Cigna Foundation: Healthier Kids for Our Future: Mental Health Grant
Deadline: 9/30/2020
Amount: Unspecified
Description:
The purpose of this program is to address the mental health and emotional well-being of children, with emphasis on loneliness, anxiety, depression, and suicide. The goal of the program is to supplement existing mental health programming, and help close gaps both inside and outside of the school environment to address loneliness, anxiety, depression, and suicide prevention.
Awards will be provided for efforts that foster collaboration between stakeholders, including school administrators and teachers, clinicians, and local and national nonprofit organizations, to address mental health and emotional well-being challenges for children. It is encouraged that projects leverage one or more of the following evidence-based programs:
  1. Trauma-informed practices (TIPS)
  2. Social emotional learning (SEL)
  3. Positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS)
  4. Other evidence-based programs
Eligible Applicants:
Non Profits