Wednesday, February 5, 2025
2/5/2025
Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is applying to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s CDC-Notice of Funding Opportunity: Improving Adolescent Health and Well-Being Through School-Based Surveillance and the What Works in Schools Program (Opportunity Number CDC-RFA-DP-24-0139, Federal Assistance Listing 93.079). The request is for funding to support a Component 1 approach that includes: School-Based Surveillance ($60,000) and Implementing the What Works in Schools Program (WWISP) ($300,000), which includes providing quality health education (HED), connecting students to health services (HS), including mental health and behavioral health services, and creating safe and supportive environments (SSE). Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is applying to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s CDC-Notice of Funding Opportunity: Improving Adolescent Health and Well-Being Through School-Based Surveillance and the What Works in Schools Program (Opportunity Number CDC-RFA-DP-24-0139, Federal Assistance Listing 93.079). The request is for funding to support a Component 1 approach that includes: School-Based Surveillance ($60,000) and Implementing the What Works in Schools Program (WWISP) ($300,000), which includes providing quality health education (HED), connecting students to health services (HS), including mental health and behavioral health services, and creating safe and supportive environments (SSE). Seattle Public Schools is the largest school district in Washington State, serving 49,219 students. There are approximately 456,000 children and youth in King County based on the 2020 census. Children and youth up to age 17 make up 20% of the total King County population. Children and youth of color make up almost half of this population. Most children within King County live in the City of Seattle and the south region of King County. Over one-third of these children are enrolled in public schools. Students speak 150 languages or dialects from 159 countries of origin. 50.5% percent of students are eligible for free and reduced lunch, 16.7% of Seattle’s students receive Special Education services, 3.8% are experiencing homelessness, and 14.1% are Multilingual language learners. 22% of Seattle Public Schools students completing the 2023 school year identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or unsure. Students in these populations experience a wide range of health disparities, including increased risks for HIV and other STDs, victimization, impacts to their mental health, physical threats, and other safety concerns. The purpose of this project is to collect, analyze, and report on adolescent health risk behaviors using the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and other surveillance data; and implement the What Works in Schools Program activities that will improve health education delivery, increase access to health services, and strengthen safe and supportive environments in Seattle Public Schools. At the end of the project, SPS expects to achieve the following outcomes: • Decreased sexual risk behaviors and experiences of violence. • Increased preventative behaviors that decrease risk for HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy. • Improved mental health and decreased suicidal thoughts and behaviors. • Decreased Substance use and misuse. • Increased student academic success. SPS and its partners will develop and implement activities that improve infrastructure and partnerships to create sustainable efforts for youth health outcomes. This will include training teachers, nurses, school-based health center staff, administrators, school counselors, families, and community partners to support students more effectively in decreasing adverse health outcomes. SPS will devote 1.4 FTEs to implement the grant. Collectively, the project staff have more than 30 years of experience successfully implementing CDC grants.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).