Tobacco-Use Prevention Education County Technical Assistance

NOTE: The application due date for this program has passed.

Funding Description

The Tobacco-Use Prevention Education County Technical Assistance Funds provide funding to county offices of education to provide leadership, administrative oversight, training, and technical assistance (TA) to all local educational agencies (LEAs) in the county. TA focuses on: tobacco-free school policies, support to LEAs on tobacco-use prevention education and instruction, staff professional development, family and community engagement, interagency partnerships, cessation support and referrals, and program assessment. 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)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Proposition 99: California Health and Safety Code sections 104420 and 104435. Budget Act Item 6100-101-0231 Proposition 56: 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	2020-21
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	6680, 6685 / 8590
Total Available	$6,912,000
Recipient Amount	Proposition 99: $3,456,000 Proposition 56: $3,456,000
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	The funds shall be allocated to all County Offices of Education at the minimum amount of $37,500. If funds are sufficient, the remaining funds should be allocated based on the average daily attendance (ADA) for the grade levels to be served by the application as reported for the second period (P-2) of the 2019-20 school year.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	June 1, 2020
Due Date	July 3, 2020
Expected Notification Date	August 3, 2020

Additional Information

Application	Request For Applications [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r8/ctarfa20.asp]
Background	http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at
Fiscal	Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Funding [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/tupefunding.asp]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Malini Doering, 916-322-1565, mdoering@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Rachael Gutierrez, 916-319-0196, rgutierr@cde.ca.gov
Division	Professional Learning Support Division, 916-323-1540 (phone), 916-323-6061 (fax)

Last Modified: August 6, 2020