Wisconsin School Tobacco Grant Program

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has completed the renewal grant award process for the 2006-2007 school year. The school tobacco grant program appropriates funds totaling $350,000 from resources coordinated by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Public Health, Tobacco Control Program. Twenty-five school districts have been awarded tobacco grants to help enhance and maintain current tobacco control programs based on the CDC Guidelines for School Health Programs to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addiction.

These funding priorities are part of a statewide effort to become more focused and strategic in reducing youth tobacco use.

If you require further assistance or have questions, please contact the SSPW Team ATODA Consultants.

2008-09 AODA and Tobacco Grant Competitions Underway

The Department of Public Instruction and the Student Services/Prevention and Wellness Team would like to announce the opening of the competitive grant competition for both the AODA Program grants and the School Tobacco grants.

The AODA Program grants will be awarded for a three year cycle of funding, starting in 2008-09 and running through 2011. The School Tobacco grants will run for two years from 2008-09 through 2010. After this cycle, there will be grant competitions on a yearly basis. With alternating cycles between the two programs, coordinators will no longer be required to write two grants in the same year.

We concluded our four regional training workshops in the first week of February. The materials have also been mailed to all districts statewide, as well as found on this website and the SSPW grant programs webpage.

The new AODA Grant is due in our offices on Wednesday, April 23rd. The application has sections that are fill-enabled, while other areas require narrative responses to be pasted into the application.

The new Tobacco Grant is due in our offices on Friday, March 14th. This application also has sections fill-enabled, and others that require Word documents to be attached. Make sure to move through the grant with the tab key from one section to the next; do not move with the curser since this causes problems. Tabbing through the budget sections will operationalize the summing functions.

There was some confusion during the workshops on the due dates of the grant applications. The dates provided on this site are correct and in bold.

This year's AODA Program grant allocations by category have been reduced by 20% which will allow DPI to award more grants.

Please note the major changes this year are as follows:

AODA Program Grant - The Department is placing a strong emphasis on the selections of research-based programs. For those applicants that do not choose to include a research-based program as part of their plan, a science-based planning process is an expectation.

AODA Grant Application

AODA Grant Workbook

School Tobacco Grant - Identify the disparate youth population to be targeted for services with at least a portion of the grant funds, as well as a description of the activity targeting that population. For projects that do not propose tobacco cessation, there must be a description of the referral network available to students. Finally, there is an expectation to participate in a collaborative planning process with the locally funded tobacco coalition, or the unfunded public health agency charged with tobacco control responsibilities in your city or county.

Tobacco Grant Application

Tobacco Grant Workbook

AODA and Tobacco Grant Writers Resources

• Powerpoint from February, 2008, Grant Workshops
• AODA and Tobacco Compressed Videos
  

  Two compressed videos regarding information about the AODA and Tobacco grant application process were produced on February 1, 2008, in response to the requests from CESA 8 and CESA 12 school districts and WATODEN representatives. These shortened presentations (1 1/2 hours) walk the viewer through both grant applications, noting grant requirements and changes from the last competition. Application due dates are: Tobacco, 3/14/08, and AODA, 4/23/08.

• Science-Based Practices in Substance Abuse
• Effective Prevention and Intervention Programs

Grant Forms

• State Tobacco Grant End-Of-Year Report - The Online Tobacco Assessment Tool must be completed as a part of the End-Of-Year Report (Note: It is no longer a separate document.)
• Budget Change Request Form (PI-1824)
• Tobacco Grant Program Interim Report (PI-7102) - We ask that you complete each page, print the form and then submit to the Department of Public Instruction by February 1, 2008.

Wisconsin School Tobacco Grantees

2007- 08 Tobacco Grant Calendar

March 14, 2008	Tobacco Grant Application due to DPI
June 30, 2008	2007-2008 State Tobacco grants electronic End-of-Year Reports due to the DPI
August 30, 2008	Final fiscal claim due DPI

Training and Technical Assistance

Technical assistance through regional workshops, telephone, e-mail and on-site consultation is available from DPI and the 12 CESAs.

SSPW Team ATODA Consultants
The following is a list of the DPI consultants, their CESA assignments and e-mail addresses:

CESAs	Consultant	Consultant's e-mail Address
1, 3, 4, 7 and 9	Ken Wagner	kenneth.wagner@dpi.wi.gov
2, 10 and 11	Gary Sumnicht	gary.sumnicht@dpi.wi.gov
5, 6, 8 and 12	Joan Lerman	joan.lerman@dpi.wi.gov

Feel free to contact the above consultants with questions you may have.

CESAs and Wisconsin ATODA Education Network Facilitators

• CESA
• WATODEN Education Network Facilitators Listing

Tobacco Resources

Classroom Instructional Material

• Resources for School Tobacco Programs: A Selected List (2007 Edition). A resource designed to help Wisconsin school-communities select materials that will assist them in implementing effective programs and policies to help reduce tobacco use among youth.
• Wisconsin Success Stories - Tobacco Free Youth
• Learning Modules on Social Norms in Youth Tobacco 2007 - A compilation of ideas and classroom instructional materials and activities for teachers, derived from information gathered from the 2000 - 2006 Youth Tobacco Surveys.
• CDC Guidelines for School Health Programs to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addition
• School Tobacco Policy Resources: This takes you to a separate page where you can access resources to assist and support local tobacco-free school policy.
• American Lung Association's Power Point on Secondhand Smoke
• Health Literacy Assessment - Tobacco Module (see SSPW Resources webpage)
• Youth-Related Training Modules - A series of PowerPoint presentation files to be used with youth or adults on issues of tobacco policy change, advocacy, youth as a resource and action planning.
• Tobacco Related Web Resources - Web links to a variety of internet sites addressing tobacco issues, many with specific youth topics or materials.
• Are You Helping the Tobacco Industry? - One way the tobacco industry tries to improve their public relations is through youth anti-smoking programs and parent education programs. Often these are free resources. This document provides a strong rationale as to why tobacco company materials should not be used and helps in identifying them. The Youth Programs Planning Team of the WI Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention & Control Program prepared this helpful resource.

Tobacco Links

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Tobacco Website
• Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention - Quitline
• Tobacco Control Resource Center for WI
• Tobacco Assessment Tool: A resource for schools without DPI Tobacco grants. Simply print a hard copy of this tool and use it to help you evaluate your district’s tobacco prevention efforts.
• WI Tobacco Control Program

For questions about this information, contact Pamela P. Kanikula (608) 266-7051

Last updated on 2/22/2008 1:54:13 PM