County Technical Assistance for Tobacco-Use Prevention Education

Funding Description

The County Technical Assistance (TA) for Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) grant provides funding to county offices of education to plan, develop, and implement capacity building, technical assistance and training, and program monitoring and improvement services for TUPE activities implemented by local educational agencies. A portion of TA funds are to be directed to identifying and reducing disparities among disparate youth populations.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Only county offices of education are eligible to apply for this funding. In order to be eligible to apply, the applicant agency must have been certified by the California Department of Education as meeting Tobacco-Free Policy Certification requirements as provided under California Health and Safety Code Section 104420 (n)(2).
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 and California Health and Safety Code Section 104420.
Source / Type	State / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2019-20
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	6685 / 8590
Total Available	$4,300,000
Recipient Amount	See Allocation Formula
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	$37,500 base plus an additional amount based on the county's average daily attendance exceeding 37,500 units as reported to the CDE for 2018-19.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	July 6, 2019
Due Date	August 16, 2019
Expected Notification Date	Unavailable

Additional Information

Application	Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Funding [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/tupefunding.asp]
Background	Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Prevention  [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/]
Fiscal	Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Prevention  [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Sarah Planche, 916-319-0193, splanche@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Rachael Gutierrez, 916-319-0196, rgutierr@cde.ca.gov
Division	Educator Excellence and Equity Division, 916-319-0914 (phone), 916-319-0218 (fax)