Comprehensive School Mental Health Framework RFP

Comprehensive School Mental Health Framework

Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Comprehensive School Mental Health Framework

The Application Window is Closed

Future funding will be available in 2025

Overview

The College of Education at Butler University is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for the Comprehensive School Mental Health Initiative. The initiative aims to support Indiana schools in developing a comprehensive approach to addressing the social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs within the school community.

The Comprehensive School Mental Health Initiative will award $1.2M in funding to assist in the implementation of the Comprehensive School Mental Health Framework over two years. For this first round of funding, a total of $600,000 is available for distribution to selected projects. The Comprehensive School Mental Health Initiative anticipates awarding up to four grants to schools that submit the most compelling proposals that demonstrate the capacity to implement and sustain high-quality programming that advances the initiative’s components. First-round awardees are eligible to reapply for round two funding.

This Request for Proposal (RFP) seeks responses from school corporations and charter schools interested in being awarded a Comprehensive School Mental Health Framework grant. Applicants should note that although there are no minimum fund matching requirements, a sustainability plan is required to demonstrate a long-term commitment to this work. Further, funds awarded through this RFP are intended to supplement and not supplant any existing funding currently addressing school mental health.

Proposals: Proposals must be submitted by 5 p.m. (ET) on Monday, June 10, 2024, through the Application Form found here.

Project Period

July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025

The background, selection criteria, proposal guidelines, and proposal submission instructions are discussed more fully below.

Funding for the Comprehensive School Mental Health Initiative through Butler University has been provided in part by Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction.