Competitive Grants
The following are competitive grants currently awarded to the OSDE:
2024 SDE Grants Report
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10/1/2020 - 9/30/2025 |
$8,981,170.00 |
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10/1/2021 - 9/30/2026 |
$8,992,615.00 |
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10/1/2024 - 9/30/2029 |
$58,949,098.00 |
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10/1/2022 - 9/30/2027 |
$5,338,834.20 |
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10/1/2023 - 9/30/2028 |
$9,992,898.00 |
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Project RESPECT |
12/27/2022 - 12/23/2027 |
$9,430,394.00 |
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Project RESPECT West |
01/01/2025 - 12/31/2029 |
$9,394,889.00 |
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7/1/2024 - 06/30/2027 |
$2,500,000.00 |
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10/1/2023 - 9/30/2026 |
$11,776,526.0 |
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10/1/2020 - 9/30/2025 |
$5,810,691.00 |
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7/1/2024 - 6/30/2027 |
$2,818,250.00 |
AWARE East
Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education), funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and administered by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), aims to develop sustainable systems supporting student and staff resilience across Oklahoma. With two active projects in different phases of a five-year grant cycle, the initiative implements a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. MTSS provides tiered interventions in academics, behavior, and mental health at universal, group, and individual levels to address diverse needs effectively.
Contact: [email protected]
AWARE South
Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education), funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and administered by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), aims to develop sustainable systems supporting student and staff resilience across Oklahoma. With two active projects in different phases of a five-year grant cycle, the initiative implements a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. MTSS provides tiered interventions in academics, behavior, and mental health at universal, group, and individual levels to address diverse needs effectively.
Contact: [email protected]
Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD)
The Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) program is authorized under Sections 2221-2225 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (ESEA). The purpose of the CLSD discretionary grants is to create a comprehensive literacy program to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing, for children from birth through grade 12, with an emphasis on disadvantaged children, including children living in poverty, English learners, and children with disabilities.
Contact: [email protected]
OK State Personnel Development Grants IV
The overall goal of Oklahoma SPDG, State Personnel Development Grant, is to improve academic and social outcomes for students, both those with disabilities and their non-disabled peers who struggle academically; Enhanced coordination at the OSDE will provide efficient services on prevention and intervention programming from grant personnel to school districts; Expanded capacity and efforts to implement tiered supports through Oklahoma Multi-Tier System of Support (OKMTSS); and Improved quality and retention of early career special educators.
Contact: [email protected]
Oklahoma Pathways to Partnerships
The Oklahoma Pathways to Partnerships (OP2P) project has an overarching goal to support quality transition programming through a formally documented and collaboratively supported Oklahoma Transition Framework. Two broad initiatives will support the achievement of this goal: 1) expand the capacity of statewide interagency partnerships to serve students with disabilities and 2) expansion of access to effective transition programming, work-based learning, and competitive integrated employment (CIE) for students with significant disabilities and those in rural, high-need settings.
Primary activities include the membership expansion of the state-level Oklahoma Transition Council (OTC) to form support for local regional transition teams through a shared Oklahoma Pathways to Partnership (OP2P) Transition Framework, development of state-sponsored Oklahoma Transition Teaming Guide (OTTG), intensive collaborative coaching on implementation of the OTTG for selected high-need regions, development of a “one-stop” transition website hub, and selection and funding to support at least two new opportunities each in the areas of career exploration programming and work-based learning.
Contact: [email protected]
Project RESPECT
Project RESPECT (ReSpecialize; RePurpose, ReEducate, ReCruit, ReTain) will provide opportunities for teachers, community members, and clinical mental health providers to re-specialize their credentials to obtain their mental health provider certification and re-purpose their current field of study by participating in school-based mental health training to increase the number of credentialed school-based mental health service providers in all 14 participating school districts. The focus will be on recruiting mental health providers and retaining these providers who continue to work in their designated school district throughout the duration of the five-year project by providing an annual retention bonus. In addition, these providers, along with classroom teachers and district administrators, will be re-educated through ongoing training and support to develop school-based trauma-informed best practices through the implementation of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) in each district.
Contact: [email protected]
Project RESPECT West
Project RESPECT (ReSpecialize; RePurpose, ReEducate, ReCruit, ReTain) will provide opportunities for teachers, community members, and clinical mental health providers to re-specialize their credentials to obtain their mental health provider certification and re-purpose their current field of study by participating in school-based mental health training to increase the number of credentialed school-based mental health service providers in all 14 participating school districts. The focus will be on recruiting mental health providers and retaining these providers who continue to work in their designated school district throughout the duration of the five-year project by providing an annual retention bonus. In addition, these providers, along with classroom teachers and district administrators, will be re-educated through ongoing training and support to develop school-based trauma-informed best practices through the implementation of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) in each district.
Contact: [email protected]
School-Based Medicaid
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), along with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), plans to use this funding opportunity to increase Medicaid School-Based Reimbursement Services (SBS). Through this grant, the state plans to increase access to reimbursement for health care services in ways that can narrow disparities in rates of care, promote quality education and achievement, and build a reliable system of support for students in Oklahoma. The state faces several barriers that have prevented the provision of reimbursement for services in schools to Medicaid-eligible students, including a general lack of education about Medicaid, insufficient understanding of Medicaid billing processes, and a deficiency in reimbursement for quality health services.
This proposal aims to create an infrastructure that creates capacity for billing SBS beyond the Individualized Education Program (IEP). OHCA and OSDE will use training, support manuals, an interactive toolkit, and increased technical support to accomplish this goal. The project will be supported through increased dedicated staff at OSDE, peer mentorships at school districts, and a competitive grant to incentivize districts to begin increasing billing for SBS.
Measurable outcomes will include the creation of training and billing manuals, the hosting of six regional trainings around the state, quarterly webinars, and monthly newsletters. The state will also be able to gauge efficacy through the number of schools billing Medicaid services beyond the IEP, the number of students receiving services, and the number of services being billed to Medicaid.
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Contact: [email protected]
Stronger Connections
The Stronger Connections grant aims to provide funding for Oklahoma LEAs to develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive approach that prioritizes physical and emotional safety for their unique school community (SEC. 4108 [20 U.S.C. 7118]). Funded activities and practices should prioritize safety, create a sense of belonging, implement trauma-responsive approaches, and teach positive behaviors in order to provide safe and supportive learning environments that improve academic achievement and the well-being of students.
Contact: [email protected]
Title IV, Part A, ARTech
ArtTech is a federally funded, five-year (October 1, 2020-September 30, 2025) grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide fine arts courses in schools with limited or no arts access. The goal is to increase the number of schools served every year to address the lack of fine arts education in districts across the state.
Contact: [email protected]
Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET)
The purpose of the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s High-Quality Physical Education Instruction Initiatives Grant is to equip Oklahoma educators with the necessary training, resources, and ongoing support to implement best practices in health and physical education for students in grades PK-12. By enhancing the quality of physical education instruction, the initiative aims to promote student well-being, improve physical literacy, and ensure that all students have access to high-quality, standards-based physical education programs.
Contact: [email protected]
