Because we are on an email list, we have received several notices over the last few months that the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services and Justice will soon be opening a new Safe Schools/Healthy Students funding opportunity.

Some districts are already planning their applications. In the Richmond, Indiana area, five school districts within one county began a joint effort to seek the funding on Tuesday, March 6.

The grant application materials are expected to be available April 6 and close May 31. We worked with two grantees funded in different years; they had slightly different program requirements between the two funding cycles. We are looking forward to seeing what changes are in store for the next cycle and hoping to work with districts again to help evaluate funded programs.