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ED-GRANTS-092925-002: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Safe and Supportive Schools: Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.184X

Closed Closed October 29, 2025 Opportunity ED-GRANTS-092925-002 ☆ Save

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• Total funding$90.0 million
• Expected awards18
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible Applicants: SEAs, as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801(49), or LEAs, as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801(30), including consortia of LEAs.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (68% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

October 28, 2025 PLEASE NOTE: On October 27, 2025, a Court in the case State of Washington, et al. v U.S. Department of Education, et al., 2:25-cv-1228-KKE (W.D. Wash.) issued a preliminary injunction (“Order”) regarding the earlier non-continuation of several grants in the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant (“MHSP”) and the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant (“SBMH”) programs. Please note that the Court’s Order does not impact the application submission deadline for the ongoing MHSP and SBMH grant competitions, and that deadline remains October 29, 2025 at 11:59:59 pm ET. Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2025 (90 FR 42234), and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/29/2025- 16571/common-instructions-and-information-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionary-grantams. Purpose of Program: The MHSP program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies (SEAs, as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801(49)) and local educational agencies (LEAs, as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801(30)) to address the shortage of credentialed (as defined in the Notice of Final Priorities) school-based mental health services providers, specifically school psychologists, in high-need LEAs. Assistance Listing Number: 84.184X.

Category: Education.

Applying now

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