside agencies or individuals
- Supplies – specifically required for supporting mental health services.
- Ineligible Spending Categories
- Grant funds cannot be used to purchase office or computer equipment that does not directly support mental health supports
- Funds cannot be used to purchase motor vehicles, facilities, or to support new construction.
Eligibility Criteria
- Local or regional boards of education, charter schools, regional education service centers (RESCs), community-based organizations (CBO) and other summer programs may apply for these grants.
- Applicants must submit a plan for the expenditure of grant funds which must include the following.
- Narrative describing the needs of the applicant.
- Applicants UEI Number
- A project description
- Project details
- An anticipated project timeline.
- Description of the targeted population and how this project meets their needs that were a result of the effects of COVID-19.
- An entity risk assessment
- Describe evidence-based interventions.
- Describe the equity efforts.
- Describe the project’s community engagement.
- Describing connections between schools and community-based supports.
- Describe the scope of work and type of services that will be supported by the grant.
- Estimated number of students receiving direct services through this grant funding.
- Provide the current number of mental health professionals working with your district or agency.
- Expenditure plan for grant funds for the duration of the grant.
- Identify in-kind and/or matching contributions not derived by state or federal funds.
- Provide a narrative for how the position(s), contracted services, professional development and/or programing will be sustained in year three, when the funding will be decreased and how the applicant will sustain the position(s) or project beyond the grant funding.
- Provide the number of additional mental health professionals to be hired through this grant.
For more information, visit CSDE.
