School Health Demonstration Project Technical Assistance Teams Selection

Funding Description

The California Department of Education will select up to three technical assistance (TA) teams to provide direct TA services for local educational agency (LEA) pilot participants that will be identified through another application process. The School Health Demonstration Project is meant to help LEAS to become self-sustaining by securing federal reimbursement and other revenue sources for health and mental health services provided to Medi-Cal eligible students. Funding for the TA teams will be provided through the School Health Demonstration Project.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, other organizations or agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Eligible applicants are to be consortia that consist of one or more Local educational agencies (LEAs), county agencies, or community-based organizations. LEAs and/or their consortium partners should have experience in general and special education, mental health program and service development, school finance, health care, Medi-Cal managed care contracting and benefits, Medicaid billing, commercial health insurance, and/or data analysis.
Other Eligibility Considerations	One or more of the LEA's consortium members must currently participate in the Local Educational Agency Medi-Cal Billing Option Program and School-Based (LEA BOP) Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (SMAA) Program. In addition, all LEA consortium members that participate in the LEA BOP and/or School-Based Medi-Cal Administrative Activities Program SMAA Program must be considered to be in compliant status at the time the application is reviewed.
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Education Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill of 2021 (Section 4 of Assembly Bill (AB) 130 (Chapter 44, Statutes of 2021) as amended by Section 1 of AB 167 (Chapter 252, Statutes of 2021), codified California Education Code Section 49421
Source / Type	State / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2021-22
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	7810 / 8590
Total Available	Unavailable
Recipient Amount	0
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Unavailable

Important Dates

Date Application Available	August 31, 2022
Due Date	September 30, 2022
Expected Notification Date	October 14, 2022

Additional Information

Application	Request for Applications [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r29/schoolhlthdemota21.asp]
Background	Unavailable
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	Recip-21: SHDP TA Team [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r29/schoolhlthdemota21results.asp]
Other	A technical assistance webinar to review all parts of the Request for Application (RFA) will take place on September 9, 2022, from 10-11 a.m. Register in advance for this webinar at the link provided on the RFA page.

Contacts

Program	David Buck, 916-445-8441, DBuck@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Office of School Based Health Programs, 916-323-2212, wellness@cde.ca.gov
Division	Whole Child Division