The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), Division of Health and Wellness (HW) is soliciting applications for the fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Whole Child and Educator Wellness (WCEW) grant.
Donor Name: Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/18/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
The purpose of the WCEW grant is to:
- Build the capacity of early childhood education (ECE) facilities and public and public charter schools in the District of Columbia (DC) to adopt and strategically implement policies, processes, and practices that integrate health and wellness into the facility or school to support student and staff success.
- Leverage the capacity of technical assistance (TA) providers to convene ECE/Schools and community-based organizations (CBOs) in the identification and implementation of evidence based and best practices to create and sustain healthy learning environments based in whole child and whole educator approaches.
- Cultivate a consortium of experts to elevate trends and opportunities, and to create and enhance existing OSSE materials, TA guides and resources to help improve healthy ECE and school programming across the District.
CBOs will deliver capacity building services to facilities and schools using a TA model focused on one of the following Priority Areas:
- Priority Area #1: Health education, physical education, and physical activity;
- Priority Area #2: Environmental education, garden-based education, and farm to ECE or school programs; and
- Priority Area #3: Educator wellness.
Funding Information
The total funding available for the WCEW grant is $900,000. The funding available for Priority Area #1 and Priority Area #2 is $400,000 and the funding available for Priority Area #3 is $500,000. Applicants to Priority Area #3 must be able to provide technical assistance designed for educator wellness. Each awarded organization is expected to receive anywhere from $50,000 to $150,000 for the grant period.
Grant Period
This grant period is anticipated from January 27, 2025 (or the date of the award if awards are made after this date) to September 30, 2025 and funded applicants must commit to obligate all grant funds awarded under this competition by September 30, 2025. Funding will not extend beyond September 30, 2025, and there is no continuation funding.
Eligibility Criteria
OSSE/HW will accept applications from CBOs that can demonstrate expertise and success working with DC ECE facilities and/or public and public charter schools to build capacity through the provision of TA in one or more of these following areas: physical activity, PE, health education, environmental education, garden-based education, farm to ECE or school programs, or educator wellness. CBO eligibility, expertise, and success working with ECE facilities and/or schools will be evaluated in the review process. CBOs that are unable to demonstrate their capacity to deliver a TA model are ineligible for funding.
For more information, visit OSSE.
