Grants of up to $50,000 to California American Indian nonprofit educational resource centers for programs to mitigate smoking among American Indian students. Funding will be provided for smoking prevention education, intervention and cessation programs, and youth development programs designed to reduce commercial tobacco use among youth.
TUPE funds are only intended for the enforcement of Commercial Tobacco-Free Policies, administration of the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS), and support for activities that prevent the use of all tobacco products by youth.
The proposed programs must:
- Implement research validated Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Programs (TUPE)
- Target current smokers and students most at risk for beginning to use commercial tobacco
- Offer cessation and pre-cessation classes or refer students who are current smokers to cessation classes
- Utilize existing antismoking resources, including local antismoking efforts by local lead agencies and competitive grant recipients
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Successful applicants will be awarded on a competitive basis with a starting date of October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2024. The application is a five-year cycle. Every year the applicant will submit a Continuing Application on forms provided by the CDE. Each applicant will be asked to update their objectives and provide updated program information. The applicant will be asked to submit a budget annually.
Transmission of applications by electronic mail (email) or facsimile is not allowed. Applicants should use express, certified, or registered mail for the application, or they should deliver the application in person to:
Judy Delgado, American Indian Education Consultant
Improvement and Accountability Division Office
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 6208
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
Judy Delgado, American Indian Education Consultant (Program clarification isses)
916-319-0506
judelgado@cde.ca.gov
Chavela Delp, Associate Governmental Programs Analyst (Fiscal issues)
916-319-0609
cdelp@cde.ca.gov
Coordinated Student Support Division
916-319-0926 (phone), 916-322-5092 (fax)