Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools Discretionary Grant Programs

The assistant deputy secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools requested comments on a proposed competitive preference priority for a number of grant programs: Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse; Grants for the Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems; Safe Schools/Healthy Students; Foundations for Learning; and Elementary and Secondary School Counseling. The proposed competitive priority is intended to enhance the ability of applicants serving tribal communities to address the substance abuse and mental health crises that affect American Indian and Alaska Native students