Deadline: 27-Dec-21
The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and the Utah Department of Health (UDOH), with the support of Utah’s Local Health Departments, are collaboratively forming the 2nd Round of K-12 School-Based COVID-19 Response Grant Program to meet individual jurisdictional and local needs of clinical support in Utah’s Kindergarten to 12th grade (K-12): Local Education Agencies (LEAs), charter and private schools to establish, expand, train, and sustain the school-based health workforce for Utah’s K-12 schools to support jurisdictional COVID-19 prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery initiatives.
This grant opportunity invites all Utah K-12 schools to increase their school nursing staff. This is a second application round following awards to the prioritized Local Education Agencies based on COVID-19 burden. Funding is available through June 30, 2023.
Focus and Mission
- To establish, expand, train, and sustain the school-based health workforce for Utah’s K-12 schools to support jurisdictional COVID-19 prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery initiatives.
Funding Information
- The total budget for this grant program to support school-based health program nurses, as outlined within the grant program, is $6,677,323 or 33.81% of the Utah Department of Health’s CDC Crisis Workforce total award.
- After Round One grant awards, $4,054,791 is available for Round Two grants through June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- Funding is intended for K-12 Community Public Schools.
- The second round will fund Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Charter Schools, and Private Schools in the State of Utah.
- Priority of awardees include:
- Local Education Agencies (LEAs),
- Charter Schools, and
- Private Schools.
- Additional considerations include; how districts, charter, private and parochial schools are supported by the State of Utah in determining awards of this grant, and how each award will meet the State’s jurisdictional and local needs.
- Additionally, the Grant Committee may take into consideration the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index (CDC/ATSDR SVI) data for prioritization on county levels of social vulnerability.
For more information, visit https://coronavirus.utah.gov/k-12-school-based-covid-19-response-grant-program/
