Project Cal-Well

Funding Description

Project Cal-Well will support the training of school personnel and other adults who interact with youth in both school settings and communities to detect and respond to mental illness in children and youth, including how to encourage adolescents and their families experiencing these problems to seek treatment. Local educational agencies (LEAs) will develop a comprehensive, coordinated, and integrated partnership with multiple services systems to help address critical mental health needs of their kindergarten through twelfth grade students, provide Youth Mental Health First Aid training, identify and coordinate with local community providers to provide mental health services through school and community-based programs for both students and their families.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Funding is only available to the following LEAs who responded to a Request for Consideration by the California Department of Education as part of their application to receive funding from the federal Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 's “Now is the Time" Project Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education State Educational Agency (NITT-AWARE-SEA) grant: ABC Unified School District, Garden Grove Unified School District, San Diego County Office of Education, and Santa Rosa City Schools.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Budget Act of 2014, Chapter 25, Item Number 6110-604-0890
Source / Type	Federal / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2014-15
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	3724 / 8290
Total Available	$1,329,000
Recipient Amount	See Allocation Formula
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Funding is granted based on student population and size of the LEA.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	May 19, 2014
Due Date	May 27, 2014
Expected Notification Date	May 30, 2015

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Project Cal-Well [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cg/mh/projectcalwell.asp]
Fiscal	Project Cal-Well [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cg/mh/projectcalwell.asp]
Funding Results	Project Cal-Well Funding Results 2014-15 [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r8/calwell14result.asp]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Hilva Chan, 916-319-0194, hchan@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Rico Petrino, 916-319-0229, rpetrino@cde.ca.gov
Division	Educator Excellence & Equity Division , 916-319-0911 (phone), 916-322-4884 (fax)