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OSDFS ANNOUNCES 2005 SAFE SCHOOLS/HEALTHY STUDENTS GRANT AWARDS
Since 1999, the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice have collaborated on the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative. The SS/HS Initiative is a discretionary grant program that provides students, schools, and communities with federal funding to implement an enhanced, coordinated, comprehensive plan of activities, programs, and services that focus on promoting healthy childhood development and preventing violence and alcohol and other drug abuse. Eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) or a consortium of LEAs, in partnership with their community's local public mental health authority, local law enforcement agency, and local juvenile justice entity, are able to submit a single application for federal funds to support a variety of activities, curriculums, programs, and services.
The SS/HS Initiative draws on the best practices of education, justice, social services, and mental health systems to provide integrated and comprehensive resources for prevention programs and prosocial services for youth. To apply for SS/HS, FY 2005 grantees and their partners proposed an integrated, comprehensive, communitywide, and community-specific plan to address the problems of school violence and alcohol and other drug abuse. This plan focused on six elements:
- Element 1: Safe school environment.
- Element 2: Alcohol and other drugs and violence prevention and early intervention programs.
- Element 3: School and community mental health preventive and treatment intervention services.
- Element 4: Early childhood psychosocial and emotional development programs.
- Element 5: Supporting and connecting schools and communities.
- Element 6: Safe school policies.
SS/HS grantee's comprehensive plans are designed to provide students, schools, and families with a network of effective services, supports, and activities that help students develop the skills and emotional resilience necessary to promote positive mental health, engage in prosocial behavior, and prevent violent behavior and drug use; create schools and communities that are a safe, disciplined, and drug-free environment; and engage parents, community organizations, and social services agencies to help develop an infrastructure that will institutionalize and sustain successful grant components after federal funding has ended.
SS/HS grant applicants are eligible for 3 consecutive years of funding. Continuation funding is subject to the availability of federal funds and progress achieved by the grantee. The maximum yearly award for SS/HS grants is $1 million for rural school districts and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools, $2 million for suburban school districts, and $3 million for urban districts.
In making awards under this grant program, the federal SS/HS partners may (1) take into consideration the geographic distribution and diversity of activities addressed by the projects, in addition to the rank order of the applicant's scores, and (2) in accordance with Section 75.217 (d) of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations, ensure equitable distribution of grants under this initiative among urban, suburban, rural, and BIA LEAs. Contingent on the availability of funds, the federal SS/HS partners may make additional awards in fiscal year (FY) 2006 from the rank-ordered list of scores of unfunded applicants from this competition.
Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
FY 2005 New Grant Awards
ALASKA |
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Ketchikan | Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District | $908,690 |
Contact: Harry Martin, Superintendent
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ARIZONA
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Vail | Vail School District #20 | $1,408,449 |
Contact: Calvin Baker, Superintendent
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CALIFORNIA
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Georgetown | Black Oak Mine Unified School District | $901,961 |
Contact: Rob Shamberg, Superintendent (530) 333-8300 |
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San Diego | San Diego County Schools | $2,605,358 |
Contact: Lora Duzyk, Asst. Superintendent (858) 292-3618 |
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Watsonville | Pajaro Valley Unified School District | $2,833,093 |
Contact: Mary Anne H. Mays Ed.D. Superintendent (831) 786-2135 |
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Oroville | Butte County Office of Education | $1,755,804 |
Contact: Don McNelis, Superintendent
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Pomona | Pomona Unified School District | $2,902,497 |
Contact: Patrick D. Leier, Superintendent (909) 397-5060 X3854 |
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Costa Mesa | Orange County Superintendent of Schools | $2,483,598 |
Contact: John L. Nelson Assoc. Superintendent (714) 966-4310 |
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Ontario | Ontario-Montclair School District | $2,840,253 |
Contact: Sharon P. McGehee Superintendent (909) 459-2500 X6445 |
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Costa Mesa | Newport-Mesa Unified School District | $2,744,545 |
Contact: Robert J. Barbot, Ed.D., Superintendent
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Washington | Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy Public Charter School | $2,748,408 |
Contact: Linda McKay
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FLORIDA
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Miami | School Board of Miami - Dade County | $1,797,643 |
Contact: Rudolph F. Crews Ed.D.
