Youth Engagement to Address Tobacco-Related Disparities

Funding Description

The Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Program coordinate and ensure that Health Disparities strives to offer a youth engagement approach in addressing youth tobacco education to maximize student, staff, peer and community involvement and accelerate and monitor the rate of decline in tobacco-related disparities for the purpose of eliminating tobacco-related disparities.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Applicant agencies are limited to public school districts and direct-funded charter schools within the State of California that serve students in grades six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, or twelve (grades 6-12). The LEA must apply on behalf of a school or school sites within its jurisdiction. Individual schools, with the exception of direct-funded charter schools, may not apply directly. Community agencies, private schools, and locally-funded charter schools are not eligible to apply for these funds. Per statute, projects targeting out-of-school students cannot be funded under this application.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Eligible Age Level(s)	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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	6695 / 8590
Total Available	$4,100,000
Recipient Amount	Unavailable
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	The LEA proposed budget should not exceed $250,000 per each year.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	May 15, 2019
Due Date	June 14, 2019
Expected Notification Date	July 19, 2019

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Unavailable
Fiscal	Unavailable
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Tobacco-Use Prevention Education, 916-323-1540, TUPE@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Teresha Chan-Walters, 916-319-0195, TChanWalters@cde.ca.gov
Division	Educator Excellence and Equity Division, 916-319-0914 (phone), 916-319-0218 (fax)