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Grants for the
Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems
The Grants for the Integration of Schools and
Mental Health Systems (84.215M) opened on
December 7, 2007 and will close on January 30,
2008. The goal of the program is to increase
student access to quality mental health care by
developing innovative approaches to link local
school systems with the local mental health
system. A program funded under this absolute
priority must include all of the following
activities:
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Enhancing, improving, or developing
collaborative efforts between school-based
service systems and mental health service
systems to provide, enhance, or improve
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
services to students.
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Enhancing the availability of crisis
intervention services, appropriate referrals
for students potentially in need of mental
health services, and ongoing mental health
services.
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Providing training for the school personnel
and mental health professionals who will
participate in the program.
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Providing technical assistance and
consultation to school systems and mental
health agencies and families participating
in the program.
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Providing linguistically appropriate and
culturally competent services.
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the program
in increasing student access to quality
mental health services, and making
recommendations to the Secretary about
sustainability of the program.
Additional requirements apply and can be found
in the notice inviting applications and the
application instructions at:
www.grants.gov
(enter the CFDA number 84.215 and look for the
Grants for the Integration of Schools and Mental
Health Systems) or
www.ed.gov/programs/mentalhealth.
Eligible applicants are State Educational
Agencies, Local Educational Agencies, and Indian
tribes. The deadline for all applications is
January 30, 2008.
Click here to download the application package.
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