School Health Professional Grant Program (SHPG)

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THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO OPEN FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE WITH THE SCHOOL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL GRANT.

The School Health Professional Grant Program (SHPG) is designed to provide funds to eligible education providers to enhance the presence of school health professionals in both elementary and secondary schools.

School Health Professionals are defined as School Nurses, School Psychologists, School Social Workers and School Counselors.

This grant program intends to:

Increase the presence of school health professionals in both elementary and secondary schools to provide substance abuse and behavioral health care to students who have substance abuse or other behavioral health needs
Implement substance abuse prevention education and provide evidence-based resources to school staff, students and families
Reduce barriers for enrolled students, who are at risk for substance abuse, to access services provided by community-based organizations for treatment and counseling.

The State Board of Education adopted Rules for the Administration of the School Health Professional Grant Program (CCR 301-97) (PDF)

New Professional Development Information

The Health and Wellness team is offering various trainings throughout the 2021-22 school year.

August 9th, 2021 1pm-3pm Mental Health Connected Schools-PDF

September 13th, 2021 1pm-3pm Mental Health Connected Schools-PDF

September 23, 2021, 9:00-3:30--2021 Reimagining Education: Strengthening Universal Supports for All-PDF

New information as of 08/01/2021--SHPG Timelines

To address questions received on the School Health Professional Grant the following is provided:

To address the unobligated funds for those grantees (Cohort 4) in their final year of the SHP grant the following is provided as it is a change in the current procedures.

Grantees with unspent funds (unobligated funds) will be issued a No-Cost Extension (NCE) until June 30, 2022, allowing the program to continue the services as outlined in the approved budget. Changes in the scope cannot be requested as the application remains the guiding document.
A final expenditures report will be due September 30, 2022.

To address the unobligated for those grantees (Cohort 5) that will be in continuation of the SHP grant the following is provided:

All unobligated funds will remain available for FY21-22. The annual financial report must be completed and a budget revision submitted with the additional funds added to the current year.

For additional fiscal questions, Contact Matthew Freeman at Freeman_M@cde.state.co.us at any time.

School Health Professional Grant Funded Grantees Work Plan and Budget Templates

Cohort 4 (2017-20 Cohort)

Cohort 5 (2019-22 Cohort)

Cohort 6 (2020-23 Cohort)

Cohort 6 (2021-23 Cohort)

School Health Professional Grant Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet

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Mental Health Education Literacy Resource Bank

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Marijuana Use Prevention Resource Bank

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Spotlights on Success

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School Health Professional Grant 2017-2020 Cohort Updates

Funded Education Providers

The SHPG defined an eligible education provider as:

A school district (on behalf of one or more K-12 schools);
A Board of Cooperative Services (BOCES);
A charter school (authorized by a school district or the Charter School Institute)

See the list of funded education providers