Federal Grant Opportunity of the Month

Name: Safe and Drug Free Schools
Administering Office: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
Program Description: Grants support LEAs to develop community-wide approaches to creating safe and drug-free schools and promoting healthy childhood development. Programs are intended to prevent violence and the illegal use of drugs and to promote safety and discipline. Coordination with other community-based organizations is required.
Type of Projects: To be funded, local comprehensive strategies must address the following six elements and may address other elements as determined by the needs of the community: (1) safe school environment; (2) alcohol and other drugs and violence prevention and early intervention; (3) school and community mental health treatment and intervention programs; (4) early childhood psychosocial and emotional developmental services; (5) education reform; and (6) safe school policies.
Submittal and Deadline Information: To be announced. Go to www.ed.gov/offices/OCFO/grants/forecast.html to track the status of this grant. For more information about this grant, go to http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/.

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