State Funded Comprehensive Health Education
This grant funds Colorado districts to develop K–12 health education programs focused on skills like CPR, substance abuse prevention, and mental health, with strong community and parental involvement.
Funder: Colorado Department of Education
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (anticipated RFP/full application deadline)
Funding Amounts: ~$360,000 total awarded per cycle; typical grants serve 8 rural and 4 urban/suburban districts; annual, dependent on state funding.
Summary: Supports Colorado school districts in implementing comprehensive, standards-based K–12 health education programs with strong community and parental involvement.
Key Information: This is a forecasted opportunity—dates and funding are projections and subject to change.
Description
This grant program is designed to help Colorado school districts and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) develop and implement comprehensive, sequential health education programs for pre-K through 12th grade. The initiative, authorized by the Colorado Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1990, emphasizes community and parental involvement, the formation of local health advisory councils, and curriculum alignment with state standards. Programs must foster student proficiency in skills that promote lifelong healthy behaviors, including areas such as CPR, AED use, substance abuse prevention, nutrition, mental and emotional health, and violence prevention.
The grant supports both curriculum development and educator training, with a focus on skills-based, high-impact teaching strategies. Funding is awarded through an annual competitive process, contingent on state appropriations.
