Funding Opportunities for Spring 2025
The Student Services/Prevention and Wellness Team provides for resourceful funding opportunities. Listed below are grants currently available. For specific information on grant timeline, eligibility, contacts, and other requirements, please visit each grant webpage below.
2025-27 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Grant Competition
The Department of Public Instruction is pleased to announce the 2025-27 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Grant Competition. All Wisconsin public school boards, or their consortia, are eligible to apply for up to $50,000 per year dependent on district enrollment. The AODA Grant provides funds for the implementation or expansion of district-wide K-12 comprehensive programs aimed at preventing and addressing alcohol and other drug use. Applicants who have completed an AODA needs assessment, have identified an evidence-based strategy, and are ready for implementation will be prioritized.
Applications are due to DPI by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
For application and more information please visit the AODA website. If you have any questions, please contact DPIAODA.Grant@dpi.wi.gov.
Aid for School Mental Health Programs
Eligible school districts, Private School Choice Program Schools, and independent charter schools may receive partial reimbursement for salary and fringe benefits paid to employ, hire, or retain social workers or the costs to contract for the services of a social worker when the eligible entity increased in its expenditures in the prior school year compared to the immediately preceding school year.
See the Aid for School Mental Health Programs webpage for more information.
For other grant opportunities from DPI, visit the Competitive Grant Inventory webpage