School Health Demonstration Project Technical Assistance Teams Selection Grant

Portal ID:
13874
Status:
Closed
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
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Details

Purpose:

The School Health Demonstration Project is meant to help LEAS to become self-sustaining by securing federal reimbursement and other revenue sources for health and mental health services provided to Medi-Cal eligible students. State funding from the legislature Funding for the TA teams will be provided through the School Health Demonstration Project pilot LEA pilot participants.

Description:

Eligible applicants are to be consortia that consist of one or more Local educational agencies (LEAs), county agencies, or community-based organizations. LEAs and/or their consortium partners should have experience in general and special education, mental health program and service development, school finance, health care, Medi-Cal managed care contracting and benefits, Medicaid billing, commercial health insurance, and/or data analysis.

One or more of the LEA's consortium members must currently participate in the Local Educational Agency Medi-Cal Billing Option Program and School-Based (LEA BOP) Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (SMAA) Program. In addition, all LEA consortium members that participate in the LEA BOP and/or School-Based Medi-Cal Administrative Activities Program SMAA Program must be considered to be in compliant status at the time the application is reviewed.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Nonprofit
  • Public Agency

Eligible applicants are to be consortia that consist of one or more Local educational agencies (LEAs), county agencies, or community-based organizations. LEAs and/or their consortium partners should have experience in general and special education, mental health program and service development, school finance, health care, Medi-Cal managed care contracting and benefits, Medicaid billing, commercial health insurance, and/or data analysis.

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
October 14, 2022
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
1/1/23 - 12/31/24

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$5,000,000
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
1 – 3
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State

Funding Source Notes:

Education Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill of 2021 (Section 4 of Assembly Bill (AB) 130 (Chapter 44, Statutes of 2021) as amended by Section 1 of AB 167 (Chapter 252, Statutes of 2021), codified California Education Code Section 49421.

The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Other

Funding Method Notes:

There is no direct funding from the CDE to the Technical Assistance (TA) Teams in this RFA. Funding available for the School Health Demonstration Project is $5 million, distributed to up to 25 LEA pilot participants. Each LEA shall receive up to $100,000 per year for two years. Funds are to be used to contract with one of the TA Teams and may also be used to address needs identified by the in-depth analysis conducted by the TA Team.

 

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Rico Petrino, 1-916-319-0229, rpetrino@cde.ca.gov