Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools Overview Information Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program CFDA 84.184L | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Program, CFDA 84.184L, is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Education aimed at helping communities build and strengthen coordinated, community-wide strategies that make schools safer, reduce drug use, and support healthy child and youth development. The core idea of the program is integration: rather than funding isolated activities, SS/HS supports comprehensive plans that bring together schools, families, and community partners to address safety, prevention, and student well-being in a unified way.

This competition was posted in early January 2009, with applications available January 5, 2009 and a deadline to submit applications by March 4, 2009. The Department estimated total funding of $30.9 million and expected to make about 28 awards. There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement listed for this opportunity, meaning applicants were not required to contribute a specific local match as a condition of the award (though applicants commonly still describe leveraged resources and partner contributions in competitive proposals).

Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including charter schools when they qualify as LEAs under state law, as well as consortia of LEAs. In practice, this means the program is designed for school districts (and qualifying charter LEAs) that can coordinate across schools and work with community partners to design and carry out a broad plan focused on safe, drug-free learning environments and healthy development outcomes.

Applications were to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, using the downloadable application package tied to the CFDA number. A key instruction in the notice is that applicants should search for CFDA 84.184 (without the alpha suffix "L") when locating the package. The opportunity specifically notes that applicants cannot submit grant applications by emailing electronic copies to the agency; submission must occur through the Grants.gov portal. For technical issues related to electronic submission, the notice provides the Grants.gov Helpdesk contact information (1-800-518-4726 and support@grants.gov), reflecting the expectation that applicants would use the standard federal electronic grants system.

The listing emphasizes that the posted description is only a synopsis and that the authoritative requirements, definitions, selection criteria, and detailed instructions are contained in the official Federal Register application notice. Applicants are directed to consult the Federal Register for the full and controlling version of the announcement, with free access available through GPO Access. This matters because details that often determine competitiveness and compliance (such as required partners, mandatory plan components, performance measures, page limits, and submission assurances) are typically specified in the Federal Register notice rather than in the brief summary.

For applicant support and program questions, the notice provides agency contacts at the U.S. Department of Education, including a management analyst, Joyce Mays (202-245-6122; joyce.mays@ed.gov), and the program manager, Karen Dorsey (202-245-7858), with a mailing address at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC. Overall, SS/HS CFDA 84.184L is positioned as a competitive, district-focused grant intended to help communities implement comprehensive prevention and school safety frameworks that align education and public health/safety efforts around student success and well-being.

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