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GEORGIA
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Ashburn | Turner County Board of Education | $955,400 |
Contact: Ray Jordan, Superintendent
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IDAHO
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Rexburg | Madison School District | $955,584 |
Contact: Geoffery Thomas Ed.D., Superintendent
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ILLINOIS
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West Chicago | West Chicago Elementary Schools District #33 | $1,504,036 |
Contact: Dr. Ed Lemon, Superintendent
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INDIANA | ||
Evansville | Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation | $2,808,255 |
Contact: Dr. Bart McCandless, Superintendent
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IOWA
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Keosauqua | Van Buren Community Schools | $919,524 |
Contact: Dick Barton, Superintendent
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LOUISIANA
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Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge Parish School System | $2,810,598 |
Contact: Charlotte Placide, Superintendent
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MAINE
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Hiram | Maine School Administrative District 55 | $952,631 |
Contact: Sylvia Pease, Superintendent
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MARYLAND
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Westover | Somerset County Schools | $1,212,053 |
Contact: Dr. Karen-Lee Brofee, Superintendent
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MICHIGAN
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Flint | Flint Community Schools | $2,776,371 |
Contact: Ira Rutherford, Superintendent
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MINNESOTA
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New London | New London - Spicer Public Schools ISD #345 | $951,417 |
Contact: Paul Carlson, Superintendent (320) 354-2252 |
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NEW JERSEY
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Newark | Newark Public Schools | $2,565,985 |
Contact: Marion A. Bolden, Superintendent (973) 733-7333 |
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NEW MEXICO
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Magdalena | Alamo Navajo School Board Inc. | $557,404 |
Contact: Genevieve Apachito, President
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NEW YORK
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Uniondale | Uniondale Union Free School District | $1,853,421 |
Contact: Dr. William K. Lloyd, Superintendent
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Rome | Rome City School District | $2,613,319 |
Contact: Thomas Gallagher, Superintendent
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OHIO
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Sparta | Highland Local Schools | $819,796 |
Contact: Timothy Hillborn, Superintendent
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Springfield | Springfield City Schools | $2,567,124 |
Contact: E. Jean Harper, Superintendent
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OREGON
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Hillsboro | Hillsboro School District | $2,813,356 |
Contact: Jeremy Lyon Ph.D., Superintendent
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PENNSYLVANIA
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Lancaster | School District of Lancaster | $2,147,864 |
Contact: Rita D. Bishop, Superintendent
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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Lancaster | Lancaster County School District | $894,523 |
Contact: Patricia Burns, Superintendent
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Mullins | Marion County School District #2 | $813,679 |
Contact: James Hall, Superintendent
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TEXAS
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New Braunfels | New Braunfels Independent School District | $1,762,311 |
Contact: Ron Reaves Ed.D. Superintendent
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Round Rock | Round Rock Independent School District | $2,399,330 |
Contact: Dr. Thomas H. Gaul, Superintendent
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TENNESSEE
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Bristol | Bristol Tennessee City Schools | $2,736,680 |
Contact: Dr. Steve Dixon, Director of Schools
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Cleveland | Bradley County School District | $2,773,238 |
Contact: Robert Taylor,
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Memphis | Shelby County Schools | $1,824,048 |
Contact: Bobby G. Webb Ed.D. Superintendent
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WISCONSIN
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Wautoma | Wautoma Area School District | $959,569 |
Contact: Jeff Kasuboski
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WASHINGTON
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Lacey | North Thurston Public Schools | $1,851,026 |
Contact: Dr. James E. Koval, Superintendent
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Anacortes | Northwest Educational Services District #189 | $2,638,966 |
Contact: Dr. Gerald W. Jenkins, Superintendent
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Total FY 2005 | New Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Grants: | $76,367,807 |
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