School-Based Mental Health Services Program May 28, 2020 (pdf)

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Office of Safe and Supportive Schools

Washington, D.C. 20202-6200

Fiscal Year 2020

Application for New Grants Under

the School-Based Mental Health Services

Grant Program

CFDA 84.184H

Dated Material - Open Immediately

Closing Date: July 13, 2020

Approved OMB Number: 1894-0006

Expiration Date: 1/31/2021

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Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20210-4537 or email

ICDocketMgr@. Please do not return completed applications to this address.

If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of

this application, please contact:

Amy Banks

School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program

U.S. Department of Education

400 Maryland Avenue SW, 3E257

Washington, DC 20202-6200

[Note: Please do not return the completed application to this address.]

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Table of Contents

Dear Colleague Letter................................................................................................................... 4

I. Program Background Information .......................................................................................... 6

Program Overview .................................................................................................................................... 6

Application Requirements and Priorities .................................................................................................. 6

Applicant Guide ........................................................................................................................................ 6

Selection Criteria....................................................................................................................................... 7

Definitions................................................................................................................................................. 7

Technical Assistance for Prospective Applicants ..................................................................................... 7

II. Application Submission Procedures ...................................................................................... 8

Application Transmittal Instructions......................................................................................................... 8

Submission Procedures and Tips for Applicants .................................................................... 8

Electronic Application Submission Checklist ......................................................................................... 11

Part 1: Preliminary Documents .............................................................................................................. 12

Part 2: Budget Information .................................................................................................................... 19

Part 3: ED Abstract Form....................................................................................................................... 22

Part 4: Project Narrative Attachment Form ........................................................................................... 23

Part 5: Budget Narrative ........................................................................................................................ 24

Part 6: Other Attachment Form ............................................................................................................... 27

Part 7: Assurances and Certifications ..................................................................................................... 28

Part 8: Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs (Executive Order 12372) ................................ 30

III. Reporting and Accountability ............................................................................................. 30

Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Measures .............................................................. 30

IV. Legal and Regulatory Information ..................................................................................... 31

Notice Inviting Applications ................................................................................................................... 31

Program Statute ....................................................................................................................................... 31

Program Regulations ............................................................................................................................... 31

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United States Department of Education

OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS

Dear Colleague:

Thank you for your interest in the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant program,

administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education in the U.S. Department of

Education (Department). This document includes information for applicants seeking funding for new

grant projects in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 under the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant

program. In the Department¡¯s FY 2020 appropriations, Congress increased funding for the School

Safety National Activities program, and included direction in the Explanatory Statement that funds

be used to increase the number of counselors, social workers, psychologists, or other service

providers who provide school-based mental health services to students. Under this competition, the

Department will award grants for that purpose.

The School-Based Mental Health Services Grant program will provide competitive grants to State

educational agencies (SEAs). The purpose of the grants is to increase the number of qualified mental

health service providers that provide school-based mental health services to students in local

educational agencies (LEAs) with demonstrated need.

Please take the time to review the applicable priorities, selection criteria, and all the application

instructions thoroughly. An application will not be reviewed if the applicant does not comply with all

the procedural rules that govern the submission of the application or the application does not contain

the information required under the program (34 CFR¡ì75.216 (b) and (c)).

If you are new to or would like a refresher on applying for a grant at the Department, please

review our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant

Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768). The

instructions are also available at content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/201902206.pdf.

To apply for this competition please use the government-wide website, .

As early steps in the process of compiling an application for submission, it is important that you

familiarize yourself with ., register or identify who has access to your entity¡¯s

registration within your entity, become a user or clarify roles for submitting an application using

. To submit successfully, you must provide the Data Universal Numbering System

(DUNS) number on your application that was used when you, or someone in your entity,

registered as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) on . This DUNS

number is typically the same number used when your organization registered with the System

for Award Management (SAM) (). If you do not enter the same DUNS number

on your application as the DUNS you registered with, will reject your application.

However, in order to apply for funding during the COVID-19 pandemic, has relaxed

the requirement for applicants to have an active registration in the System for Award

Management (SAM). An applicant that does not have an active SAM registration can still

register with , but must contact the Support Desk, toll-free, at 1¨C800¨C518¨C

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4726, in order to take advantage of this flexibility.

Please note, the narrative portion of an application must be submitted using either read-only,

flattened Portable Document Format (PDF) or a Microsoft Word document. Please see related

instructions within the application package.

The Department expects to award approximately $10,000,000 in new grants under this competition

using FY2020 funds. The grants will be awarded for a project period of up to sixty (60) months.

Grants are expected to be awarded by September 2020.

Please visit our program website for further information at . The program website includes helpful information, and future dates for

upcoming application webinars. If you have any technical questions after reviewing the application

package, please contact Amy Banks by telephone at 202-453-6704 or via email at

OESE.School.Mental.Health@.

Sincerely,

Paul Kesner

Director

Office of Safe and Supportive Schools

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