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Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program

 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 84.184
Sponsors
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), U.S. Department of Education
Deadlines
Oct 29, 2025
Contact

Nicole White
202.453.6729
Mental.Health@ed.gov

Purpose

The Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program provides funding to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers for employment in high need schools and local educational agencies (LEAs).

Applicants must propose a project that will:

  • Place graduate students of university academic programs in school-based mental health fields into schools served by the participating high-need LEAs to complete required training for the degree, license, or credential program
  • Increase the number of credentialed school psychologists able to offer intensive mental health services or early intervention services

Priority is given to rural applicants as determined by the National Center for Education Statistics locale codes 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are high need LEAs and State Educational Agencies on behalf of one or more high need LEAs. Applicants must propose to work in partnership with an eligible institution of higher education.

Geographic coverage
Nationwide
Amount of funding

Estimated award range: $750,000 - $1,250,000
Project period: Up to 4 years
Estimated number of awards: 18-24
Estimated total program funding: $90,000,000

Application process

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

Tagged as
Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Children and youth · Health workforce education and training · Mental health · Schools

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